Miguel says:
Look out, there's a trick! This time no capo, on the contrary, for you to play along with the record
you have to tune the entire guitar 1/2-step low (to Eb). I caught you Frame! Note the chords on the
"transition" to C#m7 on the 9th fret!
Stuart says:
This tab is arranged to be played using standard-tuning voicings -- with the guitar tuned
Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb (easier to sing that way). The important thing to remember on this one are the bass notes, particularly the descending bass line on the verse through the C chord and back to the low G note.
Intro riff example:
C major arpeggio G C/G
E-|--------7-7------->--3----------0-----0--|
B-|--8--10-------10-->--3-6-6-5-5-3-3----1--|
G-|--9---------9----->--4-------------0--0--|
D-|-10--------------->--5----------------2--|
A-|------------------>-------------------3--|
E-|------------------>-------------------3--|
Bridge riff example:
take her face .. out of the start of the day ...
Fmaj7 arpeggio Cmaj7
E-|------0---------------------------------|
B-|------1-------0-1-3-0-1-3---------------|
G-|------2-------2-----------------------0-|
D-|------3-------3-----------------------2-|
A-|------3-------3-----------------------3-|
E-|--------------------------------------3-|
Verse 1:
C/G ----------------- C/B ---------
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Amazing, grace-filled guiding light
C/A ---------- Gsus4 - G ----
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See her safely home to-night
C --------------------------- C/B ---------
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The eastside squares've grown cold and loud
C/A ------------------------ Gsus4 -- G ----
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Since I lived there with the twilight crowd
F ---------------------- G ------------
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The west end lights have lost their wow
Bridge:
Fmaj7 ----------------------------------- Cmaj7 ------
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Trail my thoughts, show me the way to the heart of her
Fmaj7 ------------------------------- Cmaj7
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I'm half-lost, wondering if I should follow
-- Gsus4 -- G ----
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Or lay ---- low
Verse 2:
C --------------------- C/B --------------
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Sweet, slight arresting bright light smile
C/A -------------------Gsus4 -- G ----
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Peels back the layered big-city style
C --------------- C/B ---
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Reveals me in the mystery
-- C/A ---------------- Gsus4 ------ G ----
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Of what her world could mean to me
F ---------------------- G ---------
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She's an island girl I'm lost at sea
Chorus:
C ------------------ C7 --------- C/A ----------- C/G+ ---- G ----
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When I was young the radio played just for me, it saved me
C ------------------ C7 ------- C/A ------ C/G+ --- G ----
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And now I don't want anyone who wants me, baby
C ------------ C7 -----
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Tuning out the darkness
C/A ---------- D7
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Turning on the dawn
C ----------------------------------- Gsus4 ------------------
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If life was like the songs, I'd surf across the curved horizon
------ (G) ---------- C ----
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and forget her and be gone
Verse 3:
C ------------------- C/B ------
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So I check my map for tiny signs
C/A ----------------- Gsus4 ----- G-----
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Of where she's at and where she's been
C -------------------------- C/B --------
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But it's made from scraps of stupid lines
C/A ------------------- Gsus4 - G-----
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Of songs and scenes and magazines
F ---------------- G -----------
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It doesn't tell me what it means
Bridge:
Fmaj7 --------------------------------Cmaj7 ----
x3321x |----------RIFF------------| x32000
Take her face out of the start of the day for me
Fmaj7 -------------------------------- Cmaj7
x3321x |-------RIFF--------| x32000
I'm half crazed, wondering if I should follow
-- Gsus4 --- G ----
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Or let it .. go
Transition:
---------- C -----------
8 10 10 9 8 8
Can't get straight
------- Am7 --
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Lost my way
--------------- Dm7 ----- Csus4 --------- C#m7 -
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I'm overcome by her spell ......................
Chorus:
C/G----------------- C7 --------- C/A ----------- C/G# ---- G ----
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When I was young the radio played just for me, it saved me
C ------------------ C7 ------- C/A ----- C/G# -- G
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And now I don't want anyone who wants me, baby
C ------------- C7 ----
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Tuning out the darkness
C/A ---------- D7
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Turning on the dawn
C ---------------------------------- Gsus4 --------
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If life was like the songs, I'd surf into the waves
----------------- (G) ----------- C ----
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and in a flash of silver she'd be gone
