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"A SMART KID" off album "Stupid Dream" (1999)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Standard tuning
Fantastic song this. The first tab on the site was lacking a lot of stuff, so I thought
I'd do the whole thing with all the parts, from the album version of the song.
--INTRO (two acoustic guitars)(0:20):
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|------2---------------0----------0----|------2--------------0----------0----|
D|----2-----2---------2----------0----0-|----2----2---------2----------0------|
A|-0-----------0-2-3-------0-0h2--------|-0----------0-2-3-------0-0h2------2-|
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|------3---------2--|
A|----3---------2----|
E|-1-------1-0-------|
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|------2---------------0----------0----|------2---------------0----------0----|
D|----2-----2---------2----------0----0-|----2-----2---------2----------0------|
A|-0-----------0-2-3-------0---2--------|-0-----------0-2-3-------0-0h2------2-|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 |
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------1--0---0-1-3-0------------------|------1--0---0-1-3-0------------1-0---|
G|------2----2--------------------------|-0h2--2----2------------------------0-|
D|------2--------------------------0h2--|------2-------------------------------|
A|------0-------------------------------|------0-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|------3---------2--|
A|----3---------2----|
E|-1-------1-0-------|
| |
e|-------------------|
B|---0-----1-0-------|
G|-2-----------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
--Verses 1 and 2 (1:07):
Intro parts play in verses
Stranded here on planet earth
It's not much but it could be worse
Everything's free here, there's no crowds
Winter lasted five long years
No sun will come again I fear
Chemical harvest was sown
--Chorus (1:52):
Strummed chords and electric guitar with tremolo effect:
e|---0--------0---------------0--|---0--------0--------------0--|
B|-----3--------3-------------3--|-----3--------3------------3--|
G|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------3-----------|-0-----------------3----------|
A|----------3--------------------|---------3--------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|---0--------0---------------0--|---0--------0--------------0--|
B|-----3--------3-------------3--|-----3--------3------------3--|
G|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------3-----------|-0-----------------3----------|
A|----------3--------------------|---------3--------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
This is played underneath words:
And I will wait for you
Until the sky is blue
And I will wait for you
What else can I do?
--Verses 3 and 4 (2:30):
Same chords/guitar parts as verses 1 and 2.
A spaceship from another star
They ask me where all the people are
What can I tell them?
I tell them I'm the only one
There was a war but I must have won
Please take me with you.
--(3:17): strange experimental bit. No real chords.
--Chorus (3:53): same as before.
--Closing solo, over same chords as chorus (4:28)
e|-------------------|-------------------------12--------------------------------------|
B|-13-12-10-12-10----|--------15b17b15-13--15-----13--15-12--13--------------13h15-----|
G|----------------12-|-12/14------------------------------------12/14-----14--------14-|
D|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-15p13--15b17-13--12h13p12----12-13-12h13p12---12--------------------|
G|---------------------------------14---------------14----14-14-12-14--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12p10--13-12--12h13-15-15-13-13-12-13p12----13--12-12---13-13-12--12h13-12h13-12----12-12-|
G|--10-----14-14--14----14-14-14-14-14------14--14--14-14---14-14-14--12----12----14p12-12-12-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|-12----12h13\---|
G|-14p12----------|
D|----------------| ... Same chords strum to fade out.
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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