Blinded By The Sun tab

Blinded By The Sun

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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 21:38:41 +0100
From: Robert Bacon 
Subject: s/seahorses/blinded_by_the_sun.tab

Blinded By The Sun
    by The "Seahorses"
    Written by Chris Helme
    off the album "do-it-yourself" on Geffen records
    Catologoue No. GED-25134
    Transcribed by Darren Williams 8/5/98
([email protected])

Tablature Legend:
16   :Play string on fret indicated
16~~~   :Vibrato
16vvv   :Wide vibrato
16 (16) :Let note ring out
(16)    :Ghost note
2h3     :Hammer-on 2nd note
3p2     :pull-off 1st note to sound the 2nd
5b(7)   :play 1st note and bend to pitch indidcated in brackets
5sb(7)  :As above only bend slower
(7)r5   :Release bent note
3/6     :Play 1st note and slide up to 2nd note
6\3     :Play 1st note and slide down to 2nd note
6 \ 3   :Slow slide
(x)     :Muted string (percussive sound)
*15     :Pinched Harmonic
@7      :Natural Harmonic
____________________________________________________________________
  (Guitar 1) John Squire's Lead & fills played with mild distortion
             and flanger f/x
      Intro
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------14----------------------------------------|
G|--------------14----14---------13b(14)r13---13---\11-------|
D|------16---16----------16----------------------------11----|
A|--(16)--------------------------------------------------12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------|----------------------------------17-------------|
B|--------------------|---------------14----17(---hold---)--------------|
G|--------------------|------------14----14-16sb(18)~~~~~~~(18)sr16~~~~-|
D|------------14-h-16-|-14h16---16--------------------------------------|
A|---12-14/16---------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

                                                 <--- Repeat to here
E|---------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B|-10h12p10\9-10p9----9------------------------||-----------------------|
G|-----------------11---11p9----9--------------||-6--/9--9/11--11/14\11-|
D|---------------------------11---11p9---------||-x--/x--x------x-------|
A|-------------------------------------12p11-9-||-4--/7--7/9----9/12\9--|
E|---------------------------------------------||-----------------------|

       1st Time                      2nd Time
E|----------------------|  |-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|  |-----------------------------|
G|--11/14--14-/-16---11-|  |-11/16--16-\-14---3--3-6--/9-|
D|---x------x---------x-|  |--x------x--------x--x-x---x-|
A|---9/12--12-/-14----9-|  |--9/14--14-\-12---1--1-4--/7-|
E|----------------------|  |-----------------------------|

            Intro Ends                     Verse (Fig 1)
E|-9--------------------------||     |-------------------------||
B|---12-11-9-11-9-------------||     |-------------------------||
G|----------------11-10-11~~~-||     |--(11)~~~~~\3---3-3/6--4-||
D|----------------------------||     |-------------------------||
A|----------------------------||     |-------------------------||
E|----------------------------||     |-------------------------||

            Verse Fill(1)
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|---------7-7-9-9b(10)-9-7---10sb(11)~~~~~~~-||
G|--9b(10)------------------9--9sb(11)~~~~~~~-||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||

            Verse Fill(2)
E|-----7\x---------------------7----7------|
B|-----7\x--10b(12)-10--------7--10--10p9--|
G|-7h8------------------9b(11)-------------|
D|-9(9)------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

  Verse Fill(2) cont.                               Chorus Lead-in
E|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------0--||
B|-9h10p9\7-9p7---7---10sb(11)~~~~~~-|| |-2---2-------2-----------0--||
G|--------------9---9--9sb(11)~~~~~~-|| |-2---2-------2-----------1--||
D| ----------------------------------|| |-2---2-------2-------2--(2)-||
A|-----------------------------------|| |-0---0---/4-----4\---2--(2)-||
E|-----------------------------------|| |---------------------0--(0)-||

      Chorus  (Fig 2)
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------3---3-2h3-------|---------7-----------------|
G|--------4----------4----|---------7--------7--------|
D|-----4----------------4-|------7-----------7--------|
A|--2---------------------|-2/5----------7/9-----9\---|
E|-(2)--------------------|---------------------------|


E|-------5----------------|------0----------------|| (repeat last
B|-------5----------------|------0----------------||  4 bars)
G|-------6----------------|------1----------------||
D|-------7---------7------|--2---(2)--------------||
A|----7------------7------|--2---(2)---2h4-2-0----||
E|-5-----------7/9-----9\-|--0---(0)-----------4--||

                                                           (Chorus
ends)
E|----------------------|------3----------|------2--2h3-2-------||
B|-------3--3-2h3-------|------3----3-----|------3--3-----2h3-2-||
G|-------4---------4----|------4------4---|---2----------2------||
D|----4--------------4--|------5--------5-|-0-------------------||
A|--2-------------------|---5-------------|---------------------||
E|-(2)------------------|-3---------------|---------------------||

    Verse 2 (fig 3)

 <-------Palm Mute-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----4b(6)r4p2---2sb(3)---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---2---2---2------------4--------4--2-2--2-4---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------7----7-----------------------------------------||
B|-------7--10--10p9-9h10p9\7-9p7---7---10sb(11)~~~~~~~~-||
G|-9b(11)-------------------------9---9--9sb(11)~~~~~~~~-||
D|-------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||


      Bridge (fig 4)
E|10------10-------10----------10-9-7------------------------------------||
B|10b(12)r10b(12)-(12)r10-------------10-8-9~~~--7h8p7----7--7h8p7-/12-10||
G|------------------------6~~~~-----------------9------7h9--9------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||


_________________________________________________________________________
  (Guitar 2) Chris Helme's Rythm played on Steel-string Acoustic.
   Intro
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|


E|---------------------------|---------------------------|| (repeat
B|---------------------------|---------------------------||  Last 4
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||  Bars)
D|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
A|---------------------------|---------------------------||
E|---------------------------|---------------------------||


    F#                 C#7            (Intro ends)
E|--2--2-2-2--2---0-|--7-7-7--7-7-7-0--||
B|--2--2-2-2--2---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
G|--3--3-3-3--3---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
D|--4--4-4-4--4---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
A|--4--4-4-4--4-----|------------------||
E|--2--2-2-2--2-----|------------------||


    Chords Used Throughout Song

     F#    F#7    B    Bm    C#7    A     E     D     G

E|   -2-   -2-   -2-   -2-   -7-   -0-   -0-   -2-   -3-
B|   -2-   -2-   -4-   -3-   -6-   -2-   -0-   -3-   -3-
G|   -3-   -3-   -4-   -4-   -6-   -2-   -1-   -2-   -0-
D|   -4-   -2-   -4-   -4-   -6-   -2-   -2-   -0-   -0-
A|   -4-   -4-   -2-   -2-   -x-   -0-   -2-   -x-   -2-
E|   -2-   -2-   -x-   -x-   -x-   -X-   -0-   -X-   -3-

   (Verse 1) Gtr 1: Fig 1 +fill 1
  F#                  F#7                  B            Bm
  How would u feel if i was to Kneel right down at your feet? right now
  F#               F#7            B                             Bm
  is the way it's going to be for now until forever lets have less of
                         F#7    C#7
  getting clever with me.

   (Verse 2) Gtr 1: Fig 1 +fills 1&2
  F#                     F#7                     B
Bm
  Who would u blame for blowing the flame right out is it me? there is
no
  F#                  F#7
B
  doubt i can do what i want to to do from now until forever lets have
  Bm                             A     E
  less of getting clever with me

   (Chorus) Gtr 1: Fig 2
  Bm                 D                A
  Your wasting Your time and my time aswell la la la living a
  E                            Bm
  lie i guess that time will tell
                D                               A                E
  your making excuses for the things you never done walking in circles
                 Bm      G                  D      F#      F#7
  blinded by the sun,        blinded by the sun

   (Verse 3- Same as verse2) Gtr 1 Fig 3

   (Chorus) Gtr 1: Fig 2

   (Bridge) Gtr 1: Fig 4+ riffs based on same scale
  D                       F#   G      D            F#              G
  I don't mean to sound unkind to you you'll just have to go and find
                    D            F#                G
  something else to do And don't ask me what went wrong, the list goes

  on and on........(etc)


	Well, that just about wraps it up atfer much blood, sweat etc.
 I hope u enjoy learning this, as it took me FAR longer to tab it out
than
 to transcribe it
	Any corrections, comments, suggestions, requests (do u want any
 more seahorses, as they are rare on OLGA?) E-mail "The Leprachaun"
 at: [email protected]

	See yas laters,
			*Daz*

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