The Old Tab Thread

[corey]

I finally broke down and was planning on installing powertabs, but the software doesn't seem to be there anymore.
Unless I'm blind, it looks like the site was jacked...

[tomEisenbraun]

No, they don't carry the software on their own site, because of bandwidth problems. They have links to it though. I think its available form cNet or download.com

[corey]

Didn't find them there either. Oh well...

[EC]

I think I have powertabs on my computer.  How can I get it to you?

[tomEisenbraun]

http://www.power-tab.net/downloads.php

there ya go. its whicherever one of the two links you wanna click on.  

[aMillionDreams]

Come Closer

I figured this out by watching Jim's hands when he played this solo acoustic at WPFK on 12-20-02.  I suggest you listen to the song to get the rhythm of the chords changes because they are a little tricky and the lyrics and the chords won't line up right on the website.  All of the chords are in bar chord form and are shown below.
A couple tips to add in once you've got the gist: Tap the body of the guitar to recreate the bass drum just before "just to send off with you".  Jim relies on the chord ringing rather than strumming like crazy, so figure out the right time to hit each chord and let them ring, especially during the "how long can you stay" build up.

E -  X79997
D – X57775
A – 022220
C#m – x46654
B – X24442
A*- 02224

Intro:
E  /  D A / x2
        E    D  A  
so i slave a- way.
          E                    D      A
on the floor and walls for a day.
E                        D           A
buy you the beer can you pay.
         E                                 D          A
get emotional each time they say your name.
A                                B
oh soldier you look so strong.
         A                                      B
who held you that you fought so long.
         A                                   B
who told you that you left me amazed.
            A                             B
there's something left i gotta say.
A
how long can you stay?

i been waitin all day...

i been meltin away...
           C#m            B
just to send off with you.
A               A*  B
come closer.
A               A*  B
come closer.

so today. i wont call anyone for change.
"toes 'cross the floor," hear it play.
good at holdin back at eatin away your legs.
come closer.
oooh boo laa tooo. x3. come closer

[corey]

OK, so I finally saw the download link above and got Powertabs. I have to admit, it's pretty neat.
:)

[weiner71]

would anyone have the tabs for Golden. i have seen a few words about it on here but just haven seen it.
thanks,

[tomEisenbraun]

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/cgi/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=themusic;action=display;num=1111637946

no exact picking patterns on there, but you should be able to sound it out pretty easily

[aMillionDreams]

Xmas Curtain

This song has an unusual rhythm.  He strums triplets on the first beat of each measure.  Listen to a recording to get the hang of it.

Intro:  E / G A X 4
        A / / / B / / / X 2

E            
Hey the xmas
G#m
curtain falls on lawbreakers who
F#m
pave the way
     A
for thoughtless folks like
B
me and J who
E
play.  We can't
    G#m
afford the finer things in life, So we
F#m
heist them all
     A
The criminals who
B                
never break the
E
law
G#m / F#m / A B

E
 So, to all you
G#m
frowns go down to town square and
F#m
get some action, from the
A
xmas girl that
B
lives inside your
E
womb. She's always
G#m
there I think that im certain,
    F#m
you pay to get behind her Christmas
A
curtain.
B      
A
          you're the
B
criminal that never breaks the
E
law!


Hope this makes me sense.  Enjoy!

[aMillionDreams]

Honest Man

G riff X4
e-----3---------------------
B-----3---------------------
G-----0---0-0--0------------
D-----0---0-0----3p-2p-0----
A-----2---------------------
E--3--3---------------------

G                                         G riff
Try to walk this earth an honest man
C               Fmaj  C             G riff
But evil waves at me its ugly hand
      D
The radar watches
C                 G riff
me from above
       D
Shouting  down you'll never
C                      G riff
make it on this earth

G
Sometimes this world wil leave you, lord,
C       Fmaj        C
Kicking and a-screaming
Am
Wondering if you'll see the next day
D
through
e----------3-----------3-----------3----------3---
B--3h--5-----3h--5-----3h--5-----3h--5------
G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------

G
But as for me I do believe that
C
Good luck comes from trying
    G
So until I get mine I will
D
work me the whole day
C
through


Feel free to throw in the riff whenever you're playing the G chord and it sounds right.  Fmaj is XX3210.  Strum the hell out of the last C chord and scream!!!

[aMillionDreams]

Just One Thing

Intro:  Am / / / E / G /

C / Am / G / / /
 baby. there's just one thing
one thing that does it
does it for me
baby. we'll find a way
we'll go out
out for a day

G
and I want it
C / Em / F / G
so bad! it's the first thing I see when I wake
so bad! it's the first thing I see when I wake

repeat


I was kind of lazy with this one but if you know the song I think you will get the gist.

[aMillionDreams]

Chills

A - X02220
A/G- 3X222X
D/F#- 2X0232
E - 022100

Chills running down my spine
Still feel like I'm getting ill
I live on a window sill


and it repeats the same thing over and over and gets slower and slower for almost eight minutes, and somehow it always seems too short.  Great song.  Enjoy!

[aMillionDreams]

The Way That He Singa

This is the way I play it acoustically.  I got it from listening to the At Dawn Demos.

A - X02220
A* - X02100
D - XX0232
C#m - X46654
Bm - X24432
E - 022100
Esus - 022200


A  A*  X 4

D
why's it so strange when they say that the world's movin

A  A*  A  A*
upwards?
D
Why's it surreal when my hands feel they cant roll the
A  A*  A  A*
dice?
D
Why's it so great just to wake every day,
C#m
alive and by your
Bm
side.
Bm
It's a mystery I guess, there's lots of things I cant
E  Esus  E
find.
     Bm
Its not the way that you look, but your
E
move that catches my
A  A*  A  A*  A  A*  A  A*  
eye.
D
Why's it so soft when the cannons unload on the
A  A*  A  A*  
others?
D
Why're we so loud when we say it wont happen to
A  A*  A  A*  
us?
D
Why does my mind blow to bits every time they
C#m
play that
Bm
song?
Bm
It's just the way that he sings,
Bm
not the words that he says, or the
E  Esus  E
band.
Bm
Im in love with this soul, it's a
E
meaning that I
        A  A*  A  A*  
understand.

[aMillionDreams]

that's all I can think of right now.  I'm going to try and work on "Isobella with the White Umbrella".

By the way, I'm sure that most of those songs have a capo somewhere when mmj does them, but I usually leave it off because Jim's voice is too high for me most of the time anyway.

[sweatboard]

Welcome aboard aMillionDreams it's AWESOME as fuck having you on the board, now quick tab "off the record"  ;D

[aMillionDreams]

i do appreciate that, sweatboard.  

I noticed that Just One Thing needs a correction however, The Intro should be Am / / / *Em* / G /

[corey]

I can't figure out "Dancefloors" for the life of me. I was hoping that they would play it in BHAM so I could watch for the chords, but they didn't....
Do you happen to know that one?

[marktwain]

^Gdaybreak. ^Bmnightfall. ^Clong as I be^Glieve
there ain't ^Cnothing glowin like this ^Gskin you're showin and
the ^Amkeys you gave to ^Dme
^Gnightjails. ^Bmpoolhalls. some ^Cthings are every^Gwhere
so for the ^Cpast I'm diggin a ^Ggrave so big, it will ^Amswallow
up the ^Dsea
oh I ^Amknow...^D that it's ^Gea-^Emsy... there's no ^Amtrouble ^Dwaitin for
^Gme

dancefloors. headlights. in my blood there's gasoline
for an urban boy on a dirty tour I never felt so clean
loaded questions in an automatic world
you just won't be seein the things you need, as if you thought you would
oh I know... it's never easy... when there's trouble waitin for me

[corey]

Word. I'll try that out.
Thanks!