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"1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)"
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album _Searching For Jimi Hendrix_
(Various Artists, 1999)
written by Jimi Hendrix
performed by Laurie Anderson
Lou Reed: guitar
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Oh hurrah I awake from yesterday
alive but the war is here to stay
so my love, my love and me
decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea
Not to die but to be re-born
away from the lands so battered and torn
Forever, forever
Forever, forever
Say can you see it's really such a mess
every inch of earth is a fighting nest
giant pencil and lipstick tube shaped things
continue to rain and cause screaming pain
And the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red
as our feet find the sand and the sea -
- Is straight ahead, straight up ahead
is straight ahead, straight up ahead
Is straight ahead, straight up ahead
is straight ahead, straight up ahead
Well it's too bad that our friends
can't be with us today
well the machine that we built
would never save us, that's what they say
That's why they ain't coming with us today
and they also said
you know good and well
it would be beyond the will of God
and the grace of the king
Forever, forever
Forever, forever
Forever, forever
* all the strings downtuned a half-tone
1d# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from e to d#)
2A# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from B to A#)
3F# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from G to F#)
4C# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from D to C#)
5G# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from A to G#)
6D# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from E to D#)
intro {x}{x}{A5}{A5}
{A5}{A5}{A5}{A5}
{A5}{A5}{C(onA)}{G(onA)}
{Asus4}{A}{Am}{Asus2} (Oh hurrah I awake from ...)
{A-9}{A5} (Not to die but to be ...)
chorus {A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (Forever, forever)
{A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (Forever, forever)
{A5}{G(onA)}
{Asus4}{A}{Am}{Asus2} (Say can you see it's really ...)
{A-9}{A5} (- arctic stains from silver ...)
chorus {A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (- straight ahead, straight ...)
{A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (- straight ahead, straight ...)
{A5}{A5}{A5}{A5}
{A5}{G(onA)}{A5}{G(onA)} (Well it's -)
{A5}{A5}{A5}{A5} (- too bad that our friends ...)
{A5}{A5}{C(onA)}{G(onA)} (- coming with us today ...)
chorus {A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (Forever, forever)
{A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (Forever, forever)
{A5}{G}{D}{C/G}
{A5}{G}{D}{C/G}
chorus {A5}{G}{D}{C/G} (Forever, forever)
... fade out
* intro (and verse): 16 beat rhythm
{x } {x }
| --------- 1st bar ----------- | --------- 2nd bar ---------- |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(guitar riff: hit-timing) o \
{A5 } {A5 }
| --------- 3rd bar ----------- | --------- 4th bar ---------- |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(guitar riff: hit-timing) o \ o \
* intro (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
{x} {x}
*1d# --------------------------------------------------------------
*2A# --------------------------------------------------------------
*3F# --------------------------------------------------------------
*4C# ---------------------------------------------------------7-\--
*5G# ---------------------------------------------------------7-\--
*6D# ---------------------------------------------------------5-\--
{A5} {A5}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
{A5} {A5}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
{A5} {A5}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
{A5} {A5}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
{C(onA)} {G(onA)}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
* verse: guitar part (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
Oh hurrah I awake from ... alive but the war is here ...
{Asus4} {A}
*1d# --------------------------------------------------------------
*2A# --------------------------------------------------------------
*3F# --------------------------------------------------------------
*4C# ---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
*5G# ---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
*6D# ---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
so my love, my love and me decide to take our last walk ...
{Am} {Asus2}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
Not to die but to be re-born away from the lands so ...
{A-9} {A5}
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---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------7-\---------------------------7-\--
---------------------------5-\---------------------------5-\--
* chorus: 16 beat rhythm
Forever, forever
{A5 } {G }
| --------- 1st bar ----------- | --------- 2nd bar ---------- |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(guitar riff: hit-timing) o o o o
{D } {C /G }
| --------- 3rd bar ----------- | --------- 4th bar ---------- |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
o (guitar riff: hit-timing)
* chorus (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
Forever, forever
{A5} {G}
*1d# --------------------------------------------------------------
*2A# --------------------------------------------------------------
*3F# --------------------------------------------------------------
*4C# ----------------------------------------------------------2---
*5G# -------------------------------------------------0--2--3------
*6D# --------------------------------------------------------------
{D} {C / G}
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--0-----------------------------------------------------------
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Forever, forever
{A5} {G}
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-------------------------------------------------2--0---------
-------------------------------------------------------3--2---
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{D} {C / G}
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--0-----------------------------------------------------------
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* verse: keyboard part (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
Oh hurrah I awake from ... alive but the war is here ...
{Asus4} {A}
*1d# --------------------------------------------------------------
*2A# --3-----------------------------2-----------------------------
*3F# --2-----------------------------2-----------------------------
*4C# --2-----------------------------2-----------------------------
*5G# --0-----------------------------0-----------------------------
*6D# --------------------------------------------------------------
so my love, my love and me decide to take our last walk ...
{Am} {Asus2}
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--1-----------------------------0-----------------------------
--2-----------------------------2-----------------------------
--2-----------------------------2-----------------------------
--0-----------------------------0-----------------------------
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Not to die but to be re-born away from the lands so ...
{A-9} {A5}
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--3-----------------------------2-----------------------------
--2-----------------------------2-----------------------------
--0-----------------------------0-----------------------------
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*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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