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From: yorkie@praxis.co.uk (John Howell)
Far Out by Blur, from their triff album "Parklife"
This is a (rough) transcription of the cool synth part, not
the guitar part of this song, that has more than a passing
resemblance to Syd Barrett's style. The main melody is done
on the synth, so if you're playing solo this sounds a lot
better than the guitar part. Also you need loads of really
silly effects to do it well - or better still a guitar synth;
sadly I have neither. This transcription was considerably
aided by the sleeve insert on the album, which not only gives
the lyrics but the chords as well. Nice one.
I haven't done the guitar part at the start either; trying to
simulate a bongo roll a la Mission Impossible is a bit tricky
on one guitar.
Anyway, the song's mainly based around a C Eb progression.
The chorus is made up of 2 bars, an Ab Bb prog and an F prog
(see the lyric section for the order they come in), and
there's a little bridge part of Eb D after the first chorus.
(Verse)
/---\ /---\ /---\ <--triplet rhythm
C Eb
e-|-----------|-----------------------|
B-|-----5-5-5-|-------------------8-8-|
G-|-----5-5-5-|-------------------8-8-|
D-|---5-------|---------5-6-7---8-----|
A-|-3---------|-6-7-8-9---------------|
E-|-----------|-----------------------|
(Chorus)
/---\ /---\ /---\ <--triplet rhythm
F Ab Bb
e-|---------------|-------------------6-6-|
B-|------10-10-10-|-------------------6-6-|
G-|------10-10-10-|---------5-6-7---8-----|
D-|---10----------|-6-7-8-9---------------|
A-|-8-------------|-----------------------|
E-|---------------|-----------------------|
(Bridge)
Eb D
e-|-----|-----|
B-|-----|-----|
G-|-----|-----|
D-|-5---|-4---|
A-|---6-|---5-|
E-|-----|-----|
Here we go:
2 * (Verse) as intro
C Eb (Verse)
I spy in the night sky don't I
Phoepe Io Elara
Leda Callisto Sinope
Janus Dione Portia so many
F (1st bar of chorus)
moons
Ab Bb F (Chorus)
Quiet in the sky at night
Hot in the Milky Way
Eb D (Bridge)
Outside in
1 * (Verse)
C Eb (Verse)
Vega Capella Ha-
gar Rigel Barnard's star
Antares Alde-baran Altair
Wolf 3 5 9 Betelgeuse
F (1st bar of chorus)
Sun sun sun sun
Ab Bb F (Chorus - fade out)
Sun sun sun sun
Sun sun sun sun
That's your lot for now.
Oh - any corrections, improvements etc gratefully received.
John Howell, yorkie@praxis.co.uk
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