e: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:04:45 -0600
From: Keith Barron
Subject: Searching With My Good Eye Closed — SOUNDGARDEN
Searching With My Good Eye Closed
Tuning — BADGBE
It took me an hour to figure this song out.
Intro: Repeat 8 times(fade in)
B||——-||——————————||
G||—0-5—||o—7—-7—7—7—7—0-5—o||
D||—0-0—||o—0—0—0—0—0—-0-0—o||
A||——-||——————————||
Then play this along with riff 1:
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G||—0-5—||o—7/-11—-0-5-11-7—0-5—o||
D||—0-0—||o—0—0——0-0-0—0—0-0—o||
A||——-||——————————||
Then play this riff with riff 1 too:
B||——-||————————————-||
G||—0-5—||o—7—7—7—10-10-10-10-10-10-0-5—o||
D||—0-0—||o—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0-0—o||
A||——-||————————————-||
At «…and the devil says…» part go down the G string and then play the
[A] octave on the open string and 7th fret.
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2—2—|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—0—|
Verse Riff 1:
D||—————————-|—————————-||
A||-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-5br—2-2-2-0-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-5br—2-2-2-0-||
B||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus Riff: (to the sky…and down…)
Play 4 times
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||o——————o||——9——————-|
||o-2/-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-7/-9-9——————-|
||—0h-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—||-5/-7-7——————-|
||—0—0-0-0-0-0-0-0—||————-3b-0———|
|————————————————-|
|———————————————-3b-|
|——-2——-4——-2————————-|
|——2——2——-2——-2———————|
|—0———0——-0——-0——————-|
|-5——————————5br—-3b-0——-|
2nd Verse Riff: (Gtr. 2) Play 8 times End on this 8th time
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||—————————————|| ——-5b————
||o-1h2p1-1h2/4~~-2h4p2-4br~~—2h4p2~~—o|| -2h4p2—————
||o————————————-o|| ———————
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Interlude
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||o————————|———————————-o||
||o————————|———————————-o||
||—7h9-9—9-7h9p7-7-6-6—|-4h6p4—4—2—2—4h6p4—4—2—2—||
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Play 4 times
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||o-1h2p1-1h2/4~~-2h4p2-4br~~—2h4p2~~——-o||
||o——————————————o||
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*** Last time substitutute this note.
Bridge:(breakdown)
E||—0-5-7—7—7—7—7—-||-0-5-7/-11——0-5-11-7——||
B||—0-0-0-0—0—0—0—0—||-0-0-0—0——0-0—0—0——||
G||o—————————o||o—————————o||
D||o—————————o||o—————————o||
A||—————————-||——————————||
B||—————————-||——————————||
(But I’m on my way….on my way…)
||—0-5-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10—||
||—0-0-0-0-0-0-0—0—0—0—0—0—0—||
||o———————————o||
||o———————————o||
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Then play the first bar in the chorus over and over again until the end with
a guitar soloing over it.
SEARCHING WITH MY GOOD EYE CLOSED
Painted blue across my eyes
And tie the linen on
And I’m on my way
Looking for the paradigm
So I can pass it off
Is it on my side
Is it to the sky
Looking to the sky and down
Searching for a ground
With my good eye closed
If I took you for a ride
Would you take it wrong
Or would you make it right
Looking for a pedestal
That I can put you on
And be on my way
Is it to the sky
Looking to the sky and down
Searching for a ground
With my good eye closed
Stop you’re trying to bruise my mind
I can do it on my own
Stop you’re trying to kill my time
It’s been my death since I was born
I don’t remember half the time
If I’m hiding or I’m lost
But I’m on my way
