Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 22:41:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: TAB: innocent_smile.tab by Ash
Song: Innocent Smile
Band: Ash
Album: 1977 (released in 1996)
Written by Mark Hamilton
Transcribed by Luke Knox ([email protected])
This is a truly great song, and the only one on the album written by
Ash’s great bass player, Mark Hamilton. It’s a cool song to play, and
Not too hard, either.
Verse:
E———-
B———-
G———-
D—2—-4—
A—2—-4—
E—0—-2—
E5 F#5
Chorus:
E——————————————-
B——————————————-
G———9——5———-5——9———
D—5——9——5—5——5——9——4—
A—5——7——3—5——3——7——4—
E—3—————-3——————2—
G5 E5ii C5 G5 C5 E5ii F#5
Bridge: (1:33 into the song)
E—————————
B—————————
G———7——5———-
D—5——7——5——2—-
A—5——5——3——2—-
E—3——————0—-
G5 D5 C5 E5
Then play E5 — C5 during the «hanging from the sky» part.
This riff is played at the end of the E5-C5 progression:
E-12-12-12-12—
B—————
G—————
Then there’s this octave solo:
E—————————————————
B—————————————————
G—————————————————
D-2-2-2-0-2—3-3-3—[Repeat, then:]—————
A————————————-12s11-///-0—
E-0-0-0-0-0—1-1-1———————————
This is played 2x:
E—9-9-9-9—11-11-11-11-
B————————
G————————
Then:
E-12-12-12-12—14-14-14-14-16-16-16-9-9-9-9-
B——————————————-
G——————————————-
Repeat this, and go to the 17th fret the second time.
The next part of the song is just C#5 — F#5,
Then it goes to E5 — F#5 at the end when the 1st verse is
Repeated.
Lyrics: (my version! These are not easy to decipher)
[Verse]
She comes out of town as the sun comes down,
Fly with your friends with the stars alive. (2x)
Running on a high from the spirit inside,
Taking on the world with an innocent smile. (2x)
[Chorus]
Something knocked me down and I fell right to the
Ground. I lost it all in one life, just wandering around.
[Verse]
Vandalism’s fun when there’s nothing to do,
Breaking through a wall, say it wasn’t you. (2x)
Big daddy rocket take you for a ride,
Shining to a rocket headed for the sky.(2x)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
That’s when I got this shield up, re-awoke my mind.
Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.
You turned me all around, only took your smile,
Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.
Hanging from the sky.
[End]
Running on a high with the spirit inside,
Taking on the world with an innocent smile. (4x)
That’s it! I know it’s probably not perfect, but let me know if you have
Any changes, comments, suggestions, etc.
I hope you enjoy the tab, and I could use some help with these lyrics!
Luke
