m: CheshirBat
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:28:22 EST
Subject: v/verve/rolling_people.tab
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* The notation of music contained herein is purely my *
* opinion of how it should be played. I used no outside *
* sources to decipher the music, I just listened very hard. *
* You may use this for entertainment purposes only. *
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«The Rolling People» from the album _Urban Hymns_
Written by The Verve
Produced by Youth/The Verve
tabbed by Jeremy Joseph ([email protected])
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Intro:
A5 B5 (x4)
The opening chords sneak up on you and there’s
wah pedal noises, etc. in the background.
Right after the last B5 chord:
D|———7—9————-| with delay pedal
A|—7/9———————|
Then comes the riff:
A B
E|———————————|
B|———————————|
G|—————8————9h7—| It’s like this during the verses,
D|—-7—-9—(9)—9———9——| with slight ad-lib variations.
A|—-7—-9———9—9—9———|
E|—-5—-7————7—7———|
It helps a great deal if you have delay/echo effects,
since that’s basically the key to sounding like them.
* Verse 1 *
(with riff)
Been shot…
I got one more life,
Can you see it wastin’ away?
But I got a plan,
Ahh..do you understand?
(solo 1) — Played sort of distorted and bluesy
E|———————————-|————————————|
B|—————-7——————|——————-7—————-|
G|————7h9—9b(11)===—9h7—-|—————7h9—9b(11)===—9h7—|
D|——-7h9———————-7-|———7h8h9———————7-|
A|—7h9—————————-|—7h8h9——————————|
E|———————————-|————————————|
Play something like this in the B blues scale with
delay on the upward run…
* Verse 2 *
(I can hardly understand Ashcroft in this verse)
With a drugstore life,
I was dealin’ soda then of the white… (?!)
I don’t shake no hands,
Cause then there’s no fans…
*Chorus*
B
But here we are, the Rolling People
A G A G A B
Can’t stay for long, we gotta go
B
So come alive, we’re the Rolling People
A G A G A B
Don’t ask why, we just know…
* Verse 3 *
On a big jet plane
with my briefcase and crime in my veins
I’ll be the first to toast
Yeah..to my rockin’ soul, yeah.
*Chorus*
B
And here we are, the Rolling People
A G A G A
Don’t ask why, we don’t know…
B
So come alive, we’re the Rolling People
A G A G A B
Don’t ask why, we just know…
(solo 2) — Played very clean
E|—7h5——————————|—7h5————————|
B|——-7h5————————-|——7h5———————|
G|————-7———————|———-7h4—————-|
D|——————9—7h4————|—————7h4————|
A|—————————7—5——|———————7——-|
E|———————————7—|————————7—-|
E|—7h5——————————|—7h5————————|
B|——-7h5————————-|——7h5———————|
G|————-7————-7——-|———-7h4—————-|
D|——————9——7h9———|—————7h4————|
A|———————7h9————|———————7——-|
E|————————————|————————7—-|
Play and repeat the 2nd line a few times..
*And the rest of the lyrics*:
Only the bass is playing the riff while the guitar
plays echoey notes in the B scale.
E|————————————|
B|—10-10-10—9b(10)—7(b)———|
G|—————————9h7——|
Tell me do you know which way I’m gonna choose..
The lights are white and I am feelin’ blue..
I hope you know which way I’m gonna fly..
Thank you for my life, I said good night, goodbye…
Back to the riff, and the song gets out of control.
The «eep» part at the end of the song:
EEP, EEP eep, eep
E|—11——-11——-|—7———7———|
B|—14b(16)—14b(16)—|—10b(12)—10(12)—|
G|———————|———————|
Best of luck.. This song kicks so much ass I had to figure it out,
and I figured I might as well tab it so anyone else can to play it.
I’m sure there’s some mistakes as always due to
laziness or typos, but if you can hear a wrong note than you
can probably figure out what it’s supposed to be!
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