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Hi.  After hearing the beautiful three saxophone arrangement
in Bjork's "Anchor Song" I found myself dismayed that it was
physically impossible for me to play this great song.  So=20
instead of learning to play 3 saxes simultaneously, I=20
thought I'd take a shot at transribing the song to guitar.=20
Here's what I came up with.  This can sound really nice=20
on a classical guitar (it will require finger picking), but any
guitar will do.  This arrangement is in the same key as the=20
original.  Some of the chords require some serious finger=20
stretching since I accounted for every sax note (except for the
low note in the final chord in the song), but I'm pretty sure=20
this is the easiest way possible for an accurate transcription. =20
If anyone has finger placement questions,
corrections, or anything, email [email protected].  Enjoy. =20
Ben Fidalgo's guitar transcription of the saxophone arrangement
from "The Anchor Song", by Bjork. =20

INTRO

E----5-------0----1------------5---------------------------
B--------3--------1----------------3----6----3------------
G------------2--------0-----------------0----0---4--------
D---------------------------------------7----3---3---------
A------------------------------------------------5----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

                                              =20
---5---------0----1-----------3--------------7-------------
---8----3----1----3-----------5---------3----5---------------
--------4---------5-----------4---------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------3----------
---------------------------------------------------------
                                             ^^=20
         (might want to try sliding pinky=20
              up to the 7th fret on the high Chord diagramE MajorE from
          the 5th or 6th fret to imitate
          the saxophone glide)


VERSE
"I live by the ocean..."
---------13---12---10-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------13--------10---12---13-------------10-----
-------------------------------------0-------------12---------------
---------10--------------------------------------------------12-----
-------------------------------------0------------------------------
---------10--------------------------------------------------12-----
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       ^^=20
                        bar 10th fret                ^^
                  (or instead of using
                   10th fret B, use 14th
                                               on Chord diagramG+G and bar 12th fret)


"and during the night"
---------13--12--10----------------------5--------------------5-----
-----------------------13----------6--8-----------5---6-------0-----
-----------------------------------------------7--------------5-----
---------10----------------------7-------------5--------------------
---------------------------------5----------------------------------
---------10---------------------------------------------------------
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              bar 5th fret


then repeat VERSE once...


CHORUS(if you can call it that)

"...underneath all currents..."
------------8-----7-----5---------------------------------
------------------8-----3----------------------------------
------------9-----0----------------------------------------
------------7-----------3--------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

"and this is where I'm staying. this is my home."  (the hard part)
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------


then do the whole thing one more time, ending with 3 INTROs


fin

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