artist: dada
song: 'information undertow' - from the album 'dada'
key: C majorC
transcribed by jeff rutland - 05.02.03
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** I have broken the tab out here into three sections. Section 1
** illustrates the chords used in the song. Section 2 has the song
** structure laid out with the chords indicated timed with the vocal
** line. Section 3 has any riffs (minus guitar solos) that are more
** than just chord strums.
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1. the basic chords involved in this song.
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 x2003x x02210 3x2210 x33211 xx0231 320003 320001
C G/B Am Am/G F Dm G G7G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 x65333 2x2210
Em EM7 F#m7b5
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2. the song structure with chords indicated
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*** VERSE 1 ***
C G/B Am Am/GAm/G
i turned on...
F C Dm G+G
i tuned in the...
C G/B Am Am/GAm/G
i'm everywhere...
F C Dm G+G
i'm faded...
*** CHORUS ***
C Em
information...
Am Am/G F (RIFF 1)
i think...
C Em
superstardom...
Am Am/G F#m7b5
tune it...
F G Am Am/GAm/G
do people...
F G C majorC
do people...
*** VERSE 2 ***
C G/B Am Am/GAm/G
i picked up...
F C Dm G7G7
my friends...
C G/B Am Am/GAm/G
i lit up...
F C Dm G
she reads...
*** REPEAT CHORUS ***
*** BREAK *** (see RIFF 2)
EM7 C EM7 C
oh i can...
F C F C
i'm gonna...
(RIFF 3)
my fifteen...
*** OUTRO CHORUS ***
C E minorEm
information...
Am Am/G F (RIFF 1)
were we...
C Em
superstardom...
Am Am/G F#m7b5
tune it...
F G Am Am/GAm/G
do people...
F G Am Am/GAm/G
do people...
F G C majorC
do people...
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3. riffage!
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** RIFF 1 **
** this is the quick chord riff that turns the chorus around - an
** alternate voicing of the A minorAm and G+G chords for this riff, both are
** in the E MajorE form
A minorAm Am G G+G
--5--5-------3--3---------------------------------------------------
--5--5-------3--3---------------------------------------------------
--5--5-------4--4---------------------------------------------------
--7--7-------5--5---------------------------------------------------
--7--7-------5--5---------------------------------------------------
--5--5-------3--3---------------------------------------------------
** RIFF 2 **
** this is the spacy break section. playing the EM7 chord in the
** indicated manner will get you the sound that is on the record
EM7 C(implied) EM7 C(implied)
--3-----------0------------3-----------0----------------------------
----3---------1--------------3---------1----------------------------
------3-------0----------------3-------0----------------------------
--------5-----2------------------5-----2----------------------------
----------6---3--------------------6---3----------------------------
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** RIFF 3 **
** this riff brings us out of the break on the 'fifteen minutes'
** line - the rhythm is indicated underneath the tablature, and
** the implied chords are indicated above the tab
Dm Cadd9 G/B Am G+G
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----4--------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------
----/------2---2-------0---0---0------------------------------------
----/----0----------------------------------------------------------
----4------------3-------2-------0----------------------------------
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4/4 time:1 + 2 + 3 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 4