Signal chords by Sylvan Esso

Sylvan Esso
“Signal”
What Now (2017)

Tuning - Standard (EADGBe)

Chords used:
     Gb    Ab   Ebm      Db    B
e|---2-----4-----6---|---4-----2---|
B|---2-----4-----7---|---6-----4---|
G|---3-----5-----8---|---6-----4---|
D|---4-----6-----8---|---6-----4---|
A|---4-----6-----6---|---4-----2---|
E|---2-----4---------|-------------|

*Please check below the tab for an alternative tuning approach*

[Intro}
(0:00-0:21)
Gb     Ab     Ebm     Ebm
Gb     Ab     Ebm     Ebm

Verse 1:
(0:21-0:43)
Gb
  Little birdie making car alarm sounds
Ab
  In the tree next to your house
Ebm
  Little baby know to smile for the picture
Ebm
  Then go back to drawing that flower
Gb
  And a smokey chimney too
Ab
  And an arrow pointing at their room
Ebm
  And the stars above
Ebm
  Was that a satellite you drew, my love?


Chorus:
(0:43-1:16)
Db             Ab
  It's a signal in the noise
B                  Gb
  It's a bell in a mine
Db                Ab
  It's a black dog in a junkyard
B                        Gb
  Gonna chase you down in time
Gb     Ab
            Chase you down in time
Ebm     Ebm


Verse 2:
(1:16-1:37)
Gb                                    Ab
  Can you catch up to the cars on the highway?  Run them down
Ebm                                Ebm
  Can you throw yourself off of an airplane?  Breath ripped out
Gb                               Ab
  While you showboat. While you slow float. While the Earth gets large and loud
Ebm
    Are you breathing now?
Ebm
   0 Here's the ground


Verse 3:
(1:38-1:59)
Gb
  Don't you want to catch you
Ab
  Don't you want to catch you
Ebm
  Make you feel your pulse
Ebm
Make your feet fly
Gb
  Don't you want to catch you
Ab
  Don't you want to catch you
Ebm
  Drag you down in the dirt
Ebm
Make you feel alive


Chorus:
(1:59-2:21)
Db             Ab
  It's a signal in the noise
B                  Gb
  It's a bell in a mine
Db                Ab
  It's a black dog in a junkyard
B                        Gb
  Gonna chase you down in time

Bridge:
(2:21-2:43)
Gb     Ab     Ebm     Ebm
Gb     Ab     Ebm     Ebm


Chorus:
(2:43-3:29)
Db             Ab
  It's a signal in the noise
B                  Gb
  It's a bell in a mine
Db                Ab
  It's a black dog in a junkyard
B                        Gb
  Gonna chase you down in time
Db             Ab
  It's a signal in the noise
B                  Gb
  It's a bell in a mine
Db                Ab
  It's a black dog in a junkyard
B                        Gb
  Gonna chase you down in time



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Hi all,
For the sake of making this song no hassle to play, I’ve tabbed it out in
standard tuning (as seen above). If you really wanted to add a little more
flair, you could tune down to Eb standard which would allow you to play the
Eb chord at two different octaves shown here:

Verse:
      Gb    Ab   Ebm   Ebm
eb|---3-----5-----7-----0---|
Bb|---3-----5-----8-----0---|
Gb|---4-----6-----9-----0---|
Db|---5-----7-----9-----2---|
Ab|---5-----7-----7-----2---|
Eb|---3-----5-----------0---|

This would also open up the chorus to be played with simple open chords
as seen here:

Chorus:
      Db    Ab    B     Gb
eb|---2-----0-----0-----3---|
Bb|---3-----2-----1-----0---|
Gb|---2-----2-----0-----0---|
Db|---0-----2-----2-----0---|
Ab|---------0-----3-----2---|
Eb|---------------------3---|

It’s up to you how to play it.