Tabs
I Know You Are But What A minorAm I?
by Mogwai (off the album "Happy Songs For Happy People")
Standard tuning (Piano transcribed for guitar and explained)
4:4 timing
Lovely piano-led piece this. Listen for amounts and timings - the whole song's
repeats based around these two sections.
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INTRO/VERSE
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Song begins with two bars of C#C# on right hand
Right-hand (lead):
C#C# on two octaves mostly, changes to D MajorD on lower octave sometimes (see last bar)
e|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|
BB|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G+G|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-7-7-|
D MajorD|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E MajorE|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Left-hand (chords):
B5B5 F#5F#5 A5A5
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
BB|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G+G|-4-------|---------|-2-------|---------|
D MajorD|-4-----4-|---------|-2-------|---------|
A augmentedA|-2-----4-|---------|-0-------|---------|
E MajorE|-------2-|---------|---------|---------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (rhythm)
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CHORUS
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Right-hand (lead):
F#F# on two octaves, changes to E MajorE on both octaves sometimes
e|-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-|-14-12-12-14-|
BB|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G+G|-11-11-11-11-|-9--9--11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-9--9--11-|
D MajorD|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Left-hand (chords):
D5D5 B5B5 F#5F#5
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
BB|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G+G|-7-------|---------|-4-------|---------|
D MajorD|-7-------|---------|-4-----4-|---------|
A augmentedA|-5-------|---------|-2-----4-|---------|
E MajorE|---------|---------|-------2-|---------|
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Enjoy.