Cars Tab by Gary Numan

Cars tab by Gary Numan

Guitar Tab

From T.D.Warriner@exeter.ac.uk Tue Apr  8 13:05:08 1997



                                Cars

                           By Gary Numan

            Transcribed by Tim Warriner (sc94tdw@ex.ac.uk)

  Notation:
  "....." = continuous sound, ie was originally synthesiser.
      "b" = bend up

      Intro: Guitar
 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 4 -- Bend up and down slightly and quickly to make --------------------------|
 5 -- a vibrating noise (Difficult to transcribe accurately) -----------------|
 6 ---5b--5b--5b--5b--5b--5b--5b--5b--5b--etc...------------------------------|

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     Section 1: Guitar & synth arranged for guitar. (played twice)
|1 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|2 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|3 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|4 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|5 5-4---------|-5-4---------|-5-4---------|-5-4------|-----------|-----------|
|6 ----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5|-2-3-7-3-3-|-2-3-7-3-3-|
|
|1 17..........|.............|.............|..........|....17-19-17-15--------|
|2 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|---------------15------|
|3 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------------------16---|
|4 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|---------------------17|
|5 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
|6 ------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|


      Section 2: Guitar & vocals: Guitar mirrors vocals. (Play twice in a row)
 1 ------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
 2 ------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
 3 ------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
 4 ------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
 5 5-4---------|-5-4---------|-5-4---------|-5-4-------|-----------|----------|
 6 ----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5-5-|-----3-5-5-|-2-3-7-3-3-|-2-3-7-3-3|


      Section 3: Guitar, no vocals (Play once)
 1 ----------------|--------13-12-|-----------------|-------------------------|
 2 --15------------|---15---------|---15------------|-------------15----------|
 3 ----14-16-17-16-|-----14-------|-----14-16-17-16-|--------12h14------------|
 4 12--------------|-12-----------|-12--------------|-12-12-------------------|
 5 ----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------(last three notes-|
 6 ----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------are played fast)-|

 1 ----------------|--------13-12-|-----------------|-------------------------|
 2 --15------------|---15---------|---15------------|----------15-------------|
 3 ----14-16-17-16-|-----14-------|-----14-16-17-16-|----12-14----------------|
 4 12--------------|-12-----------|-12--------------|-12----------------------|
 5 ----------------|--------------|-----------------|--(each note ------------|
 6 ----------------|--------------|-----------------|--the same length)-------|


   The rest of the song consists of two more of section 2 where the final
   lyrics are sung, then mixtures of sections 1 and 3.  The order of these
   depends on the version of the song.



 Have fun,

    Tim.




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sc94tdw@ex.ac.uk

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