Celebration tab by Premiata Forneria Marconi

Tabs

Artist: P.F.M. (Premiata Forneria Marconi)
Song: Celebration, in "Photos of ghosts",1973 (versione italiana
E' festa, in "Storia di un minuto", 1972)
Posted by: Il Raduno Trifase, Napoli, Italy, [email protected]

GTR TAB


"TARANTELLA" 1st time / 1ma volta (mostly triplets / la maggior parte
terzine)

e+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
BB+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
G+G+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
D MajorD+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
A augmentedA+----7-----7---3-4-5-6-7|----7-----7---3-4-5-6-7|--5---5-3-2---5---5-3-2= |
E MajorE+5-----5-----5----------|5-----5-----5----------|3---3-------3---3------= |

e+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
BB+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
G+G+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
D MajorD+-----------------------|----9-----9---5-6-7-8-9|----9-----9---5-6-7-8-9= |
A augmentedA+--5---5-3-2---5---5-3-2|7-----7-----7----------|7-----7-----7----------= |
E MajorE+3---3-------3---3------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |


e+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
BB+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
G+G+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
D MajorD+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
A augmentedA+--9---9-7-6---9---9-7-6|--9---9-7-6---9---9-7-6|----5-----5---1-2-3-4-5= |
E MajorE+7---7-------7---9------|7---7-------7---7------|3-----3-----3----------= |


e+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
BB+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
G+G+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
D MajorD+-----------------------|--7---7-5-4---7---7-5-4|--7---7-5-4---7---7-5-4= |
A augmentedA+----5-----5---1-2-3-4-5|5---5-------5---5------|5---5-------5---5------= |
E MajorE+3-----3-----3----------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |


"TARANTELLA" 2nd time / 2nda volta (mostly triplets / la maggior parte
terzine)

e+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
BB+-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------= |
G+G+-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------9-5-9= |
D MajorD+-----------------------|-----------------------|------------5-5-5------= |
A augmentedA+----7-----7---3-4-5-6-7|----7-----7---3-4-5-6-7|------5-5-5------------= |
E MajorE+5-----5-----5----------|5-----5-----5----------|7-7-7------------------= |

e+---------------------------10-----|-------------------------|
BB+------------------12----12--------|-------------------------|
G+G+---------12-12-12----12-----------|-------------------------|
D MajorD+12-12-12--------------------------|---6-4-6-4----4-6-4-6-4--|
A augmentedA+----------------------------------|-----------7------------7|
E MajorE+----------------------------------|-------------------------|


e+-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|=
BB+-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|=
G+G+-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|=
D MajorD+4-6-4-6-4---4-6-4-6-4--|-------------7-----7----|------------7-----7--|=
A augmentedA+---------7------------7|-----6---9------6-9-----|----6---9------6-9---|=
E------------------------|7-------------7---------|7-------------7------|=



e+-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB+-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G+-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD+-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA+----5-----5-----1-2-3-4-5|----5-----5-----1-2-3-4-5|
E MajorE+3-----3-----3------------|3-----3-----3------------|


e+----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB+----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G+----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD+-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|
A augmentedA+-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
E MajorE+----------------------------|----------------------------|

"LAH-LAH-LAH-LAH-LAH-LAH" + E-F#-G# PART

e+---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
BB+---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
G+G+---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD+9----9-7-5-7----7-5-4|-----5----4\5/4------|------9-----------11-----|
A augmentedA+---------------------|7----------------7-5-|7-----------9------------|
E MajorE+---------------------|--------------------7|-------------------------|


e+----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
BB+----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G+G+----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D MajorD+-------13-----14------------|-----9----------11---|------13----14---|
A augmentedA+-11----------------14-11---9|7----------9---------|11---------------|
E MajorE+----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|


e+-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
BB+-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
G+G+-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD+----9-------11---|-----13----14-13----------|------14-13-----------|
A augmentedA+7-------9--------|11--------------16-14-----|-----------16--14-----|
E MajorE+-----------------|---------------------16-14|12---------------16-14|

e+------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
BB+------------------------|----------------------|---------------7----|
G+G+------------------------|----------------------|----------6---------|
D MajorD+------------14---13-----|----------------------|-9------------------|
A augmentedA+-------------------16-14|-----------------7----|--------------------|
E MajorE+-12---------------------|-16-14-12-5-----------|--------------------|


e+-7----------10----------|
BB+------------------------|
G+G+------------------------| "you've spent a long time waiting...."
D MajorD+------------------------| (celebration)
A augmentedA+------------------------| "come sempre =E8 la festa...."
E MajorE+------------------------| (=E8 festa)
              see the chords below

VERSE

   B minorBm 4/7           F#m7F#m7
     You've spent a long time ....

         G+G      Fmaj7/9
     For a the perfect y...

    C majorC                D MajorD
     Now fill your heart with c....

             E MajorE
     For that's love....


     During synth melody: E---------D-A
     Chorus: E------------D----------A--------E---------

ATONAL ENDING / FINALE (diverso in E' festa)


e+------------------------------|-----------------------------|
BB+---------------------------12-|--------------12-------------|
G+G+-12-10--------8--11-10-9------|-11-10-9----------------11-10|
D MajorD+------6--7-10-------------9--9|----------7---------8--------|
A augmentedA+------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE+------------------------------|-----------------------------|


e+-----------------------|----------------------|-------
BB+---11-10---------------|----------------------|-------
G+G+---------------15------|----------------------|-------
D MajorD+-10-------13-----------|----------------------|-------
A augmentedA+-----------------------|----------------------|-------
E MajorE+-----------------------|------------0-1-2-3-4-|5------


 We could never write this tab without getting a .MID file
 somewhere. So that should be considered an interpretation
 by www.gaudela.net/pfm/ -  that's the place where we took
 the .MID file. Anyway the tablature is our own work so
 whoever is the author of the .MID file should not be made
 accountable if the tab doesn't seem to work.
 However, we think that's a  close enough interpretation
 of the song, not the whole song indeed,  yet relevant
 parts of it. "TARANTELLA" means the section following the
 first synth melody and the bichord series E-F-F#-G.
 There are some variations the 2nd time it's played,
 as we reported. "Lah-lah-lah-lah" comes after the
 first "Celebration" chorus. The Ending is just after the
 2nd "Celebration" chorus. The bassline is mostly the same as
 gtr, it seems different from the 3rd to the 6th measure on
 "TARANTELLA" 2nd time, and somewhere in the "E-f#-g#" part
 after "LAH-LAH-LAH", when the gtr plays that descendant
 scale. You can refer to the .MID file available somewhere
 in www.gaudela.net/pfm/. As for "E' festa", which is
 the Italian previous version of "Celebration", the guitar
 parts written here don't seem very different, yet the
 ending is QUITE different.
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