Tabs with lyrics
Pictures of Success By Rilo Kiley >From the cd Takeoffs and Landings Tab by Dapeios
D MajorD
G+G Bmin
A augmentedA build your *******
D MajorD
G+G Bmin
A augmentedA staying home ...................
D MajorD
G+G Bmin
A augmentedA i'm not scared ....................
D MajorD
G+G Bmin
A augmentedA easily earn .......... etc.
G+G
A augmentedA
D MajorD Bmin they say california i...............
G+G
A augmentedA
A augmentedA and i say ..................
D MajorD i'm ready ......... Bmin ready ....
G+G ready ....
A augmentedA i'm ........... etc. Keep hitting D-bmin-G-A, change on "go."
The song starts like this (guitar and bass) ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Repeat twice ------------------------------------- ----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---- --2---2---3---3---7---7---5---5------ then it goes into the natural harmonics part. I forget what symbol is for natural harmonic. If you don't know how to play a natural harmonic, you just place your finger on the appropriate string at the seventh fret without pushing down. You should get a ringing sound. Or else just play this "normally." -------------------------------------- ----7-------7-------7---------7------- --------7-------7-------7---------7--- Repeat several times ------7---7---7---7---7---7-7---7----- -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Then the guitar does this: --------------------------------------5------- -7---7---7---5-7-5------7---7---7-7-8---8-7-5- ---7---7---7-------7------7---7--------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -7---7--------------------------------------------- ---7---7------------------------------------------- ----------/9-7-7-7-/9-7---------------------------- ------------------------10-9-5----5-7-5-7/9-10-9-7- --------------------------------------------------- and then goes directly to the pull-offs slide part: ---------------------------------------------------- 10p8p7--10p8p7-----(7)-----10p8p7------------------- ---------------(7)-----(7)----------7/9\7----------- Repear ------------------------------------------7/9\7/9\7- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- They do this a bit different each time, so the ending slides aren't exactly the same. Sometimes they hit the notes in parenthesis, sometimes not. There's two guitars on the track. . . then right before the singing you get this little bit: -------------------------- -------------------------- -------0------------------ ---------4-0-0-----7/9\7-- -------------------------- -3-3-3-------------------- So that's basically it. Just mix and match the four parts through the verses, and at the end of each verse don't forget last little riff. I know that's a weird fingering but I like to let the open strings ring out. On the chorus, you can try natural harmonics and a slide for the guitar on the "hospitals and freeways" parts, but it will still sound lousy: --------/////14------------ --------------------------- ----7---------------------- ------7-------------------- --------------------------- -------------------------- Fot the "they say CA ... up through the "ready to go" I just play the chords. The mini-solo at the end is: 14-14-14-12-14-12-14-15-- (highE MajorE string) repeat 3x 17-17-17-19-19-19-21-21-21-22-22-22- (high
E MajorE string)
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Pictures Of Success' by Rilo Kiley, an indie band formed in 1998