Tabs
This song is basically just 3 chords + specific voicings/ variations.
He plays E MajorE normally, but the A augmentedA and B7B7 are a little weird.
If you're struggling, watching these videos closely/on half speed could help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoVMtzof4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cMqD0WqYE
Lastly, play this song dirty. It's ok to hit some strings/notes that aren't listed below. He plays loose
Here's how he plays the A augmentedA (index finger bars D MajorD through E MajorE and pinkie is on both the E MajorE and BB)
e|-4-|
BB|-4-|
G+G|-2-|
D MajorD|-2-|
A augmentedA|---|
E MajorE|---|
And this is his B7B7 (Basically a normal B7B7 but no pinkie on high E MajorE)
e|---|
BB|---|
G+G|-2-|
D MajorD|-1-|
A augmentedA|-2-|
E MajorE|---|
Here are some of the most prominent fills/voicings in the song
(He plays other ones only once or twice but you can play the whole song with just these)
E MajorE fill
e|---0-------------0----|
BB|---0-------------0----|
G+G|---1-------------1----|
D MajorD|---2----0h2-0----2----|
A augmentedA|---2-0h2---------2----|
E MajorE|-0-0----------2b-0----|
A augmentedA fill#1
e|---4---------|
BB|---4---------|
G+G|---2------2--|
D MajorD|---2-0h3h4-4-|
A augmentedA|-0-----------|
E MajorE|-------------|
A augmentedA fill #2 (this is usually played after the above A augmentedA fill, but not played every time)
Again, index finger is barring from D MajorD down
e|-------------4---|
BB|-4---4---4---4---|
G+G|-4---4---4---2---|
D MajorD|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
B7B7 step down to E MajorE
e|-0---------------0--|
BB|-0---------------0--|
G+G|-2---------------1--|
D MajorD|-1---------------2--|
A augmentedA|-2-0h1h2-0-------2--|
E MajorE|-0----------s4-2-0--|
There are 2 more chords(call them G# minorG#m and F# minorF#m that he only plays once, but you need em.
They're played on the "Turtles All the Way Down The Line" verse.
Again, the index is barring
G# minorG#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m
e|-----|
BB|-2---|
G+G|-2---|
D MajorD|-4---|
A augmentedA|-4---|
E MajorE|-----|
E MajorE
I've seen Jesus play with flames, in a lake of fire
A augmentedA
That I was standing in
B7B7
Met the devil in Seattle
E MajorE
And spent nine months inside the lions... den
E MajorE
Met Buddha yet another time
A augmentedA
And he showed me the glowing light within
B7B7
But I swear that God is there, every time I glare
E MajorE
Into the eyes of my best... friend
Refrain:
A augmentedA
Says my son, it's all been done
E MajorE
Someday you're gonna wake up old and... gray
A augmentedA
So go and try to have some fun, showing warmth to everyone
B7B7 (walk down)
You meet and greet... and cheat along the way
E MajorE
There's a gateway in our minds that leads somewhere out there
A augmentedA
Far beyond this plane
B7B7
Where reptile aliens made of light
E MajorE
Cut you open, pull out all your pain
E MajorE
Tell me how you make illegal
A augmentedA
Something that we all make in our brain
B7B7
Some say you might go crazy
E MajorE
Then again, it might make you go... sane
A augmentedA
Every time I... take a look... inside that old and... fabled book
A augmentedA
I'm blinded and... reminded of...
E MajorE
The pain caused by some old man in the sky
A augmentedA
Marijuana... LSD... psilocybin... DMT...
A augmentedA
They all changed... the way I see...
A augmentedA B7B7 (walk down)
But love's the only thing... that ever saved my life
E MajorE
So, don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine
A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m
It's turtles all the way down the line
A augmentedA
So to each their own til' we go home... to other realms our souls must roam
A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
To and through... the myth that... we all call... space and time
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