Tabs
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Faded in the Morning
from their 2013 album 'II'
Probably my favourite UMO song so far. Enjoy!
Intro/Main riff:
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------7--6-----------------------7--6--------42---0---|
G+G|---------------4---3-4-3h4p4--------------4---4-----3---3-| x4
D MajorD|-----------------------------4--------------6-------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2-/4-4------------------------4-4------------------------|
Verse:
Just about every note/chord follows the melody in this section (apart from the lead-in bit
from the main riff), so just play each note as each word is sung:
"Words are floating through the windows and in the house, she blows them away"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------2------|
BB|---------7--6-------------------------------------------------2------|
G+G|---------------6--4--3-----3----------------------------------3------|
D MajorD|------------------------6-----4------------4------------------4------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------6--4--2-4---6---4--2--4------4------|
E MajorE|-2-/4-4---------------------------------------------------2/4-2------|
Chorus:
The root notes (bass notes on low E MajorE string) are
played with your thumb, so you'll have to stretch
your thumb over the neck and adjust your hand position:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Haters with their hearts asunder will ruin our parade"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------7--6------------------------------------------------------4---|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3------------------------------------4------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4------------------6--------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6-----7-6------6----------|
E MajorE|-4-4----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Walking through the winter markets and all the horses floated away"
e|-----------------------------------------------------------2------|
BB|------7--6-------------------------------------------------2------|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3----------------------------------3------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4------------------4------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6---4--2--4------4------|
E MajorE|-4-----------------------------------------------------2/4-2------|
Chorus:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Sun is rising, stings my eyes and don't wanna die today"
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------7--6---------------------------------------------------4----|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3----------------------------------4------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4----------------6--------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6-----7-6---------------|
E MajorE|-4-4--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"Jaded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Main riff/laughing baby section:
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------7--6-----------------------7--6--------42---0---|
G+G|---------------4---3-4-3h4p4--------------4---4-----3---3-| x4
D MajorD|-----------------------------4--------------6-------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2-/4-4------------------------4-4------------------------|
Verse:
"Words are floating through the windows and in the house, she blows them away"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------2------|
BB|--------7--6-------------------------------------------------2------|
G+G|--------------6--4--3-----3----------------------------------3------|
D MajorD|-----------------------6-----4------------4------------------4------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------6--4--2-4---6---4--2--4------4------|
E MajorE|-2-/4----------------------------------------------------2/4-2------|
Chorus:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Haters with their hearts asunder will ruin our parade"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------7--6------------------------------------------------------4---|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3------------------------------------4------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4------------------6--------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6-----7-6------6----------|
E MajorE|-4-4----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Walking through the winter markets and all the horses floated away"
e|-----------------------------------------------------------2------|
BB|------7--6-------------------------------------------------2------|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3----------------------------------3------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4------------------4------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6---4--2--4------4------|
E MajorE|-4-----------------------------------------------------2/4-2------|
Chorus:
"Faded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
Verse:
"Sun is rising, stings my eyes and don't wanna die today"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------7--6------------------------------------------------------4----|
G+G|------------6--4--3-----3------------------------------------4-----4-|
D MajorD|---------------------6-----4------------4------------------6---------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------6--4--2-4---6-----7-6------6-----------|
E MajorE|-4-4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"Jaded in the morning time"
e|-4-4---6--6---7---9----|
BB|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
G+G|-4-4---6--6---8---8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-4-4---6--6---7---7----|
The outro consists of a quiet wah guitar solo with delay, with the bass and drums
providing rhythm. Since the solo is more of an ambient/textural/soundscape type of thing,
I won't tab it out, but if you play a solo in either the 
F#F# major scale or the BB major scale
(or switch back and forth between them - there's only one note difference between the two
and they're both used in the song), it will sound good. There's a lot of room for
improvisation here. Have fun with it.
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| . staccato
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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