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Nathans Phase by The Chameleons
Nathans Phase
Tuning: F#BEAC#F# (a whole step higher than normal)
Song structure:
intro, verse 1, chorus, verse 2, chorus,
bridge 1, bridge 2,
verse 2, chorus,
bridge 1 (end)
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| INTRO |
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Reg's guitar (pick each note four times)
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||--9----11----12----11----|--9----7----9----11----| X6
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Dave's guitar (after Reg has gone trough his part twice)
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||--------------4---------|-------------4---------| X4
||--------4----------4----|--------4---------4----|
||--2---------------------|--2--------------------|
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| VERSE 1 |
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Reg continues his part from the intro
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||-------------------------|-----------------------| X6
||--9----11----12----11----|--9----7----9----11----|
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Dave's guitar
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||--3--------------2--3--|------------2--------------|
||-------4---------------|--4--------------2---------| X6
||------------4----------|-------4--------------4----|
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| CHORUS |
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Reg's guitar
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||--------------------------|--------------------------| X2
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||--55555555----77777777----|--44444455----22222222----|
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Dave's guitar
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||--33333333----55555555----|--22222233----0000--------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------| X2
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| VERSE 2 |
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Reg's guitar
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||--3-3-3-3----|-----------|
||--4-4-4-4----|-----------| X6
||--4-4-4-4----|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--2-2-2----|
Dave's guitar
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||--3--------------2--3--|------------2--------------|
||-------4---------------|--4--------------2---------| X6
||------------4----------|-------4--------------4----|
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| BRIDGE 1 |
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Dave's guitar
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||--33333333----55555555----|--22222233----0000--------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------| X2
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Reg's guitar
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||--3-3-3-3----|-----------|
||--4-4-4-4----|-----------| X4
||--4-4-4-4----|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--2-2-2----|
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| BRIDGE 2 |
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Dave's guitar
||--7------7------7---------|
||-------7------7------7----|
||--------------------------| X4
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Reg's guitar
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||--3-3-3-3----|-----------|
||--4-4-4-4----|-----------| X4
||--4-4-4-4----|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--4-4-4----|
||-------------|--2-2-2----|
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version 2
Standard tuning
Dave's riff (intro & verses)
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|-3-----2---3-----2---------|
|---4---------4-------2-----|
|-----4---4-----4---4-----4-|
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Bm F#m
Of all the faces that we wear
Sometimes joy, sometimes despair
The mask is gone, no mystery
Replaced by fake theology
Dave's riff (chorus) (sometimes an octave higher)
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|-5---5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-4---4-4-5-2--2-2--2-2-|
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G Em A Asus4 Bmsus4
It's just a phase I'm going through
G Em A Asus4 F#7
It's true, it's just a phase I'm going through,
Bm F#m
you know
Bm F#m
The streets of London are paved with lead
Just as my lungs are paved with Leb
Wrap the voices in my head
Feels like I'm welded to this bed
G Em A Asus4 Bmsus4
It's just a phase I'm going through
G Em A Asus4 F#7
It's true, it's just a phase I'm going through,
Bm F#m Bm F#m
you know
BREAK
G Em A Asus4 Bmsus4 G Em A Asus4 F#7
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Dave's riff (break & next verse)
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|-12--------------|
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Bm F#m
The streets of London paved with lead
Just as my lungs are paved with Leb
Brush the cobwebs from my head
Feels like I'm welded to this bed
G Em A Asus4 Bmsus4
I'm not dead. It's just a phase I'm going through
And you - you're just a stranger passing through
G Em A Asus4 F#7 Bm F#m
Out of tune - with this phase I'm going through
You know - it's just a phase I'm going through
You know
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