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This Ain't A Surfin Movie by Minus the Bear
This Ain't A Surfin Movie
Minus the Bear in general tends to have the drums play a bit faster then the guitars.
song in particular has a really slow tempo in the melodies. The intro/verse and chorus
is very off-tempo in the studio recording.
In the chorus, when I say rake, I mean a slow strum. It should be fast enough so each
rings clear and induvidually. Then at the end of each strum, cut off the sound with your palm.
Around the middle of the song, the lead guitar does random improv throughout the verses.
is all done on the key of Bm. I'm pretty sure the minor pentatonic scale is being used.
(/) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato
INTRO / VERSE
E|--17----------17----------17------14----------14----------14------|
B|------15----------15----------15------15----------15----------15--|
G|----------16----------16------------------16----------16----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------| x6
CHORUS
Rake the notes, and cut them off with your palm at the end of each phrase.
The playing is not with the tempo here, it tends play on the very end of the beat.
E|----------17----------17--14------------------12--14------------------14--|
B|------15----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15------|
G|--16----------16------------------16--16------------------16--16----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
BRIDGE - Guitar 2
Other guitar will continue playing the intro riff
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------4--------4-----4--|
D|-----7--------7-----------|
A|--7--------7--------7-----|
E|--------------------------|
REPEAT: INTRO / VERSE
Guitar 2 plays a different part here on the last 2 intro/verse repeats
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----4-------------------4---------------|
D|--7-------------------7------------------|
A|----------7----7/9------------7--7\5--5--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
BREAK
Use reverb/delay
These are just the fingerings, the strum patterns change pretty much each repeat. Just
to the song for the pattern.
E|------------------------------|
B|--10----10--------------------|
G|--7-----7---11--9----11--11---|
D|--7-----7---9---7----9---9----|
A|------------9---7----9---9----|
E|------------------------------|
BREAK cont.
tremolo pick
E|--17/-
B|--17/-
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|------| continue with whammy on higher notes for chaos effect
CLOSER
play palm muted
very slight drag here.
E|--17-- E|--14-- E|--12-- E|------|
B|--15-- B|--15-- B|--15-- B|--15--|
G|--16-- G|--16-- G|--16-- G|--16--|
D|------ D|------ D|------ D|------|
A|------ A|------ A|------ A|------|
E|------ x8 E|------ x8 E|------ x8 E|------| x8
REPEAT: INTRO / VERSE
this is played at a slower tempo
REPEAT: CLOSER
Continue this pattern until the end, the last time gradually slow down.
When I turned the page
The corner bent into a perfect dog-ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again,
But at that time I couldn't see it.
I would read that page everyday for the next year.
She sang a short tune.
And I came from her soft touch and slept.
We sat on a shoreline watching wind scalp the white off the waves.
Sitting on a shoreline, and if I could do it, I'd dog-ear this page.
We spoke about growing old and filling the future's empty stage.
I hope the weather holds,
But you don't need the sun to make you shine.
These island towns don't care for city folk,
But I think we can starve the city from our minds.
I know we won't want for much,
It's just me and you and a bed and a shoreline.
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