TAB by Song : 3624
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Lather by Jefferson Airplane
Lather
Capo:no capo
capo fret 4 but chords given as open shapes
intro : pick around : Am x02210 , Dm7 x00211 , Am x02210 , G xx0033
[Am]Lather was [C]thirty years [G]old today,
They [Em]took away [D]all of his [C]toys.
His [Am]mother sent [C]newspaper [G]clippings to him,
About his [Em]old friends who'd [D]stopped being [C]boys.
There was [Em]Harwitz E. [D]Green, just [F]turned thirty-[D]three,
His [Am]leather chair [Em]waits at the [D]bank.
And [Em]Seargent Dow [D]Jones, twenty-[F]seven years [D]old,
[Am]Commanding his [Em]very own [D]tank.
But [C]Lather still [D]finds it a [Em]nice thing to do,
To [C]lie about [D]nude in the [Em]sand,
Drawing [C]pictures of [D]mountains that [Em]look like bumps,
And [D]thrashing the air with his [Am]hands. [A]
But [A]wait, oh Lather's [G]productive you know,
He [A]produces the [G]finest of [A]sound,
Putting drumsticks on either [G]side of his nose,
[A]Snorting the [G]best licks in [A]town .....Am G D
But [E]that's all over...
[Am]Lather was [C]thirty years [G]old today,
And [Em]Lather came [D]foam from his [C]tongue.
He [Am]looked at me [C]eyes wide and [G]plainly said,
Is it [Em]true that I'm [D]no longer [C]young?
And the [Em]children [D]call him [F]fam[D]ous,
What the [Am]old men [Em]call in[D]sane,
And [Em]some[D]times he's so [F]name[D]less,
That he [Am]hardly [Em]knows which [D]game to play...
Which [C]words to say...
And I [C]should have [D]told him, [Em]"No, you're not old."
And I [C]should have [D]let him go [Em]on...[D]smiling...baby[Am]wide.
------------------
version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Cm
Capo:3rd fret
Am C G
Am C G
Lather was thirty years old today,
Em D C
they took away all of his toys.
Am C G
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
Em D C
about his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
Em D F D
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty three,
Am Em D
his leather chair waits at the bank.
Em D F D
And Sargent Dow Jones, twenty seven years old,
Am Em D
commanding his very own tank.
C D Em
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
C D Em
to lie about nude in the sand
C D Em
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
D Am A
and thrashing the air with his hands.
A G
But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
A G A
he produces the finest of sound
G
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
A G A Am G D Am G D
snorting the best licks in town;
E
but that's all over
Am G D Am G D
Am C G
Lather was thirty years old today,
Em D C
and Lather came foam from his tongue.
Am C G
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
Em D C
is it true that I'm no longer young? (mommy?)
Em D F D
And the children call him famous,
Am Em D
what the old men call insane
Em D F D
And sometimes he's so nameless,
Am Em D
that he hardly knows which game to play;
C
which words to say
C D Em
And I should have told him, "no, you're not old."
C D Em D Am
And I should have let him go on, smiling, baby wide.
Am G D Am G D
------------------
version 3
Capo:no capo
Cm Eb Bb
Lather was thirty years old today,
Gm F Eb
They took away all of his toys.
Cm Eb Bb
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
Gm F Eb
About his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
Gm F Ab F
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
Cm Gm F
His leather chair waits at the bank.
Gm F Ab F
And Sergeant Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
Cm Gm F
Commanding his very own tank.
Eb F Gm
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
Eb F Gm
To lie about nude in the sand,
Eb F Gm
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
F Cm
And thrashing the air with his hands.
C Bb
But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
C Bb C
He produces the finest of sounds,
Bb
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
C Bb C Cm Ab F
Snorting the best licks in town,
G
But that's all over...
Cm Eb Bb
Lather was thirty years old today,
Gm F Eb
And Lather came foam from his tongue.
Cm Eb Eb
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
Gm F Eb
Is it true that I'm no longer young?
Gm F Ab F
And the children call him fay-ay-mous,
Cm Gm F
what the old men call insane,
Gm Gm Ab F
And some-times he's so nay-aym-less,
Cm Gm F
That he hardly knows which game to play...
Cm
Which words to say...
Gm F Cm
And I should have told him, "No, you're not old."
Gm F Cm F Cm
And I should have let him go on...smiling...baby-wide.
------------------
version 4
Capo:3rd fret
Acoustic Guitar (12-string)
Intro:
Am F Am F9 Am F Am Dm
E|-------------|-------3-----|-------3-----|---3-0----0--|
B|---------0---|-------1-----|---1---0-----|---1---3---3-|
G|---2---2-----|-------2-0---|-----2-----2-|-------2-----|
D|-------3---3-|---2-0-3---0-|-------------|-------------|
A|-0---0-------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Verse:
Am C G
Lather was thirty years old today,
Em D C
they took away all of his toys.
Am C G
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him
Em D C
about his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
Em D F D
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
C Em D
his leather chair waits at the bank.
Em D F D
And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
C Em D
commanding his very own tank.
C D Em
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
C D Em
to lie about nude in the sand.
C D E
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
D A
and thrashing the air with his hands.
Bridge:
Asus2 G
But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
Asus2 G Asus2
he produces the finest of sound.
A G
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
A G A
snorting the best licks in town.
Interlude:
Am|Am|G|G|Am|Am|Em
But that's all over...
Am F Am F9 Am F Am Dm
E|-------------|-------3-----|-------3-----|---3-0----0--|
B|---------0---|-------1-----|---1---0-----|---1---3---3-|
G|---2---2-----|-------2-0---|-----2-----2-|-------2-----|
D|-------3---3-|---2-0-3---0-|-------------|-------------|
A|-0---0-------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Verse:
Am C G
Lather was thirty years old today,
Em D C
and Lather came foam from his tongue.
Am C G
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
Em D C
"Is it true that I'm no longer young?"
Em D F D
And the children call him famous,
C Em D
what the old men call insane.
Em D F D
And sometimes he's so nameless,
C Em D
That he hardly knows what game to play,
C
which words to say.
D Em
And I should have told him, "No, you're not old."
C D E D A
And I should have let him go on...smiling...babywide.
Outro:
Am|Am|G|G|Am|Am|Em
------------------
version 5
Capo:3rd fret
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jorma Kaukonen - Acoustic Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'
Intro
Q.=55
Am F Am F9 Am G Am Dm
6/8
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E. S E
|-------------|-------3-----|-------3----|---3-0----0---||
|---------0---|-------1-----|---1---0----|---1---3----3-||
|---2---2-----|-------2-0---|-----2----2-|-------2------||
|-------3---3-|---2-0-3---0-|------------|--------------||
|-0---0-------|-0-----------|-0----------|-0------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
$
Am C G Em D C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------0-----|-------3-----|-----1-------|
|---2-----0---|-----0-------|---------2---|-------0-----|
|-----------2-|---0-----0---|-----2-----0-|---2-----2---|
|-0---0-3-----|-----------2-|---2---------|-3---------3-|
|-------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
Am C G Em D C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---1-----1---|-------0-----|-------3-----|-------1-----|
|-----2-------|-----0-------|-----0---2---|-----0-------|
|-----------2-|---0-----0---|-----------0-|---2-----2---|
|-0-----3-----|-----------2-|---2---------|-3---------3-|
|-------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
Em D F D C Em D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----2-------|
|-------3-----|---1---3-----|-------0-----|---3---3-----|
|---------2---|-2-------2---|---0---------|-2-------2---|
|-----2-----0-|-3---3-----0-|-2---2---2---|-0---------0-|
|---2---------|-------------|-3---------2-|-------------|
|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
To Coda
Em D F D C Em D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----2--------|
|-------3-----|---1---3-----|-------0------|---3---3------|
|-----0---2---|-2-------2---|---0----------|---------2----|
|-----------0-|-3---3-----0-|-----2---2----|-0---------0--|
|---2---------|-------------|-3---------2--|--------------|
|-0-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
C D Em C D Em
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----0-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------0-----|-------3-----|-------0-----|
|---------2---|-----------0-|-----0---2---|-----------0-|
|---2-------0-|-----2-------|---2-------0-|-----2-------|
|-3-----------|---2-----2---|-3-----------|---2-----2---|
|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
C D E D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------|---------0---|-------2----|-----------|------------||
|-------3-----|-----------0-|-----3-3----|-2----2----|-2----2-----||
|-----0---2---|-------1-----|---2---2----|-2----2----|-2----2-----||
|---2-------0-|-----2-------|-0-----0----|-2----2----|-2----2-----||
|-3-----------|---2---------|------------|-0----0----|-0----0-----||
|-------------|-0-----------|------------|-----------|------------||
Bridge
Asus2 G Asus2
H. H. Q. Q. H.
|-0-------|-3-------|-0----0----|-0-----|
|-0-------|-0-------|-0----0----|-0-----|
|-2-------|-0-------|-2----2----|-2-----|
|-2-------|-0-------|-2----2----|-2-----|
|-0-------|-2-------|-0----0----|-0-----|
|---------|-3-------|-----------|-------|
A A G A
H. H. Q. Q. H.
|-0-------|-3-------|-0----3----|-0-----||
|-2-------|-0-------|-2----0----|-2-----||
|-2-------|-0-------|-2----0----|-2-----||
|-2-------|-0-------|-2----0----|-2-----||
|-0-------|-2-------|-0----2----|-0-----||
|---------|-3-------|------3----|-------||
Interlude
N.C.
Wx7
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
D.S. al Coda
Am F Am F9 Am G Am Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E. S E
|-------------|-------3-----|-------3----|---3-0----0-----||
|---------0---|-------1-----|---1---0----|---1---3----3---||
|---2---2-----|-------2-0---|-----2----2-|-------2--------||
|-------3---3-|---2-0-3---0-|------------|----------------||
|-0---0-------|-0-----------|-0----------|-0--------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------|----------------||
&
D C D Em
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----2-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---3---3-----|-----1-------|-------3-----|-------0-----|
|-2-------2---|-------0-----|-----0---2---|-----------0-|
|-0---------0-|---2-----2---|---2-------0-|-----2-------|
|-------------|-3---------3-|-3-----------|---2-----2---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
C D E D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------0---|-------2-----|-------------|--------------||
|-------3-----|-----------0-|-----3-------|-----------0-|-----------0--||
|-----0---2---|-------1-----|---2-----2---|-----2-------|-----2--------||
|---2-------0-|-----2-------|-0---------0-|---2-----2---|---2-----2----||
|-3-----------|---2---------|-------------|-0-----0-----|-0-----0------||
|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Outro
Am G
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Am E
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S H.
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-0-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-|-0-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|-1-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|-2-----*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-|-2-----*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-|---------------------|---------------------|-0-----*|
Lather was thirty years old today
They took away all of his toys
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him
About his old friends who'd stopped being boys
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three
His leather chair waits at the bank
And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old
Commanding his very own tank
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do
To lie about nude in the sand
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps
And thrashing the air with his hands
But wait, oh Lather's productive you know
He produces the finest of sound
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose
Snorting the best licks in town
But that's all over
Lather was thirty years old today
And Lather came foam from his tongue
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said
Is it true that I'm no longer young?
And the children call him famous
What the old men call insane
And sometimes he's so nameless
That he hardly knows which game to play
Which words to say
And I should have told him, no, you're not old
And I should have let him go on, smiling, baby wide
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
-----------