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Fight Test by Flaming Lips
Fight Test
Tuning: Standard
(Tabbed for Acoustic Guitar)
Based on the A Major Scale
CHORUS:
A C#m D/F E A
/ \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ /
e|-----------5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----------5-5-5-5-|
B|-----------5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----------5-5-5-5-|
G|---------6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1--------6-6-6-6-6-|
D|---------7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--------7-7-7-7-7-|
A|---------7----------4----------0----------2--------2/4-2/4–7---------|
E|-7/9-7/9-5--------0h4--------0h2--------0-0----------------5---------|
F#m E FILL I: FILL II:
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ /
e|-----2-2-2-2--------|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0|-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----2-2-2-2--------|--0-0-0-0—--0-0-0-0|---------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---2-2-2-2-2--------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|---------1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
D|---4-4-4-4-4--------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|---------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A|---4--------2/4-2/4-|2---------4-2------|2/4-2/4-(2)---------4-2-2-----|
E|-0h2----------------|(0)------(0)-------|--------(0)--------(0)--------|
VERSE:
Aadd9 C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I:
e|---------0--------4—-------2--------4--------5--------2--------0-----|
B|---------0--------5--------3--------5--------5--------2--------0-----|
G|---------6--------6--------2--------4--------6--------2--------1-----|
D|---------7--------6--------0--------6--------7--------4--------2-----|
A|---------0--------4--------0--------7--------7--------4--------2-----|
E|-7/9-7/9----------------------------0--------5--------2--------0-----|
A C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I&II:
e|---------5--------4—-------5--------7--------5--------2--------0-----|
B|---------5--------5--------7--------9--------5--------2--------0-----|
G|---------6--------6--------7--------9--------6--------2--------1-----|
D|---------7--------6--------7--------9--------7--------4--------2-----|
A|-2/4-2/4-7--------4--------5--------7--------7--------4--------2-----|
E|---------5--------------------------0--------5--------2--------0-----|
BRIDGE:
D E D E
/ \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ /FILL I&II:
e|–2---------0---------2---------0---------|
B|-3---------0---------3---------0---------|
G|-2---------1---------2---------1---------|
D|-0---------2---------0---------2---------|
A|-0---------2---------0---------2---------|
E|-----------0-------------------0---------|
CHRONOLOGY:
INTRO: (CHORUS)
VERSE I:
Aadd9 C#m
I thought I was smart I thought I was right
D E
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m D E
so when it came time to fight I thought I'll just step aside
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
CHORUS:
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
VERSE II:
Aadd9 C#m
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
D E
Now than tell me when would be the
A F#m E
time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D E
for to lose I could accept but to surrender I just wet and regretted
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
This moment, oh that I, I was a fool
CHORUS:
VERSE III:
Aadd9 C#m
Cause I’m a man, not a boy
D E
and there are things you can’t avoid
A F#m E
you have to face them when you are not prepared to face them
A C#m D E
Oh I would if I could, but your with him now it’d do no good
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
I should have fought him but instead I let him...take me
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: D E D E (FILL I&II)
CHORUS:
END: Aadd9
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version 2
standard tuning
chords used:
A C#m D E2 F#m E
e-5------4------2------4------2------0---------------------------------
B-5------5------3------5------2------0---------------------------------
G-6------6------2------4------2------1---------------------------------
D-7------6------0------6------4------2---------------------------------
A-7------4--------------------4------2---------------------------------
E-5---------------------------2------0---------------------------------
this chord [Aadd9: x07600] is played over the A repeatedly during the song
intro: A C#m D E2 A F#m E
verse:
A C#m
I thought I was smart - I thought I was right
D E2
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m D E2
so when it came time to fight - I thought I'll just step aside
A F#m E A...
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool...
chorus:
...A C#m D E2
...I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
verse: as before
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man - for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wet and regretted this moment - oh that I - I
Was the fool
chorus: as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery
bridge: D E
chorus: as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery
end on an A, plus Aadd9
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version 3
INTRO
A C#m D E A F#m E
VERSE 1
A
I thought I was smart
C#m
I thought I was right
D E
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m
So when it came time to fight
D E
I thought I'd just step aside
A F#m E A
And that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
(I don't know)
CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
VERSE 2
A C#m
Oh to fight is to defend
D
And if it's not
E A F#m E
Then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D
For to lose I could accept but to surrender
E A
I just wept and regretted this moment
F#m E
Oh that I
A
I was the fool
(I don't know)
CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A F#m E
It's all a mystery.
VERSE 3
A C#m
'Cause I'm a man- not a boy
D E
And there are things you can't afford
A
You have to face them
F#m E
When you're not prepared to face them
A C#m
And if I could I would
D E
But you're with him I'll do no good
A
I should have fought him,
F#m E
But instead I let him
A
Let him take you
(I don't know)
CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A F#m E
It's all a mystery.
A C#m D E A F#m E
CHORUS
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
It's all a mystery
F#m E
(That you'd stand up and be a man)
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A
It's all a mystery.
F#m E
(When you're not prepared to face them)
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
It's all a mystery
F#m E
(But instead I let them take you)
A F#m E
Mystery
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