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The Ongoing Horrible by Maps And Atlases
The Ongoing Horrible
tuning as follows:
e-->D#
b-->B
g-->F#
d-->B
a-->F#
e-->B
took me a while to figure out but this sounds perty good
whack the FRET of each of these
D#-7-------12----5--|
B--7-------12----5--|
F#-7-------12----5--|
B--7-------12----5--|
F#-7-------12----5--|
B--7-------12----5--|
tap the seventh fret randomly and every once in a while tune
the "A" string up half a step to G...
D#-7-|
B--7-|
F#-7-|
B--7-|
F#-7-|
B--7-|
migration to a town where
tree swallows houses
migration to a town where
tree, swallows, houses
Like a match you've started
we're all aging doubles.
we sing,
(tapping harmonics)
we danced,
shoes on shoes
to the sound of the spinning
machine.
and we slept arm-in-arm,
so soundly ignoring the outside
sounds of the ongoing horrible scene.
we danced
shoes on shoes to the sound of the spinning
machine
(accapella)
we slept arm-in-arm
so soundly ignoring the outside
sounds of the ongoing horrible scene
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version 2
That being said, the tuning for this song is: B F# B F# B D#.
this can be achieved by tuning the 10th fret on low E to open A, tuning A to the 7th
harmonic on the detuned E string, tuning D down and octave above the detuned low E string,
G half a step down to F# (an octave above the detuned A string), leaving the B string as
is, and then finally tuning the high E to the 4th fret of the B string.
Now that that's out of the way, the progression for this song is based on harmonic
Simply make your finger as straight as possible and slap all of the strings right across
frets to produce the sound (probably want to lay the guitar on your lap to do this).
cool tapping noises Dave makes are just his fingers on a full bodied acoustic guitar. Rap
four index fingers in succession followed by a swift thump of your thumb on the body.
---7------12------5------7------|
---7------12------5------7------|
---7------12------5------7------| (repeat several times)
---7------12------5------7------|
---7------12------5------7------|
---7------12------5------7------|
The outro/second riff/whatever you want to call it is the real change I'm making to the
tab. It's not just "tapping the 7th fret randomly" but a structured arpeggio of the 7th
harmonic chord. Here is the basic pattern shown below:
---------------------------|
--------------7------------|
---7--------------7-----7--|
-------7-------------7-----|
----------7----------------|==tune up from open to 2nd fret== (use your ear)
---------------------------|
and then occasionally he throws in the 7th fret harmonic on the high e (detuned to D#)
a different rhythm on the recording and some live versions.
migration to a town where
tree swallows houses
migration to a town where
tree, swallows, houses
Like a match you've started
we're all aging doubles.
we sing,
(tapping harmonics)
we danced,
shoes on shoes
to the sound of the spinning
machine.
and we slept arm-in-arm,
so soundly ignoring the outside
sounds of the ongoing horrible scene.
we danced
shoes on shoes to the sound of the spinning
machine
(accapella)
we slept arm-in-arm
so soundly ignoring the outside
sounds of the ongoing horrible scene
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