CAKE - "The Distance" Tablature

From: morgano@ici.net (Bob Morgano)
Subject: CAKE "THE DISTANCE" (GUITAR ONLY) THE RIGHT WAY!!!
Date: 29 Nov 1996 21:46:51 GMT


CAKE
"THE DISTANCE"
From the album "Fashion Nugget"
Written by Greg Brown (G.P. Brown Publishing/BMI)
c 1996 Capricorn Records

Transcribed by: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)

_________ ___ ________ ___
| |____| | | | |___| | |
E|----------|----|----|----|---|--|----------|----|---|---|---|--|
B|--0______(0)---2/sl\4/sl\2---4--|----------|----0/h\2/p\0---|--|
G|--4______(4)---2/sl\4/sl\2---4--|--2______(2)---0/h\2/p\0---2--|
D|--------------------------------|--4______(4)---------------4--|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|

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_____ _____ _ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
|_| | | |_| |_| |_| | |_| | | |_| |_____| |_| |
E|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
B|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
G|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
D|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-(0)h2--0-|---|--|
A|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----0-1---2--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|----------2---|--|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3/b\----------|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0--------------3--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_______ ___
|___|_|_| | | |_|_|
E|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
B|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
G|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
D|--|---|-|-2----|------|---|-|-|--|
A|--1/p\0-|------|------|---0-1-2--|
E|--------3------3------4----------|

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________ _ ___ ___
|____|_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_|
E|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
B|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
G|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
D|--|----|-|-2---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
A|--1/p\-0-|-----|-|---|-|-|-0-1-2--|
E|---------3-----0-3---0-4-0--------|

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From WrockPhrog@aol.com Wed Apr 2 08:51:00 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 20:19:55 -0500 (EST)
From: WrockPhrog@aol.com
Subject: Cake Tablature(The Distance)

The tabber before me almost had it all right, but there were a few minor
problems with it, so I decided to send them to you. Mine is easier to read
too, because I do not put in the rythym parts. You guys are smart enough to
do it yourselves out there.

First Part: throughout verses repeating over and over
e--------------------------------------------------
b--0----1-/-3-\-1-0---------0-h-1-p-0-------
g--0----2-/-4-\-2-0---2----0-h--2-p-0--2----
d-------------------------4--------------------4---

Trumpet part(not played by guitar, but it sounds cool!):

e-7-6-5-3-2-0-0-0-
g-8-7-6-5-3-2-1-0-

Chorus:

a--------------------012--------------5/7-75
e-00-00-00-03b---------00-00-0---------7\
Tab:"The Distance" by Cake
Album: Fashion Nugget

This is a really good song of an incredible album. I'm calling this one the biggest surprise album of 1997. I'm pretty sure this tab is accurate, because I saw them play it live here(Montreal) in December.

Verse Riff(Clean tone)

e:I--------------------------------I
B:I---0---1/3\1-0------0h1p0---0---I
G:I---0---2/4\2-0-2----0h2p0-2-0---I
D:I---------------4----------4-----I
A:I--------------------------------I
E:I--------------------------------I

Do that as many times as needed, then skip the part with the trumpet until this:

Chorus(Distorted)

e:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
B:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
G:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
D:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
A:I----------------------0-1-2-I------------------5/7-7-5--I
E:I-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-3b4-------I-0-0--0-0--0-0--0---------7I

There's also this part, which is thrown in here and there:

Post-Chorus(Distorted)

e:I------------------------I
B:I------------------------I
G:I------------------------I
D:I---------2--------------I
A:I-----------------0-1-2--I
E:I---0-3-0---3b4-4--------I
! !
I'm not sure if this is done with a hammer-on or not.

That's all the guitar in the song. I just want to mention that according to an interview with their guitarist, Cake gets their unique sound by buying the cheapest, beat-up equipment they can find. Cool, eh!

Any comments, criticisms, corrections, etc.. can be sent to me at: allen09@cn.ca(Jamie)