ELASTICA - "nothing stays the same" Tablature

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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:19:47 +0100 (BST)
From: <funnell_teen_spirit@yahoo.com>
Subject: e/elastica/nothing_stays_the_same.tab

Title: Nothing Stays The Same
Band: Elastica
Album: The Menace (2000)

tabbed by scef (email: funnell_teen_spirit@yahoo.com)

here's probably the best one on the album...

NB play distorted with switch on rhythm throughout
unless otherwise stated

verse riff (play loads)
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-4-4-----4-4-2-4-|
A-4-4-----4-4-----|-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|
E-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|

bridge ("nothing stays the same..."
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-8-8-----8-8-----|
A-8-8-----8-8-----|-6-6-----6-6-----|
E-6-6-----6-6-----|-----------------|

("...always change to remain...")
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-10-10---10-10---|
A-8-8-----8-8-----|-8--8----8--8----|
E-6-6-----6-6-----|-----------------|

chorus ("lesson find piece of mind...") play twice
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-6-6-----6-6-----|
A-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----4-4-----|
E-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|

("...time")
e-----14--14------|-17-14-14-17----14-14----|**
B-----------------|-------------------------|
G-------------14bu|-14-14-14-14----14-14----|**
D-8-8-----8-8-8\--|\4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
A-6-6-----6-6-6\--|\2--2-----2--2--2--2-----|
E-----------------|-------------------------|

**play 2nd time only on another guitar,
switch somewhere between treble and rhythm,
clean tone

break after 2nd chorus
e-14--14----------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-14--14----------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-4-4-----4-4-4/--|/9-9-----9-9-9\--|
E-2-2-----2-2-2/--|/7-7-----7-7-7\--|

e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|---------9-8-7---|
A-4-4-----4-4-4/--|/9-9-9-9-9-----9\|
E-2-2-----2-2-2/--|/7---------------|

then back to verse, then bridge, then chorus loadsa
times (without the high clean tone guitar bit) then
end on
e--------|
B--------|
G--------|
D-11-11\-|
A-9--9\--|
E--------|

and that's it have fun!

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