GRANT LEE BUFFALO - "arousing thunder" Tablature

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:29:50 +1300
From: ROGER CURL <CURLEY@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: CRD:G/Grant_Lee_Buffalo/Arousing_Thunder.crd


Song : Arousing Thunder
Artist : Grant Lee Buffalo
Album : Copperopolis
Transcribed by : Geoffrey Nickles


For this song you will need to detune your guitar down
1/2 a step: eb bb gb db ab eb

The intro of the song is D and Dsus4 with the
following riff played over the top it four times:

D Dsus4 D

e-----2-3--2---- X 4
b---3---------3-
g-2-------------
d---------------
a---------------
e---------------


Then the first verse starts

(with intro riffx2 played over the top)
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Maybe the rain's ....

Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D (I'll just refer
Surely it knows, ....to this as
D riff now)
Em G D riff
Walking 'round ...

Em A
Pretty soon these clouds have ....

G D A
I know it's ...

G D A
Arousing thunder I ...

G D A
For a second so I ....


(There could be a very quick G in here, I'm not sure)
Em ^ D riff



Em G D riff
Think when we first ...

Em G D riff
Didn't know who you were ...

Em G D riff
You were the girl in the entryway....

Em A
You were still in ...

G D A
I know it's a lot

G D A
Arousing thunder I only ....

G D A
For a second so I ....

A F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m D riff D riff
About your dreams and orange soda .....

(If you don't like all the changes above you can just strum the F#m
the whole way though til 'more' but it doesn't sound as good)

Em G D riff
Looks like the ...

Em G D riff
Might as well take ....

Em G D riff
You know sometimes when I hold ....
Em A
Then I hear you ...

G D A
Well I know it ...

G D A
of this story I'm ....

G D A D riff D riff D riff etc
Just what would it take to .....


Em G D riff

Em G D riff

Em G D riff

Just play G over the following lines

What would it
What would it D
What would it take you to laugh?

Repeat the above twice, then

I'm not too sure on the ending but I'll give it a go

G Em
Ba ba ba .....

G Em
Ba ba ba ba ....

G Em D
Na na na na .....


Then play D (plus the riff a few times) till
the end.

A couple of the chords:

D sus4 F#m

e-3- e-2-
b-3- b-2-
g-2- g-2-
d-0- d-4-
a-0- a-4-
e-x- e-2-


If you have any comments or corrections or just let me know someone's
using this tab e mail me at CURLEY@xtra.co.nz :-)