HARPER ROY - "same old rock" Tablature
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From: Aaro J Koskinen <akoskine@cc.helsinki.fi>
[Song: Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"]
[Transcription by Ian Piumarta <ikp@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk>]
The Same Old Rock
=================
[intro]
Em7(1) ||: Em7(1) Am(2) :|| repeat twice
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1) Am(2) Em7(1) D Em7 ... G
All along the ancient wastes the ...
(G) C D G
That gather all the ...
C D G
That build the edges round the shrouds ...
D G D G C D G
And carry us to other days and ....
D C G C D G
And full the single ...
C D G
By each and every one of all ...
C D G
Inside each eye is sitting ...
D G D G C D
And longs for once upon a ...
D C G C D G
For here we stand hand ...
D
Fighting for the ...
G D C G/B Am Em D
G G/F# Em7... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me ...
Am Em7
That you have found ...
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that ...
Am Em7(1) D
One new sling the ...
(D) D11 Em7 ....... E7
There was a famous stragler ...
Emaj A D A
Who held the staff but did ...
G D A E A
He multiplied the ...
D A
And crossed his heart ...
G D A E A
His friend a restless mouthpiece ...
D A
Trends to flash a face to ...
G D A E A
Everlasting light is ...
D A
He's only got to breathe to ...
G D A E A
Such a groove to have him here ...
D A
The man who makes his ...
G D A E A (diminuendo...)
Such a gas to see him flying ...
(no chord)
One day someday soon ...
G D A E A
And withering in the galleries ...
D A
Are who and you and me ...
G D A E A
And those who see but cannot stand ...
D A
For fear that good is ...
G D A E A
But loud and ...
D
In black and white ...
A
And Damn it all ....
E7
Can't you see?
A
D A E7 A A/G A/F# Fmaj7.... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me ...
Am(2) Em7(1)
That you have ...
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that ...
Am(2) Em7(1) D
One new sling the ...
(D) D11 Em7
[first instrumental section]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
||: Em(4) :|| repeat 3 times
[vocal section]
Em ad lib (translates to: "I'm too lazy to write this out")
[second instrumental section and solo]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
Em
||: Am Am/E Am Am/E Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F# :|| repeat 9 times
(forte!) Amaj ... Em (tinkle your piano iff you have one...)
The Chords
==========
x = damped
o = open
0 to 4 = thumb throughlittle finger
(fingering is only meant as a vague suggestion!)
1---1 = barred chord
x=o=======o ==o=======o ==o=======o x=o=======o o=o=======o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_|_1_2_3_| 0_|_1_2_3_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_2_3_|_| |_|_2_3_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 4_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
A A/F# A/G Am Am/E
x=======o=o x=======o== x========== =========== x=====o====
|_|_1_|_|_| |_|_1_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_2_|_3_|_| |_2_|_3_|_4 1---------1 1---------1 |_|_2_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_3_|_|_|_4
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
B11 B7 Bm Bm/F# C
x=====o=o=o x=x=o====== x=x=o=o===o o=======o=o o===o===o=o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_| |_|_|_1_|_|
|_|_2_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_2_|_|_|_|
|_3_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_*_| <-- optional to taste
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
Cmaj7 D D11 E E7
o=====o=o=o o===o=o=o=o ==========o =========== ===========
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| T_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_2_3_|_|_| |_2_|_|_|_| |_|_|_2_|_| |_1_|_|_|_| T_1_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_3_4_|_|_| 2_|_|_|_3_4 |_|_|_|_3_4
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
Em Em7 Fmaj7 G G/F#
NOTES
=====
I'm not at all sure what the best way to convey some of the twiddley
details is, but I'll try my best to do it in TAB...
The usual TAB notation, plus: ^ = down strum, v = up strum (which
looks backwards until you think about it...) and -> = hammer on or
pull off (the direction should be obvious), __ = slur (slide the notes
smoothly together). Timing is whole beat ticks under the TAB.
(1) Em7 riff (Roy's half)
Em7 ^ v ^ v
E|-------0--0--------------0--0---------
B|-------0--0--------------0--0--0------
G|-------0--0--------------0--0-----0--- (repeat)
D|-------2--2--0->2--------2--2---------
A|-------2--2--------------2--2---------
E|-0-----------------0------------------
| | | | | |
Em7 riff (Jimmy Page's half, if I remember it right...)
(no chord)
|----------------0---
|-------------3------ (1st finger)
|-------------------- (repeat)
|-------2__5--------- (3rd finger)
|--------------------
|-0------------------
| | |
(2) Am riff
Am ^ ^ v ^ v
|---0-----0--0--0--0--
|---1-----0--1--0--0--
|---2-----0--2--0--0-- (repeat)
|---2-----2--2--0--0--
|---0-----0--0--0--0--
|---------------------
| | |
(3) Em instrumental riff 1
Really bash the open Es and Em chord as hard as you dare!
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0----------- (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-0--7--5--0--7--5--0--5--3--0--5--3--0--3--2--0--3--2--0-----------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(4) Em instrumental riff 2
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------2----------- (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-0--7-----0--5-----0--5-----0--3-----0--3-----0--2-----0-----------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
[Song: Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"]
[Transcription by Ian Piumarta <ikp@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk>]
The Same Old Rock
=================
[intro]
Em7(1) ||: Em7(1) Am(2) :|| repeat twice
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1) Am(2) Em7(1) D Em7 ... G
All along the ancient wastes the ...
(G) C D G
That gather all the ...
C D G
That build the edges round the shrouds ...
D G D G C D G
And carry us to other days and ....
D C G C D G
And full the single ...
C D G
By each and every one of all ...
C D G
Inside each eye is sitting ...
D G D G C D
And longs for once upon a ...
D C G C D G
For here we stand hand ...
D
Fighting for the ...
G D C G/B Am Em D
G G/F# Em7... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me ...
Am Em7
That you have found ...
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that ...
Am Em7(1) D
One new sling the ...
(D) D11 Em7 ....... E7
There was a famous stragler ...
Emaj A D A
Who held the staff but did ...
G D A E A
He multiplied the ...
D A
And crossed his heart ...
G D A E A
His friend a restless mouthpiece ...
D A
Trends to flash a face to ...
G D A E A
Everlasting light is ...
D A
He's only got to breathe to ...
G D A E A
Such a groove to have him here ...
D A
The man who makes his ...
G D A E A (diminuendo...)
Such a gas to see him flying ...
(no chord)
One day someday soon ...
G D A E A
And withering in the galleries ...
D A
Are who and you and me ...
G D A E A
And those who see but cannot stand ...
D A
For fear that good is ...
G D A E A
But loud and ...
D
In black and white ...
A
And Damn it all ....
E7
Can't you see?
A
D A E7 A A/G A/F# Fmaj7.... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me ...
Am(2) Em7(1)
That you have ...
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that ...
Am(2) Em7(1) D
One new sling the ...
(D) D11 Em7
[first instrumental section]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
||: Em(4) :|| repeat 3 times
[vocal section]
Em ad lib (translates to: "I'm too lazy to write this out")
[second instrumental section and solo]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
Em
||: Am Am/E Am Am/E Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F# :|| repeat 9 times
(forte!) Amaj ... Em (tinkle your piano iff you have one...)
The Chords
==========
x = damped
o = open
0 to 4 = thumb throughlittle finger
(fingering is only meant as a vague suggestion!)
1---1 = barred chord
x=o=======o ==o=======o ==o=======o x=o=======o o=o=======o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_|_1_2_3_| 0_|_1_2_3_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_2_3_|_| |_|_2_3_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 4_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
A A/F# A/G Am Am/E
x=======o=o x=======o== x========== =========== x=====o====
|_|_1_|_|_| |_|_1_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_2_|_3_|_| |_2_|_3_|_4 1---------1 1---------1 |_|_2_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_3_|_|_|_4
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
B11 B7 Bm Bm/F# C
x=====o=o=o x=x=o====== x=x=o=o===o o=======o=o o===o===o=o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_| |_|_|_1_|_|
|_|_2_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_2_|_|_|_|
|_3_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_*_| <-- optional to taste
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
Cmaj7 D D11 E E7
o=====o=o=o o===o=o=o=o ==========o =========== ===========
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| T_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_2_3_|_|_| |_2_|_|_|_| |_|_|_2_|_| |_1_|_|_|_| T_1_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_3_4_|_|_| 2_|_|_|_3_4 |_|_|_|_3_4
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
Em Em7 Fmaj7 G G/F#
NOTES
=====
I'm not at all sure what the best way to convey some of the twiddley
details is, but I'll try my best to do it in TAB...
The usual TAB notation, plus: ^ = down strum, v = up strum (which
looks backwards until you think about it...) and -> = hammer on or
pull off (the direction should be obvious), __ = slur (slide the notes
smoothly together). Timing is whole beat ticks under the TAB.
(1) Em7 riff (Roy's half)
Em7 ^ v ^ v
E|-------0--0--------------0--0---------
B|-------0--0--------------0--0--0------
G|-------0--0--------------0--0-----0--- (repeat)
D|-------2--2--0->2--------2--2---------
A|-------2--2--------------2--2---------
E|-0-----------------0------------------
| | | | | |
Em7 riff (Jimmy Page's half, if I remember it right...)
(no chord)
|----------------0---
|-------------3------ (1st finger)
|-------------------- (repeat)
|-------2__5--------- (3rd finger)
|--------------------
|-0------------------
| | |
(2) Am riff
Am ^ ^ v ^ v
|---0-----0--0--0--0--
|---1-----0--1--0--0--
|---2-----0--2--0--0-- (repeat)
|---2-----2--2--0--0--
|---0-----0--0--0--0--
|---------------------
| | |
(3) Em instrumental riff 1
Really bash the open Es and Em chord as hard as you dare!
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0----------- (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-0--7--5--0--7--5--0--5--3--0--5--3--0--3--2--0--3--2--0-----------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(4) Em instrumental riff 2
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------2----------- (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------
|-0--7-----0--5-----0--5-----0--3-----0--3-----0--2-----0-----------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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