OASIS - "supersonic" Tablature

From swede@email.unc.edu Sun May 4 11:15:16 1997
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 14:24:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Supersonic by Oasis

>From Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>

Supersonic, written by Noel Gallagher, performed by Oasis
Song can be found on the album "Definitely Maybe", and was also released
as a single.

Chords used:

EADGBe
F#m5 (2442xx) [could also be played as F#5 (244xxx) ]
F#m5/E (0442xx) [could also be played as F#5/E (044xxx) ]
A5 (x0222x)
B5 (x2444x)
E (022100)
E5 (022xxx)
C#7 (x46464)
D5 (xx032x)

[NOTE: sorry, the names of some of the above chords are not right, but
I'm pretty sure that's how they're played]

Intro
-----
Tab:

e--------0--------------------
B----------0------------------
G------2-----2-------2--------
D----4---------4-----2----1--- x3
A--4-------------0---0----2---
E-----------------------------

the fourth time:
b:bend
r:release

e--------0--------------------------
B----------0------------------------
G------2-----2-------2--------------
D----4---------4-----2--------------
A--4-------------0---0--2-2b3r2-0---
E---------------------------------2-


Verse 1
-------
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
I need to ...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
I can't be no ...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
I'm feeling supersoni...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
you can have it all, but how ...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
You make ...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
Give me your a...
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
Can I ride with you in ...[that's BMW spelled out! :)]
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
You can sail with me in ....

[NOTE: Noel alternates the same two background fills in the verses
throughout the entire song. He has two different fills that he plays
during each B5 in the verses.

The first fill: and the second fill:

e--7---------- D--------------
B------5------ A-2-2b3r2-0----
G----------6-- E-----------2--

Pre-chorus
----------
E
You need to find out, ...
F#m F#m/E F#m F#m/E F#m
what I'm on a...
E
You need to find a way ...
C#7
But before tomorrow


Chorus
------
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
'Cos my friend said ...
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
He sits in the ...
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
He lives under ...
D5 A5
Nobody can ...
E5 F#m5
Nobody can ever ...

[HERE's a little fill played over the chords in the chorus:

D5 A5 E5 F#m5
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D------2------------------2-------
A--2s4---4--2--0----2-2s4---4-----
E-----------------------------2---

Little solo-type thing used a number of times in this song:
-----------------------------------------------------------
b:bend
r:release
h:hammer on to second note with another finger, use only 1 pick stroke
p:pull-off, opposite of hammer-on, use 1 pick stroke, pull 2nd finger off
higher note to cause lower note to sound

part 1:
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
B-------------------------------------------------
G----16b17-16-14--16-14----------14---------------
D-----------------------16-14-16----16-14---------

part 2:
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
B----------------17------------------------------------
G----16b17-16-14----16b17r16-14--------14h16-14----14--
D--------------------------------14h16----------16-----

part 3:
repeat part 1

part 4:
repeat part 2

part 5:
[NOTE: the tab below starts with the F#m5 part of part 4]
[ANOTHER NOTE: Part 5 is something that Noel only plays in live shows and
is not in the recorded version of the song.]

F#m5 E C#7
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--14--------14h16-14----14-----16p14-16p14-16p14-16b17-16b17-16--------------
D------14h16----------16------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------2b3r2-0---
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------2-

Verse 2
-------
You need to be ....

Pre-chorus 2
------------
When she finds out...

Chorus

Improvise on solo until the song fades

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