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 be myself
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
I can't be no one else
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin & tonic
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
you can have it all, but how much do you want it?
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
You make me laugh
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
Give me your autograph
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
Can I ride with you in your Bee-Emm-Double-Yeww [that's BMW spelled out! :)]
F#m F#m/E F#m A5 B5
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine

[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, 'cos no one's gonna tell you
F#m F#m/E F#m F#m/E F#m
what I'm on about
E
You need to find a way for what you wanna say
C#7
But before tomorrow


Chorus
------
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
'Cos my friend said he'd take you home
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
He sits in the corner all alone
D5 A5 E5 F#m5
He lives under a waterfall
D5 A5
Nobody can see him
E5 F#m5
Nobody can ever hear him call

[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 yourself
You can't be no one else
I know a girl called Elsa
She's into Alka-Seltzer
She sniffs it through a cane
on a supersonic train
And she makes me laugh
I've got her autograph
She done it with the doctor
On a helicopter
She sniffed it in a tissue
Selling the big issue

Pre-chorus 2
------------
When she finds out
'cos no one's gonna tell her what I'm on about
You need find a way for what you wanna say
But before tomorrow

Chorus

Improvise on solo until the song fades

Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu