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From: T.J.Bennett@ukc.ac.uk (Tara Bennett - Analyst Programmer)
The Masterplan
========================
Written by Noel Gallagher
Chords provided by Tara Bennett
Am
Take the time to make some sense
G
Of what you want to say
F G Am (E)
And cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
G
On a ship of hope today
F G
And as they land upon the shore
E F
Tell them not to fear no more
E G
Say it loud, and sing it proud
E
Today... and then
C
Dance if you wanna dance
G
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna
G
Which way they wanna go
C G Am F C
All we know is that we don't know
How its gonna be
G
Please brother let it be
Am G F G
Life on the other hand won't make us understand
Am
We're all part of the masterplan
................
G G
Say it loud, and it sing it proud
E
Today....
Am
I'm not saying right is wrong
G
It's up to us to make
F G Am E
The best of all the things that come our way
Am
Cos everything thats been has past
G
The answers in the looking glass
F G
There's four and twenty million doors
E F
Down life's endless corridor
E G
Say it loud and sing it proud
E
Today...
Dance if you wanna dance...
Note, the second bit of
'We're all part of the masterplan'
goes
G C G C
We're all part of the masterplan
From Claus@spy.netSat Nov 9 19:26:22 1996
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 21:52:34 -0800
From: Claus@spy.net
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan-Chords
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The Masterplan
--------------
Words and music by: Noel Gallagher
Chords provided by Mikkel Bech-Hansen
Am
Take the time to make some sense.
G
Of what you wanna say,
F G Am E
and cast your words away upon the waves.
Am
Sail them home with acquisce
G
On a ship of hope today
F G
and as they land upon the shore
E Am
tell them not to fear no more
G
say it loud and sing it proud
E
and they
C
Will dance if you wanna dance
G
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they´re gonna go
G
Which way they´re gonna go
F G C G
All we know is that we don´t
C
know how it´s gonna be
G
Please brother let it be
Am G F G
life on the other hand won´t make us understand
Am
we´re all part of a masterplan
.............(solo)
I think this song kick --- But i´ve found it hard to find the intro.
say it loud and sing it proud and they
I´m not saying right is wrong it´s
Up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
Cause everything there´s been has past
The answer´s in the looking glass
There´s four and twenty million doors on live´s endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud and they
Will dance if you wanna dance
Please brother take a chance
You know they´re gonna go
Which way they´re gonna go
All we know is that we don´t
know how it´s gonna be
Please brother let it be
life on the other hand won´t make us understand
we´re all part of a masterplan
From swede@email.unc.edu Sat Nov 23 16:23:45 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 02:29:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
To: Patrick Glass <patrick@spy.ipa.net>
Subject: The Masterplan (updated)
>From Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu)
The Masterplan, written by Noel Gallagher, performed by Oasis
This is another one of my favorites by Oasis, truly an epic song and
another where our lads are accompanied by a string and horn section.
There's alot of weird chords used in this song, and the chords are sort
of hard to hear (especially in the intro) because of the string
section, so keep an open mind when you see this transcription on
paper, because if you play the song, you'll hear these chords are pretty
much the right ones. Written next to some of the chords I use for this
song are the chords listed in the official Oasis B-sides guitar book
(thanks to Paul Das <> for providing these) in case you want to know what
that book has listed. Unfortunately, I don't think the transcription found
in this book is a very accurate one (as is the case with many
transcriptions in the "official" Oasis tab books) so you can try out these
chords if you wish, but you'll most likely agree with me that in most
cases the "official" book is incorrect.
Chords used:
Am (x02210)
A7sus4 (x02030) or try (x05430) [official book: G/A (x05433)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: F/A (x03211)]
C/B (x2x010) [official book: G/B (x20003)]
C (x32010)
D (xx0232)
E (022100)
E7 (020100)
F (x33211)
G (3x0033)
Intro:
-----
Here's my attempt at the intro. It may not be exactly how Noel's playing
it, but it sounds almost exactly the same. For a couple of other attempts
at how to play the intro, see the bottom of this transcription...
Chords used in intro:
Am (x02210)
Am/G# (x02110) [official book: Am(maj7/G#) (4x2210)]
Am7 (x02010) [official book: Am7/G (3x2210)]
Am/F# (x04210) [official book: Am6/F# (2x2210)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: Fmaj7 (1x2210)]
Am/D (x00210) [official book: D (xx0232)]
E7 (020100)
So here it goes:
Am Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D Am E7 (repeat)
While the book has the intro like this:
Am Am(maj7/G#) Am7/G Am6/F# Fmaj7 D G Am E7
Verse 1
-------
Am
Take the time to make some sense
A7sus4
of what you want to say
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D F
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
CHORUS
After chorus the chords: C B/C Am G are repeated for a while.
OUTRO (same as intro)
A few more attempts at intro/outro: (NOTE: tab below doesn't show the
rythym that should be used, just the chord forms)
Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/D
e--0---0-----0-----0-----0----0----0--0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- (or perhaps
B--5---5-----5-----5-----5----5----5--0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- try playing
G--5---5-----5-----5-----5----5----5--1 or -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1- the high E
D--7---6-----5-----4-----3----0----7--2 -7-6-5-4-3-0-7-2- string at
A--0---0-----0-----0-----0----0----0--2 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2- the 7th
E-------------------------------------0 ---------------0- fret)
Enjoy!
Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu
From chiller@home.dmv.com Sun Mar 23 00:39:02 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:37:36 -0500
From: Dave <chiller@home.dmv.com>
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: Masterplan Chords (There and Then-Video)
Here is my interpretation of Masterplan from the "there and then" video.
I've tried to get the intro chords for this off the video, but there are
just not enough guitar shots, so I'll just give ya what I got.
Chords:
Am (xx2210)
X (xx4030) I have no idea what this chord is, so it's X for now
Am7 (xx2010)
E (022100)
C (x32010)
G (320001)
F (x33211)
(slide between the chords, don't leave pauses and it sounds much better)
Am X
Take the time to make some sense, of what you wanna say....
Am7 X Am E
And cast your words away upon the waves......
Am X
Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today....
Am7 X E Am7
And as they land upon the shore, tell them not to fear no more....
E G E
So say it loud and sing it proud todayyyy!!!
Chorus:
========
C G
Dance if ya wanna dance, please brother take a chance...
Am G
You know they're gonna go, which way they wanna go.
F G C Am
All we know is that we don't know....
C G
Just how it's gonna be, please brother let it be
Am G
Life on the other hand, won't make them understand,
C G Am
We're all part of the Masterplan.....
The song continues on following the same notation until the end when the
last part goes:
C G C G C G
We're all part of the masterplan
**Hope this helps. If any one knows the intro (Which is somewhere down
in the 4th and 5th fret), lemme know.** Mail me at: chiller@dmv.com
From T.S.Shah@herts.ac.uk Tue May 20 08:34:28 1997
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 13:50:43 +0100 (BST)
From: Coco the Clown <T.S.Shah@herts.ac.uk>
To: swede@email.unc.edu, patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan
I was messing about on the guitar the other day and i think i've got
Masterplan down almost exactly. Have a go yourselves and see wot you think.
Here are the "weird" chords used (in the form of eBGDAE):
Am/sus2 (005770)
G#maj7 (045660)
Gmaj7 (034550)
F#maj7 (023440)
Fmaj7 (012330)
Em7/sus2(000000)
The intro basically starts at the Am/sus2 and descends:
G#maj7 Gmaj7 F#maj7 Em7/sus2 Am E
Am Gmaj7
Take the time...say
Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am E
Cast your words away....waves
(same again till..)
Fmaj7 Gmaj7 D F
As they land upon...tell...to fear no more
G E
Say it...today
Then the chorus goes as what is generally agreed to be right, i.e
C G
Am G
Fmaj7 G etc....
Hope this helps!
Terry
Mad Lizzy Crumbs'
Blind Cobblers' thumbs
Were a sight to behold
From stevierayvaughan@usa.net Mon Sep 1 23:05:21 1997
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:51:21 -0400
From: SRV-fan <stevierayvaughan@usa.net>
Reply-To: metallfan@geocities.com
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan:Intro and Verse Chords..
Hey man..this is meant as an add-on to all the tabs of "The Masterplan".
I have been watching "Unplugged" and saw Noel playing two of the chords
in the song higher on the neck than they are tabbed in ALL the intros in
the archive. There is also one chord in the verse played higher than
tabbed so here goes..
Author/Artist: Oasis
Title: The Masterplan
Transcribed by: Aaron
Email: guitar69@hotmail.com
Intro (not right rhythm, just right chords..)
-0----0-------0-----0------0--------0------0----0-----------------------------
-5----1-------1-----1------1--------1------1----0-----------------------------
-5----1-------0-----2------2--------2------2----1-----------------------------
-7----2-------2-----4------3--------0------2----0-----------------------------
-7----0-------0-----0------0--------0------0----2-----------------------------
-x----x-------x-----x------x--------x------x----0-----------------------------
Am? Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D Am
E7
-0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------
-1-----------------------------------3----------------------------------------
-2--rpt------------------------------5----------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------4----------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------
-x-----------------------------------x----------------------------------------
Take the time to make some sense of what you want to
say..
(NOTE:Replace all A7sus4's in tab with x04350)
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D F
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
CHORUS
After chorus the chords: C B/C Am G are repeated for a while.
OUTRO (same as intro)
(Thanks to Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu> for the awesome tab that
made
me want to figure out the way Noel plays this song..)
From swede@email.unc.edu Thu Mar 19 01:33:22 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:43:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
To: Patrick Glass <patrick@spy.net>
Subject: The Masterplan (with solos and fills)
"The Masterplan"
Performed by Oasis
From the single "Wonderwall" on Sony/Creation Records
Music by: N. Gallagher
Lyrics by: N. Gallagher
-------------
Tabbed by Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
This is another one of my favorites by Oasis, truly an epic song and
another where our lads are accompanied by a string and horn section.
There's alot of weird chords used in this song, and the chords and
fills are sort of hard to hear (especially in the intro) because of the
string section, so keep an open mind when you see this transcription on
paper, because if you play the song, you'll hear these chords are pretty
much the right ones. Written next to some of the chords I use for this
song are the chords listed in the official Oasis B-sides guitar book
(thanks to Paul Das <p.das@rl.ac.uk> for providing these) in case you want
to know what that book has listed. Unfortunately, I don't think the
transcription found in this book is a very accurate one (as is the case
with many transcriptions in the "official" Oasis tab books) so you can try
out these chords if you wish, but you'll most likely agree with me that in
most cases the "official" book is incorrect.
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am (x02210)
A7sus4 (x02030) or try (x05430) [official book: G/A (x05433)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: F/A (x03211)]
C/B (x2x010) [official book: G/B (x20003)]
C (x32010)
D (xx0232)
E (022100)
E7 (020100)
F (x33211)
G (3x0033)
Tab Key:
b = bend (7b8 means bend string at 7th fret to make approximately the note
the string would make if played at the 8th fret with no bend
r = release bend
h = hammer on
s = slide (a quick slide, sounds like one note)
/ = a slide where you play the first note, THEN slide to the second
() = harmonics, lightly touch the string directly above the fret listed
and then pick the string
Intro:
-----
Chords used in intro:
Am (x07500)
Am/G# (x06500) [official book: Am(maj7/G#) (4x2210)]
Am7 (x05500) [official book: Am7/G (3x2210)]
Am/F# (x04500) [official book: Am6/F# (2x2210)]
Fmaj7/A (x03500) [official book: Fmaj7 (1x2210)]
Am/D (x00500) [official book: D (xx0232)]
E7 (020100)
So here it goes:
Am Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D
e------------(12)-----(12)-------(19)-----------------
B---------------------------(12)----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
Am E7
e---------0-----------------------------------------------
B-------3---3---------------------------------------------
G-------------0-------------------------------------------
D---2s4---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
THEN: Repeat intro chords one more time through, with the second guitar
picking notes from the chords in a kind of random pattern, but which can
basically played like this:
Am Am/G# Am/G
e------------0----------------------0---------------------
B--------------0----------------------0-------------------
G----5--4--5-----5----------5--4--5-----5-----------------
D-7----------------7--7--6----------------6--6--5--etc.---
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
The book has the intro like this:
Am Am(maj7/G#) Am7/G Am6/F# Fmaj7 D G Am E7
Verse 1
-------
Am
Take the time to make some sense
A7sus4
of what you want to say
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
NOTE: This little musical interlude has a guitar solo part being played
backwards. The following is that part tabbed as it sounds backwards.
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
e-----------------------------------------------------------------7-------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-7bbbbbb9--b9r7--7--5--------------5--7b9r7--5-----------7bbbbb9------5--
D-----------------------7--5--5--7---------------5-------------------7----
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D7 F
e----------5~~~--------------5----------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G-b9rrrr7--------b9rrrr7-----------7bbbbbbbbbbbb9---5-----------
D-------------------------7-----7----------------------7--5--7--
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
G E E7
Say it loud and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
[CHORUS same]
Musical Interlude
-----------------
C C/B Am G
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-----------5--5---------5--5--7--7b8.5r7--5-----5------
D------5h7----------5h7-----------------------7-----7/5-
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e--------------------------------------------5-----------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8r7--5-----5-------5--7--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5-
D---------------7------5h7-------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e--------------------------------------------5-----------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8r7--5-----5-------5--7--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5-
D---------------7------5h7-------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------5--5---------5--5--7--7b8.5r7--5--5-------
D-----5h7---------5h7--------------------------7--5-
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e---------------------------------------7------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8.5r7-5---5------5--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5--
D---------------7----5h7-----------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
C C/B F G
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8.5r7-5---5------5--5-----5-----5-----5---------------------
D---------------7----5h7------5h7----7-----7------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E7 Am
e--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5---
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
OUTRO (same as INTRO)
Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu
From Chris7710@aol.com Sat Apr 4 17:11:57 1998
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 16:52:54 EST
From: Chris7710 <Chris7710@aol.com>
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: Masterplan
Here is my attempt at tabbing Masterplan, I think it is relatively close. I
don't know the names of several of the chords but from watching MTV Unplugged
I can tell you they are very close.
Here is the intro:
The chords are basically moveable E chords for the entire intro:
the number before each "E" will indicate which fret to play the E on.
Intro: Am, 5E, 4E, 3E, 2E, 4E, Am, E
Seems easy huh? well I'm pretty sure that it is something very close to that
if not exactly.
Verse:
Am 4E
Take the time to make some sense of what you want to say
2E 4E Am E
Cast your words away upon the waves.
Am 4E
Sail them with acquiesce on a ship of hope today.
2E 4E D* F
And as they land upon the shore, tell them not to fear no more.
G E
Say it loud and sing it proud today!
C G
Dance if you want to dance, please brother take a chance.
Am G F
You know they're gonna go which way they wanna go.
G C G C
All we know is that we don't know, how it's gonna be
G Am G
F
Please brother let it be, life on the other hand won't make you understand.
G Am
We're all part of a masterplan.
then this progression: 4E, 2E, 4E, D*, F
G E
Say it loud and sing it proud today!
Next verse is the same as before.
After Noel stops singing, the progression is C, G, Am, G (he is actually using
falsetto here on Unplugged). Break down for outro is: F, G, E(After he stops
falsetto). The outro is alot like the intro, so listen to it and figure it out
for yourself.
That's all folks.
Thanks.
Questions, comments, corrections please mail to chris7710@aol.com
The Masterplan
========================
Written by Noel Gallagher
Chords provided by Tara Bennett
Am
Take the time to make some sense
G
Of what you want to say
F G Am (E)
And cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
G
On a ship of hope today
F G
And as they land upon the shore
E F
Tell them not to fear no more
E G
Say it loud, and sing it proud
E
Today... and then
C
Dance if you wanna dance
G
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna
G
Which way they wanna go
C G Am F C
All we know is that we don't know
How its gonna be
G
Please brother let it be
Am G F G
Life on the other hand won't make us understand
Am
We're all part of the masterplan
................
G G
Say it loud, and it sing it proud
E
Today....
Am
I'm not saying right is wrong
G
It's up to us to make
F G Am E
The best of all the things that come our way
Am
Cos everything thats been has past
G
The answers in the looking glass
F G
There's four and twenty million doors
E F
Down life's endless corridor
E G
Say it loud and sing it proud
E
Today...
Dance if you wanna dance...
Note, the second bit of
'We're all part of the masterplan'
goes
G C G C
We're all part of the masterplan
From Claus@spy.netSat Nov 9 19:26:22 1996
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 21:52:34 -0800
From: Claus@spy.net
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan-Chords
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The Masterplan
--------------
Words and music by: Noel Gallagher
Chords provided by Mikkel Bech-Hansen
Am
Take the time to make some sense.
G
Of what you wanna say,
F G Am E
and cast your words away upon the waves.
Am
Sail them home with acquisce
G
On a ship of hope today
F G
and as they land upon the shore
E Am
tell them not to fear no more
G
say it loud and sing it proud
E
and they
C
Will dance if you wanna dance
G
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they´re gonna go
G
Which way they´re gonna go
F G C G
All we know is that we don´t
C
know how it´s gonna be
G
Please brother let it be
Am G F G
life on the other hand won´t make us understand
Am
we´re all part of a masterplan
.............(solo)
I think this song kick --- But i´ve found it hard to find the intro.
say it loud and sing it proud and they
I´m not saying right is wrong it´s
Up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
Cause everything there´s been has past
The answer´s in the looking glass
There´s four and twenty million doors on live´s endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud and they
Will dance if you wanna dance
Please brother take a chance
You know they´re gonna go
Which way they´re gonna go
All we know is that we don´t
know how it´s gonna be
Please brother let it be
life on the other hand won´t make us understand
we´re all part of a masterplan
From swede@email.unc.edu Sat Nov 23 16:23:45 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 02:29:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
To: Patrick Glass <patrick@spy.ipa.net>
Subject: The Masterplan (updated)
>From Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu)
The Masterplan, written by Noel Gallagher, performed by Oasis
This is another one of my favorites by Oasis, truly an epic song and
another where our lads are accompanied by a string and horn section.
There's alot of weird chords used in this song, and the chords are sort
of hard to hear (especially in the intro) because of the string
section, so keep an open mind when you see this transcription on
paper, because if you play the song, you'll hear these chords are pretty
much the right ones. Written next to some of the chords I use for this
song are the chords listed in the official Oasis B-sides guitar book
(thanks to Paul Das <> for providing these) in case you want to know what
that book has listed. Unfortunately, I don't think the transcription found
in this book is a very accurate one (as is the case with many
transcriptions in the "official" Oasis tab books) so you can try out these
chords if you wish, but you'll most likely agree with me that in most
cases the "official" book is incorrect.
Chords used:
Am (x02210)
A7sus4 (x02030) or try (x05430) [official book: G/A (x05433)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: F/A (x03211)]
C/B (x2x010) [official book: G/B (x20003)]
C (x32010)
D (xx0232)
E (022100)
E7 (020100)
F (x33211)
G (3x0033)
Intro:
-----
Here's my attempt at the intro. It may not be exactly how Noel's playing
it, but it sounds almost exactly the same. For a couple of other attempts
at how to play the intro, see the bottom of this transcription...
Chords used in intro:
Am (x02210)
Am/G# (x02110) [official book: Am(maj7/G#) (4x2210)]
Am7 (x02010) [official book: Am7/G (3x2210)]
Am/F# (x04210) [official book: Am6/F# (2x2210)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: Fmaj7 (1x2210)]
Am/D (x00210) [official book: D (xx0232)]
E7 (020100)
So here it goes:
Am Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D Am E7 (repeat)
While the book has the intro like this:
Am Am(maj7/G#) Am7/G Am6/F# Fmaj7 D G Am E7
Verse 1
-------
Am
Take the time to make some sense
A7sus4
of what you want to say
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D F
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
CHORUS
After chorus the chords: C B/C Am G are repeated for a while.
OUTRO (same as intro)
A few more attempts at intro/outro: (NOTE: tab below doesn't show the
rythym that should be used, just the chord forms)
Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/D
e--0---0-----0-----0-----0----0----0--0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- (or perhaps
B--5---5-----5-----5-----5----5----5--0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- try playing
G--5---5-----5-----5-----5----5----5--1 or -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1- the high E
D--7---6-----5-----4-----3----0----7--2 -7-6-5-4-3-0-7-2- string at
A--0---0-----0-----0-----0----0----0--2 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2- the 7th
E-------------------------------------0 ---------------0- fret)
Enjoy!
Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu
From chiller@home.dmv.com Sun Mar 23 00:39:02 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:37:36 -0500
From: Dave <chiller@home.dmv.com>
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: Masterplan Chords (There and Then-Video)
Here is my interpretation of Masterplan from the "there and then" video.
I've tried to get the intro chords for this off the video, but there are
just not enough guitar shots, so I'll just give ya what I got.
Chords:
Am (xx2210)
X (xx4030) I have no idea what this chord is, so it's X for now
Am7 (xx2010)
E (022100)
C (x32010)
G (320001)
F (x33211)
(slide between the chords, don't leave pauses and it sounds much better)
Am X
Take the time to make some sense, of what you wanna say....
Am7 X Am E
And cast your words away upon the waves......
Am X
Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today....
Am7 X E Am7
And as they land upon the shore, tell them not to fear no more....
E G E
So say it loud and sing it proud todayyyy!!!
Chorus:
========
C G
Dance if ya wanna dance, please brother take a chance...
Am G
You know they're gonna go, which way they wanna go.
F G C Am
All we know is that we don't know....
C G
Just how it's gonna be, please brother let it be
Am G
Life on the other hand, won't make them understand,
C G Am
We're all part of the Masterplan.....
The song continues on following the same notation until the end when the
last part goes:
C G C G C G
We're all part of the masterplan
**Hope this helps. If any one knows the intro (Which is somewhere down
in the 4th and 5th fret), lemme know.** Mail me at: chiller@dmv.com
From T.S.Shah@herts.ac.uk Tue May 20 08:34:28 1997
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 13:50:43 +0100 (BST)
From: Coco the Clown <T.S.Shah@herts.ac.uk>
To: swede@email.unc.edu, patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan
I was messing about on the guitar the other day and i think i've got
Masterplan down almost exactly. Have a go yourselves and see wot you think.
Here are the "weird" chords used (in the form of eBGDAE):
Am/sus2 (005770)
G#maj7 (045660)
Gmaj7 (034550)
F#maj7 (023440)
Fmaj7 (012330)
Em7/sus2(000000)
The intro basically starts at the Am/sus2 and descends:
G#maj7 Gmaj7 F#maj7 Em7/sus2 Am E
Am Gmaj7
Take the time...say
Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am E
Cast your words away....waves
(same again till..)
Fmaj7 Gmaj7 D F
As they land upon...tell...to fear no more
G E
Say it...today
Then the chorus goes as what is generally agreed to be right, i.e
C G
Am G
Fmaj7 G etc....
Hope this helps!
Terry
Mad Lizzy Crumbs'
Blind Cobblers' thumbs
Were a sight to behold
From stevierayvaughan@usa.net Mon Sep 1 23:05:21 1997
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:51:21 -0400
From: SRV-fan <stevierayvaughan@usa.net>
Reply-To: metallfan@geocities.com
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: The Masterplan:Intro and Verse Chords..
Hey man..this is meant as an add-on to all the tabs of "The Masterplan".
I have been watching "Unplugged" and saw Noel playing two of the chords
in the song higher on the neck than they are tabbed in ALL the intros in
the archive. There is also one chord in the verse played higher than
tabbed so here goes..
Author/Artist: Oasis
Title: The Masterplan
Transcribed by: Aaron
Email: guitar69@hotmail.com
Intro (not right rhythm, just right chords..)
-0----0-------0-----0------0--------0------0----0-----------------------------
-5----1-------1-----1------1--------1------1----0-----------------------------
-5----1-------0-----2------2--------2------2----1-----------------------------
-7----2-------2-----4------3--------0------2----0-----------------------------
-7----0-------0-----0------0--------0------0----2-----------------------------
-x----x-------x-----x------x--------x------x----0-----------------------------
Am? Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D Am
E7
-0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------
-1-----------------------------------3----------------------------------------
-2--rpt------------------------------5----------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------4----------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------
-x-----------------------------------x----------------------------------------
Take the time to make some sense of what you want to
say..
(NOTE:Replace all A7sus4's in tab with x04350)
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D F
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
CHORUS
After chorus the chords: C B/C Am G are repeated for a while.
OUTRO (same as intro)
(Thanks to Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu> for the awesome tab that
made
me want to figure out the way Noel plays this song..)
From swede@email.unc.edu Thu Mar 19 01:33:22 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:43:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
To: Patrick Glass <patrick@spy.net>
Subject: The Masterplan (with solos and fills)
"The Masterplan"
Performed by Oasis
From the single "Wonderwall" on Sony/Creation Records
Music by: N. Gallagher
Lyrics by: N. Gallagher
-------------
Tabbed by Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
This is another one of my favorites by Oasis, truly an epic song and
another where our lads are accompanied by a string and horn section.
There's alot of weird chords used in this song, and the chords and
fills are sort of hard to hear (especially in the intro) because of the
string section, so keep an open mind when you see this transcription on
paper, because if you play the song, you'll hear these chords are pretty
much the right ones. Written next to some of the chords I use for this
song are the chords listed in the official Oasis B-sides guitar book
(thanks to Paul Das <p.das@rl.ac.uk> for providing these) in case you want
to know what that book has listed. Unfortunately, I don't think the
transcription found in this book is a very accurate one (as is the case
with many transcriptions in the "official" Oasis tab books) so you can try
out these chords if you wish, but you'll most likely agree with me that in
most cases the "official" book is incorrect.
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am (x02210)
A7sus4 (x02030) or try (x05430) [official book: G/A (x05433)]
Fmaj7/A (x03210) [official book: F/A (x03211)]
C/B (x2x010) [official book: G/B (x20003)]
C (x32010)
D (xx0232)
E (022100)
E7 (020100)
F (x33211)
G (3x0033)
Tab Key:
b = bend (7b8 means bend string at 7th fret to make approximately the note
the string would make if played at the 8th fret with no bend
r = release bend
h = hammer on
s = slide (a quick slide, sounds like one note)
/ = a slide where you play the first note, THEN slide to the second
() = harmonics, lightly touch the string directly above the fret listed
and then pick the string
Intro:
-----
Chords used in intro:
Am (x07500)
Am/G# (x06500) [official book: Am(maj7/G#) (4x2210)]
Am7 (x05500) [official book: Am7/G (3x2210)]
Am/F# (x04500) [official book: Am6/F# (2x2210)]
Fmaj7/A (x03500) [official book: Fmaj7 (1x2210)]
Am/D (x00500) [official book: D (xx0232)]
E7 (020100)
So here it goes:
Am Am/G# Am7 Am/F# Fmaj7/A Am/D
e------------(12)-----(12)-------(19)-----------------
B---------------------------(12)----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
Am E7
e---------0-----------------------------------------------
B-------3---3---------------------------------------------
G-------------0-------------------------------------------
D---2s4---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
THEN: Repeat intro chords one more time through, with the second guitar
picking notes from the chords in a kind of random pattern, but which can
basically played like this:
Am Am/G# Am/G
e------------0----------------------0---------------------
B--------------0----------------------0-------------------
G----5--4--5-----5----------5--4--5-----5-----------------
D-7----------------7--7--6----------------6--6--5--etc.---
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
The book has the intro like this:
Am Am(maj7/G#) Am7/G Am6/F# Fmaj7 D G Am E7
Verse 1
-------
Am
Take the time to make some sense
A7sus4
of what you want to say
Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
and cast your words away upon the waves
Am
Sail them home with acquiesce
A7sus4
On a ship of hope today
Fmaj7/A A7sus4
And as they land upon the shore
D F
Tell them not to fear no more
G E E7
Say it loud, and sing it proud today And then
Chorus:
-------
C
Dance if you wanna dance
C/B
Please brother take a chance
Am
You know they're gonna go
G F G C G
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't
C
Know how it's gonna be
C/B
Please brother let it be
Am
Life on the other hand
G F G
won't make you understand
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
We're all part of the masterplan
NOTE: This little musical interlude has a guitar solo part being played
backwards. The following is that part tabbed as it sounds backwards.
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 Am E7
e-----------------------------------------------------------------7-------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-7bbbbbb9--b9r7--7--5--------------5--7b9r7--5-----------7bbbbb9------5--
D-----------------------7--5--5--7---------------5-------------------7----
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am A7sus4 Fmaj7/A A7sus4 D7 F
e----------5~~~--------------5----------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G-b9rrrr7--------b9rrrr7-----------7bbbbbbbbbbbb9---5-----------
D-------------------------7-----7----------------------7--5--7--
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
G E E7
Say it loud and sing it proud today
Verse 2
-------
I'm not saying right is wrong
It's up to us to make
The best of all the things that come our way
'Cos everything that's been has passed
The answer's in the looking glass
There's four and twenty million doors
Down life's endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud today
And then
[CHORUS same]
Musical Interlude
-----------------
C C/B Am G
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-----------5--5---------5--5--7--7b8.5r7--5-----5------
D------5h7----------5h7-----------------------7-----7/5-
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e--------------------------------------------5-----------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8r7--5-----5-------5--7--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5-
D---------------7------5h7-------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e--------------------------------------------5-----------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8r7--5-----5-------5--7--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5-
D---------------7------5h7-------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------5--5---------5--5--7--7b8.5r7--5--5-------
D-----5h7---------5h7--------------------------7--5-
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
C C/B Am G
e---------------------------------------7------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8.5r7-5---5------5--5--7--7b8.5---b8.5r7--5--
D---------------7----5h7-----------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
C C/B F G
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----7b8.5r7-5---5------5--5-----5-----5-----5---------------------
D---------------7----5h7------5h7----7-----7------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E7 Am
e--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5----7b8.5---
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
OUTRO (same as INTRO)
Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu
From Chris7710@aol.com Sat Apr 4 17:11:57 1998
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 16:52:54 EST
From: Chris7710 <Chris7710@aol.com>
To: patrick@spy.net
Subject: Masterplan
Here is my attempt at tabbing Masterplan, I think it is relatively close. I
don't know the names of several of the chords but from watching MTV Unplugged
I can tell you they are very close.
Here is the intro:
The chords are basically moveable E chords for the entire intro:
the number before each "E" will indicate which fret to play the E on.
Intro: Am, 5E, 4E, 3E, 2E, 4E, Am, E
Seems easy huh? well I'm pretty sure that it is something very close to that
if not exactly.
Verse:
Am 4E
Take the time to make some sense of what you want to say
2E 4E Am E
Cast your words away upon the waves.
Am 4E
Sail them with acquiesce on a ship of hope today.
2E 4E D* F
And as they land upon the shore, tell them not to fear no more.
G E
Say it loud and sing it proud today!
C G
Dance if you want to dance, please brother take a chance.
Am G F
You know they're gonna go which way they wanna go.
G C G C
All we know is that we don't know, how it's gonna be
G Am G
F
Please brother let it be, life on the other hand won't make you understand.
G Am
We're all part of a masterplan.
then this progression: 4E, 2E, 4E, D*, F
G E
Say it loud and sing it proud today!
Next verse is the same as before.
After Noel stops singing, the progression is C, G, Am, G (he is actually using
falsetto here on Unplugged). Break down for outro is: F, G, E(After he stops
falsetto). The outro is alot like the intro, so listen to it and figure it out
for yourself.
That's all folks.
Thanks.
Questions, comments, corrections please mail to chris7710@aol.com
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