SLOAN - "sugartune" Tablature

SLOAN - Sugartune
From: Smeared
Tabbed by: Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

This song has already been posted by someone else but it's
totally wrong, so I thought I'd put my own version on. I'm
glad to see that there are some other Sloan fans out there
in cyberspace. They were a great band while they lasted. Tell
me if you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions. Thanks.

Tuned down about a half step Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (It doesn't
seem like it's quite on the exact pitch, so you might have
to fool around with you're tuning pegs a bit to match it.)

During A, B, C# part of Fig.1 part the second guitar sometimes
picks the notes of the chords rather than strumming them.


Fig.1
E Ab B/F# A B C# F#
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----x------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x------------------|
|-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-x-2--2-2-2-4-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-x-0--0-0-0-4-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


Verse (Fig.1)
E Ab B/F#
I wrote for you a sugar tune

A B C# F#
To help you through what you gotta do
E Ab B/F#
When you're on the ground and keep fallin' down

A B C# F#
Remember how I made this sound


Fig.2
F# G A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


Bridge (Fig.2)

F# G A
Sound sou - nd

F# G A
Sound sou - nd


Verse (Fig.1)

When you're on your own feeling all alone
Remember that you've always got a home
I'm outside tryin' hard to hide
The fact I'm scared to be by your side


Fig.3
C#/Ab F# Ab
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6-6-x-----------------------|
|-6-6-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4---2-2-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


Chorus (Fig.3)

C# F# Ab
I know when everybody's got one

C# F# Ab
You want one, too

C# F# Ab
I know when everybody's got one

C# F# Ab
You want one, too


Fig.5 (interlude)

Guitar 1 plays something along these lines...

oooohhhhhh ooooohhhhh ooooohhhh ooooohhhhhh
Ab Eb/Bb F# C#/Ab
|----6-6-4-------6-6-4-------4-4-4-------4-4-2----|
|-4--4-4-----4-4-4-4------2--2-2-----2-2-2-2---2--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
| |
|while guitar two plays the rythym part. |
| Ab Eb/Bb F# C#/Ab |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------8-8-8-8-8-8-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--|


Chorus (Fig.3)

I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too
I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too


Fig.4 (palm mute throughout)

E Ab B A B
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4---------------------------------

C# F#
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
-4-4-4---------------------------|
-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


Verse (Fig.4)

I wrote for you a sugar tune
To help you through what you gotta do
When you're one the ground and keep falling down
remember how I made this sound


Bridge (Fig.2)

Sound sou - nd
Sound sou - nd

Keep playing Fig.2 until the end if the song.



.....sugartune....by sloan

if you don't know sloan, they are (were) a cool Canadian band
that just recently broke up. ):

here's the song sugartune from their first album "smeared" (go buy
it) It's pretty easy, mostly power chords, I don't have some
parts, so if you like sloan help me out.

For people who have never heard this song before I put in the beat
values, for the intro atleast.

Play with distortion, I think there's another guitar playing some-
thing but I have no idea what.

[chords used]

D5 C5 A#5
e--X----X----X----
B--X----X----X----
G--7----5----3----
D--7----5----3----
A--5----3----1----
E--X----X----X----


[Intro]

4 D5 C5 C5 A#5 A#5 C5
4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

A#5 A#5 C5 C5 D5 D5 A#5
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

or something along those lines....

[Verses]

D5 D5 C5
I wrote for you,
A#5 C5
A sugar tune,
A#5 C5 D5 A#5
Help you through what you gotta do.

the same chord progression is played for these lyrics...

When you're one the ground,
And keep falling down,
remember how I made this sound.

[Chorus]

D5 A#5 A#5
I know when
D5 C5 D5 C5
everybody's got one,
A#5 A#5 D5 C5
You want one too.

...that's all I have so far, it's the basic song. There's a couple
fills missing, but there not that hard to figure out...

my first tab, hope you enjoy it.....

Ian (ag549@torfree.net)