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/ Everclear / Sparkle And Fade (1995) / Summerland guitar tab

Summerland 
As recorded by Everclear on "Sparkle and Fade"
Tabbed by Mark Romano (markromano70@hotmail.com) and Steve Smith (sesmith3@eos.ncsu.edu)

VERSION 1 - Tabbed by Mark Romano

Lengend- "b" after a note means flat, not bend; and all chords
are bar chords.  \ means slide down

Drum Intro

Main Riff:
   F   Ab  C         Bb    Ab
e|-1---4---8---8--8--6--6--4--4-|
B|-1---4---8---8--8--6--6--4--4-|
G|-2---5---9---9--9--7--7--5--5-|
D|-3---6---10--10-10-8--8--6--6-|
A|-3---6---10--10-10-8--8--6--6-| On the third time through
E|-1---4---8---8--8--6--6--4--4-| slide up to the next chord

Riff 2:
   Bb      Ab
e|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
B|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
G|-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
D|-8-8-8-8-6-6-|
A|-8-8-8-8-6-6-|
E|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
            Let's Just Drive your car...
   Bb     Ab
e|-6---6--4-4-|
B|-6---6--4-4-|
G|-7---7--5-5-|
D|-8---8--6-6-|
A|-8---8--6-6-|
E|-6---6--4-4-|
            We could drive all day...
   Ab     F                        F   Ab
e|-4---4--1-1----------------------1-1-4-4-|
B|-4---4--1-1----------------------1-1-4-4-|
G|-5---5--2-2----------------------2-2-5-5-|
D|-5---5--3-3----------------------3-3-5-5-|
A|-6---6--3-3----------------------3-3-6-6-|
E|-4---4--1-1----------------------1-1-4-4-|
            Let's just get the hell away from here
Repeat riff 2 for the next verse starting with "for
I am sick again"

Play the Main Riff for "we could do the things, all
the things you wanted to..."

Riff 2 for "think I lost my smile..."

Main Riff for "we could find a town, be just how we want to be..."

Riff 3
   Bb      Ab
e|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
B|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
G|-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
D|-8-8-8-8-6-6-|
A|-8-8-8-8-6-6-|  Play 4 times, each when Art says
E|-6-6-6-6-4-4-|  Sparkle and fade
...Sparkle and fade

Riff 4 Guitar 2 (play with riff 3)
e|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
G|-----------------------|


Mini Solo with tremolo
e|-----------------------|
B|-6--6\4---4\1--1-------|
G|----------------3--5\--|

Bass line, Then...

Play the main riff with distortion and sraight eight notes
during "FADE! FADE! FADE! FADE!..."
Riff 4 comes in at about 3min, 08sec

Riff 3 at "Yeah, Sparkle and fade.."

ending riff
e|---------------------------------|
B|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1---------|
D|-------------------------3-3-3-3-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

VERSION 2 - Tabbed by Steve Smith

This is just the chord pro. You'll need a reference for chords and you'll 
need to listen for the strum pattern. It's a similar song to Strawberry.

Intro
[Fsus2] [Abmaj7] [C5] [Bb6] [Abmaj7]
(play through chords twice)

verse
[Eb5]Lets just drive your car[Bb]
[Ab]we could drive all day[G]
[F]lets just get the hell away from[Ab] here [F5]
[Eb5]for I am sick again[Bb6]
[Abmaj7]just plain sick to death[G]
[F]of the sounds of my[Abmaj7] own voice[F]
[Eb]we could leave behind[Bb]
[Ab]another wasted year[G]
[F]Just get some cheap red wine
and just [Ab]go flying
[F]We could do the things
[Ab]all the things you wanted to
[C]No one cares about [Bb]us an[Ab]yway

chorus
[Eb]the fall glimmer sparkle and fade[F]
[Eb]Fall glimmer sparkle and fade[F]
[Eb]Fall glimmer sparkle and fade[F]
[Eb]Fall glimmer sparkle and fade...[F]

chorus fill
e|--------------------------------------------------------
b|--------11-------11------11------11---------------------
g|---12------12-------12------12--------------------------
d|--------------------------------------------------------
a|--------------------------------------------------------
e|--------------------------------------------------------

pre-chorus
[F]forget about
our jobs[Ab] at the record store
[C]forget about
all the[B] losers that we kn[C]ow
[F]forget about
all the me[Ab]mories that keep you down
[C]forget about them we could lose the[Ab]m in the sparkle and fade[F]

comments? 
sesmith3@eos.ncsu.edu 

JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/


Everclear albums
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2001 White Trash Hell
2000 Songs from An American Movie Part II
2000 Learning How To Smile
1997 So Much For The Afterglow
1995 Sparkle And Fade
1993 World Of Noise
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02Heroin Girl tabbass tab
03You Make Me Feel Like A Whore tabbass tab
04Santa Monica tabbass tab
05Summerland tabbass tab
06Strawberry tabbass tab
07Heartspark Dollarsign tabbass tab
08The Twistinside tabbass tab
09Her Brand New Skin tabbass tab
10Nehalem tabbass tab
11Queen Of The Air tabbass tab
12Pale Green Stars tabbass tab
13Chemical Smile tabbass tab
14My Sexual Life tabbass tab

 

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