Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home Tabs & Lyrics by Mogwai
Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home
guitar tabs lyrics
I wanted to share this with you. it's from the unofficial mogwai site
brightlights.youngteam.co.uk:
taken from the album Young Team
Transcribed by Graeme Tait
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b - bend /or\ slide note h - hammer on p - pull off H - harmonic
Bass line plays for a bit then guitar starts with this bit
e-----------|
b-----------|
g-------9---| x6
d---7-------|
a-----------|
e-----------|
followed by this riff
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------|
g------6--4h6--6--6\4--4\2--2----6--4h6--6--6\7--7\9--9\11\9--|
d---4--------------------------4------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
main riff - this is repeated until the harmonics bit is reached
e----------------------------|
b----------------------------|
g-------9--------9-----------|
d---7--------7-------7---7---|
a----------------------------|
e----------------------------|
this is played over the main riff once
e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g---6--4h6--6--6\7--7\9--9b11r9---|
d---------------------------------|
a---------------------------------|
e---------------------------------|
this is played at the end of the main riff section twice with a bit of
the main riff in between
e-----------------------------|
b-----------------------------|
g----------11-\--------6--4---|
d------11-----------4--4------|
a---9------------5------------|
e-----------------------------|
The main riff isn't played anymore - there's these nice harmonics instead.
Repeat them until the bass starts again and then improvise using the same harmonics.
e-------------------|
b-------------------|
g-------------------|
d---7--------7------|
a------7---9----7---|
e-------------------|
H H H H H
There's some quiet guitar noise before the big distorted bit, but I don't know
what it is (but it sounds kind of like A).
Big distorted chords.
e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g---11--11-11-\-7--7-7----------------|
d---11--11-11-\-7--7-7---7--7-7--7-7--|
a---9---9--9--\-5--5-5---7--7-7--7-7--|
e---9---9--9--\-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--|
Solo played over the chords - I've only transcribed a bit so you get to improvise
the rest
e---------------------------------------12-14-12-/-17---|
b---------------------------10--12--14------------------|
g---4/6-6-6/9-9--9--9-9/11------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------|
Some of the distorted bit is just A5 like this...
e-----------------|
b-----------------|
g-----------------|
d---7--7-7--7-7---|
a---7--7-7--7-7---|
e---5--5-5--5-5---|
...with a little bit of D5, like this.
e-----------------|
b-----------------|
g---7--7-7--7-7---|
d---7--7-7--7-7---|
a---5--5-5--5-5---|
e-----------------|
