---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtains - John Frusciante ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:frusciante_5 Email:funky_monks_12@hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All you really need for most of this album is an acoustic guitar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Past Recedes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- chords...G,D,Am,Em,B, C GDAEm e|------3-------2---2-------0--------0--0---0--0------0--0-----------------| B|------0-------3---3--3----1------ 1--1---1--1------0--0-----------------| G|---------0----2---2--2----2-- --- 2--2---2--2------0--0-----------------| D|--0------0----0---0--0----2------- 2--2---2--2------2--2-----------------| A|--2------2------------------------------------------2--2-----------------| E|--3----------------------------------------------------------------------| (This is the basic strumming pattern through the verses) G D Em And then the past recedes G D Em and I won't be involved G D Em The effort to be free G D Am Seems pointless from above G D Em You're looking down at me G D Em I'd rather stay below G D Am Em Than have you staring up at me G D AB It is nowhere I want to go C D Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive Em D Why to be here you first got to die C so I gave it a try Am And what do you know Em B Time was so long ago G D Am Em And things come back you see G D AEm To where they don't belong G D Am B and every drop of sea is the whole ocean C D I lied to the greatest thieves Em D about anything and everything C D I'm a figure of forgotten speech I'm out of reach Am I can't play it safe Em B But I'm might just in case SOLO (for the rhythm guitar use same chord progresions as intro and verses) e|---10---10p8-----8h10p8--------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12--------10---8--7--8---8/12---10/8---7---8--8---7----5---3| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3h5p3---0---0------0---------------------------------------------------| G|------------------2-----2---2h4p2----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------4--5--5--4--2------2---4--------------| A|---------------------------------------------------5---------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------3----5/7----5---3-----10-10----13^----15^--------| B|-------------3--3h5p3----------------------------------------------------| G|------x------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---5-----5---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---12---12/13--10-------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| C D I'm disguised as a reaching hand Em I'm a working man C D I don't understand why clock out Em D Comes so slow every time C D Am That's one line il stay right behind (Outro is the same chords as intro and verses, should end on a G) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lever Pulled -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a nice song with simple chords (Ab, Db, Eb) Ab Db You're the feeling of hurting Ab More is what Db I'm asking for Ab Little lies cross overboard Wait for the crying Ab Db Love to aim at besides Ab Lever pulled Db Eb Go where you are little pond Ab Db Never be seen by your saw Db Eb Ab We'll work it out (Here the synth come in, play the Ab and arpeggiate the Db and Eb like this) ADEb e|----4---------------------------------| B|----4--------------6------------8-----| G|----5------------6------------8-------| D|----6----------6------------8---------| A|----6--------4------------6-----------| E|----4---------------------------------| Ab Db Eb Ab Now the feelings are right where you saw Db Eb Ab Forever is right where we were Db Eb Never be clean Ab Lever pulled Db Eb Ab Be where you are (repeat arpeggiated chords at the end, end on Ab) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has some unique chord (a,Bb,G,D,Dmin,Gmin,Emin,C,F,Cmin) a G Anne you can't hide Bb D you know we'll find you a G Bb D It's a matter where pride flies out the window Dmin Bb a I never got the weight off the ground Dmin Bb a I just forgot what's up and what's down Gmin Emin C How many get the way I feel now Gmin Emin There's no regret C There's just the sense that Dmin Bb a Nothing is going my way Dmin Bb a There's so much that happened today (Hums) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------- 3--------3--------------4--------------------------------------| G|--------3-----3--2------2---0---3---------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------3---------3---------------------------------------------------------| G|-----3-----3--2-----2--0---2---3--2---------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------3---1--------4-------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ((When the next lyrics come in, repeat the humming part^^^)) The gods of the city have called my name It means more to them than it means to me somehow I left my body I left my fate But is so hard to keep away now Nothing is final because.. (here the acoustic guitar plays rhythm again) Gmin F Cmin Gmin it seems all the while (There wasn't anything for me ) Gmin F Cmin Gmin I always faked my smile (There's so many careless angels responsible for me) F They give me disease Gmin Cmin Gmin F They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me Gmin Cmin Gmin C saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone Gmin Cmin Gmin F they shut my eyes and i can't see now ((This is the most explosive part of the album but unfortuntly i cant tab the twin solos to well, sorry about that, these are chords to play over it however)) (Gmin, Cmin,Gmin Cmin, Gmin, C Gmin, F) Play them in that order, listen to the record and ul figure out the strumming pattern) Gmin Cmin Gmin These are the times I was scared of Cmin Gmin C These are the fates I pushed out of the way Gmin Cmin Gmin Now they come back here and haunt me F It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be ^(Continue those chord progressions throughout the outro solos, end on Gmin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Real ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not entirely sure about this one the chords are hard to make out in places but this is the best i could do i think alot of it is correct Bmin D Bmin a I don't know the real from what I thought I saw Bmin D Bmin I can't remember where I went a Where I was At this points the chords break down slightly i think it goes something like this aBDaE e|------------------------------------2-----------------------------------| B|---------2-------------3------3--3-3------------2-------------0---------| G|--2--2--2-------4--4--4-------2--2-2------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2-------4--4--4-----------------------2-----------2-------------| A|---------------------------------------------0----------2---------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| ^use this chord sequence when the lyrics come in, their are some variations which im not sure about but i know only these chords are used) I'm gonna move toward a point in time Where where you are is a state of mind And anytime I can read your thoughts Some of them yours and some of them I thought up (chord sequence changes here) a Bmin a D There's no good reason for a heartbreak a Bmin a D Nothing's repeating every Monday a Bmin a D It's no good saying you'll always be mine a Bmin a D These jokes life's playing it makes me so tired a Bmin D a It's already to much to always seen you off a Bmin D a The sense that hours go back is enough (on this next bit go back to the chord progressions in the first verse) a Bmin D a D I like to fade when I write this line a Bmin D a E There's every reason to paint a decline a Bmin D a E And every mile I walk is five a Bmin D a E I'll get where I'm going in the next life a Bmin a D And all the while there's a false face a Bmin a D This every killing is left untraced a Bmin a D This kind of falling saved my son a Bmin a D This constant longing for what's gone (I think the outro of the song goes back to the original chord progression in th verses, end on a Bm) (sorry if this isnt very good its the best i could do, im pretty sure these are all the chords u need) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- a Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is one of the easiest on the album B a Abmin These don't have a name B a Abmin I've been a fool to let it out that way Cmin a And it'll keep on coming back C#min A Abmin A fool gets laughed at C#min B a B and I'll go on and on and on C#min B a B Letting it out when the feelings strong Cmin B a B I wonder who in the single thing C#min B a B Made this night and this ugly dreams B a Abmin (ah) (ah) (ah) These all pass away B a Abmin It is clear that one can see through a day C#min a And i may have met my match C#min A Abmin Completely unattached C#min B a B with no one no one no one C#min B on whom to rely a B Let's sing that song C#min B a B well I didn't read the last page C#min B a B You thought of me at that final stage C#min B a B eenie meenie miney mo C#min B It's about time a B About time to go C#min B a B eenie meenie miney mo C#min B It's about time a B About time to go carry on the chord progressions in the last 6 lines of the song, end on B (or alternatively you could play the harmonica part) e|----------- 6---7--6------------------------------7--8---9--11---9--8-7-| B|------------9---- -----------9------7----------------9------------------| G| 9---------8---------------------9-------9---8----8---------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------6--7---6----------------------------------------------------| B|----------9------------9----7------------------------------------------| G|--------8-----------------9-----9---8---6--8---6-------6---------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------9----9--8--9--8-6-| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Didnt like this song at first but its grown on me, not too hard to work out. For the parts when John isnt singing play this, when he recorded the album he said that he just arpeggiated the chords very quitely to get that "distant" sound, when he played the next 3 chords he played them full volume. Cmin (You will need to play this 4 times before John starts singing) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------- | B|------- 4------4-----4-----4------------------------------------------- | G|-----5----5----- 5----5-----5------------------------------------------ | D|--5----------5-----5----5----5------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Remember play the Cmin quitely and get louder on the next 3 chords) Cmin Ab BF# It's not the way I go Cmin Ab BF# It's not the way I go Cmin Ab B F# Noone here hears me Cmin Ab B F# I'm sick of people knowing me B a Cmin Life's confusing me B a There's so much I don't see Cmin a B Cmin something's controlling me Cmin Ab BF# It's no way to live Cmin Ab B F# I haven't got a thing to give Cmin Ab B F# And those signs trade off Cmin Ab B F# I'm a line from loud to soft B a Cmin For what I have to say B a Cmin I wanted to build a stage Cmin a B Cmin I wanted to feel this way Cmin a this way......... For this part theres an electric guitar playing these notes with reverb, over the top the acoustic guitar is whacking the chords, play the chords above the tab (you should hit the B, 5 times, then strum the Cmin) BCmin e|----14^---------17^----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ^carry this on when the lyrics come in B Cmin All this things are real B Cmin I don't know my own field B Cmin You will prove me wrong B I don't know one go back to the beginning tab quite to loud Cmin a B F# I see now what I've got Cmin a B F# It reveals just what is is not Cmin a B F# Someday I'll take it away Cmin a B F# There's nothing for me anyway B a Cmin Love don't choose me B a Cmin wide don't see a thing (electric guitar comes in again) B Cmin What I'm saying is now B Cmin I don't know what it's about B Cmin I wander through the dawn B Cmin so much goes on B Cmin Who will make me run B Cmin I admit I might be wrong B Cmin These letters shelter me now B Cmin I wonder how ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Warning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G C Em C You're warning me to get out of the way G C Em D Was the safest thing to say G C Em C This trying to get out of a tight spot G C Em D Isn't even worth a shot G C And all of the world calls out at once G C give us pain Em D It's a friend to us G C And we don't decide for ourselves very much G C Em D what we are we owe to the fear of love (Piano comes in here, these are the chords) ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_frusciante/curtains_tab.html ) G C Don't bring it around Bm C I've reached for that G C Bm C Iv reached for that G C Once it is found Bm C It turns its back G C Bm C It turns its back Em Bm Once it is called when you're married Em G D and you've fallen out of love Em Bm What's it called when the family Em G D you raised you don't know at all Bm D C G Give us a point to miss (At this point the guitar and piano play over each otherm play this line with the piano until the end of the song) e|-----3--5---3--------2--3--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------5---------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------4---4---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| endings are killing me slow I only ask for this empiness replace my soul -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the shortest song on the album. B C#min B i feel the hope running low D B C#min we never found our way home B There is no more world C#min B The land is gone D B C#min B water is all that survived that one B C#min B C#min B C#min B there are no escapes, no escapes, no escapes C#min D B gone are the days of mistakes C#min B our mistakes (Theres a small electric guitar lead on this part, to replicate the tone you can turn your amps mid and treble right down with the bass up, select a neck pickup) e|----9---7---6---7---6h7p6-------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------9---7----------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------8----------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B C#min B and did you see the night wore on D B C#min and became the days that never begun B The disappearing day C#min B You know where I'm from D B C#min B Is the only place that forever stays young C#min B C#min Lost at sea B C#min B C#min we're lost at sea C#min D B C#min B I wouldn't know my face if you all were me C#min B C#min B C#min B All we have is all we see C#min D There is no more hope B C#min B There are no dreams (Electric Guitar lead) e|-----19-18--16--18--16-------16--------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------19------19--17--19--17-------17-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------19------19--18--19-------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----18---16---18---16---------16-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------19--------19---18---19----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ascension ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This song is dead easy to play. At the begining pull off the Em minore chord like this e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|---------0h2p0--------| A|--0h2p0---------------| E|----------------------| Em Coming up to the end a These feelings weren't always pretend Em a Review your whole life and you don't even have to die Em Life would never leave me alone a A choice wich way i wanted to go Em a And everything I've seen is wrong to make me what I'll be Em a All men D G You don't need anyone a Just hold on to the end Em a D And you don't even have to look good Em a Woman D G You do fine on your own a Em a D You're free to cry and you don't have to wipe your eyes Em (keep strumming Em through out) Oh la la la Oh la la la Oh la la la Oh la la la Oh la la la Oh la Oh la G D You once saved me (repeat this 3 times) G D You once saved me G D and now I'm where you want me to be a G Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try a G Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try a G Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try a G Ascending endlessly and I don't even have Em To try ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my favourite song on the album B For changing lines C#min a B I've got no time tonight Camin e|-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------5-------------5------------------------------------------------| G|-----------6-------------6---------------------------------------------| D|-------------6--------------7------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------7---------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B In these times C#min a B the wind surpasses the tide Camin e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------6---------6-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------6---------------7---------------------------------------------| A|------- 4--------------------7-------------------------------------------| E|-----4--------------------------5----------------------------------------| C#min B a C#min when the wake ups hard to find B a B C#min dreams make up for your life B C#min a B This crazy shine it never lets you die Camin e|-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------5-------------5------------------------------------------------| G|-----------6-------------6---------------------------------------------| D|-------------6--------------7------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------7---------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B Going up C#min a B We become what we want Camin e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------6---------6-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------6---------------7---------------------------------------------| A|------- 4--------------------7-------------------------------------------| E|-----4--------------------------5----------------------------------------| C#min B a C#min Again the moon rises up too high B a B C#min And we don't need the sky C#min a B a Wonder what it is that makes the world turn slower C#min a B a wonder what it is that makes me feel so mad C#min a B a everyone that talks to me I so wish wouldn't C#min B a B B#min I wouldn't even care exept I feel so bad a B C#min I feel so bad (There is a slight variation in chords here, listen to the record and you will here that this is played on the lyrics "My Life" and "Time tonight") (these are the variations) CBaC#min e|-----------4-------------2------------2----------------6------------------| B|-----------5-------------4---------2--2----------------6------------------| G|- ---------6-------------4------2--2--2-----------------------------------| D|-------6---6---------4---4------2--2--2-----------6-----------------------| A|----4--4----------2--2------------------------4---4-----------------------| E|----4--4----------2--2------------------------4---4-----------------------| C#miB a C#min B a C#min why is there no one in my liiiiiiiiife C#miB time a C#min B a C#min there's no time tonight C#miB Wide a C#min B a C#min there's no room to see wide C#miB Time a C#min B a C#min There's no time tonight (play these chords in the outro with the variations) C#min,B,a,) (end on a B) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leap Your Bar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a piano song and sounds pretty bad on guitar, however if you have reverb in a pedal or amp, select strong reverb and if you have a strat guitar set the Neck Pickup and turn the tone knobs down, it wont sound like a piano but it sounds better than through a normal clean channel) Hannah go leap your bar, this is how right you are e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|-----6-------9----6---6-----------6-------9-------6---6-------------------| D|--7---------------------------7-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Im in the way it seems, people are cold and mean e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|-----6-------9----6---6-----------6-------9---6---6-----------------------| D|--7---------------------------7-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| In the valleys noon, the things that i can find e|---7--9---7--9----7-------9----7------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------10--9--7--10-------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nothings simple soon, The stitches i can time e|---7--9--- 7--9----7-------9----7------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------10--9--7--10----------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| I was so bad i was so bad e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7/10-10-9------5/9---9---7---------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Endless the weeds you blink nothings for sure to sink e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|-----6-------9---- 6---6-----------6-------9-------6---6------------------| D|--7---------------------------7-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I closed an open door what is the world good for e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7------------------------------------| G|-----6-------9-6---6----------- 6-------9-------6---6----------------------| D|--7---------------------------7--------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| the beloved cars that went to where they went e|---7--9---7--9----7-------9----7------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------10--9----7--10-----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| did they actually go or were they really sent e|---------7--9--7--9--7-------9----7----------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------- --10--9--7--10-----------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| life is so sad life is so sad e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7/10-10-9--------5/9---9---7-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| hannah go fill your jar this isnt right you are e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|-----6-------9---- 6---6-----------6-------9-------6---6------------------| D|--7---------------------------7-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| when does the whole of to be become infinity e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|-----6-------9-------- 6---6--------6----9-6---6--------------------------| D|--7------------------------------7----------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| headed for the moon the mission i can buy e|---7--9---7--9----7-------9----7------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------10--9----7--10--------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| for ever in a line the freinds who walk right by e|--- 7--9---7--9--7-------9----7-------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------- 10--9----7--10----------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| and never see you i never see you e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7/10---10-9--------5/9----9---7----------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------10--9----------------------10--9--------------------------------| B|----7h9-----------10---10------7h9-----------10---10----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| well thats the album, any questions or corrections dont hesitate to email me! cheers.