Heres a very under-rated song off The Weakerthans Fallow album. Its a simple but
song so I tabbed it out
for anyone who would care to play it.
This is how I play the song. I incorporated the guitar melodies into the picking style.
may not be
exact as the album since I simplified chords to make it easy to play on one guitar. But
the parts are
there and the differences are pretty much un-noticible.
I tabbed out the intro, main melody/picking, the pre instrumental, and instrumental at
end. Otherwise I
just wrote the chords so you can sing along easier.
On the album:
The verses are played like the melody part
The ( Am - G - F - etc. ) progressions are played like the pre-instrumental part
tabbed (same fingerings).
Otherwise its pretty simple to figure out.
I hope someone finds this tab useful. Please comment/rate. Let me know what you think!
Fallow - The Weakerthans
Tabbed by Bob Funk
Capo: 2nd Fret
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
D|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Melody:
e|-0--------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-----1--------1--------1-----1--------0----------------|
G|----0--------0-------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----0--------|
D|-------2--------2-------------2--------2--------------2-------2-----2-----|
A|-3----------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------2--------2-----4--------4--------------2--------2--------0------|
D|----3--------3--------3-----5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------3---|
A|-------3--------3---------------5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------|
E|-1-----------------------3-----------------------1------------------------|
Back to Start of melody
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---0--------0h2--------0-----0-------0--------0-----|
D|------2----------2--------2-----0h2-----2--0-----0--|
A|---3-----3----------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------|
Pre-First Verse:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-0-------0--------0----|
D|----0h2-----2--0-----0-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-3---------------------|
CC/EF
Wait until the day says it's closing
GFCG
and public is put away.
CC/EF
Write by the light of a pay phone
GFCG
your list of I meant to say
AmGF
Like winter comes too soon
AmGFGG
or "Radiators hum out of tune
FC
Out under the Disraeli
GF
with rusty train track ties
FC
we'll carve new streets and sidewalks
GF
a city for small lives
FGC
and say that we'll stay for one more year
CC/EF
Wait near the end of September
GFG
Wait for some stars to show
CC/EF
Try so hard not to remember
GFCG
what all empty playgrounds know
AmGF
that sympathy is cruel
AmGFGG
Reluctant jester or simpering fool
FC
But six feet off the highway
GF
our bare legs stung with wheat
FC
we'll dig a hole and bury
GF
all we could not defeat
FGC
and say that we'll stay for one more year
FC
Bend to tie a shoelace
GF
or bend against your fear
FGC
and say that you'll stay for one more year
**At this point in the song he plays the melody part twice through**
Pre Instrumental:
With so much left to seek
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|
the lease runs out next week
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0-----|
D|-----2--------2--------2--| x2
A|--------------------------|
E|--1-----1--------1--------|
Outro/Instrumental Melody
e|-3--------3--------1-----0--------0-------0h1------3--------3--------1----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-|
D|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------2---------2------|
A|-3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
e|-0--------0-------0h1----1--------0----------------1--------0-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------3------------------------3-----|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
D|-------2-----------------------2--------2----------------2--------2-------|
A|----------------2--------0------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
**Slide only played first time through
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1/5-----|
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0-------------|
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2----------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------1-------------------------|
Final Line:
**Hold Last Chord
e|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1--------1---||
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0---||
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2---------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------||
E|--1-----------------------1--------------------------1---||