I'd been searching high and low for a transcription of this amazing song
forever. I never found one so I decided to try and work it out on my own.
Let me warn you folks though that I didn't exactly try that hard to get it
note-perfect like some of you hardcore people do. So take this tab for what
it is and that's just my own version of the song - the way I play it, the
way I hear it through my normal stereo speakers. Enjoy yo'self!
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Mouth On Fire
Duncan Sheik
Phantom Moon
pretend-tabbed by Arthur Liam del Mundo [arthurliam@gmail.com]
Tuning: D G D G B D (Open G)
intro and verse
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--0-1-0-3--3---0-1-0-1--1-----0-1-0-3--3---0-1-0-0--0---|
--0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---|
--0-3-0-5--5---0-3-0-1--1-----0-3-0-5--5---0-3-0-5--5---|
--------0--0---------0--0-----------0--0---------0--0---|
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refrain/chorus
--0----0--0----0---0---0-----------0----|
--3----3--3----3---3---3-----1-----0----|
--0----0--0----0---0---0---3---2---7----| chord shapes here are to finger plucked
--0----0--0----0---0---0----------------| experiment with it
--x----x--5----3---2---3----------------|
--3----1-------------------3---3---5----|
"i brought my heart to feed..."
(verse 2x)
(refrain)
bridge A
--0----0----0--(0)--0----0----0----[5]-------|
--4----3----4--(4)--3----3----0-----[6]------| play bridge A 2X
--5----4----5--(5)--2----3----7------[5]-[7]-| notes in [] are for string section =)
--5----5----5--(5)--0----0-------------------| notes in () are played the 2nd time around
--0----0----5--(3)---------------------------|
--------------------3----1----5--------------|
"where the silver streets? where the blossoming?"
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--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
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--3--5--0--3--5--5----|
*this part is admittedly the least accurate but it still kinda works
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--8--10--8--10--8-10-- --8--10--8--10--8-10--|
---------------------- 2X ----------------------| 2X
--8------------------- ----------------------|
---------------------- --10------------------|
"la da da dah da da..."
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-----3-----3----3----- -----3-----3-----3----|
--2-----2-----2------- --3-----3-----3-------|
---------------------- 2X ----------------------| 2X
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--3------------------- --1-------------------|
"la da dah....la da dah....la nana na na nanah...."
"where all might cease...the talk the walk the posturing..."
(refrain)
outro
--1--1------------------------2----------2-----|
--3----3--------------------0---0------0---0---|
--3------3-0-2-3--3-2--0--0-------0--0-------0-| play a bajillion times
--1--------1-1-1--1-1--1--2----------2---------| with variations
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"where poetry? where mystic harmonies?"