April, Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
Intro:
(clean guitar)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (4x)
E|||| (. = short)
B||**||
G||6/7|| This last slide has to be
D||77776/7|| played real quick. As it s
A||*77777777774/5*|| just for the effect, the
E||555555|| time for the first chord
. . . (C#5) should be very short.
d u d u d d u d u d d
Verse:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||||
B||**||
G||6/7|| 4x
D||77776/7||
A||*77777777774/5*||
E||555555||
. . .
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(guitar with overdrive)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + What really is important here, is
E|| that this rhythmguitar holds
B|75| this Cchord until the second
G|75| half of the first beat of the
D|75| next bar. It s not starting with
A|77777777753| that rhythm again immediately on
E|555555555| the first beat. It s the other
(C) rhythm guitar that just goes on,
on the first beat. That s why
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (6x) I ve placed the chord between
E|||| brackets. Don t strike it but
B||*(5)75*|| just let it ring. I advise
G||(5)75|| you to listen to the last
D||(5)75|| bars on the record (CDtime
A||*(3)777777753*|| 3:46/3:57). You can hear it
E||5555555|| very clear on that spot (this
guitar is panned on the
right) as there is no sing-
ing.
Another thing that you have to do, while playing this chord, is
pulling the strings a bit downward with your fretting hand, to make
the pitch a bit higher like Francis is also doing with his voice.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||
B|(5)|
G|(5)|
D|(5)|
A|(3)77777777|
E|555555550|
The nanana part:
This a beatiful Hendrix-like backing with slides and hammer-ons
from pass-on-notes to chordnotes.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
G|5-----------5---------------4---|--------------------------------|
D|5-------5/7-5---------5-----5---|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------------5-3h5-5---|7-7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7---7---x---|
E|----------------3---------------|5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5---x---|
. . .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
G|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5-------5/7-5---5---5-5-3h5-5-5-|--------7---------7-----7-------|
A|3---------------5---5-5-----5-5-|7-7-7-7-7---7-7---7---7-7-------|
E|----------------3---3-3-----3-3-|5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5---5-5---0---|
.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5-------5/7-5-------5-5-----5---|------------7-7---7-7-x-7-------|
A|3---------------3/5-5-5-----5---|7-7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-x-7-------|
E|--------------------3-3-3-3-3---|5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-x-5---0---|
.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
G|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------5---5-5-5---5---|7-------------------------------|
E|--------3-------3---3-3-3---3---|5-------------------------------|
Repeat the whole thing from the beginning (inluding the intro) for
verse 2, and verse 3 after the break.
Break:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B||779|
G|22224x779|666677889|
D|33335x8810|777777999|
A|33335x8810|77775997|
E|11113x668|555577|
d u d u d u d u d d u d u d u d u d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||
B||
G|66666|
D|77777|
A|77777|
E|55555|
d u d u d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B||779|
G|22224x779|666677889|
D|33335x8810|777777999|
A|33335x8810|77775997|
E|11113x668|555577|
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Outro:
After Verse 3, the break is repeated and then follows the outro, that
starts with a change of timesignature. The 4/4 time changes in 3/4
time for one bar:
1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------||
B|----------------|75|
G|66666|66666666675|
D|77777|77777777775|
A|77777|77777777753|
E|55555|555555555|
d u d u d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||||
B||*(5)75*||
G||(5)666666675|| 3x
D||(5)777777775||
A||*(3)777777753*||
E||5555555||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|--------7---5-----------7---5---|(5)--------------------------|
G|--------7---5-----------7---5---|(5)---------------------/(5)-|
D|--------7---5-----------7---5---|(5)-------(3)----------//(5)-|
A|--------5---3-----------5---3---|(3)--------(3)---------///(3)-|
E|--------------------------------|------------(1)--------///-----|
This last chord rings on til the end
of the next bar and it s making a dive
to an F-chord and back to C again.
It might be a tremolo-bar but I don t
think so. Do you? It had to be played
on a stratocaster then? I think they
did that effect later.
Second rhythm guitar:
=====================
This guitar is given some more low while treble is turned a bit down.
It is panned left on the record.
Eight bars rest (Intro and first lines of the verse).
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||||
B||*75*||
G||-------------------------75||
D||-------------------------75|| 7x
A||*77777777753*||
E||55555555553||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||
B||
G||
D||
A|77777777777|
E|555555555550|
Nanana-part
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||---------------------------------|
B||*|
G||55555444444|
D||55555555555|
A||*33333555555|
E||33333333333|
d u d u d d u d u d u
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|---------------------------------||
B|*||
G|---------------------------------|| 3x
D|---------------------------------||
A|77777777777*||
E|555555555550||
d u d u d d u u d u d d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*|-------------------------------|
G||55555444444|-------------------------------|
D||55555555555|7------------------------------|
A||*33333555555|7------------------------------|
E||33333333333|5------------------------------|
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Break:
Rhythm guitar 1 starts the break. This guitar comes in on bar 2.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------REST-------------------|6-6-6-6-7---7-8---8-9-----------|
D|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7---7-9---9-9-----------|
A|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-5---5-9---9-7-----------|
E|--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-------7---7-------------|
d u d u d u d u d
Note that chromatic line on the
Gstring.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||
B||
G|66666|
D|77777|
A|77777|
E|55555|
d u d u d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|||
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------REST-------------------|6-6-6-6-7---7-8---8-9-----------|
D|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7---7-9---9-9-----------|
A|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-5---5-9---9-7-----------|
E|--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-------7---7-------------|
Outro:
Notice the change in timesignature (from 4/4 to 2/4 for 1 bar) like
described for guitar 1.
1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------||||
B|----------------||*75*||
G|66666/14||-------------------------75||
D|77777||-------------------------75||
A|77777||*77777777753*||
E|55555||55555555553||
d u d u d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-------------------------|------||
B|7575|(5)----------------------|------||
G|7575|(5)----------------------|------||
D|7575|(5)----------------------|------||
A|5353|(3)-------------------/10|------||
E|5353|(3)----------------------|8||