Get Up Jonah - TAB/Chords
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GET UP JONAH
Transcribed and tabbed by Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com)
with some help from John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Tuning: drop D (DADGBE)
Tempo: 100 bpm
Chords:
Dm11 0-x-(3)-0-1-0
Fadd9 3-(3)-0-0-1-x
C x-3-2-0-1-x
G/B x-2-0-0-3-x
D5 0-x-0-2-3-x
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-x
Eb6/9 1-x-x-0-1-1 (use thumb for 6th string)
Dm7 0-x-x-2-1-1
Am x-0-x-2-1-0
Em 2-x-x-0-0-0
Am7sus x-0-x-5-3-3
Em9sus 2-x-x-2-3-2 (ditto with thumb)
Fingerstyle: Steady eight note drone using the thumb on the bass string of each chord.
The index, middle, and ring fingers pluck chords on the other strings.
Start slowly with bass drone, then add chords, and gradually pick up speed.
(I'm not sure the rhythm is exactly right, I'm open to suggestions,
but it seems to work:)
h hammer-on
p pull-off
s slide
example Dm11
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|| ----------------|----------------||
|| 1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|| (ring finger)
||*0-----0-----0---|----0-----0----*|| (middle)
||*3-----3-----3---|----3-----3----*|| (index)
||-----------------|----------------||
|| 0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|| (thumb) repeat . . .
Intro:
Dm11 chord with improvised D minor pentatonic lead, something like:
|--------------0----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-------1--------------h-p-------------------------------------|
|----------0---------------------0-2-0----0--p----------------------------|
|----------3----------------------------3---3-0---0--p-------s------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3---3-0--p--3/5-----------|
|---------0---------------------------------------------3-0---------------|
Opening and Verse tab pattern:
Fadd9 C
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|| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|| ------1-----1---|----1-----1-----|1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|
||*------0-----0---|----0-----0-----|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|
||*-h----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|2-----2-----2---|----2-----2-----|
|| 03--------------|----------------|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|
|| 03--3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|----------------|----------------|
G/B
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----3-----3---|----3-----------|------3-----3---|----3-----------|
|0-----0-----0---|----0---------0-|------0-----0---|----0-----------|
|0-----0-----0---|----0----p-h--0-|------0-----0---|----0----p-h----|
|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-0-2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-0-2---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D5 Cadd9
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-h--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1-3---3-----3---|----3-----3-----|3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----|
|0-2---2-----2---|----2-----2-----|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|
|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|2-----2-----2---|----2-----2-----|
|----------------|----------------|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|
D5
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-h--------------|----------------|-h--------------|----------------||
|1-3---3-----3---|----------------|1-3---3-----3---|----3-----3-----||
|0-2---2-----2---|-----p----------|0-2---2-----2---|----2-----2----*||
|0-----0-----0---|----3-0--p------|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0----*||
|----------------|--------3-0---p-|----------------|----------------||
|0---0---0---0---|0-----------3---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|| repeat
Verse:
Fadd9 C
I woke up thinking about Turkish drummers
G/B
it didn't take long - I don't know much about Turkish drummers
D5
but it made me think of Germany and the guy who sold me cigarettes
Cadd9
who'd been in the Afghan secret police
D5
who made the observation that it's hard to live
then I was reminded of the proprietor of a Vietnamese restaurant in Quebec
who used to be the head of the secret police in Da Nang
and it occurred to me that I was thinking all this stuff
to keep from thinking about something else . . .
isn't that just what's secret police are all about now?
somebody stands in a window
watches the river roll
trains rumble in the foreground
with the weight of approaching dawn
flames from the refinery rise broken, red and riveting
and the high vault of heaven
looks far away and cold
Chorus:
there's a
Eb6/9 Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|
|1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|1-----1-----1---|----1-----1-----|
|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|2-----2-----2---|----2-----2-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
howling in the factory yard there's a
Eb6/9 Dm7
pounding in my head I'm
Eb6/9 Dm7
swollen up with unshed tears
Am Em
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|0-----------0---|----------------|0---------------|-----p----------|
|--1---------1---|----------------|--0---------0---|----1-0---------|
|------2---------|----------------|------0---------|----------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
bloated like the
D5
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|-h--------------|----------------|-h--------------|----------------|
|1-3---3-----3---|----3-----3-----|1-3---3-----3---|----3-----3-----|
|0-2---2-----2---|----2-----2-----|0-2---2-----2---|----2-----2-----|
|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
dead
repeat chorus pattern, then verse pattern
Verse:
blood and ashes, time burning
on the skyline dark against the stars
a solitary horseman -
waiting . . .
Chorus:
lashed to the wheel
whipping into the storm
get up Jonah
it's your time to be born
get up Jonah
it's your time to be born
Ending pattern:
Am7sus Em9sus
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
| 3-----------3---|----------------|2-----------2---|----------------|
| --3---------3---|----------------|--3---------3---|----------------|
|*------5---------|----------------|------2---------|----------------|
|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|
| ----------------|----------------|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
_________________________________
Dm11 | 1.2.3.
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|0-----------0---|----------------|0-----------0---|----------------|
|--1---------1---|----------------|--1---------1---|----------------|
|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|---------------*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
_______________
|4. Dm11
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|0----------(0)--||
|--1--------(1)--||
|------0----(0)--||
|-----------(3)--||
|------------0---||
|0---0---0---0---||
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