Ballad of Serenity (Firefly Theme) This is all sounds right to me, though it isn't quite as cool without the slide guitar and violin. I imagine the slide parts are just glissandos into each chord and some chord vibrato, if you're so inclined. You'll have to be in open tuning, and all that jazz. I have tabbed after each verse the violin fills from that verse, and the violin solo. I have everything tabbed in standard, but it's definitely easier to play with a capo on the third fret. However, all the fills and such are odd to tab what with the shifted numbers, and I figured it out without a capo, so standard sans capo it is. Simply move everything down three frets if you're capo'd. Here are the chords, with an assortment of voicings. Feel free to use whichever one is best, and don't feel constrained to fret every single note for the barre chords, since most of the chord work is on the lower strings. C X 3 2 0 1 0 X 3 5 5 5 3 8 10 10 9 8 8 Bb 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 8 8 7 6 6 X 1 3 3 3 1 F X X 3 5 6 5 X 8 10 10 10 8 1 3 3 2 1 1 G 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 Eb X 6 5 3 4 3 X 6 8 8 8 6 11 10 8 8 8 11 (with a capo on the third fret, these become A, G, D, E, and C, respectively) [INTRO] LICK: e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------3--6p3------| E|--3h6--------6----| *Actually that last note sounds more like a low Eb than Bb to me, but for the sake of guitar tunings... [FIRST VERSE:] C Bb Take my love, take my land F C -> G Take me where I cannot stand Eb Bb I don't care, I'm still free F C -> G You can't take the sky from me *Those weird arrows are chord slides. Sounds good to slide a barre chord from the eighth fret (C) down to the third fret (G). e|---3tr6---- -----------------------------| B|----------- ---------------6/8-----------| G|----------- and --------------------10-8-----| D|----------- --8---7-5-7-8------------10--| A|----------- -----------------------------| E|----------- -----------------------------| [SECOND VERSE:] (same chord pattern as first verse) Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't comin' back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me e|----8/10-8-------------| B|-----------11-8--------| G|----------------10-8---| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| [VIOLIN SOLO:] e|-----------------------6-------------------------| B|------------------6/8-------8--6--6h8p6-----6~---| G|---------5h7---8-------------------------8-------| D|---5h8-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|-------3h6-3------------------------------------------| B|---3h6-------6-3---------6-----8------10---11p10-8~---| G|-----------------5-3----------------------------------| D|---------------------5/7---7/8---8/10-----------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| [THIRD VERSE:] C Bb There's no place I can be F C -> G Since I found Serenity Eb Bb F But you can't take the sky from me... e|---------6--------------| B|---/6-8-----8-6----/8---| G|----------------7-------| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| And that's it. Enjoy! ************************************ | p Pull-off | h Hammer-on | tr Trill | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato ************************************
