SHIKI NO UTA - Nujabes ft. Minmi
Tabbed by: Mike Glass
Tuning: Capo 1st fret
This is my first tab, and it's very simple. It gets the job done and it's easy and fun to
play along with the track and especially improvise melodies.
Just repeat as needed since it's a loop track. You can easily improv some
variations of the chord bend by sliding 3>5. Listen to the song for timing and strumming.
After playing around a bit, I figured I'd try my hand at tabbing out the melody for the vocals as well.
Main Guitar Loop:
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F GM F
e|----0--0---0-/-0--0-------\-0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1--1---1-/-3--3-------\-1-----3b5-pbr-1------------------------------------------|
G|----2--2---2-/-4--4-(x3)--\-2---------------------(REPEAT----------------------------|
D|----3--3---3-/-5--5-------\-3---------------------THROUGHOUT)------------------------|
A|----x--x---x---x--x-------\-x--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----x--x---x---x--x-------\-x--------------------------------------------------------|
If you don't know what I mean by "pbr," I mean to pick 3, then release your bent 3 to 1 mid-bend.
Be sure to adapt the melody relative to the capo. So if you capo 1, then move up a fret.
Make sure that you sustain the last note for each riff a little bit to give it the proper timing.
The only real difference between the two riffs are that the second one has a slightly different
beginning and ending.
She does a few rap-like vocals that are a bit too hard to tab out, but you can probably find
something to play there by picking around the same notes. You'll notice a lot of it takes
place between around the first few frets of the higher strings.
Intro Vocal Meolody (MINMI):
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"mata yo ga..."
e|------------------------3---3h5---3-5/8-7/3-0----------------------------------------|
B|----5-3-5-3h5----3-3/5~---5-------------------3h5/1-3/8~---3-3h5---------------------|
G|--------------2~-------------------------------------------------2~~~----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"kaze wo tayori"
e|-3/5-3--------------------3---3h5---3-5/8-7/3-0-----------------------3/5~~~---------|
B|--------5-3-3h5----3-3/5~---5-------------------3h5/1-3/8~---3-3h5-------------------|
G|----------------2~-------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Vocal Melody (MINMI):
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"haru wo tsuge..."
e|--5-5-5-3---5----------------------5-5-5-3---5---------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-5-5-3---3---------------------3h5-5-5-5p3-3---6p5------------------|
G|------------------------5---5p4-------------------------------5----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--5-5-5-3---5--------------------3--5p3-5p3---5--5/7---------------------------------|
B|---------------3-3h5-5-5---3---3------------5---------5~/3---------------------------|
G|-------------------------5---5-----------------------------5-4-5-4p2h4p2h4~----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------(Repeat Intro)---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I hope you're able to figure it out! The vocal melody took me a while to get right and it definitely has
a lot to do with some mindful, soulful picking to give it some personality and sound like the song. Enjoy!
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| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| b Bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| x Dead note
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