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LOOK ON UP - Relient K
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Tabbed by: kylestoughton
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Key: B
[Intro]
Easiest if fingerpicked - what Thiessen does when he plays it:
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-------4-------4---------------4-------4-------4---------|
G|---4-------4-------4-------4---4---4-------4-------4-------4---4-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
[Verse]
Play the following progression for all of the verses - same picking pattern for the
bridge, just follow the chord progression listed.
B E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4--|
G|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
G#m F#
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4--| whole thing x2
G|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
then:
E
e|----------------------------------|
B|-------4-------4-------4-------4--|
G|---4-------4-------4-------4------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
[Interlude]
B B
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-------4-------4---------------4-------4-------4----------|
G|---4-------4-------4-------4---4---4-------4-------4-------4---4--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here are the chords:
Before playing: The chords are played differently in the chorus than the
rest of the song.
Here are how they are played:
Chords for verses, prechoruses, and bridge (should be fingerpicked as shown above):
B - x24442
E - 0xx440
G#m - 4xx44x
F# - 2xx44x
Chords for chorus:
B - x24442
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
[Intro]
(described above)
[Verse]
(picking described above)
B E
I remember when a photograph was worth
G#m
A thousand words
F#
A thousand words
B E
Now a thousand pictures come my way, every day
G#m F#
and I like them all the same but they can't take my breath away
B E
I'm fighting the temptation not to look
G#m F#
But I'm still leafing through the pages like the world's my open book
B E
Why don't I got something else to do?
G#m F#
Feeling trapped behind the viewfinder to share it all with you
E
But that's not what it's about
[Pre-Chorus]
G#m* F#*
I'm so tired of missing out
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of these chords***
[Chorus]
E
I look on up
F#
To the sky
G#m B
I wonder why I put a filter between beauty and my eyes
E
I look on up
F#
To your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
To the sky
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
B E
Have you ever tried to photograph the moon?
G#m
Well I have too
F#
Yeah I have too
B E
Find it funny how it never turns out right
G#m F#
It's like someone poked a pinhole in the canvas of the night
E
And that's not what it's about
[Pre-Chorus]
G#m* F#*
I'm so tired of missing out
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of these chords***
[Chorus]
E
I look on up
F#
To the sky
G#m B
I wonder why I put a filter between beauty and my eyes
E
I look on up
F#
To your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
[Bridge]
(fingerpicked by chord as the verse is, but use the order of chords listed here)
E
Cause it's a Nick Drake Pink Moon seeing the Pines
G#m F# E
In the pacific north west for the first time. I cannot believe my eyes.
E
Yeah I'm singing out loud in the middle of the night
G#m F# E
On the balcony in Brisbane looking up into the sky
F#
Into the sky
G#m B*
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
***Pluck only the A and the B strings of this chord***
[Instrumental]
E F# G#m B
E F# G#m B
[Chorus]
E
I look on up
F#
To the sky
G#m B
I wonder why I put a filter between beauty and my eyes
E
I look on up
F#
To your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
To the sky
(straight into verse 3)
[Verse 3]
B E
Have you ever tried to photograph the moon?
G#m
Well I have too
F#*
I have too
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of this chord***
That's it! Comment or email if you have any suggestions, though I am fairly certain a
majority of this is exactly how Thiessen plays it on the studio track and live.
