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Rocket Cathedrals - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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Tuning: EADGBe
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| s very rapid slide, sounds like one note
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| < pick scrape
| b bend
| r relax bend
| pb pre-bend
| ^ quarter tone bend
| (x7678x) chord shape
From the great Axe Victim album. Also covered by Brian Setzer. This one wasn't written
by Bill Nelson but his fretwork is all over it.
Intro:
___A________________________________B______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------2---4---2----------|-----1---2---3---4~~~-----------|
A|-0---3---4---------------3---4--|-2------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D________________________________D_______D/A_____A______________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-2-------3-------2--------------|
G|-------------2---4---2----------|-2-------2-------2--------------|
D|-0---3---4---------------3--h4--|-2-------4-------2--------------|
A|--------------------------------|-0-------0-------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------3^-----|
Repeat, then:
Verse:
" I've been a... "
___A_______________________________________________________________
" bad boy, you know the way Became an... "
e|-----5-----------5--------------|-----5-----------5--------------|
B|-----5-----------5--------7-----|-----5-----------5--------------|
G|-5s6----------------------7---5--h6------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___E_______________________________________________________________
" airboy and changed my name my... "
e|-----12----------12-------------|-----12----------12-------------|
B|-----12----------12------14-----|-----12----------12-------------|
G|12s13--------------------14--12--h13-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D_______________________________________________________________
" airship dreams had found a clearer... "
e|-----10----------10-------------|-----10--------------10---------|
B|-----10----------10------12-----|-----10--12----------10---------|
G|10s11--------------------12--10---h13-----12--10-h11-------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------12\----|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Riff: )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A______________
" sky... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-2-------3-------2-----------2--|-----2---3-------2--------------|
G|-2-------2-------2-----------2--|-----2---2-------2--------------|
D|-2-------4-------2-----------2--|-----2---4-------2--------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-----------0--|-----0---0-------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Repeat, more or less the same...
"I've been thinking about the state I'm in
I started sinking a bottle of gin
In this rocket cathedral pointing to the sky."
Chorus:
" And I'm... "
___D_(xx0232)_______________________A_(x02220)_____________________
" space - bound again, I need the... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------2---4p2----|--------------------------------|
D|-0-----------2--h4-----------4--|---------------------2---4p2----|
A|--------------------------------|-0-----------2--h4-----------4--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
" money And I... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------2---4---2----------|-------------2---4---2----------|
E|-0---3---4---------------3---4--|-0---3---4---------------3---4--|
Repeat last four bars...
" And I can't see the stars, it's so funny,
Until I'm earthbound again, I'll miss you honey, In this... "
___D_(xx0232)______________________________________________________
" rocket cathedral pointing to the... "
e|---------3--p2------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------2--p0------|-0--h2--p0----------------------|
D|-0---------------------------4--|-------------4---2---0----------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------4---2--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Riff: )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A______________
" sky... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-2-------3-------2-----------2--|-----2---3-------2--------------|
G|-2-------2-------2-----------2--|-----2---2-------2--------------|
D|-2-------4-------2-----------2--|-----2---4-------2-----------7~~~
A|-0-------0-------0-----------0--|-----0---0-------0---5---8/9----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Rhythm chords in brackets... )
___Bm_(x24432)______________________D_(xx0232)______E_(022100)_____
" some go to Lucifer, some may be crucified... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|~~~~-----------------9--/11--9--|-7-----------------------7--h9~~/
A|--------------------------------|-----------------7--h9----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Riff: )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A______________
" I'm going to Mars... "
e|-------------------------12------12------------------------------|
B|-------------10--12~b14~~~~~14~~~~~~14~r12--10-------------------|
G|-----9---11---------------------|-----------------11~~~~~~----9--|
D|/11-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Bm_(x24432)______________________D_(xx0232)______E_(022100)_____
" some talk to celluloid, some talk to shiny cars... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-11-9-7--9-p7-p6-7--p6----------|--------9s11-9---11--9----------|
D|-------------------------7------|-----7-------------------11s9-7-|
A|-----------------------------7--|-9------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Riff: )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A______________
" I'll talk to stars... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-9---------------7--h9--p7------|-7--h9--p7-------7~~~-----------|
A|---------7--h9---------------9--|-------------9------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Guitar solo section:
___B_(x2444x)______________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-7---------------7-----------7--|---------7-----------7----------|
G|---------9b11--------9b11-------|-9b11--------9b11--------9b11---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D_(xx0232)______________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-10~~~---10~~~---10~~~---10-----------10----------10~~~----------|
G|-12b14---12b14---12b14-------12b14--------12b14-------12b14------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Stretched bars here for signature lick... )
( Riff )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A_____________
e|-19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17
B|---------17----------17----------17----------17----------17------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
( Riff )
___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____A_____________
e|-----19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------|
B|-17----------17----------17----------17----------17----------17--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat last two bars with lick. Use your instinct to know where to stop!
Repeat verse, chorus and guitar solo, more or less the same.
"I've been thinking about all of the ways
That a whizz man spends all of his days
In a rocket cathedral pointing to the sky
Wish I was grounded, and see the last of my days
And not rebounded around the Milky Way
In a rocket cathedral pointing to the stars."
"So I'll go to Lucifer and I may be crucified,
Goodbye Mars
I'll talk to celluloid, I'll drive a shiny car,
Bye bye stars."
Words & Music by Robert Bryan
