The Rolling People The Verve
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:40:30 EST
From: CheshirBat
Subject: TAB: The Rolling People - by Verve
"The Rolling People" from the album _Urban Hymns_
Written by The Verve
Produced by Youth/The Verve
tabbed by Jeremy Joseph (CheshirBat@aol.com)
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Intro:
A5 B5 (x4)
The opening chords sneak up on you and there's
wah pedal noises, etc. in the background.
Right after the last B5 chord:
D --------7---9------------- with delay pedal A ---7/9--------------------
Then comes the riff:
[A] [B]
E --------------------------------- B --------------------------------- G --------------8------------9h7--- It's like this during the verses, D ----7----9---(9)--9--------9----- with slight ad-lib variations. A ----7----9--------9--9--9-------- E ----5----7-----------7--7--------
It helps a great deal if you have delay/echo effects,
since that's basically the key to sounding like them.
* Verse 1 *
(with riff)
Been shot...
I got one more life,
Can you see it wastin' away?
But I got a plan,
Ahh..do you understand?
(solo 1) - Played sort of distorted and bluesy
E ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ B ----------------7----------------- -------------------7---------------- G -----------7h9--9b(11)===--9h7---- --------------7h9--9b(11)===--9h7--- D -------7h9----------------------7- --------7h8h9---------------------7- A ---7h9---------------------------- --7h8h9----------------------------- E ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------
Play something like this in the B blues scale with
delay on the upward run...
* Verse 2 *
(I can hardly understand Ashcroft in this verse)
With a drugstore life,
I was dealin' soda then of the white... (?!)
I don't shake no hands,
Cause then there's no fans...
*Chorus*
[B] But here we are, the Rolling People
[A] Can't stay for long, we gotta go[G] [A] [G] [A] [B]
[B] So come alive, we're the Rolling People
[A] Don't ask why, we just know...[G] [A] [G] [A] [B]
* Verse 3 *
On a big jet plane
with my briefcase and crime in my veins
I'll be the first to toast
Yeah..to my rockin' soul, yeah.
*Chorus*
[B] And here we are, the Rolling People
[A] Don't ask why, we don't know...[G] [A] [G] [A]
[B] So come alive, we're the Rolling People
[A] Don't ask why, we just know...[G] [A] [G] [A] [B]
(solo 2) - Played very clean
E ---7h5----------------------------- --7h5------------------------ B -------7h5------------------------- ------7h5-------------------- G -------------7--------------------- ----------7h4---------------- D -----------------9---7h4----------- --------------7h4------------ A --------------------------7--5----- ---------------------7------- E --------------------------------7-- ------------------------7---- E ---7h5----------------------------- --7h5------------------------ B -------7h5------------------------- ------7h5-------------------- G -------------7-------------7------- ----------7h4---------------- D -----------------9-----7h9--------- --------------7h4------------ A --------------------7h9------------ ---------------------7------- E ----------------------------------- ------------------------7----
Play and repeat the 2nd line a few times..
*And the rest of the lyrics*:
Only the bass is playing the riff while the guitar
plays echoey notes in the B scale.
E ----------------------------------- B ---10-10-10---9b(10)---7----------- G --------------------------9h7------
Tell me do you know which way I'm gonna choose..
The lights are white and I am feelin' blue..
I hope you know which way I'm gonna fly..
Thank you for my life, I said good night, goodbye...
Back to the riff, and the song gets out of control.
The "eep" part at the end of the song:
EEP, EEP eep, eep
E --11-------11------- --7--------7-------- B --14b(16)--14b(16)-- --10b(12)--10(12)--- G -------------------- --------------------
Best of luck.. This song kicks so much ass I had to figure it out,
and I figured I might as well tab it so anyone else can to play it.
I'm sure there's some mistakes as always due to
laziness or typos, but if you can hear a wrong note than you
can probably figure out what it's supposed to be!
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