Liferaft Bedhead
Subject: TAB: 'Liferaft' by Bedhead
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 14:32:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: "jeffnmoe"
'Liferaft' by Bedhead
from the album 'Whatfunlifewas'
(note: if anyone knows the complete lyrics, please
send them to me at jeffnmoe@mcs.com....are there
any other Bedhead fans reading this newsgroup?)
dropped-D tuning (tune low E down to D)
chords (intro and verses)
C - x32010
D - 000232
Dm - 000231
F - xx3211
G - x20003 (don't play low E because of tuning)
chords (bridge)
Bb - x13331
C - x35553
Eb - x68886
F - 333xxx
(figure 1a) - the following line is played at beginning
------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------0------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -----0--0-----0---2--3----------0--0-----0---2--3------ --0--------0-----------------0--------0----------------
(figure 1b) - the following line is played during the
verses (only over Dm-G or D-G chords)
------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------0----0-------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -----0--0-----0---2--3----3----3--2--3----------------- --0--------0-------------------------------------------
(figure 2) - this line is played during the bridge...
------------------------------------------------------- --------1--3------------------------------------------- --3--3--------2--0--0-----------------0--2------------- -----------------------1--1--0--1--3------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
(figure 3) - this solo is played after the bridge
-------------------1--0--------------------- --3---3---3---3----------3--0--1--3--1------ ----2---2---2---2-----------------------2--- repeat 4x and -------------------------------------------- then play.... -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------1------------------ -----0---------------0--0---0---- repeat several times --3-----3--3-----3--------------- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------
*********** how it all goes together *************
(INTRO)
(play figure 1a by itself, and then play figure 1b during
the Dm and G chords in the following chord progression:
Dm-G-Dm-G-Dm-G-Dm-G-C-G-F-G-Dm-G-Dm-G-Dm-G-Dm-G)
(VERSE: figure 1b is played over D-G chords during verses)
the [D]bed at night is a [G]liferaft
in the [D]ocean of the d[G]ark
i [D]hang my hands o[G]ver the sides
and [D]pray that god knows[G] why
d[C]rifting somewhere [G]in the black
f[F]eeling (low?) 'neath the [G]blanket
and the [C]weight of the [G]mattress
the [F]mistress of the [G]sheets
(BRIDGE: play following chord progression using
bridge chord shapes shown above:
Bb-F-C-Eb-Bb-F-Bb-F-C-Eb-Bb-F
Second guitar plays figure two (shown above) over chords)
on [Bb]many successive [F]nights i've been [C]miserable
gi[Eb]ve one (sense?) to [Bb]sense the i[F]nvisible
i [F]know you're in this room
being (? ? ?)
(SOLO: play figure three over repeated chord
progression Dm-G...)
(VERSE)
the [D]bed at night is a [G]lifeboat
a throne [D]off which you can ([G]?) from
i hang my [D]hands and feet over [G]the sides
and [D]pray to the space of what can [G]never be [D]known
....questions, comments and corrections
to jeffnmoe@mcs.com
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