The Fly tabs

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The Fly tabs

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This is my first stab at tabbing out an entire song. Feel free to make changes as you see fit. Also, feel free to link this on the "Tabs not found on the front page" thread as well. Hope this comes close!

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[b]The Fly[/b]

Intro
e----1-------1-0---------1-----1-1-3-3-3-3--------1---
B----------------3---1---1-----1-1-1-1--------3-------
G--------0-3-------3-----0---0-2-0-0-0--------2-0-3-0-
D--0---3-------------------3-----------3-2--0---------
A----------------1-----0---------0---3----------------
E----------1---------------1--------------------------


Verse
2 times, skip part after bar 2nd time.
e----1-0---------1-----1-1-3-3-3-3-|-------1---
B--------3---1---1-----1-1-1-1-----|---3-------
G----------3-----2---0-2-0-0-0-----|---2-0-3-0-
D----------------3-3-----------3-2-|-0---------
A--1-----1-----0---------0---3-----|-----------
E------------------1---------------|-----------


Chorus
You know they didn't ever
4 times
e----1---1---0---0---1---1-1-1-1----
B----1---1---1---1---3---3-1-1-1----
G----2---2---2---2---2---2-3-3-3-2-0
D------------------0---0------------
A--------------------------1--------
E--1---1---0---0--------------------


Bridge
You... you always said I never missed a note
2 times
e-----------------------------------------------------
B----1---1---1----1-1-1-3----1-4-4-4-3-1----4-4-4-3-1-
G--4---4---4------------------------------0-----------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A--3------------1-------------------------------------
E--------------------------4--------------3-----------

Verse 2 times
Chorus 4 times
Bridge 4 times

Interlude
2 times
e---3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---
B---0-0-1-0-----0-0-1-0---1-0-0-1-0-----0-0-1-0---
G-----------0-----------0-0---------0-----------0-
D-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------0-----------
E--3-----------1----------0-----------------------

Transition to ending verse (only 2 bars long)
e--1--
B--3--
G--2--
D--0--
A-----
E-----

Verse 3 times then last chord

e--1--
B--3--
G--2--
D--0--
A-----
E-----
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And for those of you who don't have a full copy of the tune yet...
hxxp://download.yousendit.com/D4B312B54FF764BA

Thanks to MColin28 over at Ants for the upload!
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the link doesn't work for some reason.. i haven't heard this song yet.
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cmarti10 wrote:the link doesn't work for some reason.. i haven't heard this song yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryHmtX9q ... re=related
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Re: The Fly tabs

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whiteysax, nice job on the tab. it sounds good. if i were to make it easier for people to play, maybe for the verse, i would use these chords: like a F, Am, D run
e----1----------------------------------------
B----1--------1---------3------3------3-----
G----2------------------2------3------2-----
D----3--------2------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------
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This looks/sounds quite tricksy. Anyone been able to master it yet? If ya have, how's about a Youtube video!
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Re: The Fly tabs

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NonSequitur wrote:This looks/sounds quite tricksy. Anyone been able to master it yet? If ya have, how's about a Youtube video!
well I did a pretty dummied down version with loops that's pretty easy to play. I was tuned down a whole step when I played it though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgjg0Jkq6jY
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-3-------------3--------------3--------3-------------------3-----
F|-0-------------0--------------0--------2-------------------0-----
C|-2-------------2--------------0--------0-------------------2-----
G|-2-------------3--------------2--------0-------------------2-----
D|-0----------------------------3--------2-------------------0-----
When I pull the wings off the fly, fly never wonders why I did it
(These chords can either be picked slowly or strummed)

D|-3-------------------0--------------------
A|-3------3------------3--------3-----------
F|-0------2------------0--------0-----------
C|-0------0------------2--------2-----------
G|-2------0------------2--------3-----------
D|-3------2------------0--------------------
No they never had to love me, no no no

(BRIDGE)
D|--------------------------------------(0)-----------0-------
A|-------5-----------6-------------------6----------5---5-----
F|-----6---6-------3---3---------------7---6------6-------6---
C|---7-------7---3-------3-----------8-------8--7-------------
G|-------------5--------------------------------0-------------
D|-5-------------------------------6------------5-------------
You always said I never missed a note
(I'm basically holding the chords and picking them)

D|---------------------------------------------------
A|-3---------3-----------------3-----3---------3-----
F|-0---------0-----------------0-----2---------0-----
C|-2---------2-----------------0-----0---------2-----
G|-2---------3-----------------2-----0---------2-----
D|-0---------------------------3-----2---------0-----
I only wanted someone to play, play play play

hope that helps
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Cheers Bud.
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