where do you get tabs?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:15 pm

cause every tab for every song i want to play is wrong, and if i can tell it's wrong you've got a problem... this site has spoiled me really...

all the coldplay tabs i find are all power chords....WHY? just because you are playing a x577 D chord doesn't mean it's the right voicing or anything....arrrrrrrr

anyone have any good coldplay or radiohead or david gray or rem or counting crows or jeff buckley or wilco or anything tabs? or a place to get them?

thanks.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:35 pm

I always try a search on yahoo or somethin and get fan sites. They are pretty good... I did see an REM tab site that was good but i forget it.. ill try to look it up for you

paywad927 · Post by **paywad927** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:40 pm

jay, as of right now your post count is 666

. just thought i d let ya know.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 12:29 am

paywad927 wrote:jay, as of right now your post count is 666 . just thought i d let ya know.

LOL...

well, catherine (gagne) has tabbed out a few coldplay songs (4 i think) and they are dead on... her site is here:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g403z

Other than that, I'm in pretty much the same boat you are... if anyone has any insights then please let us know

QuattroDore · Post by **QuattroDore** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 12:31 am

The problem with coldplay songs is that the guitars are almost always in weird alternate tuning. This of course makes tabbing difficult for amateurs.

For instance, I know Yellow is tuned EABGBD#.

For coldplay, I'm afraid your best odds are in tablature books.

God_Fearing_Man · Post by **God_Fearing_Man** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:56 am

you can generally pick up songs that are in alternate tunings....

the guitar just sounds different.. especially when strings are played open (then it becomes very obvious).

That said, it can be difficult to figure out songs in those tunings when the guitarists are playing chords within the alternate tuning (as they are differnet shapes, forms, etc).

Your best bet is to grab the tab, then listen to the song and try different voicings of the chords along with the song...

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:04 am

TrippnBill686 wrote:

well, catherine (gagne) has tabbed out a few coldplay songs (4 i think) and they are dead on... her site is here:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g403z

Other than that, I'm in pretty much the same boat you are... if anyone has any insights then please let us know

woah those ones look a lot more accurate...i'll have to try them in the morning...

paywad927 wrote:jay, as of right now your post count is 666 . just thought i d let ya know.

but if i were satan, i'd be a nice satan.

thanks guys

do they sell tab books used?

Versacci41 · Post by **Versacci41** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:52 pm

I know on the musician discussion board at antsmarching.org there is a thread stickied on the top that has links to lots of accurate tabs to most of the artists you named above...

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:38 pm

http://www.radioheadtabs.com

its pretty good for radiohead stuff for me so far. i found one w/ good david gray stuff but i cant remember it. has something to do w/ "drunken gibberish" but who knows.

i go here: http://members.tripod.com/~captaintab/jefftabs.html
for buckley stuff. seemed ok from what i recall. yeah, i cant find a decent coldplay site which is a bummer. 8)

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:08 pm

for david gray, http://www.sorrowfulmoon.com has some good tabs too.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 10:34 pm

ryopan wrote:www.radioheadtabs.com

its pretty good for radiohead stuff for me so far. i found one w/ good david gray stuff but i cant remember it. has something to do w/ "drunken gibberish" but who knows.

i go here: http://members.tripod.com/~captaintab/jefftabs.html
for buckley stuff. seemed ok from what i recall. yeah, i cant find a decent coldplay site which is a bummer. 8)

thanks...i finally learned How to disappear completely.....it's easy but sorta tricky with the 6/4 but i got it now....

barcode · Post by **barcode** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:20 am

try http://www.guitartabs.cc ...it's not always accurate but there are usually 5 or more copies of the same song if it's a popular one! just try them until you find one that sounds right...

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 9:50 am

Jay wrote:
ryopan wrote:www.radioheadtabs.com

its pretty good for radiohead stuff for me so far. i found one w/ good david gray stuff but i cant remember it. has something to do w/ "drunken gibberish" but who knows.

i go here: http://members.tripod.com/~captaintab/jefftabs.html
for buckley stuff. seemed ok from what i recall. yeah, i cant find a decent coldplay site which is a bummer. 8)
thanks...i finally learned How to disappear completely.....it's easy but sorta tricky with the 6/4 but i got it now....

i hear ya on that song. i get fumbled up but the song is so awesome that i just keep goin.

and thanks for the sorrowfulmoon.com isaac. its a good one. i jammed to a few gray tunes lastnight. 8)

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:17 pm

ryopan wrote:and thanks for the sorrowfulmoon.com isaac. its a good one.

no problem. radiohead and gray. good stuff.

Jay wrote:i cant find a decent coldplay site which is a bummer.

i've been digging for coldplay stuff too, and i finally found a couple that ya might like.

http://catapult37.tripod.com/tabs/coldplay.htm

^ that one's all right, but here's the real meat.

http://www.justspies.com/media/tabs.htm

hope that helps! enjoy.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:21 pm

thanks! do gray or coldplay EVER use standard freakin tuning?????