Guitar Tabs for New Songs
Busting Up A Starbux
American Car
White Lexus
Sunkeneyed Girl
Madeleine and Nine
Grey Ghost
St. Louise Is Listening
True Dreams Of Wichita
The Idiot Kings
Circles
Never Gonna Come Back Down
Maybe I'll Come Down
Soft Serve
I'm Still Drinking In My Dreams
Tremendous Brunettes
Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well
I Hear The Bells
Unsingable Name
Busting Up A Starbux
(Power chords)
Intro/verse: Em G
Prechorus ("Does the man..."): Em A
Chorus ("Busting up..."): Em D
End on an E
American Car
Capo 1 (he actually plays it in DADDAD tuned down a half step, but this is much easier)
Intro/verse: C Bb F
"Aimless sister...": G Am F
"How sweet you are": Dm F
Chorus: C Bb F C Am Dm F
White Lexus
Capo 5
Intro: G
Verse: G D Cmaj7
Chorus: Cmaj7 G B7 Em7 Am7
End on Cmaj7
(B7: x2120xx
Em7: 020xxx
Am7: x020xx)
Sunkeneyed Girl
Capo 1 (all power chords)
Intro: C
Verse: C F C F
"Sunkeneyed girl, don't let me go...": A G F
"You are the drinks...": C Bb F
"All these tears...": Ab Bb
"I'm no prize...": C F C F Ab (repeat C F Ab twice)
.38 Special bridge (rhythm not indicated):
E----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D----------------
A-10--10--8--8---
E--8---7--6--5---
Madeleine and Nine
(DADDAD tuning, live he puts a capo on 2, on the record there's no capo)
Verse (basic pattern, rhythm/arpeggiation not indicated):
D--------------------------
A--------------------------
D--------------------------
D-0---0---0---0---0---0----
A-0---2---5---0---7---5----
D-0---2---5---0---7---5----
"Slave to the inside light..."/Ending: D B A G (all power chords)
(New changes for "Slave...": B A G B D A G)
Grey Ghost
(Power chords, standard tuning on Smofe + Smang, dropped D when he plays it now)
Intro: D
Verse: D B D G D B B A G
"Oh he will not...": D
"Don't fall through the stars...": G
"On the docks...": D B E G (he switches to the B during the "Don't fall through the stars" part, and the E is played up at the 12th fret)
Fake word bridge: D C Bb A
(New bridge: B D E twice, then B E G A)
Ending: B A G twice, then B E G and end on D
St. Louise Is Listening
Capo 4, power chords
B D (full chord) A E
True Dreams Of Wichita
Capo 5
G Bm Em Cmaj7
The Idiot Kings
Capo 7
Verse/Chorus: G Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7
"Mm hmm": Em Cmaj7 G
"Batting in the light...": Em (muted)
Circles
Drop D capo 2
Verse/Chorus: D A E G
Bridge: D B
Never Gonna Come Back Down
(Power chords)
Verse: C# A F# (the F# is only at the end of the verse)
Prechorus ("If you had the chance..."): C# F# A F#
Chorus: C# A F# A
"Never gonna come back down...": C# F# A F#
"Beat is like a...": C# A F#
Maybe I'll Come Down
(Droped D)
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
D---0----<12>---<12>----5-----
A---0-----12-----12-----7-----
D-0----10------9--------5----- roll off
(To get the harmonic and the fretted note at the same time, fret the A string with your finger and let it rest slightly on the D string.)
Chorus (power chords): F A C G6 G
(G6 is just that 575 shape from the verse.)
"Pack your bags, assman": D F
Soft Serve
capo 5
Verse: G D Am7 Cmaj7
"Here comes...": Cmaj7 G Em F
"Day undone..." Muted strings, then back to verse chords
I'm Still Drinking In My Dreams
capo 3
Verse/Chorus: D A
"Sailor...": E D A E (the last E is only when you're going back to the verse)
After "We could be done": D# (power chord, found on 6th fret of A string)
Tremendous Brunettes
Chorus: E D A x3 G A
Verse: E A
Bridge: C# E F# A (C# and F# are power chords)
Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well
Capo 2
Verse/Chorus: B B/A
"Lonely...": B E
"Aimless days...": B G# F# E
I Hear The Bells
(Power chords)
Verse/First half of chorus/"Dum dum dum...": D/A D
Second half of chorus: D/A F# D E (The D/A chord lasts twice as long as the others)
(D/A: x077xx)
Unsingable Name
(DADDAD tuning)
Riff A:
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
D------------------------------
D------------------------------
A----7h9-9--4h5-5--4h5-5-------
D-0---------0-------------4h5--
Riff B:
D------------------------
A------------------------
D------------------------
D---------------------0--
A----2h3---3----3-----0--
D---------------3~----0-- roll off to open strings
Intro: D
D
I want to be your absolute ultimate
G
Want to be your only one now
D
Feel the wave come up from your sulkiness
G
Feel the rays you radiate now
Riff A twice
A B E G
Sweet and plain unsingable name
A E G
That rings in my mind now
A E G
That strums me like a string
B E G
Chime unsingable name
A D
Over everything
D
Beware the thrum of hearts in your presence and
G D
Watch the breeze that snaps at you now
All the dogs that bark from the fences and
G
Everything is wanting for you
Smirk on the face and
Fists in the clenches and
Make the radiator blow now
Crack the planks
And shatter the lenses and
Mix the salt, the sugar, and flour
(same chords as above)
Sweet and plain unsingable name
That rings in my mind now
That strums me like a string
Chime unsingable name
Over everything
(same chords as chorus)
Slushing sleeting through the blue gloom
Some long bell's lonely ring
Chime unsingable name
Over everything
C
I want to see the mountains in silhouette
Want to split for Singapore now
B
Want to see the mystery trees
Want to hear the womanly sound
E
I want to see the mystery trees
G
Want to hear the womanly sound
Riff A twice
Scat verse
(same as above)
Sweet and plain unsingable name
That rings in my mind now
That strums me like a string
Chime unsingable name
Over everything
(same as above)
Slushing sleeting through the blue gloom
Some long bell's lonely ring
Chime unsingable name
Over everything
Riff B three times, end on a D chord
All songs transcribed by Jonathan Altschuler.