Tabs

[vestenet]

Ooh, I'm working on the bass tab for Tryst right now. Speaking as a bassist myself, I love that part of the song. It's simple, but it's so easy to groove into, and the little touches of ornamentation make it really fun to play.

Word of warning, I don't have an electric bass with me, so I'm working off a guitar, and my octaves may be inaccurate as a result. I've also never written out anything in "tab" notation either, so I may butcher that/write it out some other way.

[Scarychips]

I don't have an electric bass (although I would like one real bad) and usually practice bass lines on my guitar too since the high E string is missing on it, so it's not a big problem. ^_^ And as long as I can make something out of it (And if there's some problems with the notation I could always modify it and re-post, credits to you though =p)

[vestenet]

Alright, this is long and potentially confuddling, but hopefully you can make it out!

The song begins like so, with the steady "G" beat.

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Occasionally, at the end of a measure, you'll have an extra note on the off-beat.  
You can listen for when those are, or add them as you'd like:

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-2-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

or

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-7-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


You can even add a bit more flair if you want:

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-2-5-2-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

or

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-7-5-7-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


This lick comes up sometimes as well:

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5-0---2-5-7-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


This pattern continues until you get to:

....."Damn, I wrote it down..."

.....1.....+.....2....+.....3.....+.....4....+......1.....+.....2....+.....3.....+.....4....+.....

G---|12-14-12-14---12-14-12-12-14-12-14---12-14-12-|12-14-12-14---12-14-12-12-14-12-14---12-14-12-|
D---|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A---|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E---|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


Repeat, and then you use this transition to go back to the first theme:

.....1.....+.....2....+.....3.....+....4....+....

G---|12-14-12-14---12-14-12-12-12-11-------------|--------------------------------|
D---|--------------------------------9---12-12---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


And things continue as usual until:

......................................"The Creator, The Great White Noise."

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-2-|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

....."The Great White Noise."

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---5-|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|

We still have the repeating G, but an octave lower, and in groups of three now.
You also can take the note at the end of the measure up to A from time to time.


This pattern continues until it is time to kill Owen:

....."As I drove the iron spike  into  Owen's eyes."

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-5-5---5-|6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-5-6-5-6-|

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|--------------------------------|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----|
A---|3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|------------------------------0-|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Those four bars repeat until the bass cuts out entirely right before
"Whizzling off the clifftop."


Then, you use the little riff from before to make your entrance:

.....1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...."Down, down come the vultures"

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|----------------------0-0-2-5-7-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


You should be familiar with this part by now.  The bass then goes back up to the
high part on the G string at "Now the author has been silenced," and it is
identical to the earlier part.  The only difference is a slight variation in the
trasition back to the original theme:

G---|12-14-12-14---12-14-12-12-12-11-------------|--------------------------------|
D---|--------------------------------9---10-12---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A---|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


And then comes the ending:

......................................"The Author has been removed"

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-7-|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A---||--------------------------------|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-|
E---||5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D---|4-4---4-4-4---4-5-5---5---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|
E---|------------------------3-3---3-|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|--------------------------------|

G---|--------------------------------||
D---|----------------4-4---4-5-5---5-||
A---|7-7---7-7-7---7-----------------||
E---|--------------------------------||

Repeat the double-bracketed part twice, and you're done!  Hooray!

[sarpedon]

Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (bassed on Dancewiththedead's original chords, with slight modifications to the verse)
Intro: D
Verse:D G Bm A (you can switch to D near the end)
Chorus:D F#m Em A
Bridge: D
I can space it out if you need it, but it's pretty simple

[iamyours]

Can anyone put tabs up for E is for Estranged? I can usually figure things out easily but I'm having some trouble with this beautiful song.

[piouspete]

Thanks so much for these. I've looked all around the internet for Final Fantasy chords and this is the first place I've found anything really substantial. I'm working on banjo covers on a couple of his songs, and this thread has been phenomenally helpful.

That being said, anyone have anything for That's When the Audience Died?

[dancewiththedead]

This is from the live version, I think it sounds good, at least it does in my violin. Anyway, I wasn't able to get to the chords and I'm off to an exam. So, be welcome to give those a shot. I hope this is helpful^^

[iamyours]

I'll try them out soon, thanks a lot!

[dancewiththedead]

   Badd9___G#aug5sus4
e|--7-------0----------|
B|--7-------2----------|
G|--8-------1----------|
D|--11------2----------|
A|--9-------x----------|
E|--7-------x----------|

HEARTLAND


01 - Midnight Directives

F G7th



02 - Keep The Dog Quiet

G#m B



03 - Mount Alpentine

G#m B



04 - Red Sun No. 5

swirls around A, but also sounds ok on C#m… and then those variations… i don't know, really



05 - Lewis Takes Action

G# A#m C# F#



06 - The Great Elsewhere

E F# B Badd9



07 - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!

verse: Dm7 Gm7

interlude: Gm7 A#

chorus: [ A# Gm7 Dm7 ] x2 [A# G7 A# G7] x2



08 - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

intro: lots of D and D6 and A, all mixed up, I really don't know

verse: D G Bm A

chorus: D F#m Em A



09 - Flare Gun

G# G#aug5sus4 G# G#aug5sus4 B A



10 - E Is For Estranged

G# Fm Cm Gm Gm Cm G# Cm G#



Ah well, I'm tired, I'll finish it another day...


Or not!

12 - What Do You Think Will Happen Now?

Gm
The difficulties of my story:
D#
Despite discomforts, despite myself, I
Gm
I reaffirm my endless devotion
A#
To the belief that we're all of value,
D#
We're all of virtue, and so inclined we
Fill up our cups and toast to each other,
C#
And though I listen to the arguments
Fm
That most divergent systems employ to


C#
Though we're divided, the force of nature
Fm
Will put us all in the ground together


C# Fm
The sun is up.
C# G#
My arms are wide.
G# A#m Cm
I am a good man, I am yours.

[Alyssa!]

If a sus4 is defined as moving the second chord element up to the fourth, and an aug5 would raise the fifth by a half-step...

...would G#aug5sus4 be the same as C# minor?

But these are perfect for improvisation work, a great bedrock for figuring stuff out too. Thank you!

[dancewiththedead]

I know nothing about the theory of music so I suppose that's possible. I used to play it in another key and was less complicated (well, at least in my mind):



A__________________?
The wella woods of Belvedere.
A____________________?
The peat and moss of Avenroe.

C______A#

A: x02220
?: x03231
C: x32010
A#: x13331


The album version, though, is a step down, i think. I'm really not sure about that chord, let me know what you make of this...

[sarpedon]

Jan 7, 2010 15:03:14 GMT -5 dancewiththedead said:

I know nothing about the theory of music so I suppose that's possible. I used to play it in another key and was less complicated (well, at least in my mind):



A__________________?
The wella woods of Belvedere.
A____________________?
The peat and moss of Avenroe.

C______A#

A: x02220
?: x03231
C: x32010
A#: x13331


The album version, though, is a step down, i think. I'm really not sure about that chord, let me know what you make of this...

Bbmaj7/A?

[dancewiththedead]

Well, as I said, I know nothing about music theory so I suppose that could be it, yeah.

Anyway, there's progress in Red Sun No. 5!


First strophe is this chord, repeated: xxx654 - which is probably C#m

Second strophe: x06654 - something like C#m/A

Then this:

C#m/A
And from my ginger chest, there
Came the sound of thunder
??
I am not a father
I am not a farmer

??: x06754


I'm still missing the interlude, though.

[orangefox]

Jan 6, 2010 23:34:00 GMT -5 Alyssa! said:

If a sus4 is defined as moving the second chord element up to the fourth, and an aug5 would raise the fifth by a half-step...

...would G#aug5sus4 be the same as C# minor?
!

It is the same chord, but the name is all about context... If you call it a G#aug5sus4 it should probably do at least one of the following... been preceded by a chord with C# in it, resolve to a G#aug5 chord, and the whole chord should resolve to a C# chord of some type.

I'm sure I could have explained that more clearly and concisely, I'm just not sure how...

Jan 4, 2010 7:43:26 GMT -5 dancewiththedead said:

This is from the live version, I think it sounds good, at least it does in my violin. Anyway, I wasn't able to get to the chords and I'm off to an exam. So, be welcome to give those a shot. I hope this is helpful^^

I didn't see anyone put the chords and I need something to keep my chord spelling from from decaying over break so here they are. (I'll just go measure by measure even though it's mostly repeating)

Chords for E is for Estranged:

AbM/Eb, AbM/Eb, Fm/Ab, Fm/A, AbM/C, AbM/C, Gm/Bb, Gm/Bb, Gm, Gm, Cm7 (no 5th), Cm7 (no 5th), Cm 7+13 , Cm 7+13 , Cm7 (no 5th), Cm7 (no 5th), Cm 7+13, Cm 7+13

I tried to do pop notation, but it doesn't look quite right so I think I screwed it up. Also the last two chords... the second to last is Cm chord with a minor 7th and no fifth, which is I'm pretty sure how you'd read it but it looked vague to me so I felt the need to elaborate. The last chord is just a C in the base and minor 7 and 13 (Bb and Ab) which is the best I could come up with.

I did these rather quickly so I could have made a mistake.

[dannyboy]

does anyone have the chords for e is for estranged? i love that song and would love to play it on piano sometime...