ARTIST: The Goo Goo Dolls
TITLE: Become
ALBUM: Let Love In (2006)
Tabbed by: Khoa (yokan@sbcglobal.net)
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INFORMATION
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Beautiful song. Some simple power chords with synthesizers and guitar
riffs that I couldn't pick up. Knock yourself out try and figure them
if you're feeling adventurous.
If you want to play acoustic version, the chord progression is
C -> G -> Am -> F in Eb tuning.
DISTORTION TUNING: Standard or drop D
CLEAN/ACOUSTIC Gt.: Eb (every string down 1 half step)
EFFECTS: Light distortion, with medium sustain
This is what I have on my Metal Zone:
Level: 9 o'clock
Low: Max
High: 10
Mid freq: Max
Middle: 12
Dist: 11
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BEGIN: Synthesizers (play chords B->F#->G#->E)
and riffs for 4 measures
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C G
so much more about you that you never let them see
Am
You turn away
F
But not to me
C
I know how they tried to take you
G Am
Held you up and meant to break you down
F
But you can't be
C
For so long I tried to reach you
G
I know I'm almost there
Am F
I'm close enough for you to see
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Clean/Acoustic guitar can keep playing this progression.
Basically: B5 = C, F#5 = G, G#5 = Am, E5 = F.
This is where distorted power chords come in.
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B5 -> A#5 -> G#5
B5 F#5
You've been hiding in the shadows
G#5 E5
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
B5
Let me remind you
F#5 G#5
The light doesn't blind you at all
E5
It just helps you see
F#5
Can you see
B5 F#5
Yeah you have become
B5 E5
Yeah you have become beautiful
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/become_crd_ver_3.html ]
B5
And I can't be the stranger
F#5
That's been sleeping in your bed just
G#5 E5
Turn around and come to me
B5
I feel all the pain inside
F#5 G#5
And everything you been denied you feel
E5
It's all you feel
B5 -> A#5 -> G#5
B5 F#5
You've been hiding in the shadows
G#5 E5
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
B5
Let me remind you
F#5 G#5
The light doesn't blind you at all
E5
It just helps you see
F#5
Can you see
B5 F#5
Yeah you have become
B5 E5
Yeah you have become beautiful
B5 F#5
Yeah you have become
B5 E5
Yeah you have become beautiful
B5
Brush back your hair and look around you
F#5 G#5
Feeling like the truth has found you here
E5
You're here with me
B5 F#5
Let love become the mirror
F#5 E#
With no fear where you're from
B5 F#5
You have become
G#5 F#5 E5
Yeah you have become beautiful
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Most of the percussion is played in this pattern:
x x x x x x x x
s s
B B B
x = 8th note cymbal
s = snare
b = bass drum
You can accompany with an acoustic guitar and a clean guitar.
Clean gt. plays chords down, down, down, down strumming pattern (8th notes).
The real song uses a clean guitar. I think it sounds better with acoustic.
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CHORD DIAGRAMS
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e ----------------------------------
B ----------------------------------
G --4---------------------------3---
D --4------4------6------2------3---
A --2------4------6------2------1---
E ---------2------4------0----------
B5 F#5 G#5 E5 A#5
As always, power chords are easier in drop D tuning.
e ----------------------------------
B ----------------------------------
G ----------------------------------
D --9------4------6------2------8---
A --9------4------6------2------8---
D --9------4------6------2------8---
B5 F#5 G#5 E5 A#5
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CONTACT
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