Can U Dig It Chords & Tabs
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Can U Dig IT? - The Mock Turtles tabbed by UnholySmoke Feb '03
Standard tuning
This is a great tune from 1991, from the album 'Turtle Soup.' It's a
reworked B-side of the Mock Turtles' first big hit, 'Lay Me Down,' and it's
about to be re-released after having been in the new Vodafone advert. Head to
http://www.global-trance.co.uk/Mock_Turtles.html for more about the band and
the tune.
All chords are played as low on the fretboard as possible. The bass is all
over the shop in this one, which makes some of the chords a bit tough to pick
out, especially in bits like the middle 8 and the solo. There's a keyboard part
played over the top of the verses and most of the chorus, but it doesn't come
off too well played on the guitar. Suffice to say it's the scale of E - the
4th, 5th and 7th frets of the high E string are there or thereabouts. There's
also a Keyboard playing some rhythm - best heard during the middle 8, which is
E and D. Note the difference between the first chorus and the second and third
- there's an extra run round the C#m bit; the line 'You keep insisting on
everything.' Not also that the verse and chorus chords ARE NOT THE SAME!
The toughest part of the whole thing is the intro, which is finger-picked
very fast, varies pretty much every time it's played, and is also strangely
timed in places - it's not exactly as it 'feels' like it should be.
Intro/Main Riff - Crunchy, mid-scooped tone, finger picked
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e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------9-----9-----10-----10-----10-----11-----11-----11---10-----10--------
G-----9---9-----9------9------9------9------9------9-----------9------9---9--
D---9-------9-----9------9------9------9------9------9----9------9------9----
Round twice, then drums and ascending bass intro
Then second guitar comes in, similar sound to guitar 1:
E B F#m A
Verse 1
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E A F#m A
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mock_turtles/can_u_dig_it_tab.html ]
Ca---an you understand me now?
I'll get it through someho---ow
Yo------ou won't ever get me down
Won't see me hangin' arou-------nd
Chorus - with Intro riff
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E B F#m A
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
c#m B A
x
Can you dig it - what I'm saying?
c#m B A
One little kiss isn't anything
B
I won't be sad
A
But someone turned the lights on
This is played in each chorus where the 'x'
appears above - plenty of reverb;
e------4---------------0--
B----5--------4------2----
D--6--------4------2------
c#m B A
Verse 2
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E A F#m A
See how big and strong I've grown
I'm standing on my own
Chorus 2
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E B F#m A
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
Can you dig it? (Oh yeah)
c#m B A
Can you dig it - what I'm saying?
c#m B A
One little kiss isn't anything
c#m B A
You keep insisting on everything
B
I won't be sad
A
But someone turned the lights on
Middle 8 & Solo
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Fingerpicky intro riff as above - Played twice over continuous E chord,
then D Chord, with zooming bass. The riff is *slightly* varied from the
other times it's played, but it's so quick as to not be that
noticeable.
Solo, plenty of reverb and work that wah baby!
e--15\\\---------------------------------------------
B----------12----10----12----14--10------------------
G------------------------------------9----7----------
D-------------------------------------------9-7-9----
Played twice over B, twice over A, then twice over D
Chorus 3
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As Chorus 2
Then four times:
E
Can you dig it?
And there it is - choon! Comments? Suggestions? Abuse? Direct
it all my way - unholysmoke@yahoo.com
