Santa Barbara Acoustic Chords & Tabs
Santa Barbara Acoustic Tab
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SANTA BARBARA - Meg and Dia
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Tabbed by: Jonathan
Well heres a tab I finished last night. Hopefully it's somewhat accurate, it was
done as a request. Any comments or suggestions would be helpful. I'll keep it
updated. Enjoy :]
Tuning: Standard
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| . palm mute
Intro
e|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
B|---------5---8-|-6-----6---5-|-----------------10-10-|
G|-5-5-7-5---5---|---0-0---0---|-----5---7---7h5-10-10-|
D|---------------|-------------|-----------------10-10-|
A|---------------|-------------|-0-0---0---0-----------|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5--5-5-7-5--5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Listen to strumming patterns in the song to get the hang of it.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_meg_and_dia_band/santa_barbara_acoustic_tab.html ]
C Am G/E F Fmaj7 G C* G/E*
e|-0-------0-------x-------1-------0-------3-|-x-------------x---------------|
B|-1-------1-------x-------1-------1-------0-|-x-------------x---------------|
G|-0-------2-------0-------2-------2-------0-|-5-------------0---------------|
D|-2-------2-------0-------3-------3-------0-|-5-------------0---------------|
A|-3-------0-------2-------x-------x-------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------3-|-x-------------x---------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
C** [Part of the intro is played over it]
e|-x-|
B|-x-|
G|-5-|
D|-5-|
A|-3-|
e|-x-|
C
Pray for them
I often loose track
Am
So I took a drag
G/E
of my first cigarrette
C
and I found my head
Roll down the dumps
C* G/E*
of twenty seventh street
C
I drew a sketch
with lipstick and sidewalk
Am
of Newports edge
G/E
Legoblock cliffs
F
and an ocean that doesn't
Fmaj7 G
deserve the sounds of silence
I'd swear on a dead artists grave
Am
I found a spot
G/E
where the drunk never got to
C**
it rocks me gently silent, silent
Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath
It's silent, silent
C
Diligent
Escape by the water
Am
Not sick of it
G/E
It only gets harder
C
That's no excuse
to block all the cliches and
C* G/E*
reason for kicks
C
He strokes her hair
both sitting on sand
Am
and her shoulders bare
G/E
nothing to demand of them
C
laying back on a lonely stone wall
Am G/E
and passersby look passed it all
Am
I found a spot
G/E
where the drunk never got to
C**
it rocks me gently silent, silent
Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath
It's silent, silent
[guitar solo]
[Chords]
Am G/E C Am G/E C
[Lead] [muting makes it sound more percussive by strumming it, parts are played more but
the gist of it]
Play twice Play twice
e|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
B|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
G|-9-7-9-9-9-|-9-12-10-9-| [x2]
D|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
Am [stop]
I found a spot
G/E [stop]
that the drunk never got to
C**
It rocks me gently silent, silent
Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath
It's silent, silent, now
[end]