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Ships In The Night - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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This tab is based on the Live! In The Air Age version, I think all
the information you need is there.
Tuning:EADGBe
| x mute note
|(131211) chord shape
| ~ sustain or vibrato
| b bend
| r release bend
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| *8* pinch harmonic
Intro: Massive keyboard chords, C - F - Am - G, and guitar solo...
___C!__________F____________________Am__________G__________________
e|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|A|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________ ( Let ring... )e|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|A|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Riff 1:
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------|A|3/7--10-h12---------------------3/7---10-h12---------------------|E|--------------------------------|-------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\--|
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________ ( bend G string 'down' towards the high e )e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------12b14~~r12--12b14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|D|-------------10------10~~~~~~~~--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|A|3/7--10-h12------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat riff 1, then...
Verse: "like a..."
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________".......square peg in a round hole..." (etc)e|-8------------------------------|-0-----------3------------------|B|-8-----------10-----------------|-1-----------3------------------|G|-9-----------10-----------------|-2-----------4------------------|D|-10----------10-----------------|-2-----------5------------------|A|-10----------8------------------|-0-----------5------------------|E|-8------------------------------|-------------3------------------|
Four times, and then...
" Without..."
___C_______________G________________F_______________G______________"..love I am a desert..." (etc)e|-8---------------3--------------|-1---------------3--------------|B|-8---------------3--------------|-1---------------3--------------|G|-9---------------4--------------|-2---------------4--------------|D|-10--------------5--------------|-3---------------5--------------|A|-10--------------5--------------|-3---------------5--------------|E|-8---------------3--------------|-1---------------3--------------|
Four times, and then...
Chorus: play with a sort of reggae feel.
" Without..."
___Am_(577555)_____________________________________________________"..love............................we are like ships in the..."e|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|B|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|G|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|D|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|A|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|E|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|
___F7_(131211)_____________________________________________________" night..."e|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|B|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|G|-----2---x---x-------2---x---x--|-----2---x---x-------2---x---x--|D|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|A|-3-------x---x---3-------x---x--|-3-------x---x---3-------x---x--|E|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|
" Without..."
___Am_(577555)_____________________________________________________" love............................selling our souls down the..."e|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|B|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|G|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|-----5---x---x-------5---x---x--|D|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|A|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|-7-------x---x---7-------x---x--|E|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|
___G_(355433)_______________________F_______________G______________" river..."e|-----3---x---x-------3---x---x--|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7--|B|-----3---x---x-------3---x---x--|-6---6---6---6---8---8---8---8--|G|-----4---x---x-------4---x---x--|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7--|D|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|--------------------------------|A|-5-------x---x---5-------x---x--|--------------------------------|E|-3-------x---x---3-------x---x--|--------------------------------|
___Em_(022000)_____________________________________________________"..................Sailing away.........................and..."e|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|B|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|G|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|-----0---x---x-------0---x---x--|D|-2-------x---x---2-------x---x--|-2-------x---x---2-------x---x--|A|-2-------x---x---2-------x---x--|-2-------x---x---2-------x---x--|E|-0-------x---x---0-------x---x--|-0-------x---x---0-------x---x--|
___F7_(131211)_____________________________________________________"...forever... our pleasure is..."e|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|----1----x---x-------1----------|B|-----1---x---x-------1---x---x--|----1----x---x-------1----------|G|-----2---x---x-------2---x---x--|----2----x---x-------2----------|D|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|-1-------x---x---1--------------|A|-3-------x---x---3-------x---x--|-3-------x---x---3--------------|E|-1-------x---x---1-------x---x--|-1-------x---x---1----------3-3-|-
___G_(355433)______________________________________________________"..blue..."e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|---------------------------5--5-|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|----------------------------3-3-|
___G_(355433)_______________________F_______G______________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|-3-------5----------------------|A|--------------------------------|-3-------5----------------------|E|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-1-------3----------------------|
Then...
Guitar solo 1:
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________ *( pinch harmonics )*e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|-------------10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*8*-*9*-*8*-*9*---------|D|/10-----------------------------|-------------------------10-----|A|/10-----------------------------|-----------------------------10-|E|/8------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___C___________F____________________Am__________G__________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|-8---6--h7---------------6--h7--|--------------------------------|E|-------------8---6--h8----------|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\--|
Repeat riff 1 and verse, more or less the same...
Then, guitar solo 2 ( or sax solo on studio version... )
Guitar solo 2:
___Am_(577555)_____________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|-------------7b9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7p5h7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5------------|D|------------------------------------------------------7p5--------|A|---------------------------------------------------------5^3-5p3-|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F7_(131211)_____________________________________________________(Tone and a half bend up, from D to F - allow bend to decay slightly...)e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|---3-5b8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|E|-5------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Am_(577555)_____________________________________________________(...release bend )e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------0h2h5-5p4p2-4h5-|D|--------------------------------------------0h2h5----------------|A|~r-p3h5p3--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0h2h3--------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___G_(355433)______________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-7~~~~~~~~--5h7p5p4-4h5p4----------------------------------------|D|--------------------------5--------------------------------------|A|----------------------------5-3p2--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
___Em_(022000)_____________________________________________________ ( rake )e|---------12---------------------|-12-----------------------------|B|--------x----15b17~~~~~~~~~~~~--|----15p12---12------------------|G|-------x------------------------|---------14----15p14p12---------|D|------x-------------------------|------------------------14~~~~--|A|-----x--------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F7_(131211)_____________________________________________________ ( rake )e|-------------13--17--13---------|--------------------------------|B|-----------13----------------13----------------------------------|G|---------14---------------------14-------------------------------|D|-------15--------------------------15----------------------------|A|--------------------------------------15--14p13\12~~~~~~~~~\-----|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Riff 2:
___G_(320003________________________G_(355433)_____________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|-----------------5-----4-----5--|A|-----------------2-----1-----2--|-5-----4-----5------------------|E|-3-----2-----3------------------|--------------------------------|
___G_(xx5433)______________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|-2-------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|B|-----------------3-----2-----3--|--------------------------------|G|-4-----3-----4------------------|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Piano solo, same rhythm chords...
Ending:
___G_______________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|---------------------------5--5-|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|----------------------------3-3-|
...a few times then...
___G________________________________F_______G______________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|-5---------------5--------------|-3-------5----------------------|A|-------5---------------5--------|-3-------5----------------------|E|-------------3---------------3--|-1-------3----------------------|
Lyrics:
Like a square peg in a round hole...
Like a harp without its strings...
Like a sailor who sails no oceans,
Like a bird that has no wings...
Without love, I am a desert,
Without love, my light is dim...
Without love, I have no treasures...
Without love, I cannot win
Without love ... We are like ships in the night
Without love ... Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away and forever our pleasure is blue....
Like a dream that has no dreamer,
Like a cloud without a sky...
Like a truth with no believer,
Like a mother without a child...
Without love, I have no pleasures,
Without love, my light is dim...
Without love, I have no treasures...
Without love, my chance is slim
Without love ... We are like ships in the night
Without love ... Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away and forever our pleasure is blue....
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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