Since a bunch o` folks asked, I thought I`d deliver. This is kinda just the rhythm guitar, but it`ll do just fine. I don`t know the wah-wah lead part (my band`s other guitar player does that), but this sounds great. Notes:
1) I`m not convinced that I`m playing these chords in the right place. Part of me thinks that the riff is played on the bottom 3 strings, using E-shape power chords (rather than using the A-shaped chords I`ve got below). That would look like this:
C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- B-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- G-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- D---11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12--- A---11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12---|-14-11---12--- E---9--0-10-0-|-12-9--0-10-0-|-12-9--0-10-0-|-12-9--0-10-0-|-12-9--0-10-0- H q q q q h q q q q h q q q q h q q q q h q q q q
I do it the way I do it because, with the sound I use on my guitar, I can do a fair approximation of a wah-wah using the chords that result when you drop all fingers but the barre from the A-shape power chord. Make sense? Don`t worry about it. Below is how I play it. Do what you want. 2) Play power chords at 8th-note intervals straight throughout the verses and chorus. I`m not tabbing this out. Cool distortion, though. 3) Despite my rhythm guitar status, I take the solo in this one. It`s short but sweet. I love it. 4) This is one of my favorite vocal performances in a long time. I think Ms. Phair is vastly underrated as a singer.
Supernova (Liz Phair) Recorded by Liz Phair From the album _Whip-Smart_ Transcribed without permission because so many people requested it by Marc Hirsh
Notation: s - sixteenth note e - eighth note q - quarter note h - half note w - whole note . - play note for one and a half times the value before it (just like a dot in standard notation) ^ - ties two note lengths together NOTE LENGTHS IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEAN REST FOR THAT VALUE OF TIME! / - slide up - slide down h - hammer-on p - pull-off
RIFF E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- B----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
A G I have looked D E All over the place A G But you have got D E My favorite face A E Your eyelashes sparkle D A Like you did grass A Fm And your lips are sweet and slippery like a D G A Cherub`s bare wet ass
E `Cause you`re a real man D A Supernova E A solar D A Superman E You`re an angel D A Wings of fire E A flying giant C D Friction blast C5 D5 E--------------- B--------------- G---6-(4)-7-(5)- D---6-(4)-7-(5)- A---4-(4)-5-(5)- E-----(0)---(0)- H q (q) q (q)
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- B----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
A G You walk in clouds of glitter D E And the sun reflects your eyes A G And every time the wind blows D D I can smell you in the sky A E Your kisses are as wicked D A As an F-16 A Fm And you fuck like a volcano D G A And you`re everything to me
E `Cause you`re a real man D A Supernova E A solar D A Superman E You`re an angel D A Wings of fire E A flying giant C D Friction blast E A giant flying C D Friction blast (lead guitar) E-----14p12p10- B-------------- G-------------- D-------------- A-------------- E-------------- | H. q3q3q | |(rhythm guitar) | C5 D5 E--------------- B--------------- G---6-(4)-7-(5)- D---6-(4)-7-(5)- A---4-(4)-5-(5)- E-----(0)---(0)- H q (q) q (q)
(lead guitar) E----------------|-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-|------------------- B-12---12-------|-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-|------------------- G------------14-|-2b(4)---2b(4)---2b(4)-|---2b(4)---2b(4)---|-2-2p0------------- D----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------2p0--------- A----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------2p0----- E----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------2p0- | e E h q q e q e q e q e q q h s s s s s s s s | |(rhythm guitar) | E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------- B----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9-----6--(4)--7--(5)--|-9----6-(4)-7-(5)--|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9-----6--(4)--7--(5)--|-9----6-(4)-7-(5)--|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7-----4--(4)--5--(5)--|-7----4-(4)-5-(5)--|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|----------(0)-----(0)--|--------(0)---(0)--|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
E `Cause you`re a real man D A Supernova E A solar D A Superman E You`re an angel D A Wings of fire E A flying giant C D Friction blast C5 D5 E--------------- B--------------- G---6-(4)-7-(5)- D---6-(4)-7-(5)- A---4-(4)-5-(5)- E-----(0)---(0)- H q (q) q (q)
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- B----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- B----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- B----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q)
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 E----------------|----------------|----------------|----- B----------------|----------------|----------------|----- G-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9-9- D-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9--6-(4)-7-(5)-|-9-9- A-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7--4-(4)-5-(5)-|-7-7- E------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|------(0)---(0)-|----- h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) h q (q) q (q) e e H. -- Marc As wicked as an F-16 Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)
/ ^ --It`s easy to be nuts. Try being me. V (_The_Fisher_King_)
