"SO REAL" (J. Buckley- M. Tighe)
Preformed by: Jeff Buckley on the album called "Grace"
Tab by Orjan, at orjano59@hotmail.com
Intro
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--9s13--13--13-------------------------|----
-10s14--14--14---14--14-------------14-|----
--0s-0---0---0---15--15---14---12---12-|-12- play 15 times with p.m
------------------0---0---12---12---12-|-13-
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------------12--------------14-|---------------------------------------
12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-|-12--12--12--12------------------------
12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-|-12--12--12--12--12-----------12-------
-------------------------------|-------------13--13--12h13-13-13--13-13
Verse:
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-----11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--
------9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--
------9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--
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--0------------------------------|---------------------------------
Sometimes when he starts the verse, like the spoken part the don't just start
with the singel E, he start with this
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11-
-9-
-9-
-8-
-x-
-0-
This is the cool part
(play this for a while
( This has waltz ryhtm ) (rapidly) then go to the verse again)
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----12-12-12-|---7-7-7-|-3-3--8-8-8-8-8--7-7-
----11-11-11-|---6-6-6-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-
-----9--9--9-|---4-4-4-|-0-0-----------------
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-10----------|-5-------|---------------------
Chorus:
------------------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
-X--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
Distorted part:
just play some noise with lots of feedback and 1 gitar plays this with plenty
of fuzz
-0----
-0----
-7B*--
-0----
-0----
-0----
-0----
B* means beand up and down-
The final part:
I don't write the rythm, but you'll hear it your self
fig 1
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----------3---7-|------8-7-|--3
----------2---6-|--7-9-7-7-|--3
----------0---0-|--0-0-0-0-|--2
-0-2-4----0---0-|--0-0-0-0-|--0
-------3--3---7-|--7-7-7-7-|--3
* * * *
fig 2
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----------3---7-|------8-7-|--3-5-3
----------2---6-|--7-9-7-7-|--3-5-3
----------0---0-|--0-0-0-0-|--2-4-2
-0-2-4----0---0-|--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0
-------3--3---7-|--7-7-7-7-|--3-5-3
* * * *
* play this very hard
first play fig 1 then to and so on......
end with
-2-
-2-
-3-
-x-Let ring
-4-
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Tony Average |
#1 by Tony Riemer at Sep 26, 2007 at 9:34 PM EST |
| this song is greatest song of all time. jeff buckley is the greatest musican of all time, this song proves that. i believe the true meaning is about being so in love with someone that your afraid. and jeff is just so poetic the words are so hard to interput so i guess you can mean whateva you want them to mean but i must say how awesome the guitar solo is. i find it so sad he died he achieved so much though.... | |
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Justice Wanna Be |
#2 by Justice Fish at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:31 AM EST |
| this song is amazing jeff buckley is just the greatet perso never lived i wish i could have met him.. glad yall agree this song is sp poetic and how much he loves her and that everthing seems so real. thats what i think but itmay not be true. i love this song.. one of my favorites by jeff . | |
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Scott Average |
#3 by Scott Bramlett at Sep 27, 2007 at 3:55 AM EST |
| this song is great. i just think this line is very ironic, "And I couldn't awake from the nightmare that sucked me in and pulled me under pulled me under ." jeff drowned in the memphis harbor. coincidence??? | |
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Brenton Average |
#4 by Brenton Giordano at Sep 27, 2007 at 6:45 PM EST |
| the lyrics to this song are simple, but oh so deep. and the music is just so amazing. im inspired. this is the music i reflect to. | |
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Carve Your Name Average |
#5 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:24 PM EST |
| Amazingly Jeff had to be convinced to put this song onto Grace! i don't think it would've been the same if 'Forget Her', which was originally going to be in there, was in the place on So Real. So much meaning and such deep connotations in the lyrcis... | |
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Terp Rhythm Player |
#6 by Terp Boom! at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:54 AM EST |
| this song is wonderful!!!! the film clip is amazing and the music just makes me cry...."i love you but i'm afraid to love you" - yeah, i get that.... | |
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Antti Wanna Be |
#7 by Antti Solonen at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:39 AM EST |
| This song puts me to sleep. By the way, this isn't a bad thing, it calms me. | |
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kevin Wanna Be |
#8 by kevin Beaubien at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:14 PM EST |
| jeff was afraid of natural bodies of water...he used drowning imagery in heaps of songs, but it was an accident the day he drowned....finally wasn;t afraid to go into a natural body of water...closure.... | |
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The Scythe Wanna Be |
#9 by The Scythe at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:51 PM EST |
| i agree this song is indeed fantasic. I get shivers down my spine when i hear jeff buckley's voice. I think he has an amazing voice, its shuch a shame he's gone now. i still listen to him when i go to sleep i find his voice very calming. | |
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ebin Rhythm Player |
#10 by ebin strong at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:01 AM EST |
| I always loved this song, but I only recently 'get it' on reflection of my former love. Its amazing how you can have a feeling so strong, but after it's gone it can feel so distant. I sometimes imagine he says 'surreal' instead of 'so real' - 'cause you know, it is. | |
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rhcp = the best Average |
#11 by rhcp = the best band ever at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:27 AM EST |
| I love this song man. oh yeah shivers me timbers o argh! Not to keen on the distorted bit somehow. which is weird cos I'm a fan of Nirvana and the like. Think it seems out of place in this song tho. But hey, who am I? x x | |
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Old Jigi Average |
#12 by Old Jigi at Oct 1, 2007 at 3:09 PM EST |
| I love the guitar in this song. Ingenious. Some crazy tricks there! | |
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Troy Wanna Be |
#13 by Troy Erskine at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:10 PM EST |
| Obviously a fantastic song...one of the best ever written...i was told that the distorted bit in the middle was done so that it wasn't radio friendly...but this is just what i've been told, and i'm sure it could represent a break up. | |
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Gino Average |
#14 by Gino Rivera at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:25 PM EST |
| Tim Dogg, I'm so upset you don't like the distortion. I think it fits so well with the whole tortured soul vibe of the song. | |
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Exizzle Average |
#15 by Exizzle at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:29 PM EST |
| The visuals that I get when I hear this song are amazing. He's remembering this love he once knew so well. She was so real. He remembers the smells and the images. I think the rock out session in the middle represents the break up and then the wail of the so real is simply him just calling out to his love | |
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Trash Rhythm Player |
#16 by Trash Gibson at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:27 AM EST |
| i love you..........but I'm afraid to love you its beautiful | |
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Lucas Average |
#17 by Lucas Lawrey at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:50 AM EST |
| This song is so real. | |
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daniel Wanna Be |
#18 by daniel seaward at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:53 AM EST |
| Best Jeff BUckley song. It sounds pretty unconventional and the lyrics are minimalistic, but it stirs you. Argh one of the best songs ever!! | |
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jordan Average |
#19 by jordan sjsjtkiris at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:15 PM EST |
| I think it's so funny that they would put that distorted bit in there just so it wouldn't get radio friendly. It doesn't strike me as being true, but its funny anyways :) I too think this is the best song on the album just because of it's raw emotion. The distortion bit half way is kind of nervous and harsh but it's fitting somehow, just because love can be painful when it is so real it hurts because you don't want to believe its overwhelmingness (is that a word) Love makes me want to speak in continuous proese like Kerouac. This song along with Vancouver, and maybe his rendition of Dylan's "Farewell Angelina" are my all time favourite Buckley tunes. by the way Vancouver should be ranamed to "London" when he had a fling with Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins, he simply used the instrumental of vancouver to sing the lyrics of his romance with Elizabeth. | |
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Kyle Rhythm Player |
#20 by Kyle Robinson at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:43 AM EST |
| beautiful.............nothing more | |
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Ron Average |
#21 by Ron Edwards at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:20 AM EST |
| The Clip Fucking Rocks | |
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Ben Wanna Be |
#22 by Ben at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:51 AM EST |
| This song is so amazing...it has this almost elegant acoustic bit at the beginning and then how it goes into the totally rocking hard-core bit in the middle is just phenomenal. Jeff Buckley's voice is amazing, his skills as a songwriter are unquestioned and the tone and atmosphere he brings to this song make you want to cry. | |
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Cuboctahedron Wanna Be |
#23 by Cuboctahedron at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:49 AM EST |
| i think this is a song about a first date or something like that and jeff buckley already describes that he is falling in love with his date... very illuminating lyrics best ive heard in while!! 1 2 Next | |
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billy Professional |
#24 by billy purkiss at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:48 AM EST |
| Tim Dogg, I'm so upset you don't like the distortion. I think it fits so well with the whole tortured soul vibe of the song. | |
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Mika Average |
#25 by Mika Schultz at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:00 AM EST |
| Gosh. Does it send shivers down your spine? Can you feel it??? Amazing emotions. I have never felt it with another song ever. Hmm, I could be annoying with few opinions of JB's songs, but... PERFECT. MASTERPIECE. ! | |
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