Saburban Me Guitar Tab

Clayman Tabs:

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tabbed by carl
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Tune Gtr to Dropped C Tuning (tune to D, then drop the lowest string another step)

Suburban me

Riff A
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2----2--2---2---2--2/4---4----4----4---4-----9----9-7-----------|Gtr
|----2----2--2h3-3---3--3/5-5-5-55-5-55-5-5-5-55-10---10-9-----------| I
|-00---00---0---0--00--0----.---..---..---.---..---------------------|
|-..---..---.---.--..--.---------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

cont...
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2----2--2---2---2---5--5--4------------------------------------|Gtr
|-3p2-2----2--2h3-3---3---5--5--5------------------------------------| I
|----0--00---0---0--00--0--------------------------------------------|
|----.--..---.---.--..--.--------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 1
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-2---------------------------| Gtrs 1+2
|-2---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------|
|---/10-12-13-12h13p12-10-13~-|
|-----------------------------| Gtr 3
|-----------------------------| (Begining of solo 1)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Riff B
Am Am2 G D
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--22-2--2--22-2----------------------------------------------------|
|-2--22-2--3--33-3--5--55-5--0----------------------------------------|
|-0--00-0--0--00-0--5--55-5--0----------------(0)---------------------|
|-------------------5--55-5--0----------------(0)---------------------|

Cont...
Am Am2 G D2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5---3---------------------------|
|-2--22-2--2--22-2--------------------5---4---------------------------|
|-2--22-2--3--33-3--5--55-5--0----------------------------------------|
|-0--00-0--0--00-0--5--55-5--0------0---0-----------------------------|
|-------------------5--55-5--0------.---.-----------------------------|

Solo 1 (Over Riff B)
|-------------------------------------------------------15-17-17fb---|
|-13p12-15fb--15fb+r-13-15~-13-12-13-12h13p12--------/17-------------|
|--------------------------------------------12-14~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--+r--/15-17-17fb-+r-17fb+*rfb~~------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------15-13-12-13-12h13p12------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------12-14~------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
*- half release

Riff C
|---0---------0h1-0--------0-----------------------------------------|
|-----------3-------3~-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2--------------2-------------------------------------------| Gtrs 1+2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff d
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-5---------------------------------------------------| Gtrs 1+2
|--3-3---0-0---5-5---5----(5)----------------------------------------|
|--3-3---0-0---3-3---5----(5)----------------------------------------|
|--3-3---0-0---------5----(5)----------------------------------------|

Riff c.2
|---0---------0h1-0-------0------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-------3~-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------------2--------------------------------------------| Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---1-------0-1-3-1-0~----1------------------------------------------|
|-2-------X-------------2--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff D

Riff E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5---4---5----------5---4------5---4---5------------------------|
|-~-----------------------------~------------------5-5---------------|
|-2-0---0---0---0~-0-0-0---0----2-0---0---0----4-4-5-5---------------|
| . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9---7---9----------9---7------9---7---9------------------------|
|-~-----------------------------~------------------5-5---------------|
|-2-0---0---0---0~-0-0-0---0----2-0---0---0----4-4-5-5---------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
cont...
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5---4---5----------5---4------5---4---5------------------------|
|-~-----------------------------~------------------5-5--3-3-5-5------|
|-2-0---0---0---0~-0-0-0---0----2-0---0---0----4-4-5-5--3-3-5-5------|
| . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9---7---9----------9---7------9---7---9------------------------|
|-~-----------------------------~------------------5-5--3-3-5-5------|
|-2-0---0---0---0~-0-0-0---0----2-0---0---0----4-4-5-5--3-3-5-5------|
. . . . . . . . . .

Riff F (Chorus, over Riff B... It's not perfect but it fits)
Am Am2 G D (D2 on repeat)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/5~---(5)----5-4h5p4--------/5-4h5p4---------------/4-5-7~---------|
|----------------------5-5~------------5-7~----5h7~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff C.3
|---0---------0h1-0-------0------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-------3~-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------------2--------------------------------------------| Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------0------------------------------------------|
|---1-------0-1-3-1-0~-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-------X-------------2--------------------------------------------| Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff D

Riff C.4 (Replacment riff)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5-5------| Gtrs 1+2
|-7-------------------------------------------------3-3-0-0-5-5-5----|
|-7--55555555-3333333333333333-77777777-55555555----3-3-0-0-3-3-5----|
|-7--55555555-3333333333333333-77777777-55555555----3-3-0-0-----5----|

Repeat Riff D
Riff E
Riff F X 2

Fill 2 (Begining of Solo 2)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-3------------5--------------| Gtrs 1+2
|-3------------5--------------|
|-1------------3--------------|
|-----------------------------|

Rhythm under solo 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-----------------------------------5------------------|
|--8----0-----5------------------8----------5-----5------------------|
|--8----0-----3--------0-2-3-5---8----8-----5-----3------------------|
|--8----0----------3-5-----------8----7-----5------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-----------------------------------5------------------|
|--8----0-----5------------------8----------5-----5------------------|
|--8----0-----3------------0-2---8----8-----5-----3------------------|
|--8----0----------0-2-3-5-------8----7-----5------------------------|

Cont...
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---------------------------5--------------------------|
|--8----0-----5-----------------8----0----5---------------7-5-----5--|
|--8----0-----3--------0-2-3-5--8----0----3-------0-2-3-5-----8-7---7|
|--8----0----------3-5----------8----0--------3-5--------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---------------------------5--------------------------|
|--8----0-----5-----------------8----0----5--------------------------|
|--8----0-----3------------0-2--8----0----3-----------0-2-8-7-5-3-7-3|
|--8----0----------0-2-3-5------8----0--------0-2-3-5----------------|


Repeat Riff E

Riff G (Over Riff A w/wah)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/5-5-5--/5-4-/4------------------/5-5-5-/5-4--/5-/7-7~------------|
|------------------5-5~-------(5)------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff F X 2 w/Riff B

End
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2~----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2~----------------------------------------|
|--0-2-3-5-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0~----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------2-----------2---------------------------------------------|
|--0-2-3-5---5-0-2-3-5---5-3~----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture dalton Average	#1 by dalton hoffman at May 5, 1972 at 12:14 AM EST
	i think anders is shakespear reincarnated

No Picture Jona_Red.Hot Wanna Be	#2 by Jona_Red.Hot Olavaria at Jun 7, 1974 at 3:24 PM EST
	the part that speaks to me is the chorus...i think...or thought that it was about things you want but cant have for some reason...like what anders said about scorn in the tokyo livel; although now i think the religeous idea of it seems to make more sense... the best part of this song, however, is not the lyrics, it's where the guitarists play without the drums in the background for like a bar or two...it sounds...AMAZING

No Picture kyle Average	#3 by kyle anderson at Jun 18, 1976 at 5:41 PM EST
	lol i think its about someone who cant achiev his objectives of being the person he wants... and he feels sick of it: "I woke up today I wish I felt something The odour of my apathy just might be true " it just might be true :)

No Picture Toni Average	#4 by Toni at Aug 12, 1977 at 9:20 AM EST
	anders doesnt write the lyrics u caeks, jesper does.

No Picture Eric Average	#5 by Eric Boozer at Aug 22, 1982 at 3:44 AM EST
	I Think this song is a story of someone who tries to be more than who they are, but is wrapped up in thier own state of mind. But anyway, The guitars in this song are amazing, it's like the whole song is a big solo, this song was my favorite untill I Heard "The Inborn Lifeless" This song is on Inflames.com And The guitar work is extrordinary. In Flames is the Shiznak!

No Picture Scott Average	#6 by Scott Bramlett at Nov 11, 1982 at 12:34 PM EST
	First off I would like to say that this is an amazing song! I am in awe of those guitars! This is probably my fav song off Clayman. That guitar solo in the middle is just spine tingling... I think the meaning is pretty straightforward. It's about being tied down by society. Anders is feeling a harsh clash between what he wants to be and what society allows him to be, almost like a reality check. From what I can tell, Anders aspires to be someone at peace with the world ("The pilgrim that is me"). I did hear from someone on these boards that Anders is a wannabe Buddhist. This could explain the pilgrim part but it doesn't really matter too much. However he knows "he ain't that free." He is held down by society and is forced to be part of something he doesn't want to be ("The suburban that is me"). That's my take on it anyway :)

No Picture ben Average	#7 by ben bell at Oct 7, 1985 at 7:08 PM EST
	Great interpreatation me_tall_ica, I never though this song that way before. However, I generally believe that IF do not write about so clearly defined things as religion or relationships or whatever. I think this is about (growing up/living in) an isolated environment, like a suburb, where nothing really happens. He dreams of grandeur and fame, but they way life is going right now, he isn't goin anywhere. (come to think of it, many IF songs are about this).

No Picture Average	#8 by Tree aka Sophie at Mar 24, 1992 at 4:19 PM EST
	wow i cant believe only one person has commented on this song it fuckin rocks

No Picture darren Wanna Be	#9 by darren sackaney at Mar 7, 1994 at 4:22 AM EST
	I think it's about a person who, instead of following his dreams went along with the societal norm, maybe started a family, got a dog and a house in the Suburbs but he realizes that this was his ultimate failure and longs to go about doing the things he sees others do but knows (or thinks he knows) that he cannot because he is trapped in his suburban hell of a life. These lyrics are not that hard to decipher but they're some of my favorite IF lyrics out of all of their songs because they deliver a profound message very poetically and each lyric supports, to an extent, the overall theme. an amazing song in every aspect and probably my favorite from Clayman.

No Picture adrian Average	#10 by adrian at Mar 3, 1999 at 7:46 AM EST
	This is almost addresses a messiah complex that most well-meaning people can have in their life, thinking 'I CAN change the world on my own', then living in frustration at being unable to achieve this goal or even live up to their ideals. It's also about wanting to be truly free as you believe you should be (the pilgrim that is me) but finally acknowledging that the 'suburban me' is the only you that you will ever be allowed to be.

No Picture ChilDog Wanna Be	#11 by ChilDog Unknown at Mar 22, 2000 at 2:38 PM EST
	This song is about someone growing up in a place that isnt growing at all.. he feels like he's trapped as he watches what life could be like... but the last lines dont fit into my theory.. Which puts me at a loss.. Im going to put my thumb in my ass and hope someone comes up with a better solution :D

No Picture Ali Wanna Be	#12 by Ali Friesen at Mar 18, 2002 at 3:14 AM EST
	Wow, first just have to say that In Flames has become a diety. Anders amazing use of words and the music... simply amazing. Anyways, I think this song is about the confusion of religion. "The self-inflicted state of mind" is his confusion on what to choose and what "god" to worship. "I think the clock still exists, god just forgot to tap my shoulder" seems like he knows that time is running out, that he will die one day, it's just that god forgot to "tap his shoulder" and remind him and prove that "he" exists. "I woke up today, I wish I felt something" He's saying that he wishs he could believe in a god and that he felt something deeper inside than just the surface. "I want to be the things I see The pilgrim that is me But I know I ain't that free The suburban me" Ok, the chorus... it's like he sees everyone everywhere worshiping some god and he wishes he could be a part of it, that he felt the way they do, that he's a pilgim on the journey of life, but he knows he can't just believe in god the way they do, that he can't just have some blind faith and follow a god he doesn't know exists, he's too "surburban" so to speak. "spirits rise and meet the eye Covered by the stinch of judgement" I think that's kind of a fear, that people die and if there is an afterlife, there's judgement awaiting, and who knows what the right path is. "Twisted visions torturing Who claims to be the one? That filtered smile just might be true" This is good, this is more on the topic of religion, about all these people who claim that their god is the only true god, and they preach to you and give you "undeniable" proof, but he's saying that maybe someones "filtered" smile might be true, that they may be telling the truth about their god. "Can you hear the message, as I wrestle with the clouds? I'm on the way to succumb, That's just saying that he's wrestling with the decision of choosing a god to worship, to try to make a choice to follow a religion, but he's wrestling with finding the right one, however, he's "on the way to succumb." I don't think In Flames is a "religious" band, per say, but they always seem to sing about the deepest subjects inside of all of us, and religion and the questions about it, are one of the deepest I think. Anders should worship himself, he's a god in my eyes!