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Author/Artist: Incubus
Title: Here in my room
I downloaded a video of this from an Incubus fan site and liked it, and then it was
on 'Live in Japan' cd as well, so I decided to translate the piano parts onto guitar.
1 is in open position and would be the left hand on the piano playing the deeper
notes, guitar 2 is with a capo on fret 12 (an octave up basically) and resembles
the right hand on. There's also the added parts of Brandon on guitar in the intro
and under the solo. Live Mike tends to play the solo with the guitar on his lap
and goes back to the keyboard after, however I have seen it played on the decks
by Kilmore, but I've tabbed it out anyway.
The order's a bit awkward so I'll try explain it.
First all 3 parts play the intro, then the two pieces showing the piano pattern
repeat, Brandon's guitar goes into the rhythm section below. The two piano pieces
then play again through the verse, and then the capo'd guitar plays the 'end of
verse' section, whilst the open guitar just repeats the intro section again.
After that it's quite simple, but just wanted to try and explain the first few lines.
Intro/Verse (Brandon guitar not played in verse, just piano pieces)
|-0------------------------------0------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------1------------------------------|
|-0-------------------0----------0---------------0---0---0---0--|
|-2-----------------1-1----------2---------------1---1---1---1--|
|-3---------------3---3--3-1---1-3---------------3---3---3---3--|
|----------------------------4----------------------------------|
| Left hand piano - Guitar 1
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0---1-----------0-0------------0---1-------0---0---0---0--|
|---2---------1-----1-1-1----------2---------1---1---1---1---1--|
|-3-----3---3---3-3---3-3--------3-----3---3---3-3---3---3---3--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Right hand piano - Guitar 2 (capo 12)
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------4--------------|
|------------------------------------0---1-0-----x--------------|
|----------------------------------2----2----1---1--------------|
|--------------------------------3-----3-------3-3--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Brandon Guitar
|-----------------4---4---4---4------------------4---4---4---4--|
|-5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4--5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4--|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
|-5---5---5---5---6---6---6---6--5---5---5---5---6---6---6---6--|
|-3---3---3---3---6---6---6---6--3---3---3---3---6---6---6---6--|
|-----------------4---4---4---4------------------4---4---4---4--|
Brandon Guitar (before vocals)
End of Verse
|------------------------------------------------------------3--|
|----------------------------------------------------------4----|
|-----0---1-----------0-0------------0---1-------0---0---5------|
|---2---------1-----1-1-1----------2---------1---1---1----------|
|-3-----3---3---3-3---3-3--------3-----3---3---3-3---3----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(right hand)
Pre-Chorus
|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
| (piano - guitar 1)
|
|--------------------------------|
|---------2----------------------|
|-----3-------3-0----------------|
|---3---3---3-----3--------------|
|-1------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
(piano - guitar 2)
Chorus
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----0---1-------0-0-0-0---------5-5-5-5--|
|---2---------1---1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--|
|-3-----3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------------------1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4--|
|-9-----8----6---8-----3--1------6------18------9----8-----5----3-5-6------3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tremolo picked (1:35) ^just picked once
|
|------------4------------1------4--------------4----------1--------4--------|
|-5----------4------------1------4-------5------4----------1--------4--------|
|-5----------5------------2------5-------5------5----------2--------5--------|
|-5----------6------------3------6-------5------6----------3--------6--------|
|-3----------6------------3------6-------3------6----------3--------6--------|
|------------4------------1------4--------------4----------1--------4--------|
Guitar rhythm under solo
Outro (right hand)
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-----4---|
|-------------------------5-------5----|
|----------------------6---------6-----|
|-------------------6------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
"kind of girl...."
any questions? andrewbiles@hotmail.com
____________________________
Lyrics (seeklyrics.com):
This party is old and uninviting
Participants in black and white
You enter in full-blown deck of color
Nothing is the same after tonight
If the world would fall apart
In a fiction-worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing
Now that you're here
Love is a verb
Here in my room (3x)
Your love is a verb
Here in my room (3x)
You enter and close the door behind you
Now show me the world seen from the stars
If only the lights would dim on winter
I'm wary of eyes upon the skies
If the world would fall apart
In a fiction-worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing
Now that you're here
Love is a verb
Here in my room (3x)
Your love is a verb
Here in my room (3x)
Tractor beam into your incision
Spinning as free ? vicious world
I came here expecting next to nothing
So thank you for being that kind of girl
Kind of girl (10x)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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michael Average |
#1 by michael clarke at Mar 14, 1982 at 2:41 AM EST |
| to me this is definately about sex, but more out of lust, like he's genuinaly happy for the sex but at the same time in a sense its a one time thing, in which he really needs something else | |
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Kevin Wanna Be |
#2 by Kevin White at Jun 16, 1989 at 12:39 AM EST |
| dont think its about sex...incubus wouldnt be that "flat" | |
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phoen Average |
#3 by phoen bay at Oct 27, 1997 at 6:36 AM EST |
| This song is amazing. I think it's firstly about sex but on another level about the very very deep love between the man (boyd?) and the technicolour woman. Its such a satisfying song and pleasing to know that even incredible ppl like brandon boyd are self-conscious (i'm weary of eyes upon my scars). If you haven't seen this song performed live, you must do everything you possibly can in order to do so! I live in Malaysia and theyve only ever been here once so you probably have more chances than me, its is just fantastic, mike on piano and brandon playing guitar, your heart will melt! | |
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Josh Average |
#4 by Josh Dean at Mar 2, 2003 at 10:19 PM EST |
| Well, other than the "Your love is verb..." and the entire last verse, there's not a whole lot to say it isn't about sex. Something else to note, in the second verse he says "Now show me the world as seen from the stars," something that could be a reference to "Stellar" which also has lots of sexual overtones. And please, don't say that Incubus wouldn't be "that 'flat.'" Boyd wrote a song about sex using the most flowery language imaginable, but that doesn't change the fact that it's about sex. Oh, something else nobody's commented on: The references to "The Wizard of Oz." The black and white and technicolor and the reference to a "fiction-worthy wind" (tornado). Anyone have any thoughts on this? | |
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Ben Average |
#5 by Ben Asay at Apr 11, 2007 at 12:54 PM EST |
| It's basically about sex. Beautiful song. One of my favorites. | |
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Avinash Average |
#6 by Avinash Dutta at Sep 27, 2007 at 7:18 AM EST |
| beautiful. | |
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Jazz Average |
#7 by Jazz Daoust at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:29 PM EST |
| i ment " freakyemobitch " not "prayingmantis84" | |
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marvin Lead Player |
#8 by marvin at Sep 27, 2007 at 3:22 PM EST |
| i read somewhere that it could be love is a verve here in my room ... "Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas, especially in artistic performance or composition" does this sound more like our boyd? | |
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Ryan Average |
#9 by Ryan Van Halen at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:22 AM EST |
| Now how is talking about sex take away from anything at all? The story, if followed through literally, is that the narrator has a one-night stand, essentially. Well, maybe not one-night, but we're not going in the future here. The point is that he met this girl for the first tonight and had sex with her because he was bored. See, people think that it somehow takes away from Incubus's meaning if that's what it is about, but when you think about it, isn't that exactly how Brandon Boyd would approach the subject? He has a negative outlook on the social world, and although love is something he obviously believes it, wouldn't it be along his lines to use beautiful and meaningful language to describe something utterly meaningless? | |
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Jimmy "Hoffa" Average |
#10 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:15 AM EST |
| Maybe it's a metaphor for how sex can be a manifestation of love in itself? Lol... I dunno, I read the lyrics and I was like "okay, bud, enough with the porn"... But knowing Boyd he's got something up his sleeve for the song. It's too saucy to just be about sex. Oh well. It's still a hell of a song. | |
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Kezza Wanna Be |
#11 by Kezza at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:17 PM EST |
| yo. i think if this song is about just sex, and it very well could be, i don't know, than that's just fine! sex mixed w/ love is an amazing freakin awesome thing, and if i could write music i'd make a song about the most awesome thing created! i mean if this were about trashy sex...then i dunno..but this is a powerful song about love and it's so so touching and sweet, and why not about sex? | |
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Lord Average |
#12 by Lord Squirrel at Sep 28, 2007 at 8:42 PM EST |
| Ps. I listened to it over and over and its a toss up, could be verb or verve... but at one point in the song at around 2:58 where he holds onto the word longer and it sounds more like verve... i sure like to think it's verve... Another lovely incubusy word. | |
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Jason Wanna Be |
#13 by Jason Stender at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:49 AM EST |
| i read ina magazine that it was about him hooking up with someone on tour.. this makes sense with the lines "i came here expecting next to nothing/so thank-you for being that kinda of girl" to me it says i didn't expect to get much action here, but you came along and blew my socks off (pardon the pun). | |
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Aerodyne Average |
#14 by Aerodyne at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:59 AM EST |
| There's a sort of haunting quality to this song that seems to make it to me a bit darker than the lyrics would suggest. I think there's almost a reason for the placement of this song right before leech. | |
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mathis Wanna Be |
#15 by mathis jacobs at Sep 29, 2007 at 7:01 PM EST |
| it says verb in the cd booklet ok incubus is sex... the music of incubus is pure earsex. .... good song, my inspiration for my email : fictionworthy@yahoo hehe | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#16 by John McElyea at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:35 PM EST |
| What bass slide are you guys talking about? | |
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tracey Wanna Be |
#17 by tracey grimes at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:46 AM EST |
| i've had a lot of talk about the meaning of this song... many say its sex... sex sex sex. i'd be depressed if that's ALL it is. it'sone of the most beautiful songs on earth musically... it's gotta be more!!!! "love is a verb here in my room" verb means action, that's why people think sex, plus "pink tractorbeam into your incision"... but it could also just mean in his room is where he finds his solace with love... | |
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₣oozie Wanna Be |
#18 by ₣oozie at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:06 AM EST |
| Hehe, the sliding bass - I was going to comment about how it damn near makes me wet my pants too! They must have done something subconsciously... The flanger on the line after that (If only the lights would dim a little) is so pleasing to hear too... one of those that gives you a warm (nice) shiver down your back... so satisfying. I thought that this was about sex too, to be honest - it only appeared to be confirmed when I read the first line of the last verse. However, I feel as though it doesn't concentrate on the sex... and only uses that to tell part of the whole story... It's not about the actual lovemaking as such. It's about the connection ( non-physical :P ) between 'the girl' and the 'story teller'. The sex is just a chapter of the book, as it were. | |
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T.S. Average |
#19 by T.S. at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM EST |
| this is the most powerful song by incubus. that slide of bass...AAHHH!!!! i have to keep from wetting myself hahaha | |
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Rodrigo Wanna Be |
#20 by Rodrigo Pogo Punker at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:02 PM EST |
| is "prayingmantis84" fucking stupid of course it is about sex and whores they are men and it is also about girls that give sex to have love and guys give love to have sex and it souldnt be that way...does anyone agree. | |
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