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Wide Open Space Tab

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name=Chris Blackburn
band=Mansun
song=Wide Open Space
inst_type=Select
body=intro

|-0---|
|-6---|
|---7-| 
|-----| x 16
|-----|
|-----|

Verse

|-0---|       |---5-|      |-0---|       |-----|      |---5-|      
|-6---|       |-0---|      |-6---|       |-0---|      |-0---|
|---7-|       |-6---|      |---7-|       |-6---|      |-6---|
|-----| x 16  |-----| x 8  |-----| x 16  |---7-| x 4  |-----| x 4
|-----|       |-----|      |-----|       |-----|      |-----|
|-----|       |-----|      |-----|       |-----|      |-----|

chorus

|-0-0-0-1---------|      |---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-1---------|      |-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2---------|      |-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-4-4-4-2---2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| x 4  |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|      |---------------------------------|

solo

e|------------------------------------------------------------
B|-14/-14--14-14-14-10-----------------15-14/--14-14-12-10----
G|----------------------12--11-12-11-12----------------------12-

e|------------------|
B|---------------15-| and so on.... meanwhile, this joins in here:
G|-11-12-11-12/----|

e|-----------------14---10------------------14---10-
B|---8---10---12--------------8---10---12-----------
G|-9---9----9----9----9-----9---9----9----9----9----

e|-----------------10---12------------------14---10-
B|---8---10---12--------------8---10---12-----------
G|-9---9----9----9----9-----9---9----9----9----9----

e|-----------------10-10-12-10-hold-|
B|---8---10---12--------------------|
G|-9---9----9----9------------------|

then when it goes back to the chorus, chad plays this in the background:

e|---------------12----------------12-------------------|
B|-10-12-12/-10-----10-12-12/-10-----10-12-12/-10----|
G|---------------------------------------------------9--|

repeatedly, with variations on that theme, using all these notes:
e|------------12-15-|
B|---10-12-13-------|
G|-9----------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture lindsey Average	#1 by lindsey Rogogo at Aug 21, 1970 at 1:25 AM EST
	funky song. i quite like it.

No Picture bec Average	#2 by bec madden at Dec 11, 1971 at 5:43 PM EST
	i think itsone of the best songs mansun ever did. i dont quite know what the meaning is though. its just a good song.

No Picture Brandon Average	#3 by Brandon Weathers at Mar 28, 1985 at 2:11 PM EST
	best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#4 by Alex at Jun 28, 1986 at 2:20 AM EST
	I think this song is about lonliness...like nothing out there ever was. It seems to be describing being lonly in a wide open space, open to everything and recieving nothing, or being effected by nothing since there is "Something quite bizzarre I cannot see" Or not attempting to grab life by the horns or take an oportunity. "I'm on the top of a hill...." Feeling as though there is no reason to even attempt to do anything because you're afraid. I kind of figured this since he said "You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face" like saying only true human suffering offers redemption. I dunno, I guess I have a lot of ideas of what it means.

No Picture Faiz Average	#5 by Faiz fender at Mar 23, 1992 at 3:02 AM EST
	Or if you listen to it with the rest of the album (UK version of course) you could add that it is about the vicar. Paul also said that he wrote this sound to reach out to his fans, let them know how he felt at the time.. he said something like that. Read so many interviews and I don't feel like looking up exactly when/where he said what...

No Picture rikiscorner Average	#6 by rikiscorner at Aug 9, 1995 at 11:42 AM EST
	i haven't heard the whole song, but from what i heard (on allmusic.com (check it out)) it has a really great groove

No Picture Charley Rhythm Player	#7 by Charley Hockin at May 8, 1997 at 1:19 PM EST
	The song is about drugs! :)

No Picture Austin Wanna Be	#8 by Austin Skitowski at Feb 9, 1998 at 6:17 PM EST
	the perfecto remix is pretty stunning if you like this song ... not usually a fan of dancehead remixes but they've done Mansun proud out in clubland.