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Chords used:
EADGBe
F#m (244222)
A (x02220)
E (022100)
D (xx0232)
Faug (1x3221) [NOTE: it's easier to play this as (xx3221)]
A/E (002220)
B7 (x24242)
Bm7 (x24232)
A/C# (x4222x)
[NOTE: During the verses of this song, there are 2 guitars playing 2
completely different parts. Below are the tabbed parts for guitar 2, with
the chords played by guitar 1 listed above the tabbed part.]
Intro
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F#m A E D A
e-----------0--------!-----------------------------0-------------------------
B---------0---0------!--------0--------0-------0-----3----------0-----0------
G-------2-------2----!------2--------2-----------------2----------2-----2----
D-----4-----------4--!----4--------2-------------0-------0----2-----2-----2--
A---4----------------!--4--------0-------------------------0-----------------
E--------------------!-----------------------0-------------------------------
F#m A E D A
e-----------------------------------2-0---------------------------------
B--0------------0-------0-------0-------3-2------0-----0-----0----------
G----2--------2-------2---------------------2------2-----2-----2--------
D------2----4-------2-------------0------------2-----2-----2-----2------
A---------4-------0-------------------------0---------------------------
E-----------------------------0-----------------------------------------
[NOTE: The intro minus the part before the exclamation points above is
what guitars 1 & 2 play during all the verses of the song. Listed below
over the lyrics will be only the chords played by guitar 1, but the part
played by guitar 2 is also being played in the song.]
[ANOTHER NOTE: After guitar 1 has played each chord progression above
(F#m A E D A), this is how the second "A" in the chord progression is
played by guitar 1:]
A
e--------------------------------------
B--2---3-3-2-3-2---3-3-3-3-2-----------
G--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------
D--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------
A--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------
E--------------------------------------
while guitar 2 is playing:
Asus2
e--------------------------------------
B--------0-----0-----0-----------------
G----------2-----2-----2---------------
D------2-----2-----2-----2-------------
A--0-----------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
Verse 1
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F#m A E D A
Listen up, what's the time, said today I'm gonna speak my mind
F#m A E D A
Take me up to the top of the world I wanna see my crime
F#m A E D A
Day by day there's a man in a suit, he's gonna make you pay
F#m A E D A
For the thoughts that you think and the words they won't let you say
Pre-chorus
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F#m Faug A/E B7
One fine day, gonna leave you all behind
Bm7 D E
It wouldn't be so bad if I had time
Chorus
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D A/C# E
Sail me down the river alone
D A/C# F#m
I've been tryin' to find my way back home
D A/C#
But I don't believe in magic
D A/C#
Life is automatic
B7 D A (pick "A" like guitar 2 in verse)
But I don't don't mind being on my own
B7 D A A
No I don't mind being on my own
Tab for high pitched guitar in background of chorus:
You'l hear this little riff repeating again and again in the chorus
background with some sort of weird guitar effect used on it:
e--12-------------------12----------------------
B-----14-12-14-12----------14-12-14-12----------
G-----------------14-11----------------14-11----
[REPEAT VERSE 1]
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
Guitar Solo (played along with verse chords):
Tab key:
b=bend (14b15 means bend the string at the 14th fret to make the note
that would be heard if you played the string at the 15th fret without
bending]
r=release
s=slide
h=hammer on
p=pull off
F#m A E D A
e------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------12--14--12--14--14b15--14b15r14--10--
G---11--11--11--9-------------------------------------- (repeat 4 times)
D------------------------------------------------------
Solo continued (now using chords for pre-chorus):
F#m Faug
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12--10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10-------
G----------------------------------11------------------------------11---
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A/E B7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13--12b13--12--10-----
G------------------------------11-----------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bm7 D
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10---
G--------------------------11------------------------------11-------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
E
e--------------------------------------
B------10-----------------10------10---
G-s11------9b11--9----11------11-------
D--------------------------------------
[CHORUS]
Song ends with a repeated Asus2 chord.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Jay Dizzle Wanna Be |
#1 by Jay Dizzle holden at Aug 11, 1971 at 6:00 AM EST |
| About this songs intro... it uses the same beat as Live Forever but with the speed of Supersonic... for me, when I first heard this song, I instantly thought Live Forever... so to compare Listen Up directly to Supersonic would be partially wrong. Get it straight people!... lol, jk But yeah, this song is an amazing b-side and fun to play, as well. | |
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Gary Wanna Be |
#2 by Gary Rossington at Dec 4, 1979 at 12:55 PM EST |
| that's exactly what I was going to write here: the beginning sounds like supersonic. That's weird I thought I was the only one who noticed this and posted it in this site. Plus for the moment, I don't mind being on my own | |
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THE RONANATOR ( Average |
#3 by THE RONANATOR (aka.Ronan) downer at Feb 11, 2001 at 9:14 AM EST |
| anybody think that the beginning sounds an awful lot like supersonic? | |
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Freddy Badass |
#4 by Freddy Timmons at Nov 29, 2004 at 6:02 PM EST |
| This song has the best guitar solo oasis ever did. U cant help but close your eyes and jam. Shame oasis b-sides are better than almost every bands a-side | |
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Tyler Wanna Be |
#5 by Tyler Swagar at Mar 12, 2006 at 5:59 PM EST |
| I once believed that the nexus of the meaning for this song lay in atheism- that the line 'But I don't believe in magic- Life is automatic' referred to the absence of a 'God' or 'Creator'. I'm not so sure now- it's that, but it's more (at least to me). I think it's just painting the frustration of a life as a middle to lower class person- that we work and work and work and can't get ahead. That we can find solace in bottoming out in our quest for our dreams and finally succumb to settling for understanding that the world is unfair, it's harsh and short (Hobbes). I now think that it's more about self-reflection and coming to a realization of how reality is difficult to accept but, in the end, is reality nonetheless. | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#6 by Mistress Cheyenne at Jul 26, 2007 at 4:36 AM EST |
| The intro is not the same as Supersonic's. Listen Up opens with a beat on the ride cymbals while Supersonic opens with the beat on a slightly open hi-hat. This song is about how everything is going wrong in someones life. It's as if he really dislikes someone but can't open up to them because of other situation. "Sailing down a river alone..." Probably explaining how he wants to get away for a while and make some time on his own. | |
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