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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:25:24 -0500
From: "MAQUET, Frederic F." (by way of cal woods)
Subject: Tab: Mysterons by Portishead
Mysterons by Portishead
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
f.maquet@ic.ac.uk
This is the first song from the album "Dummy".
Effects: Lots of echo, some distortion for the chorus (to give it
a metallic sound). For the solo "mysterons sound" bit, just add a lot
of vibrato to all the notes so it goes ooowwwwoooowwooo...alright?
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Intro/Verse: (clean for the first bar, then with rap sounds)
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Bbm Bm Bbm Bm
e:----------1--------------2--|----------1--------------2--4----|
B:----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------3--------------5-----|-------3--------------5----------|
D:----3--------------5--------|----3--------------5-------------|
A:-1-----------1--2-----------|-1-----------1--2----------------|
E:----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Play over 4th bar of intro: (second guitar)
Bbm Bm Bbm Bm
e:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------|---------------16//21-~~---|
G:----10~~//15~~~~---10-11~//16~~--16-18-|---10~~//15~~~-------------|
D:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Verse 1: (played as in intro tab)
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Bbm Bm
Inside you're pretending,
Bbm Bm
Look 'round you've been swept aside,
Bbm Bbm
Somewhere, where they can forget
Bbm Bm
Divine, a buried chain
Bbm Bm
Still holding on,
This ocean will not be grasped
All for nothing
Chorus 1: (play without words once)
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Ebm Ebmsus2 Bb
e:----------------------------------------|
B:---7-----6--7--6--7---------------------|
G:---8--8--------------8---7--------------|
D:---8---------------------8--8--9--8-----|x2
A:---6---------------------8-----------8--|
E:-------------------------6--------------|
Did you really want (*4)
Can also be played:
Ebm Bb
e:--------------------------------------|
B:--7-----6--7--6--7--------------------|
G:--8--8--------------8--7--7--8--7-----|
D:--8--------------------6-----------6--|x2
A:--6--------------------5--------------|
E:-----------------------6--------------|
Play intro again
Verse 2: (same chords as verse 1)
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Refuse to surrender,
Strung out until ripped apart,
Who dares,
Who dares to condemn?
All for nothing
Chorus 2: (same as chorus 1)
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Did you really want (*4)
Solo: (played over intro Bbm Bm) Lots of echo
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Notes: ~~~ vibrato
------ /// and sliding
Bbm Bm Bbm Bm
e:-------------------------|-----------------|
B:-------------------------|-----------------|
G:10~~~-3~~~//11~~11//13-|-10~~~~3--4~~~--|
D:-------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-----------------|
E:-------------------------|-----------------|
e:-----------------------------------|
B:-18~~~11~~/19~~/21--18-~~~~~~~~~-|
G:-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|
e:--------------------------------------|------------------------|------
-----|
B:--18~~~~11~/19~~~/21--18~~11~/12~~-|------------------------|------
-----|
G:--------------------------------------|---10~~~~~--11--10~~~~--|---4--
~~--3|
D:----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----|
A:--------------------------------------|------------------------|------
-----|
E:--------------------------------------|------------------------|------
-----|
e:----------|----|-----------------------------|
B:----------|----|--18-19-18-19-18--11---------|
G:~~~~~~----|----|---------------------10~~~~--|
D:----------|-x4-|-----------------------------|
A:----------|----|-----------------------------|
E:----------|----|-----------------------------|
e:---14~---18~---19-~~~------------|
B:---------------------------------|
G:-----------------------4~--3~~~~~|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|
Fade out...
Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
f.maquet@ic.ac.uk
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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connor Average |
#1 by connor gooley at May 7, 1971 at 3:34 PM EST |
| Trip Hop Rules. | |
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Bobby Wanna Be |
#2 by Bobby Warneke at Nov 29, 1971 at 2:35 AM EST |
| what a haunting voice she has... and this song is a great introduction to an absolutely great album | |
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amy Average |
#3 by amy at Mar 27, 1986 at 9:27 AM EST |
| To me this song speaks about one who is in search of Truth, of a deeper meaning, of the mystery of life. One who engulfs oneself in the trance of philosophical thoughts in search for these things: "Divine upper reaches Still holding on This ocean will not be grasped All for nothing" The Ocean being the depth of the thoughts and paradoxical/unanswerable questions where these thoughts lead. "All for nothing" since all this does is bring grief and never a satisfactory answer "Did you really want" to live your life this way P.S. Ignorance is bliss (well.. a mild form of happiness at least)!! | |
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Jake Average |
#4 by Jake Bounds at Jul 20, 1986 at 5:14 PM EST |
| this is an especially dark song from portishead. the whole album dummy is pretty dark but this i s the first song and kind of sets the scene. the desperate vocals mixed with the constant drums and guitar. a great song but unnaturally moving | |
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Frost Wanna Be |
#5 by Frost Bite at May 17, 1998 at 9:27 AM EST |
| It's named after the protagonists in Captain Scarlet. It's pretty dark - created by Gerry Anderson after Thunderbirds. There's also a new version in CGI, which is just as dark. The whole premise of the program has an underlying problem of "Are the Mysterons really the bad guys"? The first episode has Captain Scarlets mate blowing up the Mysterons and starting a war. I believe, the moral ambiguity of this, caused it not to sit very well with a lot of people. Maybe that's what the song is playing - the moral ambiguity of blame at the end of a relationship. | |
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Joshua Wanna Be |
#6 by Joshua graham at May 30, 2002 at 4:46 AM EST |
| trip hop really does rule..i thnk some1 mightv bin cheated on or used and this is the product.. | |
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Dan The English Wanna Be |
#7 by Dan The English at Aug 21, 2003 at 10:48 PM EST |
| This was the first portishead song i heard in my life... It was love at first sight... | |
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