Intro & verse (Fig. 1):
(Using the volume knob, volume Swell [listen to the song if trouble understanding])
*Heavy Reverb*
E--------5--------7--------9--------7--------|(x2)
B--------7--------8-------10--------8--------|
G--------7--------7--------9--------7--------|
D--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus (Fig. 2):
(Same as the intro and verse using the volume knob)
*Heavy Reverb*
E--------10--------9--------7--------5-------|(x2)
B--------10-------10--------8--------7-------|
G--------11--------9--------7--------7-------|
D---------0--------0--------0--------0-------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Fig. 3):
(Chords, the volume swell is not used here)
*Reverb off*
E-----7--7----7-------------------7---7-----7--|(x2)
B-----7--7----7-------------------8---8-----8--|
G-----7--7----7-------------------9---9-----9--|
D-----9--9----9-------------------9---9-----9--|
A-----9--9----9-------------------7---7-----7--|
E-----7--7----7--------------------------------|
Verse/Fig. 1 x2
Pre chorus/Fig. 2 x2
Chorus/Fig. 3 x2
Interlude:
Basically all it is is 14 on the high E played with hold bends and bend release bend release parts.
Verse/Fig. 1 (x1)
Bridge:
(Using the volume swell)
*Heavy Reverb*
Riff A
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----12---------10------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------7---------9b(whammy at bend peak)|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
(Short volume swells, listen to song to perfect it)
Riff B part 1.
E-----------10----------------------10----14----12-|
B-----12----------------10----12-------------------|
G-----------------11-------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Riff B part 2.
E-----------10-----------------------------------|
B-----12----------------10-----------------------|
G-----------------11-----------11~~~~~~~---------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
Riff A (x2)
Riff B part 1 & 2.
Chorus (x4)
Solo:
(will be posted shortly)
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Lamb Of God Wor Average |
#1 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Sep 30, 2007 at 3:32 AM EST |
| This is about a little place called the Animal Bar in Australia. For a certain part of the year they get NO RAIN and almost die. | |
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Dudevill Average |
#2 by Dudevill at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:42 PM EST |
| well i'm spanish , and the first time i heard this song i couldnt get the whole lyrics. so i thought that it could be about being young, and how wonderful and full of dreams life is. but the no rain meaning makes much more sense hehehe.... anyway, great song. | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#3 by Mistress Cheyenne at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:43 PM EST |
| it's I I I instead of ah ah ah 'Coming through the world i got a feeling of words' is actually 'Runnin through the mud I got a feeling of worth' 'Save my queen' is 'Stake my claim' ... and much more .. but i don't wanna be a pain in the ass :) | |
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austin Lead Player |
#4 by austin at Oct 7, 2007 at 7:23 AM EST |
| This is... my favorite RCHP song. I think it's really straight forward myself. It's about a bar.. plain and simple. Not all songs have hidden meanings. | |
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Josh Average |
#5 by Josh Sanchez at Oct 9, 2007 at 1:50 PM EST |
| Avatar-rock, yes it is "isolation" not vacilation." still not quite sure what this means. | |
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sharon Wanna Be |
#6 by sharon howell at Oct 11, 2007 at 5:57 PM EST |
| I am pretty confident that this song is talking about Noahs Ark and that time era. I think it's kind of poking fun at maybe what the animals were doing that whole time on the ark. Look at some of the lyrics: "Ah ah ah the cry of isolation Ah ah ah the higher meditation Ah ah ah the sweet precipitation Ah ah ah the higher depravation " ...isolation, meditation, precipitation, and depravation.....all words that the ark relates too. again... "All aboard the ship cause Your going to need ARC when The WET comes down youll be swimming like a shark" "Raindrops will fall from the sky Stealing the shape from your eye Now we can all get some sleep the water the water the water saving us from the heat Somethings will die in there place Others will leave with a trace Fire will come by its day the water the water the water Washing it all away " ...saving you from the HEAT (hell)...washing washing it all away...like the flood did... i dunno it makes sense to me. -PDPAB | |
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julian Average |
#7 by julian at Oct 12, 2007 at 10:05 AM EST |
| I like the Bible theory and the Australian bar theory, but I'm not sure what to do with the Norman Mailer line, then. | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#8 by Mike at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:21 PM EST |
| I personally love this song... And in my oppinion, its seems to be about religion, mainly about Noah's Ark and the story of that. The first stanza seems like when Noah was first told to build the ark and how Noah was old and everyone just thougth he was crazy. The second stanza seems like Noah and the animals on the ark wishing it would stop rianing and that the water would go down. The chorus seems to be about how frustrating and hard it was for Noah and the animals being stuck on the ark for so long. The foruth stanza is pretty self explaintory...unless you're a fish or a swimming animal, you'll need to be on the arc or you'll drown. Also about Noah's labour of buliding that arc and how it'll be worth it in the end. The sixth stanza is about how depressing the long rain was and how it washed and killed all the evil and bad from the earth and how only the good remain on the arc. That's my interpretation of it. I might be wrong or right. But yah. I was always interested in the story of Noah's arc and when i first heard this song I made an immeadiate connection. | |
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Eric Average |
#9 by Eric at Oct 13, 2007 at 5:47 PM EST |
| God, no offense rhcp baby in any way, but I hate computer lingo. I do use "lol" sometimes, but computer lingo is a bit childish and too hard to understand at times. One of the best songs off the new album. Uses cool Pink Floyd-like effects and has a weird sound to it. I love it. I have no clue what most of the lyrics are about on the album (call me stupid if you wish). lol. Hey, I just used computer lingo. This and "Desecration Smile" are the two best songs on the Mars CD. | |
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Pablo Rhythm Player |
#10 by Pablo Muņiz at Oct 18, 2007 at 7:07 PM EST |
| Man I really love this song and yes the animal bar is a part of australia where it never rains. I think it's about being isolated and afraid of change. | |
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