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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:04:45 -0600
From: Keith Barron
Subject: Searching With My Good Eye Closed - SOUNDGARDEN
Searching With My Good Eye Closed
Tuning - BADGBE
It took me an hour to figure this song out.
Intro: Repeat 8 times(fade in)
B||-------||-----------------------------||
G||--0-5--||o--7----7---7---7---7--0-5--o||
D||--0-0--||o--0--0---0---0---0----0-0--o||
A||-------||-----------------------------||
Then play this along with riff 1:
B||-------||------------------------------||
G||--0-5--||o--7/-11----0-5-11-7---0-5--o||
D||--0-0--||o--0--0-----0-0-0---0---0-0--o||
A||-------||------------------------------||
Then play this riff with riff 1 too:
B||-------||-------------------------------------||
G||--0-5--||o--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-0-5---o||
D||--0-0--||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0---o||
A||-------||-------------------------------------||
At "...and the devil says..." part go down the G string and then play the
[A] octave on the open string and 7th fret.
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
Verse Riff 1:
D||----------------------------|----------------------------||
A||-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-5br--2-2-2-0-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-5br--2-2-2-0-||
B||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-||
Chorus Riff: (to the sky...and down...)
Play 4 times
||--------------------||--------------------------|
||--------------------||----------------------3b--|
||o------------------o||------9-------------------|
||o-2/-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-7/-9-9-------------------|
||--0h-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-5/-7-7-------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------3b-0---------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------3b-|
|-------2-------4-------2-------------------------|
|-----2-----2-------2-------2---------------------|
|---0---------0-------0-------0-------------------|
|-5-----------------------------5br----3b-0-------|
2nd Verse Riff: (Gtr. 2) Play 8 times End on this 8th time
||---------------------------------------|| ---------------------
||---------------------------------------|| -------5b-----------
||o-1h2p1-1h2/4~~-2h4p2-4br~~--2h4p2~~--o|| -2h4p2---------------
||o-------------------------------------o|| ---------------------
||---------------------------------------|| ---------------------
||---------------------------------------|| ---------------------
Interlude
||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||---7h9-9--9-7h9p7-7-6-6--|-4h6p4--4--2--2---4h6p4--4--2--2---||
||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Play 4 times
||---------------------------------***--------||
||--------------------------------(5br)~~~~---||
||o-1h2p1-1h2/4~~-2h4p2-4br~~--2h4p2~~-------o||
||o------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------||
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*** Last time substitutute this note.
Bridge:(breakdown)
E||---0-5-7---7---7---7---7----||-0-5-7/-11-----0-5-11-7-----||
B||---0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0--||-0-0-0---0-----0-0--0--0-----||
G||o--------------------------o||o---------------------------o||
D||o--------------------------o||o---------------------------o||
A||----------------------------||-----------------------------||
B||----------------------------||-----------------------------||
(But I'm on my way....on my way...)
||--0-5-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
Then play the first bar in the chorus over and over again until the end with
a guitar soloing over it.
SEARCHING WITH MY GOOD EYE CLOSED
Painted blue across my eyes
And tie the linen on
And I'm on my way
Looking for the paradigm
So I can pass it off
Is it on my side
Is it to the sky
Looking to the sky and down
Searching for a ground
With my good eye closed
If I took you for a ride
Would you take it wrong
Or would you make it right
Looking for a pedestal
That I can put you on
And be on my way
Is it to the sky
Looking to the sky and down
Searching for a ground
With my good eye closed
Stop you're trying to bruise my mind
I can do it on my own
Stop you're trying to kill my time
It's been my death since I was born
I don't remember half the time
If I'm hiding or I'm lost
But I'm on my way
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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sharon Wanna Be |
#1 by sharon howell at May 1, 1971 at 9:49 PM EST |
| I haven't spent any time thinking about the meaning behind the track: it sounds really like-affirming, it's a classic /Fuck Yeah!/ Soundgarden song, the production is perfect. | |
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taris Average |
#2 by taris leoncho at Nov 3, 1977 at 6:52 AM EST |
| Its about how man searches for meaning to the world. Its a spiritual song about someone looking for a deity or the 'paradigm', how the world works and the laws that govern it. Unfortunatly people tend be very ignorant and blind when trying to find the truth (religious wars and intolerance) thus the title of the track searching with my good eye closed | |
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chris Wanna Be |
#3 by chris calle at Nov 17, 1979 at 6:31 AM EST |
| about being lost in life and looking for real meaning | |
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birdman Average |
#4 by birdman ethdh at Nov 11, 1981 at 1:29 PM EST |
| if anyone hasn't seen the band's home video called "Hype!" then you seriously need to check it out! They play the most amazing version of this song i've ever heard! | |
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Kyle Average |
#5 by Kyle Landers at Dec 1, 1981 at 4:10 PM EST |
| It's about looking for the real meaning of life while tripped out. It's more felt than heard (the anger that grunge expresses that is).. tight song. | |
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Kevin Average |
#6 by Kevin turbyfill at Dec 28, 1990 at 4:50 PM EST |
| I don't remember half the time If I'm hiding or I'm lost But I'm on my way To me these words are comforting. I feel that way too. I only wish that he sang some lines more audibly. Of course he wanted them to sound that way,and who am I to complain. these are my favorite lines from SG Whatever you are doing it's ok, cuz this is your life,your way. -that's what they mean to me. | |
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GRIM Professional |
#7 by GRIM at Jun 15, 1995 at 8:18 AM EST |
| dont care what it means, but when this song was performed live later in there career (1994 -1997)...it sounded so sweet...cornell would sing the first verses in a lower pitch with no drumming or bass in the background, just the guitars strumming a bit...and then when he was done with the verse it would play the song fully but heavier and with more feeling...they should have re made this song the way they did it live...fkn awsome...look up the song on youtube and it should be in the movie "hype!" sounds awesome | |
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