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Travis - The Fear
From The Man Who Album
Tabbed by Achtung!
Ok, here's this beautiful song.
Just some notes:
Everything written in diagram is for Andy's guitar (except for the outro).
Everything else is for Fran's guitar.
--> Standard tunnig
Chords:
Em - 022000
Dsus2 - x00230
G - 320033
F#7 - 242322
B - x24442
Dm - x00231
C - 032010
Dsus4 - x00233
D - x00232
Special notation:
h - hammer on
p - pull off
^ - bend to the next note
r - release the bend
- slide down
/ - slide up
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Riff 1: (Played on intro and some verses)
e|-------7--7-7--------|--------7--7-7--------|-----7-----------|
b|-------8--8-8--------|--------8--8-8--------|--8-----8--------|
g|-7h9-9--------7h9-7--|--7h9-9--------7h9-7--|--9--------9--7--|
Em
All I wanted was...
Dsus2
I would like to see...
Em
Rolling over...
e|------------------|
B|--8---8----8---8--|
G|--9p7-9----9p7-9--|
D|--7---7----7---7--|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Dsus2
Would make it easy...
Chorus:
G F#7
But here, closer every year...
D|----------------------7-7^8r7-7-|
A|------2h3-2-5----2h3------------|
Em B
So near, the fear is coming clear
D|----------------|
A|-6^8r6---2-3-5--|
Dsus2
My dear,
Dm C
The fear is here
[Repeat verse]
[Repeat chorus]
These are the figures for the break (Andy's guitar), Fran plays the verse chords
here.
You have to figure out the right rythm (but once you get it, it sounds great!):
G]-12-12-12-129-9-9-97-7-7-7/9-9-|-12-12-12-129-9-9-97-7-7-7/9-9-|
D]---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A]-10-10-10-107-7-7-75-5-5-5/7-7-|-10-10-10-107-7-7-75-5-5-5/7-7-|
G|-11-11-11-119-9-9-95-5-5/7-7-|-11-11-11-119-9-9-95-5-5/7-7-|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-73-3-3/5-5-|-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-73-3-3/5-5-|
G|-12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14/16-16-1612-12-12-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/14-14-1410-10-10-|
G|-12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14/16-16-1612-12-12-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/14-14-1410-10-10-|
G|-11-11-11-119-9-9-95-5-5/7-7-|-11-11-11-119-9-9-95-5-5/7-7-|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-73-3-3/5-5-|-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-73-3-3/5-5-|
[Repeat chorus]
[Finish with:]
Make it easy...
Dsus4 D
e|-3----3--2----2--3--2--
B|-3----3--3----3--3--3--
G|-2----2--2----2--2--2-- On and on until the end..
D|-0----0--0----0--0--0--
A|-----------------------
E|-----------------------
That's it, enjoy!!!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Bye! Average |
#1 by Bye! at Nov 15, 1985 at 8:25 PM EST |
| What if the fear is finaly finding someone that you love, and you fear losing them. People get married and divorced the man in the song may just feel hey i found someone and now he doesn't wanna loss them. And this feeling causes him fear to get close to the girl he loves. | |
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justin Average |
#2 by justin tompkins at Apr 17, 1995 at 2:07 PM EST |
| I agree with l0ki86!! This is abt the fear of losing the spark in love, which unfortunately does not stay for eternity, only the emotion lives. Although he wants to roll over (in the bed) to have her for a little longer, but alas! the charm is fading....he is waking up early in the morning to find the trees shredding the leaves, as if the winter has arrived!! He is in fear of losing it.....love is fading away. | |
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massie Professional Badass |
#3 by massie at Sep 29, 1995 at 11:59 PM EST |
| When I saw them live they did a rock version of this and it was fantastic! I think theres some brilliant poetry in it with "hottest summer in a hundred years,summer didn't bother getting up this morning so all the trees forgot to wake they were dropping all the leaves on the ground below them." | |
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BeN-bEn Lead Player |
#4 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at May 11, 1998 at 11:58 AM EST |
| I see what you mean bobo ... it does seem to be about wanting the comfort of a relationship to go on. A desire to enjoy the feeling of the easy life, waking up next to someone. But I think "The Fear" is still a fear of loneliness and uncertainty about finding someone you are truly comfortable with because the song suggests that the relationship is not perfect but it makes life "easier for a little bit longer." | |
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Bloody Mess All Musical Thunder |
#5 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Sep 6, 2007 at 7:28 AM EST |
| What is the fear that is coming closer every year? To me that sounds like old age encroaching and inevitable death. But it is also says the fear is here, as in now and coupled with the focus on waking up next to someone makes me think this is about finding the person you want to live with forever. The song shows that it is a trial and error process, not always just a "tadaa" moment. Being with anyone is a respite from being alone - making life easy for a little bit - but it also a way to finding what you truly need in "the one". | |
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