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weezer
across the sea
album: pinkerton
submitted by m. burgess
tuning: 1/2 step down
Intro
and this is how you would play it on the guitar
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b----------3----0--------------------------------
g-0----------------------------0---------4-------
d------------------0-----2-0-0-----------5-------
a----------------------3-----------------5-------
e----------------------------------------3 (add heavy distortion)
Verse
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G B E D
You are an eighteen year old
G B C D
girl who lives in the small city of Japan
G B E D
You heard me on the radio
G B C D
About one year ago and you wanted to know
G B E D
All about me and my hobbies
G B E D
My favorite food and my birthday
Chorus
G B E D/B
Why are you so far a way from me?
G B E D
I need help and your way accccross the sea
C
All notes
e-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-
b-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13-
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I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
B
e-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10
b-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12
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touch youuuuuu
A
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b-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1---
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I think it would be wrong oh
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d-5----5-----5---5-----2-2---7--7--5---5--------7----7----5-----5-----5------5-----
a-5----5-----5---5-----2-2---5--5--3---3--------5----5----5-----5-----5------5-----
e-3----3-----2---2-----0-0--------------------------------3-----3-----3------3--
I've got your letter You've got my song
Riff A
E D C B
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A A A A
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Verse
G B E D
They don't make stationary like
G B C D
this where I'm from so fragile, so refined
G B E D
So I sniff and I lick
(So I snare) (and I lick)
G B C D
Your envelope and fall to little pieces every
G B C D
time I wonder what clothes you wear to
G B C D
school. I wonder how you decorate your
G B C D
room I wonder how you touch yourself and
G B C D (play fill 1)
curse myself for being across the sea
Filll 1
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Chorus
Solo
Fixed from the previous version. May not be completely right, but
it's a helluva lot closer than the last one.
A# A G F D# E# G D
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G D
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g--------7-7-7----------------------------15-------15-15---
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e---------------------------------------------------^--------
b---8-8-8-7-7-7-------7-7-7-8-8-10-12-10-10-10-10---10-----10
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E D# C# B A G# F#
At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
E D# C# B A G# F#
I thought the older women would like me if i did
E D# C# B A G# F#/G#
You see mom I'm a good little boy
(good little boy)
E D# C# B A G# F#/G# B
It's all your fault momma It's all your fault
Verse
G B C D
Goddamn This business is really lame
G B C D
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
G B E D
So you send me your love
(So you send) (me your love)
G B C D
From all around the world As if I could live on
(from all around the world)
G B C D
Words and dreams and a million screams oh
E B C D
How I need a hand in mine to feel
G B A E E E E DDDDDD
Why are you so far away from me
G B A E E E E E E E E E E
Why are you so far away from me
C
All notes
e-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-
b-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13-
g----------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------
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I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
B
e-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10
b-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12
g---------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------
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touch youuuuuu
A
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b-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1---
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I think it would be wrong oh
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g---------------------------7--7--5---5--------7----7-----------------------------
d-5----5-----5---5-----2-2--7--7--5---5--------7----7----5-----5-----5------5-----
a-5----5-----5---5-----2-2--5--5--3---3--------5----5----5-----5-----5------5-----
e-3----3-----2---2-----0-0-------------------------------3-----3-----3------3-----
I've got your letter You've got my song
(I've got your
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a-5----5-----5---5-----2-2--5--5--3------------5----------5-------
e-3----3-----2---2-----0-0--------------------------------3-------
I've got your letter you've got my song
letter)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ulti` Average |
#1 by Ulti` 89 at Oct 4, 1970 at 1:51 AM EST |
| this song..actually the whole album was based on the opera Madame Butterfly. research it somewhere there's a lot of cool connections. and i also absolutely love this song. AND SURFWAX! | |
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Christian Wanna Be |
#2 by Christian Chavez at Dec 2, 1974 at 4:53 AM EST |
| I love this song, pinkerton is great and I wish it was played more, weezer rocks, there's nuthing i can really say that hasnt already been said. | |
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Allen Average |
#3 by Allen Stone at Jun 2, 1983 at 5:03 AM EST |
| I may be just a wee Weezer fan, (in fact, the above lyrics are the first that I've read by Weezer) but I am moved nonetheless. "As if I could live on words, and dreams, and a million screams." That line is one of the most beautiful that I've ever had the pleasure of purusing. Absence seems to make the heart forlorn and musically fertile. I would like to say to Rivers, "Man, just fucking call her! You deserve, in your supreme suffering, to sniff and lick more than merely an envelope." Ah well, he'll not read this, too busy wrestling his genius into gourmetable verse for the fans, eh? | |
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† james † Average |
#4 by † james † at Feb 5, 1993 at 8:33 PM EST |
| Yeah, this song along w/ the rest of the Pinkerton album was based on Madame Butterfly. Um, I heard this song is about a relationship he had w/ a really young (18 yr. old?) Japanese girl that was a big fan of his. | |
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julius Average |
#5 by julius vaisanen at Feb 10, 1993 at 12:13 PM EST |
| a truly good bad always tries something a little different with each album. look at the Beatles for example, they started out with all pop songs and soon evolved into a complex and unique band that has yet to be matched. weezer has proven they can write good pop songs with the green album and some of the blue, and they have proven they can write deep songs with pinkerton. kudos to them for that. | |
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Klint Average |
#6 by Klint flowers at Oct 11, 1993 at 4:28 AM EST |
| Oh yeah, and Across the Sea is a kickass song. | |
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The MADMAN Average |
#7 by The MADMAN All the way at Sep 1, 1997 at 9:50 PM EST |
| honestly, how the hell did i forget to comment on weezer songs?? this is my favourite ever!! pinkerton was just such a great album, didn't even bother getting the green album. but yeah, this song is really sweet | |
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