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SHINE A LIGHT - Wolf Parade
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Tabbed by: Aaron Wolfe
Email: Soundsmith214@gmail.com
A great song, kind of hard to tab though because there's so much going on...
Tuning: Dropped D (DADGBe)
*The guitar part throughout the song is basically just playing octaves:
Intro riff (played between the verses too)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------6----|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7-----7-----7---7---7---7---7---7-------7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-0---0-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-0------|
Verses
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---0---0---7---7---0---0---4---4-|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-0---0---7---7---0---0---4---4---|
Since the song is entirely based around this structure (the chorus is picked like that
I won't tab the rest...but here are the chords for the entire song:
Intro A, D
A
I keep my head uptight
F#m
I make my plans at night
D
And I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep 'til it's light
A D F#m
Something's flowing, someone buried alive
(A, D between verses)
Chorus
E/G# F#m E
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
E
You know our hearts beat time
D A F#m
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
*then, right before the last chorus:
Bm
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
E
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
Bm
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
F#m
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
The last chorus is just the guitar which is going:
(you know our... ...very slowly)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---7---7---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---7---7---4---4---4---4---|
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------|
D|-4---4---4---4---|
(AKA E, F#m, E, D, A, F#m)
The outro is just F#m, with *maybe* a D chord thrown in there (similar to the rhythm of
intro chords, replace the A with the D) but it's hard to tell because the toms on the
kind of muddy the bass
Chords: (I'll give the dropped D chords too - they might be easier)
[EADGBe] [DADGBe]
A [x02220] [x02220]
D [xx0232] [000232]
F#m [244222] [444222]
E/G# [422100] [679900]
E [022100] [222100]
Bm [x24432] [x24432]
http://www.guitarmasta.net/w/wolf_parade/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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brent Rhythm Player |
#1 by brent west at Oct 1, 2007 at 2:23 PM EST |
| the line "it's only six. Someone get called to the life" stands out in my mind a lot just a powerful statement and some of the best song writers since mouse , seems to me like they will not sell out at all from all the interviews and stuff ive read on them they hate their fame and thats what will make them great | |
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Meaty Average |
#2 by Meaty at Oct 1, 2007 at 6:53 PM EST |
| As for the meaning, I think it's about having dreams but being so unsure of yourself that you just think about it day and night, not sleeping or doing anything about them. And in the end it can kill you. | |
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Kyle Average |
#3 by Kyle Lester at Oct 2, 2007 at 3:49 AM EST |
| i think actually that it is very obvious. we just live these lives of work and plans, which never eralise, we just plan, dream about something at night, which never arrives, but we still feel quite confident, that it will just happen one day. but it won't. that's the dilemma - how to fight it? | |
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(DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player |
#4 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:14 AM EST |
| Personally I hear "somethings glowing somewhere buried alive". Or maybe 'some ghosts glow' because that first 'something' sounds an aweful lot like the second 'some ghosts' ... but overall i think the meaning is an internal conflict between being complacent and hoping for something more. | |
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Subhash Average |
#5 by Subhash Shady at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:26 AM EST |
| This song carries the same theme that Modest Mouse does in their song "One Chance." Both pessimistic yet feeling fatalistic in the sense of life's destiny. Anyway, I totally feel the song, I've been philosophical these days and songs like this are totally attracting my attention. It gives me an channel to what I'm feeling about life. | |
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Average |
#6 by Fig at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:52 AM EST |
| This is a great song. Has anyone seen the music video for this song? It's... interesting, to say the least. | |
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sebastian Average |
#7 by sebastian daalmeijer at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:55 PM EST |
| I don't think it's a rip-off. Even if it is, who cares? I wish more bands would make music like Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire. This song rocks. | |
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Joshua Wanna Be |
#8 by Joshua graham at Oct 7, 2007 at 6:51 AM EST |
| This song is one of the easiest Wolf Parade songs to understand. Obviously it is about struggling with life and the eventual and inevitable end of life. We "spend boring lives" in an office tower, a meaningless life we are "chained to." So what happens in the end? We die, that's it? According to the singer, "no one gets out alive." He is at peace with death, singing "I'm content to be quiet." A lovely song overall. | |
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Gabba Gabba Hey Average |
#9 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Oct 7, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST |
| The intro reminds me of the intro to Get Back. | |
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Brett Professional |
#10 by Brett Czap at Oct 9, 2007 at 7:28 AM EST |
| I think arcade fire are top notch :) Rebellion doesn't seem to bumble to me. that said, it's not even the best off of funeral | |
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Mauricio Average |
#11 by Mauricio Avendaño at Oct 9, 2007 at 11:59 AM EST |
| Good reference Metamorphosis | |
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marvin Lead Player |
#12 by marvin at Oct 10, 2007 at 7:41 AM EST |
| Unlike "Rebellion (Lies)" and The Arcade Fire, "Shine a Light" and Wolf Parade represent well-developed songwriting. Arcade Fire has some great ideas, but despite all the hype, they don't really carry them out very well. While "Rebellion (Lies)" starts off well, the build-up is pretty bumbling.. | |
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leester Professional |
#13 by leester at Oct 11, 2007 at 10:58 AM EST |
| I think this song relates to Kafka's "Metamorphosis." People spend their whole lives worried about plans and routines and they don't realize that they aren't really living, or "barely alive." Before they know it, they get turned into giant bugs. Or in the case of this song, they die. | |
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Patrick Wanna Be |
#14 by Patrick Wade at Oct 12, 2007 at 1:32 AM EST |
| I kind of like this album, which is surprising considering there's no originality in the music. Do these guys sound exactly like a combination of The Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse, or what? This song especially is a blatant rip-off of The Arcade Fire's Rebellion (Lies). | |
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Dudevill Average |
#15 by Dudevill at Oct 13, 2007 at 1:18 AM EST |
| I can see why someone said that they heard Beck in this. Anyone else think Spencer's voice kind of sounds like Beck's? Just the parts where he kind of howls out the lyrics. I don't see how this is a rip-off of Arcade Fire's Rebellion. Anyways, my favorite Wolf Parade song at the moment. | |
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Rebecca Average |
#16 by Rebecca Lira at Oct 13, 2007 at 12:19 PM EST |
| This song reminds me of the movie Ikiru by Kirosawa. For those who haven't seen it it's about an old beaurocrat who's wasted his life accomp[lishing nothing in an office who finds out he's got stomach cancer. He starts staying out every night trying to live and feel the joy that he's lacked for so long. This song reminds me of that persuit for life as we all get closer and closer to death. Oh yes, and go see the movie. It may not be in English or in color, but it made me cry, and think (a lot), and any movie that can do both those things is pretty damn good in my book. | |
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Tim Professional |
#17 by Tim Marchant at Oct 14, 2007 at 1:24 PM EST |
| anyone care to Shine a Light on the meaning? i can get bits and pieces but nothing as a whole. | |
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Courtney Wanna Be |
#18 by Courtney L. at Oct 16, 2007 at 10:52 AM EST |
| I heard an interview with Spencer, the singer. It was like that; He once worked in "office towers". All day working on the same thing, talking about the same things. The monotonity drives him into a kind of desperation but without loosing his head. That really worn him out, making him writing this song! | |
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Luke Professional |
#19 by Luke Goudreault at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:37 AM EST |
| instead of "something's flowing, someone buried alive" i hear "some folks float some are buried alive." it's an incredible song though. i love the accordion. | |
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maximus Average |
#20 by maximus hyrule at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:23 PM EST |
| "I don't sleep 'til it's light" - Yeah, you work in an office tower and sleepwalk through your day. | |
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claireus Wanna Be |
#21 by claireus s at Oct 19, 2007 at 3:06 AM EST |
| I really love this song...It was the first song I heard by Wolf Parade and I bought the album becuase of it (which is great, by the way) This song really reminds me of someone though, possibly Beck? | |
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Will Wanna Be |
#22 by Will Hay at Oct 19, 2007 at 8:01 PM EST |
| Doesn't it feel good to not be one of those people who "are waiting for something that'll never arrive" ?! it feels great. | |
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[ßĩη& Average |
#23 by [ßĩηŁ@Ðэń] at Oct 19, 2007 at 10:26 PM EST |
| I think here was something | |
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james Rhythm Player |
#24 by james dobson at Oct 21, 2007 at 2:43 AM EST |
| Or I guess Beck and Spencer have the same kind of vocal delivery. | |
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Matt Average |
#25 by Matt at Oct 21, 2007 at 4:08 AM EST |
| Sorry - http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/interview/wolfparade.html | |
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