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The Moth Ball
Written by Glenn Richards
guitar tab by Tim Byron
In order to play this song correctly, you have to tune your G string (insert obligatory
bad pun here) a tone up, so it turns into an A string. Don't get put off by the weird chords,
it's not unplayable. This tablature sounds close to me, but Glenn might think otherwise.
[The first verse has a guitar playing arpeggio figures like this]:
Gadd2 D6/F# Fmajb5
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------0-----|-------0-----|
a|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|
d|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---3-------3-|---3-------3-|
a|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|-------------|-------------|
e|-3-----------|-3-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
Amadd2 Dmadd2 Gadd2
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
b|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----6---6---|-----6---6---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
a|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---5-------5-|---5-------5-|---0-------0-|---0-------3-|
d|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
a|-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
D Fmajb5 Esus4
e|---10--------|-------10----|-------------|-------------|-------0-----|-------0-----|
b|-----10--10--|-----10--10--|-------0-----|-------0-----|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
a|-------9---9-|---9-------9-|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
d|-0-----------|-------------|---3-------3-|---3-------3-|-------------|-------------|
a|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
D6 Ebmaj7b5 D
e|-------------|-------------|-------10-----|----||
b|-------0-----|-------0-----|-----10--10---|----||
a|-----7---7---|-----7---7---|---10------10-|----||
d|---7-------7-|---7-------7-|--------------|----||
a|-5-----------|-5-----------|--------------|----||
e|-------------|-------------|-11-----------|-10-||
[Those arpeggio figures go with these lyrics of the first verse]:
Gadd2
How sweet it is to be loved by you, and taking your medicine
D6/F# Fmajb5
And feeling individual, and audiovisual
Amadd2 Dmadd2
You see I'm hearing everything you see
Gadd2
And I'm seeing everything, you hear
D Fmajb5
To every idea a shelf, to my wings a great heap of dust
Esus4 D6
They were only ever buds anyway, only ever gonna get in the way
Ebmaj7b5 D
To my screen, a new project, a new model fear
[second verse is strummed, and is slightly shorter than the first]:
Gadd2 D6/F#
I'm going to the moth ball, and speeding like a pinstripe
Fmajb5 Amadd2
And never has it felt so right, see I'm rolling like an eightball
Dmadd2 Gadd2 D6 Ebmaj7b5
And never has it felt so right, I'm going to the moth ball.
[then we get to the "thousand lights" section, the first part of which is instrumental]:
Bsus4b5 Bbdim9 Cmaj7b5
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-0-0-0-0-|-0--
b|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-0-0-0-0-|-0--
a|---8-------8-|---8-------0-|-8-8-8-7-|-9--
d|-------------|-------------|-9-9-9-8-|-10-
a|-------------|-------------|-9-9-9-8-|-10-
e|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7-7-7-6-|-8--
Cmaj7b5 Emaj7b5 Dsus4 Gadd2
I feel like Thomas Edison, a thousand lights going off in my head
[now the third and penultimate verse, which is shorter still]:
Gadd2 D6/F#
How sweet it is to be an apple in the eye, and coming in worm wise
Fmajb5
And feeding on your greatest fear, masquerading as a new love
Amadd2 Emajb5 Dsus4
When by turn we all turn and turn in, and the worm begets a butterfly.
[now to the "live your life section" - first chord progression is played once as instrumental, then once with lyrics]:
E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 Bbdimb9
e|--------------|--------------|--------0---0---
b|-----------10-|-----------10-|--------0---0---
a|---7-----7----|---7-----7----|---7----7---7---
d|-----9-7------|-----9-7------|-----9--7---8---
a|-7------------|-7------------|-7------7---8---
e|--------------|--------------|--------5---6---
E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 Bbdimb9
Live your life, just one day, live your life,
Gadd2 D6 Fmajb5 Amadd2, A5(II)
Smooooooooooth, smoooth, smoooth (etc)
[back to the verse about the moth ball]:
Gadd2 D6/F#
I'm going to the moth ball, and speeding like a pinstripe
Fmajb5 Amadd2
And never has it felt so right, see I'm rolling like an eightball
Dmadd2 Gadd2 D6
And never has it felt so right, I'm going to the moth ball.
[now to the second, heavier "thousand lights" section]:
Ebmaj7b5
And so the music goes
Bsus4b5 Bbdimb9 Bsus4b5 Bbdimb9
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah
Bsus4b5 Bbdimb9 Cmaj7b5
Nah nah nah, nah nah
Ebmaj7b5 Dsus4
I feel like the persian gulf, a thousand lights going off in my
Gadd2 Dsus4 Gadd2 Dsus4 Ebmaj7b5
Head
[now back to the "live your life" section - play this progression twice, you can do powerchords for the E5 and A5 if you want]:
E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 Bbdimb9
e|--------------|--------------|--------0---0---
b|-----------10-|-----------10-|--------0---0---
a|---7-----7----|---7-----7----|---7----7---7---
d|-----9-7------|-----9-7------|-----9--7---8---
a|-7------------|-7------------|-7------7---8---
e|--------------|--------------|--------5---6---
[the outro of the song is pretty improvised, play what ever you want,
though the first chord has to be a D.]
How to play the chords used:
Gadd2 D6/F# Fmajb5 Amadd2 Dmadd2 D Esus4 Ebmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5 Dsus4 D6 Bsus4b5 Bbdimb9
e|--3-----2-----0------0------0------10--0-----10-------0--------10------0-------0------
b|--0-----3-----0------1------6------10--0-----10-------0--------10---0--0-------0------
a|--0-----2-----2------2------5------9---0-----10-------9--------10---7--8-------7------
d|--0-----0-----3------2------0------0---2--------------10-------12---7--9-------8------
a|--2-----0-----3------0-----------------2--------------10-------12---5--9-------8------
e|--3-----2-----1------------------------0-----11-------8--------10------7-------6------