#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:59:24 -0800 From: "Michael A. Mazur" Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Recovering the Satellites" Tab: "Recovering the Satellites," Counting Crows Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu) All guitars are tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Intro: guitar 1, slight distortion A G D |--------------------------|--------------------------| |-----2--x-----------------|-----3-----3-----3--3-----| |-----2--x--2-----0--------|--0--0--x--2--2--2--2--2--| |--2--2--x--2--2--2--2-----|--0--0--x--4--4--4--4--4--| |--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| A D |--------------------------|--------------| |-----2--x-----------------|--3--------3--| |-----2--x--2-----0--------|--2--------2--| |--2--2--x--2--2--2--2-----|--4--------4--| |--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--------------| |--------------------------|--------------| Verse: guitar 1 plays the A D progression with the same rhythmic feel as in the intro (without the G) A D Gonna get back to basics Guess I'll start it up again I'm fallin' from the ceiling * <- Gtr. 2 enters w/ wah, plays fill 1 You're falling from the sky now and then |--9--\----| |--10-\----| |-------\--| Fill 1 (guitar 2 plays this where marked by the *) |-------\--| |----------| |----------| >From this point on, throughout the verses, gtr. 2 plays this over the A D progression: |--------------|-----------| |--------2-----|-----3-----| |-----2-----2--|--------2--| |--------------|--0--------| |--0-----------|-----------| |--------------|-----------| Maybe you were shot down in pieces Maybe I slipped in between But we were gonna be the wildest people they ever hoped to see Just you and me Guitar 1 plays A D twice more, while guitar 2 plays this: |--9------9------9h10h12--|--9------9------9h10h12--| |-----10-----10-----------|-----10-----10-----------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| Fill 2 |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |--9------9------9h10h12--|--10h12--12--12--12--12--12p10p9--| |-----10-----10-----------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| Chorus: E D E D So why'd you come home to this sleepless town It's a lifetime commitment Recovering the satellites All anybody really wants to know is... when you gonna come down Fill 3, played by gtr 2, while gtr. 1 plays A D |--10h12--10--9----------|---------------------------| |----------------12--10--|---------------------------| |------------------------|--12--11--9--7--7h9/11--9--| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| NH |--<5>---NH--| |-------<5>--| |------------| Guitar 2, just before second verse |------------| |------------| |------------| Your mother recognizes all your desperate displays and she watches as her babies drift violently away * (guitar 2 adds the part below, and then the second half of fill 2) 'til they see themselves in telescopes Do you see yourself in me? We're such crazy babies, little monkey We're so fucked up, you and me Guitar 2 adds this over the verse |-------------------|-----10------|----------------|-------10------| |-----10-----10-----|---------10--|--10-----10h12--|-----------10--| |--9------9------9--|--7----------|------9---------|--7h9----------| |-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------| |-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------| |-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------| So why'd you come home to this faithless town Where we make a lifetime commitment to recovering the satellites and all anybody really wants to know is... when are you gonna come down Bridge: (Guitars 1&2 continue to play A D) She sees shooting stars and comet tails She's got heaven in her eyes She says I don't need to be an angel But I'm nothing if I'm not this high We only stay in orbit For a moment of time And then you're everybody's satellite I wish that you were mine (Gtr. 2 only plays last half of fill 2) So why'd you come home to this angel's town Well it's a lifetime's decision Recovering the satellites and all anybody really knows for sure is... that you're gonna come down Outro: Guitar 1 repeats A D, Guitar 2 plays this: |--10h12--10--9----------|-------------7/9--9--9h10--| |----------------12--10--|--10/12--12----------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |--10h12--10--9----------|----------------------|--9--9h10--10p9--| |----------------12--10--|--7b(9)--7--5--3h5/7--|-----------------| |------------------------|----------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|----------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|----------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------------|--9------9------9h10--| |----------------------------|-----10-----10--------| |--6--7--7h9--4--4b(6)r4--2--|----------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------| |--10p9--9--9h10--10--10p9-----|--------------------------| |---------------------------9--|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|---------6b(7)--(7)r6-----| |------------------------------|-----------------------7--| |------------------------------|--4b(5)-------------------| |--9--10--10h12--12--10--12b(14)r12--|--12--12--12p10\9--| |------------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------------|-------------------| |--9h10--10--10h12--12--10h12--12b(14)r12--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--12--12--12h14--14~~~--12h14--14~~~--14~~~p12--| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |---------19------17------14--| |--19/20------19------15------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--14h17--17p15p14--14h17--17p15p14--15h17--17--| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |--17b(19)--17--17\-------|--21--19--17--17--17h19/21--15--| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------4b(5)--|--------------------------------|