dropped-d tuning: detune 6th string one whole step


x - muted string
b - bend
(x) - optional
p - palm mute
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
% - rest



chords used


    D5
6 5 4 3 2 1
0 0 0



     with distortion

     intro        verse


1-I-----------  --------------------------------------
2-I--8b-------  ----------14-14-----------------------
3-I--x-----0--  --14-14-x-14-14-----12-12-12-12-12----
4-I--5b-------  --14-14-x-14-14--x--12-12-12-12-12--x-
5-I-----------  --12-12-x-12-12--x--9--9--9--10-10--x-
6-I-----------  --12-12-x-12-12-(0)-9--9--9--10-10-(0)



  fill 1 - guitar 1    fill 1 - guitar 2         fill 2
                                                 p

2-I--14-----14-----  ------------------------  ---------------------------
3-I-----14-----14--  --14-----14-------------  ---------------------------
4-I----------------  -----14-----14----------  --0------5/7-7--/12-11-----
5-I----------------  ------------------------  ----5/7----------------10--



      pre-chorus                   pre-chorus var.


2-I----0-----0-----0-----0----  ----0-----0----
3-I---------------------------  ---------------
4-I--4---4-5---5-5---5-5---5--  --4---4-5---5--
5-I--4---4-5---5-5---5-5---5--  --4---4-5---5--
6-I--4---4-5---5-5---5-5---5--  --4---4-5---5--



     chorus
     these are the chords, I haven't tabbed the strumming
     strum fast and slide the chords into each other

                                          or

2-I--5-----3-----7-----2-----5--------  -----------------------------------
3-I--x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----4--  --9-----7-----11----6-----9-----4--
4-I--5-----4-----7-----2-----5-----x--  --x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x--
5-I--x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----5--  --10----9-----12----7-----10----5--
6-I--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--  --0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--


  or use this part
  (credit for idea to Obscured's tab at
  http://members.aol.com/duodenum23/hum/tab/hairlong.txt
  or http://hum.n3.net/)


3-I--9-----7-----11----6-----9-----4--
4-I--x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x--
5-I--7-----5-----9-----4-----7-----2--
6-I--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--



     fill 4a,b,c - break
          this section can be played all over the neck whatever sounds good
          here are some of the notes
          also D5 chord at times
          turn down volume for certain parts


                                                                    or
1-I--2-2-2-0-0-0---------------  -----5---------------------  ----- ----
2-I--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-0-0-0--  --5---------------5--------  ----- ----
3-I--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--  --------6------4-----6-----  ----- -7\-
4-I----------------------------  ----------7-------------7--  -12\- -x--
5-I----------------------------  ---------------------------  -x--- -5\-
6-I----------------------------  ---------------------------  -12\- ----




      reprise chorus without distortion
      arpeggiate rather than strum, like this:
      (or use Obscured's)


1-I---------------------------
2-I------5-----3-----7-----7--
3-I---------------------------  etc.
4-I----5-----4-----7-----7----
5-I---------------------------
6-I--0-----0-----0-----0------



     outro
     with distortion


     guitar 1
     maybe omit or alter some of the notes in ()

1-I----------------------------------------------------  hold and strum
2-I---------------------------7-7---12-12---12-12---7--  this last chord,
3-I-(8-8)-(8-8-8)6--4----(8-8)8-8---13-13---13-13---8--  and interject
4-I--9-9---9-9-9(7)(4)--4-9-9-9-9---14-14---14-14---9--  these fills:
5-I--6-6-%-6-6-6-4--4-%-4-6-6-7-7-%-11-11-%-11-11-%-7--
6-I--6-6---6-6-6-4--4---4-6-6-7-7---11-11---11-11---7--
-
-
-
-    fill 5a,b - improvise with these notes -
-                let up on the chord while you play them,
-                so the notes stand out,
-                then blend back into strumming
-
-
1-I---0-------  -----------
2-I-----------  --7--------
3-I------8----  ------8----
4-I--------7--  --------9--
5-I-----------  -----------
6-I-----------  -----------
-
-
-
-     guitar 2 - comes in 2nd time, 1st time plays only
-                the last 7th fret chord
-
-
4-I--6-6---6-6-6-4-4---4-6-6-7-7---11-11---11-11---7--  guitar 2 plays
5-I--6-6-%-6-6-6-4-4-%-4-6-6-7-7-%-11-11-%-11-11-%-7--  fill 6 instead of
6-I--6-6---6-6-6-4-4---4-6-6-7-7---11-11---11-11---7--  fill 5
-
-
-
-    fill 6
-
-
-
4-I--4--7-7-7----
5-I--4--7-7-7-%--  and repeat
6-I--4--7-7-7----



     fill 7 - at beginning of each repeat of outro

           or
3-I------- -6-
4-I--13\-- -x-
5-I--x---- -6-
6-I--13\-- ---



lyrics


I'd like your hair long and laid onto the ground
You'd prefer an astronaut
Someone to relate to someone to command
And I would be a simple man
I could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line
And synchronize in shine
A wasted string of years and a wasted string of lies
You're still the same to me

It's a waste of a song
It's a waste of my lungs
You're a waste of a song
You're a waste of my lungs

I'd like your face gone and in it's place the sun
You'd prefer an astronaut
For I have come to surface to catch some light and feed
And I have everything I need
And I could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line
And synchronize in shine
A wasted string of years and a wasted string of lies
You're still the same to me