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Dublin - Prefab Sprout
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Tuning: Half step down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Prefab Sprout
Dublin (1985, released 1989)
(McAloon)
From: "Protest Songs"
This beauty has interesting chords thus creating a special texture.
It is mostly picked.
It is not easy to find out what is played and even though I think I got
close, there are parts where I'm not sure at all. Especially the section
I tabbed out below doesn't not seem elegant enough to me. Suggestions
for corrections are highly welcome!
I don't really know the names of some of the chords. But I didn't want to
just "number" them, so I tried to name them anyway. Whoever knows more,
please comment!
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VERSE (last line)
[Em] [Bsus2/13] [Bm13] [A7/13]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
e|------2---------|----------------|
B|0-----2-------3-|------2---------|
G|0-----0-------0-|--0---0---0-----|
D|0-------------4-|------4---------|
A|------2---------|------0-----0---|
E|0-------------2-|----------------|
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
(alphabetically)
E-A-D-G-B-E (half-step down)
A6 x-0-2-2-2-2
A7/13 x-0-4-0-2-x
Aadd9 x-0-2-4-2-x
Bsus2/13 x-2-x-0-2-2
Bm13 x-2-4-0-3-x
D/F# 2-x-4-2-3-x
D11 x-5-4-0-3-x
Em11 0-7-7-7-8-7
F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-x
Gmaj7 3-x-4-4-3-x
The (A) indicates a single note
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Tuning: Half step down
INTRO
| Em11 | % | % | % |
[D/F#]Who does [F#m7]not a[Bm7]dore the [Em11]sound
Of [A]music in the names of [Em11]towns
To [D11]build a city on such picturesque [A7sus4]ground
That [Em]takes some [Bsus2/13]sort of [Bm13]flair[A7/13]
We[D/F#] draw a [F#m7]line the [Bm7]ink is [Em11]fear
[A]You stay that side we'll stay [Em11]here
It's [D11]far harder to keep it [A7sus4]up
[Em]Than to [Bsus2/13]tear it [Bm13]down[A7/13]
Does it [Gmaj7]take you back to the [D/F#]kind of world
[Gmaj7]Hindsight calls the good [(A)]old [Aadd9]days?[A]
Now that [Gmaj7]there's no room in an [D/F#]Einstein world
For [Gmaj7]simple cause and[(A)] eff[Aadd9]ect[A]
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Dub----lin Du---blin
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A(7)
Home of pretty Co----leens
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Dub----lin Du---blin
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Nurse of such bit-ter dreams
INTRO
| Em11 | % | % | % |
Be[D/F#]hind the [F#m7]soft and [Bm7]peachy [Em11]skin
Where [A]D.N.A. or God be[Em11]gin
[D11]Where sub-Gaelic rot sets [A7sus4]in
With [Em]stories [Bsus2/13]from your [Bm13]mother[A7/13]
In [D/F#]myths and [F#m7]less e[Bm7]xalted [Em11]forms
The [A]heady cocktail glory is [Em11]born
You [D11]know it's not a bottled [A7sus4]storm
So [Em]why do [Bsus2/13]you in[Bm13]dulge it[A7/13]?
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Dub----lin Du---blin
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A(7)
Home of pretty Co----leens
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Dub----lin Du---blin
Gmaj7 Em A A6 Gmaj7 A
Nurse of such bit-ter dreams
OUTRO
| Em11 | % | % | % |
That's what my mother told me
When I was about knee-high
That's what my mother told me
When I was about knee-high
That's what my mother told me
When I was about knee-high
That's what my mother told me
