Chord/Tab song: One More Astronaut

Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 20:37:08 -0500
From: 659513@ican.net
Subject: One More Astronaut by I Mother Earth

One More Astronaut By I Mother Earth

Tabbed by CyberBry 659513@ican.net http://members.tripod.com/~CyberBry

Intro-Verse riff

[E]

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-7h9--9--9--9-9-8-7-6-7h9-9-8-9-
-7----7--7--7---------7---7-7-7-
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[E]One More Astronaut in black skin of universe,
One more travelin' man, with heavy tired eyes, feelin' cold

(Riff 2)

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-----------9----------
-----7-------7-7--9-
--9----9-------------- x2
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Feelin' cold

Thinkin' around the clock of drinkin' on the job of the, powdered and piss bags,
never havin' sex growin' old. (Riff 2) growin' old.

Chorus:
[E]Headspace, alive and painless, weightless and almo[G]st sane I,
[D]close my eyes, I become the sky[A]
[E]Headspace, alone and shameless, can't wait to find t[G]he faces,
[D]I left behind in a, troubled time back home.[E]

Verse 2:
It gets so lonely you know, weeks and months alone, chasing sleep and space junk,
and the dying stars I've known and loved (Riff 2) known and loved
Through true decline of the, 5 million minds or so, through mud slides and earthquakes,
the blue one hold and rolls along (Riff 2) rolls along.

CHORUS

Verse 3:

One more astronaut in endless old universe with,
one more second chance at,
wonderin' why he's here at all.

CHORUS

Verse 4:

Bold are the ones who, come over the to fall, over the horizon,
never ones to fade away,

(PLAY CHORDS FOR CHORUS)

And then it hit me, this cosmic pull and energy, it kinda makes me wonder if,
I'll ever make it back home.

- One More Astronaut -
- by I Mother Earth -

tabbed by Craig Knowles

I really hope I didn't make this too complicated. It is an
easy song, but I think I might have tabbed it to death. All the parts
should be here. Just look at the times above the staff to figure out
which part is which if you have trouble following. Enjoy.

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Notation:
x - muted note h - hammer-on (0) - ghost note
/ - slide up p - pull-off b - bend up
13b(14) - bend from 13 to 14 ~ - vibrato

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The number in brackets is the time at which to tab occurs (on CD).

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For the intro, make some cool 'space-like' sounds with alot of muting
and stuff. Do some muted arpeggios:

Part I:
~~~~~~

e-----------x-------------------x--|
b---------x---x---------------x----|
G-------x-------x-----------x------| etc...
D-----x-----------x-------x--------|
A---x---------------x---x----------|
E-x-------------------x------------|

Part II: Opening guitar part:
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(0:11)

e-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
b-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D-14----------|----------------------------------------------------|
A-14----------|-/14-14-14-13h14p13-12-11-----14-14-14--13b(14)-14--|
E--0-let ring-|---0--0--0--0--------0--0--0---0--0--0---0-------0--|

||

Part III: Song kicks in:
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(0:23) (0:28) (0:32)

e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G-------------b4~~~~~~-----------------------|
D-14------14---------------------------------|
A-14------14--------------------12--12-14-14-|
E--0-------0----------------0-14--------0--0-|

let ring

Part IV: Verses:
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
(0:34) (0:42)

e------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
b------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
G------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
D------------------|----------------------------------|-\2-2-2--xx-xx|
A14-14-12-14-12-14-|-14-17-16-17-17p12-14--12-12-12h14|-\2-2-2--xx-xx|
E-0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---|--0-0-0--xx-xx|

|| then

Play IV 2 times, then
first part w/ending 1
first part w/ending 2
Play IV 2 times, then
first part w/ending 1
first part w/ending 2
first part w/ending 1
first part w/ending 3
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/i_mother_earth/one_more_astronaut_tab_ver_2.html )
(0:54) (0:55) (0:57) (1:18)
first part ending 1 ending 2 ending 3

e------------|---------|-------------|-------------------|
b------------|---------|-------------|-------------------|
G------------|---------|-------------|-------------------|
D------------|---17b---|17b----------|-------------------|
A-------17---|-x----19-|----19-17-19-|-14-14-14-12-11h12-|
E-17-19----19|---------|-------------|-------------------|

Part V: Chorus:
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
(1:19)

e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-14-14--x-x-x-x-14-x-x-x-14-14-14\12-12-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-12-12-\------|
A-14-14--x-x-x-x-14-x-x-x-14-14-14\12-12-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-12-12-\------|
E--0--0--x-x-x-x--0-x-x-x--0--0--0h10-10-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-10-10-\------|

(1:39) (1:49)

e------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------|
b------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------|
G------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x----2--repeat-|-2-2-x-x-x-2-repeat 4x-|------|
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x----2---------|-2-2-x-x-x-2-----------|------|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-x-x-3b-0---------|-0-0-x-x-x-0-----------|-12~~-|

Part VI: Interlude
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
(3:03) |........w/ Wah-wah...........|

e-----0------------------------------------------------------|
b-----0---------------------------12----------------12-------|
G------------------------------12-12--------x--x-12-12-------|
D-------------------14-12-14\---------x--x-12-14-------------|
A---------------/14------------------12-14-------------14-12-|
E-12~~--/15--12----------------------------------------------|

solo mostly pick scrapes (x's)
(3:09) with Wah-Wah pedal

e--------------------|
b--------------------|
G--------------------| bongo solo with some guitar effects
D--------------------|
A---/7---------------|
E-0----7-5-7-5-0-0---|

(4:11) (4:20)

e------------------------------------|---------------------------|
b------------------------------------|-repeat 4x with-ending-----|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D-xx-xxx-----------------------------|--------14-12--------14-12-|
A-xx-xxx------x-x-x----x-x-x---------|--12/14--------12/14-------|
E-xx-xxx-0-12-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-0h12-12-|---------------------------|

(4:27)

repeat again 4x then D-----------------------------------|
as the ending A-7-7h9-10p9p7----------------------|
E-------------8/9-9-9-9-9-9\8-8-8-8-|

Song Order:
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Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV x2
Part V
Part IV x2
Part V
Part VI
Part V
Outro - same chords as chorus; just not as heavy - 2x
Part II

Craig Knowles
University of New BrunswickTab: "One More Astronaut" by I Mother Earth
Album: Scenery and Fish

This song is quite easy to play, and since the tab posted was wrong,
I thought I'd post this one. I'm pretty sure of how this is played,
since I've seen them live twice.

intro
ending 1 ending 2

e:I-------------------------I----------------I-------------I
B:I-------------------------I----------------I-------------I
G:I-------------------------I----------------I-------------I
D:I-------------------------I----------------I-------------I
A:I--/14-14-13h14p13-12-11--I-/14-14--/14-14-I-14-13-13h14-I
E:I----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--I---0--0----0--0-I--0--0--0----I

After the intro he hits an E chord and then most of it is random
noise until this:

verse riff

e:I-------I------------------------------------I
B:I-------I------------------------------------I -play twice
G:I-------I------------------------------------I -only play
D:I-------I-------------------(15)-12-11-12-11-I ( )2nd time
A:I-14-14-I-14-14-12-12-14-14------------------I
E:I--0--0-I--0--0--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-I

little solo thrown in here and there:

e:I------------------------I
B:I------------------------I
G:I------------------------I
D:I-----------18-----------I
A:I-----17-------17-17h19--I
E:I--19----19--------------I

chorus:

e:I------------------------------------------------3-3-3-
B:I------------------------------------------------3-3-3-
G:I--9-9-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-
D:I--9-9-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-------
A:I--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-x-x-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-------
E:I----------------------------------------------3-------
e:I--3-3-3----0-0-0-0-0-0------I
B:I--3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-I
G:I--0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-I
D:I---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-I
A:I---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-I
E:I----------------------------I

post chorus(w/wah pedal):

e:I--------------------------I
B:I--------------------------I
G:I--------------------------I
D:I--2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-I
A:I--2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-I
E:I--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-0-x-x-x-x-I

later on...(after long bridge)

e:I------------------------I
B:I----9-------9---------9-I
G:I----9-------9---------9-I
D:I----9-x-x-x-9---------9-I
A:I--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
E:I--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-I

That's about it,I think. This is a fun improvising song anyways,
so feel free to alter this, it'll probably even sound better that way.

Direct usual chatter to : allen09@cn.ca(jamie)