Chord/Tab song: Sugartune

SLOAN - Sugartune
From: Smeared
Tabbed by: Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

This song has already been posted by someone else but it's
totally wrong, so I thought I'd put my own version on. I'm
glad to see that there are some other Sloan fans out there
in cyberspace. They were a great band while they lasted. Tell
me if you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions. Thanks.

Tuned down about a half step Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (It doesn't
seem like it's quite on the exact pitch, so you might have
to fool around with you're tuning pegs a bit to match it.)

During A, B, C# part of Fig.1 part the second guitar sometimes
picks the notes of the chords rather than strumming them.

Fig.1
[E] [Ab] [B/F#] [A][B][C#][F#]

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-----x------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x------------------
-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-x-2--2-2-2-4-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
-0-x-0--0-0-0-4-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2- 

Verse (Fig.1)
I [E]wrote for you a [Ab]sugar [B/F#]tune

To [A]help you [B]through what you [C#]gotta [F#]do
When you're [E]on the ground and keep [Ab]fallin' [B/F#]down

Re[A]member [B]how I [C#]made this [F#]sound

Fig.2
[F#] [G] [A]

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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- 

Bridge (Fig.2)

[F#]Sound [G]sou - [A]nd

[F#]Sound [G]sou - [A]nd

Verse (Fig.1)

When you're on your own feeling all alone
Remember that you've always got a home
I'm outside tryin' hard to hide
The fact I'm scared to be by your side

Fig.3
[C#/Ab] [F#] [Ab]

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-6-6-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
-4-4-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
-4-4---2-2-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 

Chorus (Fig.3)

[C#] I [F#]know when [Ab]everybody's got one

[C#] You w[F#]ant one, [Ab]too

[C#] I [F#]know when [Ab]everybody's got one

[C#] You w[F#]ant one, [Ab]too

Fig.5 (interlude)

Guitar 1 plays something along these lines...

oooohhhhhh ooooohhhhh ooooohhhh ooooohhhhhh
[Ab] [Eb/Bb] [F#] [C#/Ab]

----6-6-4-------6-6-4-------4-4-4-------4-4-2----
-4--4-4-----4-4-4-4------2--2-2-----2-2-2-2---2--
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while guitar two plays the rythym part.
[Ab] [Eb/Bb] [F#] [C#/Ab]

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------------8-8-8-8-8-8-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--
-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--
-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--
-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-- 

Chorus (Fig.3)

I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too
I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too

Fig.4 (palm mute throughout)

[E] [Ab] [B] [A][B]

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-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4---------------------------------

[C#] [F#]

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-4-4-4---------------------------
-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- 

Verse (Fig.4)

I wrote for you a sugar tune
To help you through what you gotta do
When you're one the ground and keep falling down
remember how I made this sound

Bridge (Fig.2)

Sound sou - nd
Sound sou - nd

Keep playing Fig.2 until the end if the song.


.....sugartune....by sloan

if you don't know sloan, they are (were) a cool Canadian band
that just recently broke up. ):

here's the song sugartune from their first album "smeared" (go buy
it) It's pretty easy, mostly power chords, I don't have some
parts, so if you like sloan help me out.

For people who have never heard this song before I put in the beat
values, for the intro atleast.

Play with distortion, I think there's another guitar playing some-
thing but I have no idea what.

(chords used)

[D5] [C5] [A#5]

e--X----X----X----
B--X----X----X----
G--7----5----3----
D--7----5----3----
A--5----3----1----
E--X----X----X----

(Intro)

[4]4 [D5]1 & [C5]2 [C5] & [A#5] 3 [A#5] & [C5]4 &

[A#5]1 [A#5]& [C5]2 [C5]& [D5]3 [D5]& [A#5]4 &

or something along those lines....

(Verses)

I [D5]wrote [D5]for [C5]you,
A [A#5]sugar [C5]tune,
[A#5]Help you [C5]through what you [D5]gotta [A#5]do.

the same chord progression is played for these lyrics...

When you're one the ground,
And keep falling down,
remember how I made this sound.

(Chorus)

[D5]I [A#5]know [A#5]when
[D5]ever[C5]ybody's [D5]got [C5]one,
[A#5]You [A#5]want [D5]one [C5]too.

...that's all I have so far, it's the basic song. There's a couple
fills missing, but there not that hard to figure out...

my first tab, hope you enjoy it.....

Ian (ag549@torfree.net)