"We're Not In Kansas" by Big Country
From the Album "The Buffalo Skinners"
Tab by Colin Dawson - tabs@bruce-watson.net - January 2006
Comments and corrections welcome!
h hammer
p pull
s slide
sd slide down
r let ring (sustain)
Intro - Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar 2 joins second time through;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Verse 1 (Guitar 1 plays same as intro, Guitar 2 quietly plays a G on bottom 3 strings -
using palm muting across the bridge - throughout the verse);
What did you learn in school today?
Did you learn to run when the teachers pray?
Did they teach you enough to know the state you're in?
Not enough to get out, not enough to win? Get it on now!
Guitar break
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Verse 2 (same guitar parts a verse 1);
What did you learn at home today?
Did you learn to hate in the proper way?
Did your liberated parents patronise your friends?
Cos they had enough money cos they had the right skin?
Bridge:
[G7sus2] I wandered round [G7sus4]thinking; well what kind of [G]place is this?[G]
[G7sus2]Well maybe i[G7sus4]t's in the parks. [G] Ah, may[G]be it's in the stores.
[G7sus2]But I know if we're [G7sus4]being honest, it's i[G]n the pe[G]ople.
[G7sus2]But they're all caught up[G7sus4] in the traffic,
[G]listening[G7sus4] to the weather.
Chorus;
G F F C (or Csus2) G
Well dog, I know we're not in Kansas. The sky's all coloured wrong.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I know we're not in Kansas. The days are all too long.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I sure don't understand this. That's what you're howling for.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I know we're not in Kansas, Kansas anymore.
Guitar break;
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Verse 3 (same guitar parts a verse 1);
What did you learn in your job today?
Did you learn to sleep while the boss is away?
And you shut your mouth when he calls you down?
Cos there's not much work in that kind of town.
Bridge;
[G7sus2] I wander around [G7sus4]thinking; well what kind of [G]place is this.[G]
[G7sus2]Where they sa[G7sus4]y hey, ah what did[G] you d[G]o in the war?
[G7sus2]And I ask; we[G7sus4]ll hey man, ah what did [G]you do [G]with the peace?
[G7sus2]Well we built thes[G7sus4]e real safe weapons, so y[G]ou co[G7sus4]uld sleep with ease.
Chorus;
(playing the C chord as a Csus2 also sounds quite good)
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
[G] Well what kind of [G]place is this?[G]
[G7sus2]On the wrong side of the r[G7sus4]ainbow, where the twisters[G] never [G]come.
[G7sus2]And they tore up all the yello[G7sus4]w bricks, and they sold t[G]hem to[G] Japan.
[G7sus2]And still the advertis[G7sus4]ers tell you, hey, there's [G]no pla[G7sus4]ce like home.
Chorus;
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
Chorus;
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
Guitar break;
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar solo;
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
0 10th fret
1 11th fret
2 12th fret
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
sd slide down
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
0 20th fret
1 21st fret
2 22nd fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
0brr bend up about half a semitone
sd slide down
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
0 10th fret
1 11th fret
2 12th fret
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
sd slide down
Guitar break (no shorthand);
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
[G]E|3----|
B|0----|
G|0----|
D|0----|
A|2----|
E|3----|
Chords:
CHORD | E A D G B E
C | 3 3 5 5 5 3
Csus2 | 3 3 5 5 3 3
F | 1 3 3 2 1 1
G | 3 5 5 4 3 3
Gsus4 | 3 5 5 5 3 3
G7sus4 | 3 5 5 5 6 3
G7sus2 | 5 5 5 7 6 5
G7sus4add9 | 3 5 5 5 3 5
From the Album "The Buffalo Skinners"
Tab by Colin Dawson - tabs@bruce-watson.net - January 2006
Comments and corrections welcome!
h hammer
p pull
s slide
sd slide down
r let ring (sustain)
Intro - Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|3-3-----3-----0---5-----1-----0---5-----8-----0------3-----1-----0|
B|3---3-----3---------6-----1---------6-----8------------3-----1----|play three times
G|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 joins second time through;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---0-0-1---1-1-11-0---0-0-1--1-1-11--0---0-0-1---1-1-1|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-2p0-0-0-0---0-0-00-2p0-0-0-2--2-2-22--2p0-0-0-0---0-0-0|play twice
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---3-0-0---0-0-00-0---3-0-3--3-3-33--0---3-0-3---3-3-3|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (Guitar 1 plays same as intro, Guitar 2 quietly plays a G on bottom 3 strings -
using palm muting across the bridge - throughout the verse);
What did you learn in school today?
Did you learn to run when the teachers pray?
Did they teach you enough to know the state you're in?
Not enough to get out, not enough to win? Get it on now!
Guitar break
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|3-3-----3-----0---5-----1-----0---5-----8-----0------3-----1-----0|
B|3---3-----3---------6-----1---------6-----8------------3-----1----|play twice
G|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---0-0-1---1-1-11-0---0-0-1--1-1-11--0---0-0-1---1-1-1|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-2p0-0-0-0---0-0-00-2p0-0-0-2--2-2-22--2p0-0-0-0---0-0-0|play twice
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---3-0-0---0-0-00-0---3-0-3--3-3-33--0---3-0-3---3-3-3|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (same guitar parts a verse 1);
What did you learn at home today?
Did you learn to hate in the proper way?
Did your liberated parents patronise your friends?
Cos they had enough money cos they had the right skin?
Bridge:
[G7sus2] I wandered round [G7sus4]thinking; well what kind of [G]place is this?[G]
[G7sus2]Well maybe i[G7sus4]t's in the parks. [G] Ah, may[G]be it's in the stores.
[G7sus2]But I know if we're [G7sus4]being honest, it's i[G]n the pe[G]ople.
[G7sus2]But they're all caught up[G7sus4] in the traffic,
[G]listening[G7sus4] to the weather.
Chorus;
G F F C (or Csus2) G
Well dog, I know we're not in Kansas. The sky's all coloured wrong.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I know we're not in Kansas. The days are all too long.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I sure don't understand this. That's what you're howling for.
F F C (or Csus2) G
I know we're not in Kansas, Kansas anymore.
Guitar break;
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|3-3-----3-----0---5-----1-----0---5-----8-----0------3-----1-----0|
B|3---3-----3---------6-----1---------6-----8------------3-----1----|
G|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---0-0-1---1-1-11-0---0-0-1--1-1-11--0---0-0-1---1-1-1|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-2p0-0-0-0---0-0-00-2p0-0-0-2--2-2-22--2p0-0-0-0---0-0-0|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---3-0-0---0-0-00-0---3-0-3--3-3-33--0---3-0-3---3-3-3|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3 (same guitar parts a verse 1);
What did you learn in your job today?
Did you learn to sleep while the boss is away?
And you shut your mouth when he calls you down?
Cos there's not much work in that kind of town.
Bridge;
[G7sus2] I wander around [G7sus4]thinking; well what kind of [G]place is this.[G]
[G7sus2]Where they sa[G7sus4]y hey, ah what did[G] you d[G]o in the war?
[G7sus2]And I ask; we[G7sus4]ll hey man, ah what did [G]you do [G]with the peace?
[G7sus2]Well we built thes[G7sus4]e real safe weapons, so y[G]ou co[G7sus4]uld sleep with ease.
Chorus;
(playing the C chord as a Csus2 also sounds quite good)
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
[G] Well what kind of [G]place is this?[G]
[G7sus2]On the wrong side of the r[G7sus4]ainbow, where the twisters[G] never [G]come.
[G7sus2]And they tore up all the yello[G7sus4]w bricks, and they sold t[G]hem to[G] Japan.
[G7sus2]And still the advertis[G7sus4]ers tell you, hey, there's [G]no pla[G7sus4]ce like home.
Chorus;
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
Chorus;
[G]Well do[F]g, I know we're no[F]t in Kansas.[C] The sky's all colo[G]ured wrong.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas. Th[C]e days are all to[G]o long.
[F]I sure don't unde[F]rstand this. That'[C]s what you're howlin[G]g for.
[F]I know we're not i[F]n Kansas[C], Kansas a[G]nymore.
Guitar break;
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|3-3-----3-----0---5-----1-----0---5-----8-----0------3-----1-----0|
B|3---3-----3---------6-----1---------6-----8------------3-----1----|play twice
G|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---0-0-1---1-1-11-0---0-0-1--1-1-11--0---0-0-1---1-1-1|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-2p0-0-0-0---0-0-00-2p0-0-0-2--2-2-22--2p0-0-0-0---0-0-0|play twice
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---3-0-0---0-0-00-0---3-0-3--3-3-33--0---3-0-3---3-3-3|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar solo;
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
0 10th fret
1 11th fret
2 12th fret
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
sd slide down
E|----------------------------------0rrrrrr--------------0rrrrrr-----------|
B|1rr-1rr-1rr-1rr-3-1rr-1rr---3-1-3-3b4b3p1--1----1-3----3b4b3p1--1----1-3-|
G|4b5-4b5-4b5-4b5-2-4b5-4b5---2-2-2--------2rr--2-2-2-----------2rr--2-2-2-|
D|----------------------------------------------2--------------------2-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|0rrrrrr-----0rrrrrr----0rrrrrr-----0rrrrrr----0rrrrrr--------0rr-0rr-0rr--------------|
B|3b4b3p1--1--3b4b3p1--1-3b4b3p1--1--3b4b3p1--1-3b4b3p1--1-3-1-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4sd|
G|-------2rr---------2rr--------2rr---------2rr--------2rr-2-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
0 20th fret
1 21st fret
2 22nd fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
0brr bend up about half a semitone
sd slide down
E|----8-0-0brr-0brr-0brr-0brr-0brr-0brr---8-0-2p0p8-8-2p0p8-8-8---0brr-0brr-0brr-0brr|
B|8-0-----------------------------------0----------0-------0----0--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|0b2rrr-0b2rrr-0b2rrr--2p8-8-2p8-2p8-8-2p8-8-2p8-8sd----|
B|-------------------------0-----0---0-----0-----0----0sd|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
To make this next part easier to tab, I've used the following shorthand;
0 10th fret
1 11th fret
2 12th fret
3 13th fret
4 14th fret
5 15th fret
6 16th fret
7 17th fret
8 18th fret
9 19th fret
r let ring i.e. sustain
sd slide down
E|------------------------1rr-1rr-1rr-1rrrrrr-1rrrrrr-1rrrrsd-|
B|1rr-1rr-1rr-1rr-3-1rr---3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4rrrr-3b4rrrr-3b4b3sd-|
G|4b5-4b5-4b5-4b5-2-4b5---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar break (no shorthand);
Guitar 1;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|3-3-----3-----0---5-----1-----0---5-----8-----0------3-----1-----0|
B|3---3-----3---------6-----1---------6-----8------------3-----1----|play twice
G|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2;
[G] [G7sus2] [G7sus4] [G7sus2] [G7sus4add9] [G7sus2] [G7sus4]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---0-0-1---1-1-11-0---0-0-1--1-1-11--0---0-0-1---1-1-1|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-2p0-0-0-0---0-0-00-2p0-0-0-2--2-2-22--2p0-0-0-0---0-0-0|play twice
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0---3-0-0---0-0-00-0---3-0-3--3-3-33--0---3-0-3---3-3-3|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[G]E|3----|
B|0----|
G|0----|
D|0----|
A|2----|
E|3----|
Chords:
CHORD | E A D G B E
C | 3 3 5 5 5 3
Csus2 | 3 3 5 5 3 3
F | 1 3 3 2 1 1
G | 3 5 5 4 3 3
Gsus4 | 3 5 5 5 3 3
G7sus4 | 3 5 5 5 6 3
G7sus2 | 5 5 5 7 6 5
G7sus4add9 | 3 5 5 5 3 5
