Cardiacs – Dinner Time Is At Home Not Here (Guitar Tab)
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From: The Special Garage Concerts (Volume II)
Lyrics: http://www.cardiacs.org/lyrics.html
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INTRO RIFF: (x8)
Guitar 1 E |---------------------------------------------------||| B |---------------------------------------------------||| G |---------------------------------------------------||| D |---------------------------------------------------||| A |--------------3-----------7------------------------||| E |--0-----4-----------4-----------4-----4--5--4------||| Guitar 2 E |---------------------------||| B |-----11----9-----7-----9---||| G |---------------------------||| D |--8-----6-----4-----6------||| A |---------------------------||| E |---------------------------|||
VERSE 1:
Guitar (x4)
F# B A
E |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
B |-----2-----2-----4-----4--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
G |--3-----3-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D |--------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-------|
A |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
E |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
B |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
G |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
D |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
A |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
E |----------------------------||F# B
Thinking back now
A
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
F# B
It's always a task
A
What we used to see on the TV on Saturdays
F# B A
Seems so far away
I think to myself, now's the time to self indulge
F# B A
And on the other side
Is a program about someone who died
F# E C D
I get so tired, dinner time is at home (not here)
Guitar
F# E C D
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
G |-----------3--1-----------0--------------2-----2----||
D |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
A |-----4----------------------------------------------||
E |--2-------------------------------------------------||F# E C D
Mine is the truth, never ending year after year
Guitar
F# E C D
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
G |-----------3--1-----------0-------------------------||
D |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
A |-----4----------------------------------------------||
E |--2-------------------------------------------------||VERSE 2:
F# B
A change of scene
A
I know, oh happy days, meeting people on the way
F# B A
And on the TV screen
Oh dear, what's the time? You used to be a friend of mine
F# B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# E C D F# E C D
What's happening now, I never see eye to eye
F# E C D F# E C D
All ideas blown up high in the sky
CHORUS:
G C A D
I'm so sorry which I cannot show
E Bb Am F
But I can't say anymore, I've got to go home to my own world
(x2)
(INTRO RIFF)
(VERSE 1)
NOISY BIT:
Guitar 1 E |----19~---19~---19~---19~---|| B |----------------------------|| G |----------------------------|| D |----------------------------|| A |----------------------------|| E |----------------------------|| Guitar 2 E |----------------------------------------------------|| B |--6--6--------8--8----------------------------------|| G |--6--6--------8--8--------4--4--------6--6----------|| D |--6--6--------8--8--------5--5--------7--7----------|| A |--4--4--------6--6--------5--5--------7--7----------|| E |--------------------------3--3--------5--5----------||
(x4)
BRIDGE:
Guitar (palm muted & only after 2nd repeat) E |-----------5--4--------------------5--4-------------|| B |--2--4--5--------5--4-----2--4--5--------5--4-------|| G |-----------------------4-----------------------4----|| D |----------------------------------------------------|| A |----------------------------------------------------|| E |----------------------------------------------------||
A
Used to be a friend of mine
F#
I can sense a change in mind
(x4)
VERSE 3:
F# B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
(x2)
F# E C D F# E C D
F# E C D F# E C D
(CHORUS)
E
BRIDGE (MODIFIED):
Guitar 1 (palm muted) E |--13------------------------------------|| B |-----13-13-------13-13-14-14------------|| G |-----------14-14-------------14-14-14---|| D |----------------------------------------|| A |----------------------------------------|| E |----------------------------------------|| Guitar 2 (also palm muted) E |----------------------------------------|| B |--13------------------------------------|| G |-----14-14-------14-14-14-14------------|| D |-----------15-15-------------14-14-14---|| A |----------------------------------------|| E |----------------------------------------||
[Then it goes into the main riff from the bridge with some harmonising
from the synths - after that the riff changes slightly]
Guitar (palm muted) E |----------------------------------------------------| B |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------| G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----| D |--2-----------------------2-------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------|| B |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------|| G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----|| D |--4-----------------------4-------------------------|| A |----------------------------------------------------|| E |----------------------------------------------------|| (x4)
[Then the normal riff returns X2]
GUITAR SOLO A E |--------------------17-------17---------------------| B |-----------------------20b------20b---20b-----------| G |----------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------| F# E |--------------------18-------18---------------------|| B |-----------------------21b------21b---21b-----------|| G |----------------------------------------------------|| D |----------------------------------------------------|| A |----------------------------------------------------|| E |----------------------------------------------------||
(NOISY BIT AGAIN)
(CHORUS - INSTRUMENTAL)
(CHORUS)
A