Misc Cartoons – Cowboy Bebop - Blue (Guitar)

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Chords

This has been a difficult song to transcribe (as evidenced by the lack of tabs available) as the complex chords are often masked by layers of shoegaze-like droning and distorted fuzz. I feel this underrated and beautiful song deserves a good transcription. I am not 100% that this tab is completely accurate yet, so if you have any suggestions, please leave a or e-mail [email protected]. (all Chord names relative to Capo) CHORDS USED: G 320033 Gsus2 300033 Cadd9 032033 Csus2 030033 Em7 022033 D 200232 D7sus4 200213 Cm 335543 Fadd9 13x3213 Note that the guitarist keeps his/her little finger on the high G through much of the song. FILLS USED: Throughout the verses, the guitar improvises a few hammer-on riffs and fills in the chords: Fill 1
e|-3------3----------3----3----|
B|-3------3----------3----3----|
G|-0------0----------0----0h2--|
D|-2------0----------0h2-------|
A|-3------3--------------------|
E|-0------0--------------------|
Fill 2
e|-3------3------------3-------|
B|-3------3------------3-------|
G|-0------0------------2-------|
D|-2------0------------0-------|
A|-3------3------------3-------|
E|-0------0------------0-------|
INTRO (choir) G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9 D7sus4 G x2 VERSE 1 G Cadd9 x2
G                    Cadd9
        Never seen a bluer sky

G                          Cadd9
        Yeah I can feel it reaching out

            Em7         Cadd9
And moving closer

                   G
There's something about blue
Cadd9 G x2 VERSE 2
                          Cadd9
Asked myself what it's all for

G                          Cadd9
        You know the funny thing about it

           Em7          D
I couldn't answer

                G       Cadd9
No I couldn't answer
VERSE 3
G                            Cadd9
        Things have turned a deeper shade of blue

G                       Cadd9
        And images that might be real may be

Cadd9   Csus2   Cadd9e  D
illusion                keep flashing

G       Gsus2   G       Cadd9
off and on
CHORUS (Note: judging from both the studio and live recordings of the song, the guitarist to strum a G chord throughout the chorus as the other instruments, particularly the bass, beneath it. However, this doesn't sound particularly good in solo arrangements, so I've out the changing chords as best I can.)
G
Free... Wanna be

D7sus4
free... Gonna be

Em7
free... and

     Cm
move among the stars

                Fadd9
You know they really aren't so far

         G
Feels so free... Gotta know

D7sus4
free

Em7
Please

      Cm
Don't wake me from the dream

            Fadd9
It's really everything it seemed

        G
I'm so free

              D7sus4
No black and white
in the blue... BRIDGE (same as intro) G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9 D7sus4 G x3 Cadd9 FINAL VERSE
G                     Cadd9
        Everything is clearer now

G                       Cadd9
        Life is just a dream you know

             Em7         Cadd9
That's never ending

        G
I'm ascending