Prefab Sprout – Adolescence (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Paddy McAloon
From: "Crimson/Red" [2013]
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The chords on the recording are played using a sound called “Fat Fifth”,
which adds the fifth to every note played, thus creating densely layered
chords which are difficult to reproduce on a guitar. I think what I’ve got
here is pretty close, but it is just a suggestion, of course.
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e Em/D x-x-0-4-5-3 or x-x-0-0-3-0 or x-x-0-0-3-3 (= Dsus4) Am(add11) x-0-5-5-3-0
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[Intro]
| D | % | Em/D | % |
| D | % | Em/D | % |
[Verse 1]
D Adolescence - what's it like? Em/D It's a psychedelic motorbike G You'll smash it up ten times a day Dsus2 D Then you walk away
[Verse 2]
D It's moonlight on a balcony Em/D It's pure hormonal agony G Bad poetry. Its greeting card? Dsus2 D Will (the Bard)
[Verse 3]
D Adolescence - why's it so? Em/D Ask someone else; how should I know? G It's a song I sang and then forgot Dsus2 D Too long ago
[Middle 8]
D/C# G A D When I was a Romeo in love forever Bm F#m Unable to forget some Juliet G A D Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never! C It's knives flashing in fountains, poison Bm F#m Capulets' letters that go astray Amadd11 Molehills bigger than mountains Em G6 A A7 Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way
[Interlude]
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| D | % | Em/D | % |
[Solo]
| D | % | Em/D | % |
| G | % | Dsus2 D |
| D | % | Em/D | % |
| G | % | Dsus2 D |
[Verse 4]
D Adolescence - what's it for? Em/D It's for keeping your nerve-endings raw, while G Relay teams of fevered dreams Dsus2 D Escape each pore
[Verse 5]
D It's moonlight on a balcony Em/D It's pure hormonal agony G Bad poetry. Its greeting card? Dsus2 D Will (the Bard)
[Middle 8]
D/C# G A D Poor Romeo - in love forever Bm F#m Unable to forget Juliet G A D Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never! C It's knives flashing in fountains, poison Bm F#m Capulets' letters that go astray Amadd11 Molehills bigger than mountains Em G6 A A7 Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way
[Verse 6]
D Adolescence can be rough Em/D I hope your heat-shield's tough enough G I hope that no-one dares to scoff Dsus2 D When you blast off
[Verse 7]
D Adolescence, crimson red Em/D Fireworks inside your head G Are three time brighter than the sun Dsus2 D Girls - have some fun
[Outro]
| D | % | Em/D | % | (repeat and fade)