Supertramp – The Logical Song (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: The Logical Song Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4 (with one 2/4 bar), Tempo: Q=110, Beats on sixteenths are marked "+". Capo: 3 to play in the original key of Eb. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. "!" marks chords with bar shape The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Let ring. Use thumb-fretting.
[Intro]        (3x)
   Am  +       +
E|---------------------0a----|
B|-0--h1---1---1-------1a----|
G|-0--h2---2---2-------2a----|
D|---------2-----------2a----|
A|-0-------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------|

[Verse]        (4x)
   Am +     +     +     + Fmaj7 +     +     +        Em7    +     +     +    G  +         +     +
E|----0--0--0--------------|-0a-0--0---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3a----1-----------1-h3--|-1a----------3-p1--0---|--------------------0--|-3-p1--0------3----p0--|
G|-2a-------------2--------|-2a-------2------------|--------0-----0--------|-----------------------|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3---|-----0-----------0-----|-------0---------0-----|
A|-0a----------------------|-------------0---------|-2---------------------|-----------2-----------|
E|-------------0-----------|-1a--------------------|-----------0-----------|-3---------------------|
   When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful               A    miracle,    oh, it was 
   birds in the trees, well, they'd be singing so happily               Oh,  joyfully,   oh, playfully 
   sent me away to teach me   how to be   sensible                           Logical,    oh, responsi-
   showed me a world where I could be so dependable                     Oh,  clinical,   oh, intel-

                        /-2nd+4th pass only-\
   F  +    F#dim +              +     +               +     +     +
E|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|-1ap0------1ap0------|---------------------|-----------------1-h3--|
G|-2a----2---2a----2---|--------2-----2------|--------2-----2--------|
D|-------3---------4---|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------0-----|
A|-----------0a--------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0-----------|
E|-1a------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
   beautiful, magical                                       And all the 
   watching me                                              But then they 
   ble,      practical                                      And then they 
   lectual,  cynical                                           There are 

[Chorus]       (2x)
   C      +     +     +           +     +     +    Am     +     +     +           +     +     +
E|-0a--------------1-p0--|--------------------0a-|-----------------1-p0--|--------------------0a-|
B|-1a--1-p0--------------|-----3-p1--------3--1a-|-----1-p0--------------|-----3-p1--------3--1a-|
G|--------0-----0--------|--------------0-----2a-|--------2-----2--------|--------------2-----2a-|
D|-----2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----|
A|-3a--------------------|-3---------------------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|
E|-----------3-----------|-----------3-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|
   times           when all    the world's asleep                  The ques-   tions run   too deep
   please,         please tell me what     we've learned?          I know      it sounds   absurd

 Fmaj7    +     +     +           +     +     +    Bb     +   +        G      +   +
E|-----------------1-p0--|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----1-p0--------------|-----3-p1--------3--3a-|-------------------|------------1-h3---|
G|--------2-----2--------|--------------2-----3a-|-----3------3------|-----0-------------|
D|-----3-----------2-----|-----3-----------2-----|---------------3---|---------------0---|
A|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-1------0----------|-------------------|
E|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|-------------------|-3------1----------|
                   For such    a simple       man                                 Won't you 
                  Please tell  me who      I  am!                                 I said

[Verse]        (2x)    
   Am +     +     +     + Fmaj7 +     +     +        Em7    +     +     +    G  +         +     +
E|----0--0--0--------------|-0a-0--0---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3a----1-----------1-h3--|-1a----------3-p1--0---|--------------------0--|-3-p1--0------3----p0--|
G|-2a-------------2--------|-2a-------2------------|--------0-----0--------|-----------------------|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3---|-----0-----------0-----|-------0---------0-----|
A|-0a----------------------|-------------0---------|-2---------------------|-----------2-----------|
E|-------------0-----------|-1a--------------------|-----------0-----------|-3---------------------|
   Watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical               A    liberal,     oh, fa-
   sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable               Re-  spectable,   oh, pre-

                        /-------1st pass------\ /--------------2nd pass------------------\
   F  +    F#dim +              +     +     +   F#dim                 +       +       +
E|---------------------|-----------------------|------0----|------0-------0-------0-------|
B|-1ap0------1ap0------|-----------------1-h3--|------1----|------1-------1-------1-------|
G|-2a----2---2a----2---|--------2-----2--------|-----------|----------2-------2-------2---|
D|-------3---------4---|-----4-----------0-----|------4----|------4---------------4-------|
A|-----------0a--------|-0---------0-----------|-0---------|-0------------0---------------|
E|-1a------------------|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------------|
   natical, criminal                  Won't you 
   sentable, a vegetable                              Oh,         take,   take,   take it,  yeah!

[Instrumental]          ... repeat every measure individually ...
   Am     +     +        Am     +     +     +   Fmaj7   +     +     +    Em7    +     +     +
E|-5a------------------|-8a----p5-----8a---p5--|-0a--------------------|-0a--------------------|
B|-5a------------------|-5a-----------5a-------|-1a-----------1--------|-0a-----------0--------|
G|-5a-----5-----5------|-5a-----------5a-------|-2a-----2-----------2--|-0a-----0-----------0--|
D|-----5-----------5---|-----5-----------5-----|-----3-----------3-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-0a------------------|-0a--------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------2-----------|
E|-----------0---------|-----------------------|-1a--------------------|-0a--------------------|

   G  +     +     +     +   Fmaj7   +     +     +    F#dim  +     +     +           +     + 
E|-------------------------|-0a--------------------|-0a--------------------|-0a------------------|
B|-3ap1-----0-----3----p0--|-1a-----------1--------|-1a-----------1--------|-1a-----------1-h3---|
G|-0a----------------------|-2a-----2-----------2--|-2a-----2-----------2--|-2a-----2------------|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-----3-----------3-----|-----4-----------4-----|-----4-----------4---|
A|-------------2-----------|-----------------------|-0a--------0-----------|-0a--------0---------|
E|-3a----------------------|-1a--------1-----------|-----------------------|---------------------|
[Chorus] (2x) ... as above ... [Instrumental] ... as above, repeat and fade ... ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************