BlurFar Out
 



1994 - Parklife
Far Out

This is a (rough) transcription of the cool synth part, not
the guitar part of this song, that has more than a passing
resemblance to Syd Barrett's style. The main melody is done
on the synth, so if you're playing solo this sounds a lot
better than the guitar part. Also you need loads of really
silly effects to do it well - or better still a guitar synth;
sadly I have neither. This transcription was considerably
aided by the sleeve insert on the album, which not only gives
the lyrics but the chords as well. Nice one.
I haven't done the guitar part at the start either; trying to
simulate a bongo roll a la Mission Impossible is a bit tricky
on one guitar.
Anyway, the song's mainly based around a C Eb  progression.
The chorus is made up of 2 bars, an Ab Bb  prog and an F  prog
(see the lyric section for the order they come in), and
there's a little bridge part of Eb D  after the first chorus.

Verse:                        /---\ /---\ /---\ --triplet rhythm
    C           Eb
e-|-----------|-----------------------|
B-|-----5-5-5-|-------------------8-8-|
G-|-----5-5-5-|-------------------8-8-|
D-|---5-------|---------5-6-7---8-----|
A-|-3---------|-6-7-8-9---------------|
E-|-----------|-----------------------|

Chorus:                            /---\ /---\ /---\ --triplet rhythm
    F               Ab              Bb
e-|---------------|-------------------6-6-|
B-|------10-10-10-|-------------------6-6-|
G-|------10-10-10-|---------5-6-7---8-----|
D-|---10----------|-6-7-8-9---------------|
A-|-8-------------|-----------------------|
E-|---------------|-----------------------|

Bridge:            Eb    D
e-|-----|-----|
B-|-----|-----|
G-|-----|-----|
D-|-5---|-4---|
A-|---6-|---5-|
E-|-----|-----|

Here we go:
2 * (Verse) as intro
C            Eb                    (Verse)
I spy in the night sky don't I
Phoepe Io    Elara
Leda Callisto  Sinope
Janus Dione  Portia so many
F                                  (1st bar of chorus)
moons
Ab           Bb     F              (Chorus)
Quiet in the sky at night
Hot in the   Milky  Way
Eb      D                          (Bridge)
Outside in
1 * (Verse)
C            Eb                    (Verse)
Vega         Capella Ha-
gar Rigel    Barnard's star
Antares Alde-baran Altair
Wolf 3 5 9   Betelgeuse
F                                  (1st bar of chorus)
Sun sun sun sun
Ab  Bb  F                          (Chorus - fade out)
Sun sun sun sun
Sun sun sun sun

That's your lot for now.

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