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Transcribed by Drew

Come Downstairs and Say Hello


Based off of Guster on Ice During the break, Adam switches guitars from a capo 2, standard tuning to what I think is an open D, capo 5 guitar. I just tabbed the entire song out to be played solo, dropped D tuning, with a capo on the second fret (but leaving the low D open). For the picking on the Csus2 and Fsus2, there is some slight variation each time Adam plays it (for example, he doesnt always play the note in parenthesis on the Csus2). The second "verse" is more strumming than the first verse. I play this with a capo on the second fret but leaving the low E string open, which I tune down to D. Everything in this tab is relative to the capo--therefore I write a C for the bottom string when it is actually a D note. A 0 on that string denotes open, whereas a 5 means 5 frets above the capo (or the 7th fret). Fsus2 Csus2 Am G Dm C Am E-1-------0-----0---3---1-----8----5-=------- B-1-------1-----1---0---3-----8----5--------- G-0-------0-----2---0---2-----9----5--------- D-3-------2-----2---0---0-----10---7--------- A-3-------3-----0---x---0-----10---7--------- C---------0---------5---------0----x--------- Capo 2 Csus2 picking: E-------------------(0)~~---------- B-----1--------------1~~~---------- G---0---0~~---0----0-----0~~---0--- D-----------0----------------0----- A-3--------------3----------------- C---------------------------------- Fsus2 picking: E------1~--------------1~------------- B------1~--------------1~------------- G----0-0--0~~-0h2~~--0-0--0~~--0h2~~-- D------------------------------------- A--3---------------3------------------ C------------------------------------- Intro Csus2 Csus2 Dorothy moves to click her ruby shoes Fsus2 Csus2 Right in tune with Dark Side of the Moon G Am Someone someone could tell me Csus2 Where I belong Dm Fsus2 Csus2 Be calm be brave it’ll be okay Csus2 No more messing around and living underground And New Year’s resolutions Fsus2 Csus2 By this time next year I won’t be here G Am Csus2 I turn on turn on MTV the volume’s down Dm Fsus2 Lips move they say Csus2 It’ll be okay Break: C Am C To tell you the truth I’ve said it before Am Tomorrow I start in a new direction C One last time these words from me Am I’m never saying them again F And I shut the light And listen as my watch unwinds Interlude Staccato Play 4 times: D------------------------------ A------3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3-- C-0--0-----------0--0---------- Joe starts keyboard here. Play this twice: D------------------ A------------------ C--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- Play this riff two more times: D------------------------------ A------3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3-- C-0--0-----------0--0---------- Now Ryan starts the "Aaaahh aaah aahh" Play 2 times: D---------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3-- C--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--0--0-----------0--0--------- And this once more: D------------------------------ A------3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3-- C-0--0-----------0--0---------- C To tell you the truth I’ve said it before Am Tomorrow I start in a new direction C I know I’ve been half-asleep Am I’m never doing that again C I look straight at what’s coming ahead Am And soon it’s going to change in a new direction C Every night as I’m falling asleep Am These words repeated in my head Play a C while Joe does the keyboard part F C Voices calling from a yellow road G Am F C To come downstairs and say hellooo-ooo G Am F C Don’t be shy just say hellooo-ooo C To tell you the truth I’ve said it before Am Tomorrow I start in a new direction C I know I’ve been half-asleep Am I’m never doing that again C I look straight at what’s coming ahead Am And soon it’s going to change in a new direction C Every night as I’m falling asleep Am Those words repeated in my head Keep playing C-Am until the end