------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocket Cathedrals - Be Bop Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: axe victim Leave a message on my ?Ultimate Guitar? profile or comment here and I?ll get back to you. Tuning: EADGBe | / slide up | \ slide down | s very rapid slide, sounds like one note | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato or sustain | + harmonic | x Mute note | < pick scrape | b bend | r relax bend | pb pre-bend | ^ quarter tone bend | (x7678x) chord shape From the great Axe Victim album. Also covered by Brian Setzer. Intro: ___A________________________________B______________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-------------2---4---2----------|-----1---2---3---4~~~-----------| A|-0---3---4---------------3---4--|-2------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___D________________________________D_______D/A_____D______________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|-2-------3-------2--------------| G|-------------2---4---2----------|-2-------2-------2--------------| D|-0---3---4---------------3--h4--|-2-------4-------2--------------| A|--------------------------------|-0-------0-------0--------------| E|--------------------------------|-------------------------3^-----| Verse: " I've been a... " ___A_______________________________________________________________ " bad boy, you know the way Became an... " e|-----5-----------5-------x---x----x---5-------x---5--------------| B|-----5-----------5-------x---x----x---5-------x---5--------------| G|-------------------------x---x----x-----------x------------------| D|-------------------------x---x----x-----------x------------------| A|-------------------------x---x----x-----------x------------------| E|-------------------------x---x----x-----------x------------------| ___E_______________________________________________________________ " airboy and changed my name my... " e|-----12----------12-------------|-----12----------12-------------| B|-----12----------12------14-----|-----12----------12-------------| G|12s13--------------------14--12--h13-----------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___D_______________________________________________________________ " airship dreams had found a clearer sky... " e|-----10----------10-------------|-----10--------------10---------| B|-----10----------10------12-----|-----10--12----------10---------| G|10s11--------------------12--10---h13-----12--10-h11-------------| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------12\----| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Repeat, more or less the same... "I've been thinking about the state I'm in I started sinking a bottle of gin In this rocket cathedral pointing to the sky." Chorus: " And I'm... " ___D________________________________A______________________________ " space - bound again, I need the... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|---------------------2---4p2----|--------------------------------| D|-0-----------2--h4-----------4--|---------------------2---4p2----| A|--------------------------------|-0-----------2--h4-----------4--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___E_______________________________________________________________ " money And I... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-------------2---4---2----------|-------------2---4---3----------| E|-0---3---4---------------3---4--|-0---3---4---------------3---4--| Repeat last two bars... " can't see the stars, it's so funny, Until I'm earthbound again, I'll miss you honey, In this... " ___D_______________________________________________________________ " rocket cathedral pointing to the... " e|---------3--p2------------------|--------------------------------| B|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------| G|-2-------------------2--p0------|-0--h2--p0----------------------| D|-0---------------------------4--|-------------4---2---0----------| A|--------------------------------|-------------------------4---2--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Riff: ___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____D______________ " sky... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-2-------3-------2-----------2--|-----2---3-------2--------------| G|-2-------2-------2-----------2--|-----2---2-------2--------------| D|-2-------4-------2-----------2--|-----2---4-------2-----------7~~~ A|-0-------0-------0-----------0--|-----0---0-------0---5---8/9----| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ( Rhythm chords in brackets... ) ___Bm_(x24432)______________________D_(xx0232)______E_(022100)_____ " some go to Lucifer, some may be crucified... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|~~~~-----------------9--/11--9--|-7-----------------------7--h9~~/ A|--------------------------------|-----------------7--h9----------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Riff: ___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____D______________ " I'm going to Mars... " e|-------------------------12------12------------------------------| B|-------------10--12~b14~~~~~14~~~~~~14~r12--10-------------------| G|-----9---11---------------------|-----------------11~~~~~~----9--| D|/11-----------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___Bm_(x24432)______________________D_(xx0232)______E_(022100)_____ " some talk to celluloid, some talk to shiny cars... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-11-9-7--9-p7-p6-7--p6----------|--------9s11-9---11--9----------| D|-------------------------7------|-----7-------------------11s9-7-| A|-----------------------------7--|-9------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Riff: ___A_______D/A_____A___________A________A___D/A_____D______________ " I'll talk to stars... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-9---------------7--h9--p7------|-7--h9--p7-------7~~~-----------| A|---------7--h9---------------9--|-------------9------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Guitar solo section: ___B_______________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-7---------------7-----------7--|---------7-----------7----------| G|---------9b11--------9b11-------|-9b11--------9b11--------9b11---| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___D_______________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-10~~~---10~~~---10~~~---10-----------10----------10~~~----------| G|-12b14---12b14---12b14-------12b14--------12b14-------12b14------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ( Stretched bars here for signature lick... ) ___A_______________D/A_____________A_______________________A______ e|-19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17 B|---------17----------17----------17----------17----------17-----| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___________A_______D/A_____________A______________________________ e|-----19-p17------21-p17------19-p17------21-p17------19-p17-----| B|-17----------17----------17----------17----------17----------17-| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat last two bars with lick. Repeat verse, chorus and guitar solo. I've been thinking about all the ways That a whizz man spends all his days In a rocket cathedral pointing to the sky Wish I was grounded, and see the last of my days And get rebounded down the Milky Way In a rocket cathedral pointing to the stars. So I'll go to Lucifer and I may be crucified, Goodbye Mars I'll talk to celluloid, I'll drive a shiny car, Bye bye stars. Words & Music by Robert Bryan