• Song:

    When I Argue I See Shapes

  • Artist:

    Idlewild

  • Album:

    2000-04-15: Astoria, Lo...

iDLEWiLD - When I Argue I See Shapes
Album: Hope is Important
Guitarist: Rod Jones
Tune guitar down a semitone - Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb

Main riff:

Eb |---------------------------------------0-----0---------0----0-----|
Bb |---9-----9-----9---10-----10--------------------------------------|
Gb |-----9-----9----------9------9---9---8-----8-----8---9----9-----9-|
Db |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab |-7-----7-----7---7------7------7---7-----7-----7---7----7-----7---|
Eb |------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb |---------------------------------------0-----0---------0----0-----|
Bb |---9-----9---------10-----10--------------------------------------|
Gb |-----9-----9---9------9------9---9---8-----8-----8---9----9-----9-|
Db |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab |-7-----7-----7---7------7------7---7-----7-----7---7----7-----7---|
Eb |------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge (don't fight it all...)
(note: this isn't the exact ryhthm but it's not too hard to figure out when you play along)

E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-6-6-6-6-8-8---------------------|
D |---------------7---7-7-4---4-4-4-|
A |-4-4-4-4-6-6---------------------|
E |---------------5---5-5-2---2-2-2-|

First chorus (you smoke too much...)

Eb |-------------------------------------------------|
Bb |-------------------------------------------------|
Gb |-------------------------13-13-13-16-16-16-16-16-|
Db |-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-------------------------|
Ab |-------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------|

Eb |----------------------------------------------------|
Bb |----------------------------------------------------|
Gb |----------------------------------------------------|
Db |-13-13-13-13-13h14p13-------------------------------|
Ab |----------------------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
Eb |----------------------------------------------------|

Eb |-------------------------------------------------|
Bb |-------------------------------------------------|
Gb |-------------------------13-13-13-14-14-14-14-14-|
Db |-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-------------------------|
Ab |-------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------|

Eb |-------------------------------------------------|
Bb |-------------------------------------------------|
Gb |-13-13-13-13-13----------------------------------|
Db |----------------16-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-14-14-|
Ab |-------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------|

Solo - tremolo picking throughout, slightly bend notes on last chord:

Eb |---------------|
Bb |---------------|
Gb |-9-11-13-14-16-|
Db |---------------|
Ab |-7-9--11-12-14-|
Eb |---------------|

Second chorus (when I argue I see shapes...)
Can't really hear the guitar very well at this point, not sure if there actually is any.
I play the following over and over, using harmonics:

Eb |-12-------12-|
Bb |----12-12----|
Gb |-------------|
Db |-------------|
Ab |-------------|
Eb |-------------|

Break:

Eb |-----------------------------------|
Bb |-----------------------------------|
Gb |-16-16-16-16-8-9---13-13-13-13-8-9-|
Db |-----------------------------------|
Ab |-14-14-14-14-6-7---11-11-11-11-6-7-|
Eb |-----------------------------------|

Outro:

Eb |-------------|
Bb |-------------|
Gb |-6-6-6-8-----|
Db |-6-6-6-8-6-7-|
Ab |-4-4-4-6-6-7-|
Eb |---------4-5-|

Song structure:

Main riff x 6
Bridge x 4
Main riff x 2
Bridge x 4
First chorus x 2
Main riff x 4
Bridge x 4
Chorus x 2
Solo x 2
Second chorus x lots
Break x 1
Chorus x 2
Outro x 1
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