TALK TONIGHT - OASIS
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Verse
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Em
Sitting on my own, chewing on a bone
Am
A thousand million miles from home, and
C G Am C
Something hit me, somewhere right between the eyes
Sleeping on a plane, you know you can't complain
You took your last chance once again, and
Landed, stranded, hardly even knew your name
Chorus
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C G D Em
I want to talk tonight
C G D Em
Until the morning light
C G D Em
'bout how you saved my life
C Em
You and me know how we are
C Em
You and me know how we are
Verse
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All your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade
And you make sure I eat today, you
Take me walking, to where you played when you were young
I'll never say that I won't ever make you cry
And this I say I don't know why, I
know I'm leaving, but I'll be back another day&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& The higher that you climb
&&& J.C.Evans@dcs.warwick.ac.uk &&&& the further you fall
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Talk Tonight by OASIS (from the single Some Might Say)
This is another of Noel Gallagher's amazing acoustic tracks,
taken from the single Some Might Say, which incidentally
went straight to number one in the British charts, even knocking of
the mighty TAKE THAT!!! Go BUY this single, the title track
and Aquiesce (track 3) are just as good as this one.
Em7
Sitting on my own, chewing on a bone,
Asus4
A thousand million miles from home,
Cadd9 G/E
When something hit me,
Asus4 Cadd9
Somewhere right between the eyes.
Em7
Sleeping on a plane, you know you can't complain,
Asus4
You took your last chance, once again I,
Cadd9 G/E
Landed, stranded,
Asus4 Cadd9
Hardly even knew your name.
Cadd9 G/E (Dsus2)
I wanna talk tonight,
Cadd9 G/E (Dsus2)
Until the morning light,
Cadd9 G/E (Dsus2)
'Bout how you saved my life,
Cadd9 Asus4
You and me see how we are,
Cadd9 Asus4
You and me see how we are.
(Instrumental for next verse, then..)
All your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade,
And you make sure I eat today, you,
Take me, walking,
To where you played when you were young.
I'll never say that I won't ever make you cry,
And this I'll say, I don't know why, I,
Know I'm leaving,
But I'll be back another day.
Chords (or rather my interpretation of them!)
Low E e
Em7 022030
Asus4 002230
Cadd9 032030
G/E 320030
Note: I know that at the end of the song there is twiddly bit
and during the chorus there is a second guitar playing
another twiddly bit over the Dsus2 but I haven't tried
working them out.
As usual, any corrections/comments, please send to Alan.
Email: A.Fung@stud.man.ac.uk
Talk Tonight - Written by Noel Gallagher
Second song on the Oasis "Some Might Say" CD single.
This, I hope, is a fairly accurate transcription of this beautiful Noel
Gallagher song. Skip the notes if
you're already familiar with it. But you may find some useful
suggestions!!! Hope you enjoy it,
please mail me with any thoughts, suggestions or corrections.
Keith Bradnam
Notes on playing:
1) To get the right sound, this song needs to be played as a mixture of
strumming and picking. For the verse, a couple or
so strums on each chord, and then pick the E, B and G strings in that
order. I've noticed that sometimes Noel only plucks
the E, and B string, and it seems that the "D" note played on the B string
gives quite a characteristic quality to the song.
2) In the chorus (just after "I want to talk tonight...") there is some
quick picking following the G chord. I.e.
G D Dsus4 D Em
-3--3----2--3---2-------0-----
-0----0------------3----0-----
-0-------------------2--0-----
-0----------------------2-----
-2----------------------2-----
-3----------------------0-----
If you don't want to pick this, try strumming: G, D, Dsus4, D, Dsus4, D,
Em (strumming the D chords very quickly!),
which also sounds ok!
3) There are loads of chords in this song (see below), and I've found that
many others can be used which sound ok. You
can easily substitute Am for A7sus4 or Cadd9 for C9. But I'm fairly sure
(apart from right at the end, see note 4) that these
are the chords as played on the song, i.e. on the CD. I've noticed that in
live versions, Noel has opted for simpler chords
and use of more strumming, as opposed to picking out notes. I guess if
Noel plays it both ways, then this means there's no
official way of doing it. But this is the most...fullsome sound, in my
opinion :)
At the part in the song where he sings "and you and me see how we are". It
feels like you can play Am, Em7, C. For some
reason the B note on the second string of the Em7 chord feels right, but
he doesn't play it!!! He just plays A7sus4, Cadd9!
Although when he played live with Paul Weller, Paul did play that Em7
chord on the keyboard.
4) Right at the end of the song, there is some very quick strumming in the
repeat chorus. I'm unsure if I've got the exact
nature of these chords right, although playing G,D,C,D quickly (change on
each beat) does sound about right (but I accept
that there's probably an add9 in there somewhere!). Also I'm still a
little hazy as to how the words "'bout how you saved
my life" are sung over this part.
5) In the chorus, there are two places where the line "I wan't to talk
tonight" can be sung. Noel sings this line in both
places (it changes at the end) so beware!
6) Any lyrics in brackets indicate backing vocals.
7) Additional notes are enclosed in asterisks where appropriate
Chords
Numbers refer to fret positions on each of the six (EADGBe) strings.
Note that there are two versions of G used (I think).
Em7 022030
Asus4 002230
C9 032330
A7sus4 002030
Cadd9 032030
G 320003
G2 320033
D x00232
Dsus4 x00233
C 032010
Em 022000
The Song
Intro:
Em7 *let it ring for a bar...*
Em7, Asus4, C9, G2, A7sus4, Cadd9
Verse:
Em7
Sitting on my own, chewing on a bone
Asus4
A thousand, million miles from home,
C9 G2 A7sus4 Cadd9
When something, hit me, somewhere right between the eyes.
Em7
Sleeping on a plane, you know you can't complain
Asus4
You took your last chance, once again.
C9 G2 A7sus4 Cadd9 *play Cadd9 for an
extra bar here*
I landed, stranded, hardly even knew your name...Chorus:
Cadd9 G D Dsus4 D Em
I want to talk tonight
C G D Dsus4 D Em
until the morning light
C G D Dsus4 D Em
'bout how you saved my life
C A7sus4 Cadd9
and you and me, see how we are
A7sus4 Cadd9
and you and me, see how we are
Instrumental verse:
Em7, Asus4, C9, G2, A7sus4, Cadd9Verse:
Em7
All your dreams are made, of strawberry lemonade
Asus4
And you make sure I eat today
C9 G2 A7sus4 Cadd9
You take me, walking, to where you played when you were young.
Em7
I'll never say that I, won't ever make you cry
Asus4
And this I'll say, I don't know why
C9 G2 A7sus4 Cadd9 *play extra bar of
Cadd9*
I know I'm, leaving, but I'll be back another day...End Chorus:
Cadd9 G D Dsus4 D Em
I want to talk tonight
C G D Dsus4 D Em
until the morning light
C G D Dsus4 D Em
'bout how you saved my life (how you saved my life)
C G D Dsus4 D G *this is part of rapid
changes of G,D,C,D*
I want to talk tonight (I want to talk tonight)
G D C D G D Dsus4 D Em *the 1st G is the SAME G
that ends the last line*
'bout how you saved my life (I want to talk tonight)
C G D Dsus4 D Em
'bout how you saved my life (I want to talk tonight)
C G D Dsus4 D Em
'bout how you saved my life (I want to talk tonight)
C G D Dsus4 D G
'bout how you saved my life (I want to talk tonight) *sings this line a
bit sadder than before*
G D C D G D Dsus4 D Em
(I want to talk tonight)
C G D Dsus4 D G
(I want to talk toni...)
G D C D G D Dsus4 D Em
..igh..gh......ht) (I want to talk tonight)
C A7sus4 Cadd9
and you and me, see how we are *doesn't always sing these last two
lines*
A7sus4 Cadd9
and you and me, see how we are
Em7
>From flidskog@email.unc.edu Mon Jun 24 20:39:40 1996
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Fredrik Lidskog
To: Patrick Glass
Subject: Talk Tonight
>From Fred Lidskog
Talk Tonight, written by Noel Gallagher, performed by Oasis
Talk Tonight can be found on the UK "Some Might Say" single and the US
"Wonderwall" single. Great song.
--I've seen a number of attempts to tab this song, but none have been
quite right; some off more than others, so here's my attempt to do it right.
Chords used:
Em* (022030)
Em2 (022033) [used in chorus only]
Am* (x02030)
C* (x32030)
C9 (x32330)
C*2 (x32022) [used in chorus only]
G (3x0033)
B/G (x20033)
Dsus(xx0233)
Intro
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Em* (strum once) Em* Am* C9 G Am* C*
Verse
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Em*
Sitting on my own, chewing on a bone
Am*
a thousand million miles from home, when
C* G Am* C*
something hit me, somewhere right between the eyes
Sleeping on a plane you know you can't complain
You took your last chance once again, and
landed, stranded, hardly even knew your name
Chorus
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C*(continued from verse) G Dsus Em2
I wanna talk tonight
C*2 G Dsus Em2
Until the morning light
C*2 G Dsus Em2
'Bout how you saved my life
C* Am* C*
And you and me see how we are
Am* C*
And you and me see how we are
Tab for chorus
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During the chorus there's a second guitar that plays this little riff
during each G Dsus Em2 part of the chorus.
[NOTE: this is almost the exact same riff as can be found in the "And all
the roads we have to walk are winding" part of Wonderwall.]
G Dsus Em2 C*2
e------3-----2-3-2---------3---3----3--3-------------------
B--------3---------3-------3---3----3--3-------------------
G----------0---------2-----0---0----0--0-------------------
D--------------------------2---2----2--2-------------------
A--------------------------2---2----3--3-------------------
E---3----------------------0---0---------------------------
Musical Interlude
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Played same as intro.
Verse
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All your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade
and you make sure I eat today, you
take me walking to where you played when you were young
I'll never say that I won't ever make you cry
and this I say I don't know why, I
know I'm leaving, but I'll be back another day
Chorus
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Same
That's pretty much it, except towards the end of the song, there are 2
changes to the usual patterns.
1) Towards the end, the "And you and me see how we are" part goes
C* Am* B/G C*
and you and me see how we are
Am* B/G C*
you and me see how we are
2) At the end where the chorus is repeating again and again, it starts to
go like this every 4 measures:
G Dsus Em2
I wanna talk tonight
C*2 G Dsus Em2
I wanna talk tonight
C*2 G Dsus Em2 Dsus C*2 Dsus
I wanna talk tonight
G Dsus Em2
I wanna talk tonight
(whatever, and so on)
Enjoy!! And if you haven't yet heard the version of Talk Tonight with
Paul Weller playing keyboard and singing background vocals, check it out!!
Questions, comments, corrections to flidskog@email.unc.edu
