• Song:

    Shade

  • Artist:

    Portugal The Man

  • Album:

    Church Mouth

Ok... So this is based off the youtube video of them playing an acoustic version of 
If anyone has any suggestions let me know. Thanks!

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                             Shade - Portugal. The Man
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Tabbed by: The Sinister Minister
Email: digital_sos@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard

INTRO RIFF

e|-7------7--5-----5--0-----0--2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--|
B|----7--------5----------0------2--------2--------2--------2------|
G|------7--------6------1----------2--------2--------2--------2----|
D|-9------9--7-----7--2-----2--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  (continued)                                          beginning to here x2
e|-5-----5--0-----0--2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2-----2----[]------|
B|---5--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2--------[]------|
G|-----6--------1--------2--------2--------2--------2------[]------|
D|-7-----7--2-----2--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4----[]------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------[]------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------[]------|


 VERSE


riff repeats 3 times and then the 4th is slightly different.

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-2--x---2--7--x---7--6--x---6--4--x---4----| x3
D|-4--x---4--9--x---9--7--x---7--6--x---6----|
A|-x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x----|
E|-2--x---2--7--x---7--5--x---5--4--x---4----|

 "Claims they crawled from those clouds..."


e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--x---2--7--x---7--6--x---6--10---x---10--4--x---4----| x1
D|-4--x---4--9--x---9--7--x---7--11---x---11--6--x---6----|
A|-x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x----x---x---x--x---x----|
E|-2--x---2--7--x---7--5--x---5--9----x---9---4--x---4----|

 "as all the people shouted..."

repeat the verse again but the 4th riff changes to this

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2--x---2--7--x---7--6--x---6---10-10-10-10--|
D|-4--x---4--9--x---9--7--x---7---11-11-11-11--|
A|-x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x---11-11-11-11--|
E|-2--x---2--7--x---7--5--x---5---9--9--9--9---|

 "Lights up like flies..."             "...swallow us up like them bread baked gums..."

Chorus


e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------10-10-10-10--11-11-11-11-------------|
D|-4-4-4-4--11-11-11-11--12-12-12-12--6-6-6-6----| x2
A|-4-4-4-4--11-11-11-11--12-12-12-12--6-6-6-6----|
E|-2-2-2-2--9--9--9--9---10-10-10-10--4-4-4-4----|

  "I remain glowing..."


e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----|

 "...ends, it's because it's you..."


- Repeat the verse but dont play the first 2 times
- Then the chorus
- I didn't tab out the bridge/jam part
- Then the intro repeats while John sings "these lights were waves
that spilled through my space..."


ENJOY!

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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