Tablature by Collin Spencer Tab Symbols: b = bend up (number after the b represents the target note) r = release bend h = hammer on p = pull off / = slide up \ = slide down Chord fingerings/shapes are at the end [Intro Riff] Guitar 1 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----2---2-------2---2------2---2-----------------| |---------------------------------------0-0-0-0----| |-2-2---2-----2-2---2----2-2---2----2-2------------| [Just keep repeating this under the lead riff] Guitar 2 (lead riff) |----------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19---|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| Repeat once, then the third time: |------------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19-----|-14h17------14h17------|-- ---------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| [Then the bridge right before the lyrics start]: (D7) (A) |---------------------------------------|--5--| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7h8-8-8-8p7--7-5---------|--5--| |-------------------------------7-7h9---|--6--|(A barre) |---------------------------------------|--7--| |---------------------------------------|--7--| |---------------------------------------|--5--| [Note: In some of the verses, the D7 alternates up to a D7sus4 (just add your pinky to the 3rd fret on the high E string from a D7 chord)] D7 And what about my tailor my slowly mending lover A She sews me clothes I could not bear to wait D7 My hands are locusts at her work, a green and fitting coat A Made upon the only honest loom D7 I remember last night's nightmare, my hand was in the road A G The victim of some misdirected thresher A G#m (arpeggio) We would run towards the sun F# A E Driving towards the city of the angels Fill 1 |------------------| |------------------| |-(0h1-1)-1-1-2-4--| (0h1-1 is guitar 1, the rest is guitar 2) |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| A G#m She would know of places we could go F# A E To escape the homicide investigation men Bm E And we're weaving through the traffic in the Dadd9 A Shuttle-through-the-loom way Bm E We'll mix our drinks with water that's from Dadd9 A Very far away Bm E And we'll toast to every earthquake rolling Dadd9 A Underneath the bay Bm E Dadd9 And we'll pardon every public servant's heavy cane, ohhh (They'll never know my name) A Asus4 Stephanie lives there, Stephanie lives there A Asus4 Stephanie lives there, Stephanie lives there A D Stephanie, Stephanie, Stephanie, oh..... [Variation on Intro Riff] |----------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19---|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |--------------------------------| |-17b19--17b19--17b19--17b19r17--| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19r17b19-(3x)-|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------------------------------| |-12b14--12b14--11b13--10b12r10---7--| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| D7 (hold) So I've committed murder like a crazed and angered dope A She's helped me plan a stunning getaway D7 And when the lynch mob came and we escaped the heat A And went dancing at the local cabaret D7 We left those lawmen standing with thirteen yards of rope A They'll never see me swinging from a palm tree D7 She'll be sure to keep me safe here, entangled in her arms A G Cuz I'm for her but Stephanie's for L.A., ohhhh (*) Stephanie's for L.A. (repeat several times) [(*)Note: The vocals are staggered here. Chords alternate between A and G, just listen to the song to hear it] A G Aaaah, And I would like to board the skybird.... [Interlude---play 4x] |---------------------------------------------------------| |------2-----3-----2-----3------2-----3-----2-----3-----2-| |--0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2----0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2---| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |--4-2------------|-2h4p2-----------2--| |------4-2--------|-------4--2--2h4----| |----------4-2-0--|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| A G#m From the ground, from the ground D A Stephanie's for L.A. (G) (A) (G) (A) |------------|--5h7p5----------| |------------|--------7-7------| |------------|-------------6---| |------------|-----------------| |--5-4-5--7--|-----------------| |------------|-----------------| Chords: A [002220] A [577655] (barre) E [022100] Bm [224432] D7 [x00212] D7sus4 [x00213] G#m [466444] Dadd9 [x00230] D [x00232] Asus4 [002230]