Sugartune Tab by Sloan


SLOAN - Sugartune
From: Smeared
Tabbed by: Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

This song has already been posted by someone else but it's 
totally wrong, so I thought I'd put my own version on. I'm 
glad to see that there are some other Sloan fans out there 
in cyberspace. They were a great band while they lasted. Tell
me if you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions. Thanks.

Tuned down about a half step Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (It doesn't 
seem like it's quite on the exact pitch, so you might have 
to fool around with you're tuning pegs a bit to match it.)

During A, B, C# part of Fig.1 part the second guitar sometimes 
picks the notes of the chords rather than strumming them.


Fig.1
  E            Ab  B/F#              A   B        C#  F#
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----x------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x------------------|
|-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-x-4--4-4-4-6-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-x-2--2-2-2-6-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-x-2--2-2-2-4-x-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-x-0--0-0-0-4-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


Verse (Fig.1)
  E               Ab    B/F#
I wrote for you a sugar tune 

   A        B                C#    F#
To help you through what you gotta do
            E                      Ab      B/F#    
When you're on the ground and keep fallin' down

  A      B     C#        F#
Remember how I made this sound


Fig.2
  F#                              G               A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


Bridge (Fig.2)

F#      G      A
Sound   sou -  nd

F#      G      A
Sound   sou -  nd


Verse (Fig.1)

When you're on your own feeling all alone
Remember that you've always got a home
I'm outside tryin' hard to hide 
The fact I'm scared to be by your side


Fig.3
  C#/Ab F#    Ab
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6-6-x-----------------------|
|-6-6-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-x-4-4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4---2-2-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


Chorus (Fig.3)

C# F#        Ab
 I know when everybody's got one

C#    F#       Ab  
 You want one, too

C# F#        Ab
 I know when everybody's got one

C#    F#       Ab  
 You want one, too


Fig.5 (interlude) 

Guitar 1 plays something along these lines...

 oooohhhhhh  ooooohhhhh   ooooohhhh  ooooohhhhhh
  Ab         Eb/Bb        F#         C#/Ab
|----6-6-4-------6-6-4-------4-4-4-------4-4-2----|
|-4--4-4-----4-4-4-4------2--2-2-----2-2-2-2---2--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 |
|while guitar two plays the rythym part.          |
| Ab         Eb/Bb        F#         C#/Ab        |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------8-8-8-8-8-8-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--|


Chorus (Fig.3)

I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too
I know when everybody's got one
You want one, too


Fig.4 (palm mute throughout)

  E                Ab    B               A     B
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4---------------------------------

 C#    F#
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
-4-4-4---------------------------|
-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


Verse (Fig.4)

I wrote for you a sugar tune
To help you through what you gotta do
When you're one the ground and keep falling down
remember how I made this sound


Bridge (Fig.2)

Sound   sou -  nd
Sound   sou -  nd

Keep playing Fig.2 until the end if the song......sugartune....by sloan

if you don't know sloan, they are (were) a cool Canadian band
that just recently broke up. ):

here's the song sugartune from their first album "smeared" (go buy
it) It's pretty easy, mostly power chords, I don't have some 
parts, so if you like sloan help me out.

For people who have never heard this song before I put in the beat 
values, for the intro atleast.

Play with distortion, I think there's another guitar playing some-
thing but I have no idea what.

[chords used]

   D5  C5  A#5
e--X----X----X----
B--X----X----X----
G--7----5----3----
D--7----5----3----
A--5----3----1----
E--X----X----X----


[Intro]

4    D5        C5  C5   A#5  A#5   C5
4    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    

     A#5  A#5  C5   C5   D5   D5   A#5
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

                                       or something along those lines....

[Verses]

  D5    D5  C5
I wrote for you,
  A#5   C5
A sugar tune,
A#5      C5               D5    A#5
Help you through what you gotta do.

the same chord progression is played for these lyrics...

When you're one the ground,
And keep falling down,
remember how I made this sound.

[Chorus]

D5  A#5  A#5   
I   know when
D5  C5      D5  C5
everybody's got one,
A#5 A#5  D5  C5
You want one too.

...that's all I have so far, it's the basic song. There's a couple
   fills missing, but there not that hard to figure out...

my first tab, hope you enjoy it.....

Ian (ag549@torfree.net)
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