Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com Stephanie's For L.A. Music/Lyrics by Tim Bluhm From the album "Back to the Grotto" (1992) 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 For a guide to text-file tab notation, check out this URL: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab-notation.txt 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------|--\11---------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| [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)] D7And (xx0212@1)what about my tailor my slowly mending lover AShe (x02220@1)sews me clothes I could not bear to wait D7My (xx0212@1)hands are locusts at her work, a green and fitting coat AMade (x02220@1)upon the only honest loom D7I (xx0212@1)remember last night's nightmare, my hand was in the road A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)victim of some misdirected thresher A (x02220@1) G#m(arpeggio) (133111@4)We would run towards the sun F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1) EDriving (022100@1)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 (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4) She would know of places we could go F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1) ETo (022100@1)escape the homicide investigation men Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1)And we're weaving through the traffic in the Dadd9 (x43141@2) AShuttle-through-the-loom (x02220@1)way Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1) We'll mix our drinks with water that's from Dadd9 (x43141@2) AVery (x02220@1)far away Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1) And we'll toast to every earthquake rolling Dadd9 (x43141@2) AUnderneath (x02220@1)the bay Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1) Dadd9And (x43141@2)we'll pardon every public servant's heavy cane, ohhh (They'll never know my name) A (x02220@1) Asus4Stephanie (x02230@1)lives there, Stephanie lives there A (x02220@1) Asus4Stephanie (x02230@1)lives there, Stephanie lives there A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)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) (xx0212@1) So I've committed murder like a crazed and angered dope A (x02220@1) She's helped me plan a stunning getaway D7 (xx0212@1)And when the lynch mob came and we escaped the heat AAnd (x02220@1)went dancing at the local cabaret D7We (xx0212@1)left those lawmen standing with thirteen yards of rope AThey'll (x02220@1)never see me swinging from a palm tree D7 (xx0212@1)She'll be sure to keep me safe here, entangled in her arms A (x02220@1) GCuz (320003@1)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 (x02220@1) G (320003@1) 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 (x02220@1) G#mFrom (133111@4)the ground, from the ground D (xx0232@1) AStephanie's (x02220@1)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] Questions/comments/corrections? Email collin@californiasoul.org 2004 MyGuitarTabs.com - All Rights Reserved
