TSUNAMI Tabbed by Fung Mak (fmak@globalnet.co.uk) This has weird tuning C# F# C# F# Bb d but if you're like me and cannot tune a guitar very well then tune to open D i.e DGDGBd. The chord fingerings are based on normal tuning i.e EADGBe. Chords used: Em7: X00000 F#m7/4: X44200 Bmadd9: X24430 B5: X244XX C/D: X5555X X555XX with palm muting when James plays it live Bm?: X9977X F#7:2423XX D: X57775 D/E: X7777X Dsus4/E: X7778X Em: X7997X Csus4/D: X5556X Dm: X5776X All chords in the verses are played by raking the chord upwards (i.e. by playing the d string then the B string then the G string and so on) unless indicated by a ( ) REMEMBER IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THE TUNE PROPERLY TUNE GUITAR DOWN ANOTHER HALF STEP Riff 1 d||--------------| B||----0-1-0-----| G||---0------0---| D||--0--------0--| G||-0----------0-| D||--------------| Riff 2 d||------------| B||----2-3-2---| G||---2-----2--| D||--4-------4-| G||-4----------| D||------------| Riff 3 d||-------------| B||-----7-8-7---| G||---7------7--| D||--9--------9-| G||-9-----------| D||-------------| Riff 4 d||-------------------| B||-5--6--5--6--6--6--| G||-5--5--5--5--7--5--| D||-5--5--5--5--7--5--| G||-5--5--5--5--5--5--| D||-------------------| Riff 5 d||---------------| B||---------------| G||-9-9\--7\--5\--| D||---------------| G||-9-9\--7\--5\--| D||---------------| [INTRO] The sitar plays 2 bars then James harmonizes it with riff 1 before playing the Em7 chord [VERSE 1] Em7 For you my dear sister F#m7/4 Holding onto me forever Bm? Disco dancing with the rapists D Your only crime is silence (Riff 1) Can't work at this anymore (Riff 2) Can't move i want to stay at home (Riff 3) Tied up to all these crutches (C/D) Never far from you're hands [CHORUS] D/E Dus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me Riff 4 D/E Dus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me F#m7/4 B5 Bmadd9 Can't speak, can't think won't talk, won't walk Em7 [VERSE 2] (same as verse 1) Doctors tells me that i'm cynical I tell them that it must be chemical So what am i doing girl Crying to my drink i disappear Eyes for teeth grating over me Bring down the shadows of my mind Sleep and breathe under out sheets Inhale the anxiety in-between,-in between,-in between [CHORUS] D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me Riff4 D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me (F#m7/4) B5 Bmadd9 Through September under the weather [BRIDGE] Em7 F#m7/4 Bm? C/D [CHORUS] D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Riff 5 Came washing over me D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me Riff 5 D/E Dsus4/E Tsunami, tsunami D/E Dsus4/E C/D Csus4/D Came washing over me (F#m7/4) B5 Bm Take the GIs out i will have the spies