tab: "my own town" by glen phillips transcribed by michael mazur Intro: Guitar 1 (acoustic in dropped D tuning) plays chords indicated D5 (00023x) |--2---|-----------------------|--------------------------| |--3---|--------------3~~~-----|--------------------------| |--2---|-----------2-----------|---------------0-----0h2--| Guitar 2 |--0---|--------------------0--|------------------0-------| |--0---|-----------------------|--------------------------| |--0---|-----------------------|--------------------------| | | | | |------|-----5-----------------|---------5----------------| |--3---|--------3--------------|------------3-------------| |--2---|-----------------------|--------------------------| Guitar 3 |--0---|-----------------------|--------------------------| |------|-----------------------|--------------------------| |------|-----------------------|--------------------------| D5 A G D5 |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--| |-----------0--|-----------------|-----------------|--2--| |--------4-----|--2--------2/4---|--0--------2/4---|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--| | | | | | |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------7--8--|--5--------5--7--|--3--------5--7--|--3--| |--------7--9--|--6--------6--6--|--0--------0--0--|--2--| |--------------|--7--------7--7--|--0--------0--0--|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| | | | | | |--------2--3--|--0--------0--2--|-----------------|--2--| |--------0--0--|--0--------0--0--|--2--------4--5--|--0--| Mandolin |--------0--0--|--2--------2--2--|--0--------0--0--|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|--0--------0--0--|-----| D5 A G D5 |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------0--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |--0-----4-----|--2--------2/4---|-----------2/4---|--0---------------| |--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|------------------| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | | | | |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0--| |--7-----7--8--|--5--------5--7--|--3--------5--3--|--3---------3-----| |--7-----7--9--|--6--------6--6--|--0--------0--0--|--2------2--------| |--0-----------|--7--------7--7--|--0--------0--0--|--0---0-----------| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | | | | |--5-----2--3--|--0--------0--2--|-----------------|--2---------------| |--0-----0--0--|--0--------0--0--|--2--------4--5--|--0---------------| |--------0--0--|--2--------2--2--|--0--------0--0--|--0---------------| |--------------|-----------------|--0--------0--0--|------------------| Verse: D5 you all went away and left me alone C and now there's nobody around any more A just a big empty house on a big empty street Bm A G in a big empty town in a big empty state the radio's dead and the streets are blocked off and i'm through smashing windows and trying to get lost i read a few books but it just made me sad nobody to talk to about what i read D5 C A Bm A G D5 |--------|--------|--------0--|-------------|-----|-----------| |--------|--1-----|--2--------|--3--2h3--0--|-----|-----------| |-----0--|--------|-----------|-------------|--2--|--------0--| |--------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----|--0--------| |--------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----|--0--------| |--------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----|-----------| C A Bm A |-----------|-----|----------------| |--1--------|-----|----3-----3-----| |--------0--|--2--|/4-----2-----0--| |-----------|-----|----------------| |-----------|-----|----------------| |-----------|-----|----------------| Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords indicated. Guitar 3 plays the tab below. Guitar 2 plays Fill 1 where marked, but is otherwise tacet. D5 D5/C# D/B A7sus4 heaven knows why i'm alive D/B A7sus4 G G/F# heaven knows what keeps me here G A7sus4 Bbadd4 D/B there is nothing that can keep me down Bm* A7sus4 G G/F# *(Guitar 2 plays Fill 1 here) there is nothing left to fear Em Em/D A Bm* A G G/F# *(Mandolin plays Fill 2 here) it's my town now, my own town Em Em/D A it's my town now, but i wish you were here D5 D5/C# G/B A7sus4 G/B A7sus4 G G/F# |--------------0-----2-----0--------|-----------0-----------------| |--------3--------3--------------3--|--------3--------2--3-----3--| |-----2-----------------------------|-----2-----------------------| Guitar 3 |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------| G A7sus4 Bbadd4 D/B Bm A7sus4 G G/F# Em A |-----------------0-----0-----2--|--2-----0--2---------|--------| |--------3-----3-----------3--3--|--3--3---------3--2--|--0-----| |-----2-----2--------3--------0--|---------------------|--------| |--------------------------------|---------------------|--------| |--------------------------------|---------------------|--------| |--------------------------------|---------------------|--------| Bm A G G/F# |--------------------------| |-----------3--------------| |--4-----2-----0-----------| |--------------------4-----| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| Bm A7sus4 G |--------0--2-----| |-----3--------3--| |--4--------------| Fill 1 |-----------------| Guitar 2 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-------------------------| |----------5--------------| Fill 2 |/9-----7-----5-----4-----| Mandolin |-------------------------| D5 A G D5 |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |-----------0--|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |-------/4-----|--2--------2/4---|--0--------2/4---|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--| | | | | | |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--3-----7--8--|--5--------5--7--|--3--------5--7--|--3--| |--2-----7--9--|--6--------6--6--|--0--------0--0--|--2--| |--0-----------|--7--------7--7--|--0--------0--0--|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| |--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----| | | | | | |--------2--3--|--0--------0--2--|-----------------|--2--| |--------0--0--|--0--------0--0--|--2--------4--5--|--0--| |--------0--0--|--2--------2--2--|--0--------0--0--|--0--| |--------------|-----------------|--0--------0--0--|-----| Verse: i'm wondering if i should learn how to fly a police helicopter would be a good way to die i'd be a fireball come crashing, leaving nothing but ashes a bald spot on the globe like nothing ever had happened here D5 C A Bm A G |----------|-----------|-----|----------------------------------------| |----------|-----------|-----|----------------------------------------| |----------|--0--------|-----|----------------------------------------| Guitar 2 |----------|-----------|-----|-----0--2--2/4--0-----------------------| |-----2/3--|--------0--|-----|--2-------------------------------------| |----------|-----------|-----|----------------------------------------| | | | | | |----------|-----------|-----|-------------------------3-----2-----0--| |--3-------|--1--------|--2--|-----3-----2----------3-----------3-----| |--2-------|--0--------|--2--|-----4-----2----------------0-----------| Guitar 3 |--0-------|--2--------|--2--|----------------------------------------| |----------|--3--------|--0--|--2-----0-------------------------------| |----------|-----------|-----|----------------5-----------------------| Chorus: Guitar 3 plays part below heaven knows why i'm alive but heaven it can't keep me here there is nothing that can keep me down * (Guitar 2 w/ Fill 3 below) there is nothing left to fear * (Mandolin w/ Fill 2) it's my town now, my own town * (Mandolin w/ Fill 2 again) it's my town now, my own town it's my town now, but i wish you were here D5 D5/C# G/B A7sus4 G/B A7sus4 G G/F# |--2-----------0-----|--------------0--------------------| |-----------3-----2--|--3--------3--------2--------2--3--| |--------------------|--------2--------2-----------------| Guitar 3 |--------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------------| G A7sus4 Bbadd4 D/B Bm A7sus4 G G/F# Em A |-----0--------0-----2--|--2/5--0--2--------|--------| |--------2--3-----3-----|--3/7--2--3--3-----|--3-----| |-----------------------|-------------0-----|--4-----| |-----------------------|-------------------|--------| |-----------------------|-------------------|--------| |-----------------------|-------------------|--------| |--2--0--2--| |--3--2--0--| |--4--2--0--| Fill 3 |--4--2--0--| Guitar 2 |--2--0-----| |--------5--| Ending: Guitars 1 plays D5 A G D5, as in the intro. Guitar 2 plays the four bars below, then plays the second four measures from the intro. Guitar 4 enters on the repeat, playing the part below. Guitar 2 and 4 drop out after that, leaving the mandolin to finish the ending with Guitar 1 playing D5. |-----------------|--------------------|----------|-----| |-----------------|--------------------|----------|-----| |-----------0-----|--------------------|----------|-----| Guitar 2 |--0-----4-----2--|--2-----2/4\2--0----|--2-----4\|--0--| |-----------------|----------------/2--|----------|-----| |-----------------|--------------------|----------|-----| |---------------------|---------------| |--------5h7p5-----5--|-5-------------| |--------7------7-----|-6-------------| Guitar 4 |---------------------|/7--------7h9--| |---------------------|---------------| |---------------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|-----| |-------------------------------|-----| |-------7-----7-----------------|-----| |--7h9--------7h9p7----------7--|-----| |-----------------------7h9-----|--9--| |-------------------------------|-----| |--------|--------------------------------------| |--------|--------------------------------------| Mandolin |--------|--------0-----------0-----------------| |--2--4--|--5--5-----2--4--5-----2--4--5--4--2--| |-----------------------|--|--2--| |--------------------0--|--|--0--| |--0-----2-----4--------|--|--0--| |-----------------------|--|-----|