Brandon Boyd - A Night Without Cars Chords & Tabs

Title: A Night Without Cars
Artist: Brandon Boyd
Album: Wild Trapeze

Transcription and tabbing : Adrien Guille (adrien.guille@gmail.com)

If you want to play that great song the same way as Brandon did on the record,
you must tune your guitar to DADGAD !!

Tuning : DADGAD


Intro (chords are : A,G,D,A)
x1

D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0----------|----------------------0--------------|
D|--------7---------7-----------7------|--------5---------5-------5----------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|-5---5------5--5-------------5---0---|

D|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------0--------------|--------------------------0----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------7---------7-----------7------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------0--2--3---3------3--2--0----|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|

Verse
x2

D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0----------|----------------------0--------------|
D|--------7---------7-----------7------|--------5---------5-------5----------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|-5---5------5--5-------------5---0---|
   Picture      this              A      falling       star         
   The two  of    us              are    holding       fast   
 
D|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------0--------------|--------------------------0----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------7---------7-----------7------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------0--2--3---3------3--2--0----|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|
   The  door  holds  a  kite  string 
   Where will the fall leave us ?

Pre-Chorus (chords : F#,A,C#,A and F#,A,D,D)
x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brandon_boyd/a_night_without_cars_tab_ver_2.html ]
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-11--11---11-11-11-7----7---7--|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----4--4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-11--11---11-11-11-7----7---7--|
    (You were a prisoner)                And so was I               
    (Into the arms of)                   A threat that's real !

D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|
A|------------------------------------|-------0----0---5--5--5--5---5---5--|
D|----4--4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|----7--0----0---0--0--0--0---0---0--|
    (Now we're the hunted)                It opened my eye 
    This is our burden                    We've got to find          Another




Chorus (chords : A,G,D,A then A,G,F#,A)
x1

D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|-5----5---5------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|-5----5---5------5---5---5--5---|
  way   out !            If there are no such things as walls        

D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---7---7------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-11---11-----11--11--11-----11--|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|
D|-12---12--12-----12-------------|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-12---12--12-----12--12--12-12--|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|
   you're not a prisoner at all                            Another

D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|-5----5---5------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|-5----5---5------5---5---5--5---|
   way out!            Yeah, there is nothing holding you!           

D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---7---7------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|
D|-4----4---4------4--------------|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4----4---4------4---5---5--5---|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|
    So run like                      a Caribou

D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------| he plays the A chord twice,
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---| and then it goes back to the verse !
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|


The solo is a variation of the pre-chorus, played on electric-guitar,
with a lot of fuzz (and maybe a tone shifter pedal or something like that)