Postcard From 1952 Chords & Tabs
This is a fantastic song to play, but there aren't many good tabs of it out there, so I
decided to have a go at it. This is only a collection of the main riffs that are at the
foreground. So essentially it's for 3 guitars put together into one tab. I'm certain
it's not perfect so let me know if you can find any changes.
|----|-10----10----10-------|
|-11-|----11-----11----11---|
|----|o--------------------o| x3
|----|o--------------------o|
|----|----------------------|
|----|----------------------|
0:06 to 0:36
|-10----10----10-------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----11----11----11----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|o---------------------|-7---7---7-----|---------------|-7---7---7----o|
|o---------------------|---8---8---8---|---------------|---8---8---8--o|
|----------------------|---------------|-5---5---5-----|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|---6---6---6---|---------------|
0:36 to 1:06. Not easy to achieve the same sound at this part. A bassy tone plus an
octave lower may help.
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|--------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|o-------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o|
|o-------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o|
|-17-----------------|-------------|-5------------|------------/-|
|-18-----------------|-------------|-6------------|------------/-|
1:06 to 1:22
|-10----------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-11----------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-7-----------|--------------|-7------------|
|-------------------|-8-----------|--------------|-8------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-5------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-6------------|--------------|
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|o------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------o|
|o---12----15-12----|----12----15-12----|----12----15-12----|-------------o|
|-13----13-------13-|-13----13-------13-|-13----13-------13\|-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
1_____________2____________________________
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|o------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------o|
|o--5---8-5---|---5---8-5---|-------------|--------------|------------o|
|-6---6-----6-|-6---6-----6-|-5---------6-|-5------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-6-----------|
2:22 to 2:52
|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3---3---3---|-0---0---2---|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-0---0---0---|-3---3---3---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|
|-------------|-----1-------|-------------|-------------|
|-3---3---3---|-2-----------|-0---0---0---|-2---5---5---|
|-------------|---------0---|-------------|-------------|
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|o-3---3---3---|-0---0---2---|-------------|------------o|
|o-------------|-------------|-0---0---0---|-3---3---3--o|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|---1---1---1-|
|-------------|-----1-------|-------------|-------------|
|-3---3---3---|-2-----------|-0---0---0---|-2---5---5---|
|-------------|---------0---|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
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Change to 6/8, which is why the rhythm sounds off in the last bar.
2:52 to 3:28
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|-15---14--\--|-10----12-10-|-------12-10-|-------12-10-|
|-------------|-------------|-12----------|-10----------|
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1 and 3________2_______________
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|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|------------o|--------------o|
|-8------7-----|--------7----|-------------|------------o|--------------o|
|--------------|-8---------8-|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-10----10-10-|-10\8-8\6-6--|-10/11-11/13-13|
3:28 to 3:53
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-8-8-8-6-6-6-|
|----------6---|----------6---|----------6---|-------------|
|---77-------7-|---77-------7-|---77-------7-|-------------|
|-8---8--------|-8---8--------|-8---8--------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-10----10----10----|-10----10----10----|-8----8----8----|-11----11----11----|
|----11----11----11-|----11----11----11-|---10---10---10-|----13----13----13-|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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|-10----10----10----|-10----10----10----|-8----8----8----|-13----13----13----|
|----11----11----11-|----11----11----11-|---10---10---10-|----11----11----11-|
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3:53 to 4:17 and 4:17 to 4:44
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|----1313-------16----|----1313-------16----|----1313-------16----|-1818181815151515-|
|o15------15-15----15-|-15------15-15----15-|-15------15-15----15-|-1515151515151515o|
|o--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------o|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
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(Two guitars doing harmony, I think this is right).
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|-18-18-18-18-18-18\-|-16-16-16-16-16-16\-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15/-|
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|-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|-13-13-13-13-13-13\-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11/-|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/explosions_in_the_sky/postcard_from_1952_tab_ver_2.html ]
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|-18-18-18-18-18-18\-|-16-16-16-16-16-16\-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15/-|
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|-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|-13-13-13-13-13-13\-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11/-|
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Repeat that section plus these 2 bars:
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|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
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4:44 to 5:15
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|----1313-------16----|----1313-------16----|----1313-------16----|-1818181815151515-|
|o15------15-15----15-|-15------15-15----15-|-15------15-15----15-|-1515151515151515o|
|o--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------o|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-18-18-18-18-18-18\-|-16-16-16-16-16-16\-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
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|-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|-13-13-13-13-13-13\-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11\---|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
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|-13-13-13-13-13-13\-|-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10/|--|
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|-8--8--8--8--8--8-\-|-6--6--6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6--6--6--6-/|
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|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
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5:15 to 6:20
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|-15-14-12----------|-15-14-12----------|-15-14-12----------|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|x4
|----------15-13-12-|----------15-13-12-|----------15-13-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
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|-----------------------|------------------------| Not entirely sure about this part,
|-----------------------|------------------------| but its fairly close.
|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19--| Use distortion. Can probably leave
|-----------------------|------------------------| out the bottom octave if you want.
|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19-|
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|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
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|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|-15-1515-15-15-1515-15-|
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|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
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|-19-1919-19-19-1919-19-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19-|
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|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
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|-19-1919-19-19-1919-19-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19-|
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|-19-1919-19-19-1919-19-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19-|
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|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
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|-19-1919-19-19-1919-19-|-17-1717-17-19-1919-19-|
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|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|-13-1313-13-13-1313-13-|
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|-15-14-12----------|-15-14-12----------|-15-14-12----------|-15-14-12----------|x2
|----------15-13-12-|----------15-13-12-|----------15-13-12-|----------15-13-12-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
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|-15----------------|
|-15----------------|
|-12----------------|
|-13----------------|
|-------------------|
6:20 to 6:50
|--------------|--------------|-10-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|--------------|--------------|-11-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|--------------|-7------------|--------------|-7-----------|-------------|-7---------|
|--------------|-8------------|--------------|-8-----------|-------------|-8---------|
|-5------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-5-----------|-----------|
|-6------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-6-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|o------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------o|
|o---12----15-12----|----12----15-12----|----12----15-12----|-------------o|
|-13----13-------13-|-13----13-------13-|-13----13-------13\|-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
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|---5---8-5---|---5---8-5---|-------------|
|-6---6-----6-|-6---6-----6-|-5-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
