Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: Fight Test
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Transcribed By: Daniel Paul
Tuning: Standard
(Tabbed for Acoustic Guitar)
Based on the A Major Scale
CHORUS:
A C#m D/F E A
/ \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ /
e|-----------5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----------5-5-5-5-|
B|-----------5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----------5-5-5-5-|
G|---------6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1--------6-6-6-6-6-|
D|---------7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--------7-7-7-7-7-|
A|---------7----------4----------0----------2--------2/4-2/4–7---------|
E|-7/9-7/9-5--------0h4--------0h2--------0-0----------------5---------|
F#m E FILL I: FILL II:
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ /
e|-----2-2-2-2--------|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0|-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----2-2-2-2--------|--0-0-0-0—--0-0-0-0|---------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---2-2-2-2-2--------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|---------1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
D|---4-4-4-4-4--------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|---------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A|---4--------2/4-2/4-|2---------4-2------|2/4-2/4-(2)---------4-2-2-----|
E|-0h2----------------|(0)------(0)-------|--------(0)--------(0)--------|
VERSE:
Aadd9 C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I:
e|---------0--------4—-------2--------4--------5--------2--------0-----|
B|---------0--------5--------3--------5--------5--------2--------0-----|
G|---------6--------6--------2--------4--------6--------2--------1-----|
D|---------7--------6--------0--------6--------7--------4--------2-----|
A|---------0--------4--------0--------7--------7--------4--------2-----|
E|-7/9-7/9----------------------------0--------5--------2--------0-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flaming_lips/fight_test_tab.html ]
A C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I&II:
e|---------5--------4—-------5--------7--------5--------2--------0-----|
B|---------5--------5--------7--------9--------5--------2--------0-----|
G|---------6--------6--------7--------9--------6--------2--------1-----|
D|---------7--------6--------7--------9--------7--------4--------2-----|
A|-2/4-2/4-7--------4--------5--------7--------7--------4--------2-----|
E|---------5--------------------------0--------5--------2--------0-----|
BRIDGE:
D E D E
/ \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ /FILL I&II:
e|–2---------0---------2---------0---------|
B|-3---------0---------3---------0---------|
G|-2---------1---------2---------1---------|
D|-0---------2---------0---------2---------|
A|-0---------2---------0---------2---------|
E|-----------0-------------------0---------|
CHRONOLOGY:
INTRO: (CHORUS)
VERSE I:
Aadd9 C#m
I thought I was smart I thought I was right
D E
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m D E
so when it came time to fight I thought I'll just step aside
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
CHORUS:
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
VERSE II:
Aadd9 C#m
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
D E
Now than tell me when would be the
A F#m E
time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D E
for to lose I could accept but to surrender I just wet and regretted
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
This moment, oh that I, I was a fool
CHORUS:
VERSE III:
Aadd9 C#m
Cause I’m a man, not a boy
D E
and there are things you can’t avoid
A F#m E
you have to face them when you are not prepared to face them
A C#m D E
Oh I would if I could, but your with him now it’d do no good
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
I should have fought him but instead I let him...take me
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: D E D E (FILL I&II)
CHORUS:
END: Aadd9
