Artist: Flaming Lips
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Song: In the Morning of the Magicians
Transcribed by Daniel Paul
Tuning: Standard
(Tabbed for acoustic guitar)
based on C Major scale
INTRO:
Strum each once with vibrato on B-string
Dm Em Dm Em
e|-(1)------(3)------(5)-(7)--|e
B|--3~-------5~-------6~--8~--|B
G|----------------------------|G
D|----------------------------|D
A|----------------------------|A
E|----------------------------|E
Strumming loud
F Am G F Am G F
|-5~---8~--3--3--3---1--| |--8~----10--10--10--13~12~-8~---12~-13~-12~-8~-|
|-1----5---0~-1~-0~--1~-| |--5-(5)-12~-13~-12~-10-10--10---10--10--10--10-|
|-2----5---0--0--0---2--| |--5-----12--12--12--10-10--10---10--10--10--10-|
|-x----7---0--0--0---3--| |--7-----12--12--12--10-10--10---10--10--10--10-|
|-3----7---2--x--x---3--| |--0-----10--10--10--8--8---8----8---8---8---8--|
|-1~---5---3--3--3---1--| |-(0)-0--10--10--10--8--8---8----8---8---8---8--|
BRIDGE:
Dm Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Dm Fmaj7 Bb G7 implied melody:
|-5-----3-----1----3--|--5---3---3--1-/-7| |-5-------------|-5----5---7-8~|
|-6-----1-----3----1--|--6---1---3--0----| |---6-8----6-8--|--6-8--6-8----|
|-7-----2-----2----0--|--7---2---3--0----| |-------5-7-----|-----5--------|
|-7-----x-----3----2--|--7---x---3--0----| |---------------|--------------|
|-5-----3-----1----0--|--5---3---1-------| |---------------|--------------|
|-5-----1-------------|--5---1------3----| |---------------|--------------|
VERSE:
Sweeping and continuous strumming FILL ONE: pentonic (oriental) scale in C
C Cadd9 C G C Cadd9 C
|--0-----0---0----|--3-----3---3---| |--------0----------------------|
|--1-----3---1----|--0-----3---0---| |----------3p-1-------------1---|
|--0-----0---0----|--0-----0---0---| |------0-------2-0~----2-0------|
|--2-----2---2----|--0-----0---0---| |----2--------------------------|
|--3-----3---3----|--2-----2---2---| |--3-----------------3----------|
|-----------------|--3-----3---3---| |-------------------------------|
PRECHORUS:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flaming_lips/in_the_morning_of_the_magicians_acoustic_tab.html ]
Ohh ohh oh ohh oh oh oh…
C/G F Fmaj7
|--0-------1---0------|
|--1-------1---1------|
|--0-------2---2------|
|--2-------3---3------|
|--3-------3---3------|
|--3-------1---1------|
CHORUS: END CHORUS:
What is love and what is hate?… Oh…
Dm G C Cadd9 C Dm G G7
|--1----3-----0---0----0---| |--1---3---1---|
|--3----3-----1---3----1---| |--3---3---0---|
|--2----0-----0---0----0---| |--2---0---0---|
|--0----0-----2---2----2---| |--0---0---0---|
|-(0)---2-----3---3----3---| |-(0)--2---x---|
|-------3------------------| |------3---3---|
CHRONOLOGY:
INTRO: F, Am, G, F, Am, G, F
BRIDGE: Dm, Fmaj7, Bbmaj7, Am7, Dm, Fmaj7, Bb, G7
VERSE I: C, Cadd9, C C, Cadd9, C
C, Cadd9, C, G, C, Cadd9 C
In the morning of the wake, and I couldn’t remember
C, Cadd9, C, G, C, Cadd9 C
What was love and what was hate, the calculations error
PRECHORUS:
C/G, F, Fmaj7
Ohh ohh oh oh oh oh…
CHORUS:
Dm, G, C, FILL ONE:
What is love and what is hate? And why does it matter?
Dm, G, C, FILL ONE:
Is to love just a waist? How can it matter?
Dm, G, C, Cadd9, C
Oh…
Dm, G, G7
Oh…
INTRO:
VERSE II: C, Cadd9, C C, Cadd9, C
C, Cadd9, C, G, C, Cadd9 C
As the dawn began to break I had to surrender
C, Cadd9, C, G, C, Cadd9 C
The universe will have it’s way too powerful to master
PRECHORUS:
CHORUS:
INTRO 2x: end with sweep on C/G
