Waking Up In 1959 Chords & Tabs
Standard Tuning
Song written by Garry Schyman for Bioshock 2
Song transcribed and tabbed by Austin (A Dead Fly)
Simple, but fun beautiful song to play, a little fast for beginners.
Harps, pianos, strings, and synthesizers transcribed for guitar.
I labeled one of the tracks cello, but it is possible that it could
be a violin, a viola, or a combination of the three.
All lead and rythym notes are quarter notes except where noted.
Intro Synthesizer (plays solo for two bars)
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------------l
Gl-----------------------l
Dl-----------------------l
Al-----------------------l
El-----------------------l
Part 1 (Sections A, B, C, D)
Section A
Lead
el12-------------------l Play 8 Times
Bl-------------13------l
Gl-----14------------14l
Dl---------------------l
Al---------------------l
El---------------------l
Rythym
el12-------------------l Enters on the very last bar/time of the lead in section A
Bl-------------10------l
Gl-----12------------12l
Dl---------------------l
Al---------------------l
El---------------------l
Section B
Lead
el12------------------l Play 8 Times
Bl-------------12-----l
Gl-----12-----------12l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Rythym
el(12)----------------l Play 7 Times el(12)--------------l Play this the last bar
Bl-------------10-----l Bl-----------8------l of section B
Gl-----12-----------12l Gl------10--------10l
Dl--------------------l Dl------------------l
Al--------------------l Al------------------l
El--------------------l El------------------l
Cello
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays quietly all the way through
Bl--------------------l section B's 8 bars, only one note
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Section C
Lead
el12------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l Play two times
Bl--------------l12------------l13-----------l12-----------l All lead notes switch to
Gl--------14----l--------14----l---------14--l-------14----l half notes in
Dl--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l section C until the section's end
Al--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l
El--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l
Rythym
el(12)----------------l Play 7 Times el----------------l Play this the last
Bl-------------8------l Bl12-------12-----l bar of section C
Gl-----10-----------10l Gl-----12------12-l
Dl--------------------l Dl----------------l
Al--------------------l Al----------------l
El--------------------l El----------------l
Cello
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays quietly all the way through
Bl--------------------l section c's 8 bars, only one note
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Section D
Lead
el10------------l---------------l Play 4 times
Bl--------10----l12------10-----l
Gl----12------12l----12-------12l
Dl--------------l---------------l
Al--------------l---------------l
El--------------l---------------l
Rythym
el-------------------l Play 8 Times
Bl12----------12-----l
Gl-----12----------12l
Dl-------------------l
Al-------------------l
El-------------------l
Cello
el10v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays quietly all the way through
Bl--------------------l section c's 8 bars, only one note
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Part 2 (Sections E, F, G, H)
Part 2 is the same length as Part 1 and the lead and rythym parts
go in the exact same order, so refer above for those parts.
Cello Parts E through H (listen to the track to get all the note durations for the cello right)
Section E
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays for about 3 bars and then goes silent for 5
Bl--------------------l
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Section F
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays for about 3 bars and then goes silent for 5
Bl--------------------l
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Section G
el12v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l Plays for about 3 bars and then goes silent for 5
Bl--------------------l
Gl--------------------l
Dl--------------------l
Al--------------------l
El--------------------l
Section H
el10v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l----------------l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l-----REST-------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
el8v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l7v~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Part 3 (Sections I, J, K, L) (same length as previous parts)
This is where the lead and rythym harps switch to the lead and
rythym pianos or keyboards which have slight differences from
parts 1 and 2.
(Section I)
Lead
el-------------12------l Play 8 Times
Bl13-------------------l
Gl------14-----------14l
Dl---------------------l
Al---------------------l
El---------------------l
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/garry_schyman/waking_up_in_1959_tab.html ]
Rythym
el-------------12------l Enters on the very last bar/time of the lead in section I
Bl10-------------------l
Gl-----12------------12l
Dl---------------------l
Al---------------------l
El---------------------l
Cello
el-----------------l----------------l5v~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l5v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l---------------l----------------l
Gl-------REST------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
el7v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
(Section J)
Lead
el-------------12------l Play 8 Times
Bl12-------------------l
Gl------12-----------12l
Dl---------------------l
Al---------------------l
El---------------------l
Rythym
el-----------12-------l Play 7 Times el(12)--------------l Play this the last bar
Bl-10-----------------l Bl-----------8------l of section J
Gl-----12-----------12l Gl------10--------10l
Dl--------------------l Dl------------------l
Al--------------------l Al------------------l
El--------------------l El------------------l
Cello
el3v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
el-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Bl5v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
(Section K)
Lead
el12------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l Play two times
Bl--------------l12------------l13-----------l12-----------l All lead notes switch to
Gl--------14----l--------14----l---------14--l-------14----l half notes in
Dl--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l section K until the section's end
Al--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l
El--------------l--------------l-------------l-------------l
Rythym
el(12)----------------l Play 7 Times el----------------l Play this the last
Bl-------------8------l Bl12-------12-----l bar of section K
Gl-----10-----------10l Gl-----12------12-l
Dl--------------------l Dl----------------l
Al--------------------l Al----------------l
El--------------------l El----------------l
Cello
el3v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l7v~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
el5v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l12v~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
(Section L)
Lead
el10------------l---------------l Play 4 times
Bl--------10----l12------10-----l
Gl----12------12l----12-------12l
Dl--------------l---------------l
Al--------------l---------------l
El--------------l---------------l
Rythym
el-------------------l Play 8 Times
Bl12----------12-----l
Gl-----12----------12l
Dl-------------------l
Al-------------------l
El-------------------l
Cello
el8v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l7v~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
elv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
Bl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Gl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Dl-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
Al-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
El-----------------l----------------l---------------l----------------l
That's my interpretation of the track, please rate and leave suggestions.
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