The Coast Was Always Clear Chords & Tabs
The Coast Was Always Clear Tab
Tabbed by; A.Garner
Email; alygarner@hotmail.co.uk
All the way up to the slow bit. Will tab the outro another day.
No need to be a perfectionist, it sounds good messy, so don't worry about hitting
the last couple of strings open.
I love this song, hope you enjoy the tab, please rate!
Unstandard tuning: EADABC#
Intro
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|---------------------17-17---15-15---14--|
|--7---9p7------------16-16---14-14---12--|
|--0---0---9/11-9/7-----------------------|
|--0---0---0----0-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14--17-17-17-17--19-19-19-19--17-17-17-17--|
|-12-12-12-12--16-16-16-16--19-19-19-19--16-16-16-16--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------17-17---15-15---14--|
|--7---9p7------------16-16---14-14---12--|
|--0---0---9/11-9/7-----------------------|
|--0---0---0----0-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------17-17---15-15---14--|
|--7---9p7-9/12--0----16-16---14-14---12--|
|--0---0---0-----0------------------------|
|--0---0---0-----0------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------17-17---15-15---14--|
|--7---9p7-9/16--4----16-16---14-14---12--|
|--0---0---0-----0------------------------|
|--0---0---0-----0------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14--17-17-17-17--19-19-19-19--17-17-17-17--|
|-12-12-12-12--16-16-16-16--19-19-19-19--16-16-16-16--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
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There is a storm... (Live variant)
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|------------------7777777777777777-| |------------------777777776/7777777-|
|-4444444444444444-9999999999999999-| |-4444444444444444-999999997/9999999-|
|-5555555555555555------------------| |-5555555555555555-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--- (-17-17-) not (-1-7-1-7-) -------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16161616161616161616161616161616-16161616161616161111111111111111-|
|-17171717171717171717171717171717-17171717171717171212121212121212-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_foreigner/the_coast_was_always_clear_tab.html ]
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|------------------7777777777777777-|
|-4444444444444444-9999999999999999-|
|-5555555555555555------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------16161616161616161111111111111111-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16161616161616161616161616161616-16161616161616161111111111111111-|
|-17171717171717171717171717171717-17171717171717171212121212121212-|
... splits at the sky.
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|------------------------------------| |
|(5)-(5)(5)--14---(5)-(5)(5)--12p10--| |
|-0---0--0---------0---0--0----------| |
|-0---0--0---------0---0--0----------| |
|-0---0--0---------0---0--0----------| |
|-5---5--5---------5---5--5----------| |
|----- x2
|---------------------------------------| |
|(5)-(5)(5)--------12--12-12--10--10-10-| |
|-0---0--0---4/16--------------0---0--0-| |
|-0---0--0---------12--12-12--11--11-11-| |
|-0---0--0--------------------12--12-12-| |
|-5---5--5------------------------------| |
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|---------|
|---------|
|-7-------|
|-0- x16 -|
|-0-------|
|---------|
...and all our friends are tour guides....
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777-7777777777777777-777777777-11111111111111-|
|-0000000000000000-0000000000000000-000000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0000000000000000-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|------------------99999999999999xx-999999999-12121212121212-|
|-------------------------------------| x3
|-------------------9-9---------------|
|-7---9p7--9p7--7-7-7-7-7-9p0--7-7-7--|
|-0---0----0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--|
|-0---0----0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-777777777-11111111111111-|
|-000000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-xxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-999999999-12121212121212-|
...who's watching the coast? who's watching...
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|--9--9-9--9-9-9-11-1111-111111-12-1212-121212-14-1414-141414--|
|--0--0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-1010-101010-12-1212-121212-14-1414-141414-15-1515-151515--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-16---9-9---9-7-7-7------7---5-5---7-5-0-5--|
|--0-------------9--------0---0-0---0-0-0-0--|
|------9-9---9-9-9-9-------------------------|
|-17----------------------7---7-7---7-7-7-7--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16---9-9---9-7-7-7------7---5-5---5-5-5-5---7---5---4---5--|
|--0-------------9--------0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0--|
|------9-9---9-9-9-9-----------------------------------------|
|-17----------------------7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7---7---7---7--|
Repeat from 'There is a storm...'
Outro to come.
