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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:54:39 -0300
From: Gorman
Subject: m/moxy_fruvous/fly.tab
"Fly", By Moxy Fruvous
(or my best imitation thereof)
from their album "Wood"
My first tab-Hope you like it.-Jeremy Gorman
The verses are picked with slight variations in different verses,
the chorus strummed.
The x's are just for keeping track of the rhythm.
capo on 2nd fret
intro:
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |1-------------------------------|1-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |1-------------------------------|1-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
When you've
verse:
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
played out "As The World----------- Turns"
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------1-----------1-------1---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----2-------2-----------2-------|
D |1-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
you don't need soaps to clean your mind.
E |----------------3-----------2---|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-----------|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Ev-'ry lit-tle child----------- learns
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/moxy_fruvous/fly_tab_ver_2.html ]
E |----------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------1-----------1-------1---|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----2-------2-----------2-------|
D |1-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
if you can't see dreams, your eyes are blind.
E |----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------0-----------0-----------|----------------0---------------|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D |2---------------------------2---|----2-------2-----------2-------|
A |--------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Was it just a fool's im - pres-
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |----------------0---------------|----------------0-----------1---|
G |--------2-----------2-------2---|--------2-----------2-----------|
D |----0-------0-----------0-------|----2-------2-----------2-------|
A |2-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
--------------- sion?
E |--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|
B |----------------1---------------|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |--------2-----------2-------0---|----0-------------------0-------|
D |----2-------2-----------2-------|1-----------1-------------------|
A |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Such an an- ti- qua- ted pas-
E |----------------3---------------|----------------2---0-----------|
B |--------1-----------1-------1---|--------1---------------1-------|
G |----2-------2-----------2-------|----2-------2---------------2---|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
----------- sion. On the...
On the day they both conspired to
ride the midway after dark
they had enough of their pride to
not bring coins to this amusement park
And she held his hand to follow
And he held his breath and let go
chorus:
Dm G7 Dm G7
They crouched down low, sat in the front row
Dm G7 Amaj7
Untied the ropes so they could fly
Dm G Dm G
Hold on tight, let's get it just right
Dm G Amaj7
We'll take our last flight, you and I
E |----------------3---------------|----------------2---0-----------|
B |--------3-----------3-------3---|--------3---------------3-------|
G |----0-------0-----------0-------|----0-------0-------------------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
So they...
So they cried inside while their eyes smiled
There was no turning back for two
Erase the memory stockpile
all alone and one thing left to do
in the roller coaster shadows
they took off their shoes and bared their soles.
chorus
insrumental:
Em C Em C B7
Em C Bm7 Am
And she held his hand to follow
Am C D
And he held his breath and let go
chorus
Note: There seem to be two guitars doing the picking and they
stay pretty much the same, but occasionally one differs,
especially in the 3rd line of the intro where it goes something
like this:
E |--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|
B |--------0-------0-------0-------|--------3-----------3-------3---|
G |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----0-------0-----------0-------|
D |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x