EXPLAIN
As recorded by Sarah Blasko
(WHAT THE SEA WANTS THE SEA SHALL HAVE)
Transcribed by Corey Hunter @ www.coreyhunter.com
Verse (Piano arr. 4 gtr) * This part repeats over and over
until the interlude, then again
after the interlude.
Dm A5/C# A5/C
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----5-------5---|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|-5-------5-------|
Interlude * On the 2nd time thru, there's an xtra gtr strumming
over the top of the arpeggiations.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sarah_blasko/explain_tab.html ]
D5 D5/Bb D5/A D5/Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3--|
||----2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2|
||--0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|-1-------1------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---o||
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--||
|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
