99th Dream (Swervedriver)
This is probably one of the hardest songs to play, and I do not have the picked
parts quite right, but it sounds ok, and is really fun to play.
General Notes:
Standard Tuning, Capo on the 7th Fret. Adapted from an in store show at
Soundscapes in Toronto. The song is in 4/4 time, but there are a lot of triplets,
where each beat is broken into three evenly spaced notes, so I write an entire bar
as: 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3.
Intro Riff:
A rep.4X
E||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||.----2--------0---------0.||
D||.-------------------0h2--.||
A||--0--------0------0-------||
E||--------------------------||
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Verse:
A F C
E||-----------------------------1-----0--------------|
B||-----------------------------1-----1--------------|
G||.----------------------------2-----0----0-------0-|
D||.----------------------------3-----2--------0h2---|
A||--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------3-------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Before the setting sun reclines, we hear West-
One day we’ll work the world without these
F C G6
E|----1-----0-----------------0-----0--------------|
B|----1-----1-----------------1-----0--------------|
G|----2-----0----0-------0----0-----0----0-------0-|
D|----3-----2--------0h2------2-----0------0-0h2---|
A|-0-----0---------3-------3--------2--------------|
E|-------------------------------3-----------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
minster chimes, we’ve gone to stealing cars from Mars bars and never fail
stimulants, and as thought bubbles rise above you, you
C G6
E|----0-----0---------------||
B|----1-----0---------------|| Repeat 2X for each verse
G|----0-----0----0-------0-.||
D|----2-----0------0-0h2---.||
A|-3--------2---------------||
E|-------3------------------||
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Always in your painted nails
Know that I have always love ya
Chorus:
Em C
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0h1-1---1-1---1-1-1-----|
G|-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----|
D|-0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|
A|-0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----3---3---3-3---3-3-3-----|
E|-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
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G6 C G6 C
E|----0-----0-----------------0-----0--------------|
B|----0-----1-----------------0-----1-----0--------|
G|----0-----0----0-------0----0-----0--------2--0--|
D|----0-----2--------0h2------0-----2--------------|
A|----2--3---------3----------2--3-----------------|
E|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
I Love your ways
Em C
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0h1-1---1-1---1-1-1-----|
G|-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----|
D|-0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|
A|-0h2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----3---3---3-3---3-3-3-----|
E|-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Love your little ways
G6 C G6 A
E|----0-----0--------------0---------0-------------|
B|----0-----1-----0--------0--3------3-------------|
G|----0-----0--------2--0--0---------3-------------|
D|----0-----2--------------0-----0---3-------------|
A|----2--3-----------------2---------0-------------|
E|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Love your ways
Verse:
This is the same as the first verse.
Somewhere up in the sky
The Hindenburg still flies
You're still flying from the night before
Last night the big score
As we lie half in traction
And in stereo start to dream
Architecture, nature, alcohol
Space travel, rock n roll
Bridge:
Only sing the words on the last two repeats.
A D A D rep. 4X
E||-----0-----2-----------------0-----2---------------||
B||-----2-----3----3-------3----2-----3----3-------3--||
G||.----2-----2--------0h2------2-----2--------0h2---.||
D||.----2--0---------0----------2--0---------0-------.||
A||--0-----------------------0------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------------------||
1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3
Love your ways
Chorus:
This is the same as the first chorus, but only sing the last “Love your ways”
Verse:
This is also the same as the first verse.
Shop windows at night
And endless possibilities
The mannequin's blank face
Reflecting how you feel
So glamorous and surreal
It's a thin veneer
And something's got to give out here
I'm dreaming number 99
Get me to the world on time
Chorus:
Finish the song with the Chorus twice in a row.
