Maelstrom (Swervedriver)
General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar
(7/2/2001, The Fez, NY City). Standard 4/4 time.
Intro:
E
E|--------------0---|
B|--------------0---|
G|-----------0h11---|
D|-----------0h22---|
A|-----------0h2----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0--------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Verse:
Fmaj7 Am
E||--0-0-0-0---0-----0---0---0---0---|
B||--1-3-1-3---1-----1---1---0---1---|
G||.-2-2-2-2---2-----2---2---2---2---|
D||.-3-3-3-3---3-----2---------------|
A||------------------0-0---0---0---0-|
E||----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Torn a - way and
Gone a - stray
Hoist me a - way the
Safe and sound and
Fmaj7 C
E|-0-0-0-0---0-----0-----0-----3-0--||
B|-1-3-1-3---1-----1-----1-----1----||
G|-2-2-2-2---2-----0---0-----------.||
D|-3-3-3-3---3-----2-2-------0-----.||
A|-----------------3-------2--------||
E|----------------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
aching to find some fee- ling It’s
Deaf are the ears of rea- son
Cars on the street make me feel
Dy ing to star in the se- quel
Chorus:
Fmaj7 A F#m
E|-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-0---0-----|
B|-1-3-1-3---1-----2-3-2-0---2---2-|
G|-2-2-2-2---2-----2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|-3-3-3-3---3-----2-2-2-2---2---4-|
A|-----------------0-0-0-0---0---4-|
E|-------------------------------2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I hear you say
E E7 A D
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---2-|
B|---0-0---3-3-3-3-2-3-2-0---2---3-|
G|---1-1---1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---0-|
A|---2-2---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-----|
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am I the on- ly one?
D A F#m
E|---2-2---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-----|
B|---3-3---3-3-3-3-2-3-2-0---2---2-|
G|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---2---4-|
A|-----------------0-0-0-0---0---4-|
E|-------------------------------2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am I the on- ly one?
E A Dm
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---1-|
B|---0-0---0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0---2---3-|
G|---1-1---1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---0-|
A|---2-2---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-----|
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am I the on- ly one?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/swervedriver/maelstrom_tab.html ]
A F#m
E|---1-1---1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---0-----|
B|---3-3---3-3-3-3-2-3-2-0---2---2-|
G|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---2---4-|
A|-----------------0-0-0-0---0---4-|
E|-------------------------------2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am I the on- ly one?
E E7
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
B|---0-0---0-0-0-0-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
G|---1-1---1-1-1-1-1---1---1-1-1-1-|
D|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
A|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
And take me a-
Solo:
A C#
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-------------4---|
B||--2-3-2-3-2-3-2-6---6-----7-------|
G||.-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-------6---6-----|
D||.-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-----------------|
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-----------------|
E||----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
way
A D rep. 3X
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|| Sing the “take me”
B|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2--------------------|| line on the second
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---2---2---2-2---.|| time through only.
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0---4---0-4---.||
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0---0-0----||
E|----------------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Yeah take me a-
E|---------------------------------|
B|-2-0-------0-------0-------------|
G|-1---1---1-----1---2---------2---|
D|-2-----2-------2---4---4---4---4-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-------------------------0h20-----|
B|-0-------------------3---3----3---|
G|-1---1-----1-------2-----2----2---|
D|-3-----3-4-----4---------0----0---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E Am
E|---------------0-----------------|
B|-0---------0---1---1-0---1-0-----|
G|-1---1-1-2-1---2-------2-----2---|
D|-2---2-2-2-2---2-----------------|
A|-2---2-2-2-----0-----------------|
E|-0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Verse:
This is the same as the first verse, but the chords are reversed.
Fmaj7 C
Deaf are the ears of reason
Fmaj7 Am
We're so earthbound On
Fmaj7 C
ev'ry town's high rise ceilings
Fmaj7 Am
The streets we crawl
Fmaj7 C
Youth at the summit freewheeling
Chorus:
This is the same as the first chorus, but you repeat everything twice, except for
the first two bars.
I hear you say
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
We're not the chosen ones
We're not the chosen ones
I'm not the only one
I'm not the only one
