Slow Motion Chords & Tabs
This is my favorite song and this is the right way to play it too.....
so injoy. and remember.........................3eb rules
Author/Artist: Third Eye Blind
Title: Slow Motion
Album: Blue
Transcribed by: steven bradley
Standard Tuning
Capo on 1st fret
Notes relative to Capo
Played with slight distortion
the ^ indicates a harmonic
Intro/Verse:
-----3p2---0--------------------------------0-----------------------
---3-----3---------x-----x-x-x--------3---3-------------------------
----------------2--x-----x-x-x----------0-----0---------------------
-0------------0-2--x-----x-x-x------2-------------------------------
-------------------------x-x-x--0-2---------------------------------
----------------------3---------------------------------------------
-----3p2---0--------------------------------------------------------
---3-----3---------------x-x-x--------3---12^-------------x---------
----------------2--------x-x-x------------12^--7^------x--x---------
-0------------0-2--------x-x-x------2-----12^--7^------x--x---------
-------------------------x-x-x--0-2--------------------x--x---------
----------------------3---------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-0-|----|-0-|-----------------------------------------
-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-3-|----|-2-|-----------------------------------------
-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|----|-2-|-----------------------------------------
-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-x4-|-2-|-----------------------------------------
-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|----|-0-|-----------------------------------------
-|---|---|-3-|---|----|---|-----------------------------------------
Chorus:
-||-2-|-0-|-0-|---|-2-|-0-|-0-|-3-|---------------------------------
-||-3-|-2-|-3-|---|-3-|-2-|-3-|-3-|---------------------------------
-||-2-|-2-|-0-|---|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|---------------------------------
-||-0-|-2-|-2-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|---------------------------------
-||---|-0-|-2-|---|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|---------------------------------
-||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---------------------------------
-|-2-|-0-|-2-|--------2-----2-----2------------||-------------------
-|-3-|-2-|-3-|------------3-------3--------12^-||-------------------
-|-2-|-2-|-4-|-4--------4-----4---4--------12^-||-------------------
-|-0-|-2-|-4-|------4----------------------12^-||-------------------
-|---|-0-|-2-|---2-----------------------------||-------------------
-|---|---|---|---------------------------------||-------------------
Verse 2: ..... a most beautiful ruby red
-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-0-|----------|-2-|-0-|-3-|---------------------------
-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-3-|----------|-3-|-2-|-3-|---------------------------
-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|----x3----|-2-|-2-|-0-|---------------------------
-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|----------|-0-|-2-|-0-|---------------------------
-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|----------|---|-0-|-2-|---------------------------
-|---|---|-3-|---|----------|---|---|-3-|---------------------------
And at home .... my sister's eating paint chips again ....
-0-----3----3-3-----0----0-0-----2----2-2-----3----3-3--------------
-2-----3----3-3-----2----2-2-----3----3-3-----3----3-3--------------
-2-----0----0-0-----2----2-2-----4----4-4-----0----0-0--------------
-2-----0----0-0-----2----2-2-----4----4-4-----0----0-0--------------
-0-----2----2-2-----0----0-0-----2----2-2-----2----2-2--------------
-------3----3-3-------------------------------3----3-3--------------
I shut the door to her moaning ......
-3----3-3------0----0-0------2----2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
-3----3-3------2----2-2------3----3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------
-0----0-0------2----2-2------4----4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------
-0----0-0------2----2-2------4----4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------
-2----2-2------0----0-0------2----2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
-3----3-3-----------------------------------------------------------
See my neighbor .......
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/third_eye_blind/slow_motion_tab.html ]
-3----3-3-----0----0-0-----0---0-0---0-0-0-0------------------------
-3----3-3-----2----2-2-----3---3-3---3-3-3-3------------------------
-0----0-0-----2----2-2-----0---0-0---0-0-0-0------------------------
-0----0-0-----2----2-2-----2---2-2---2-2-2-2------------------------
-2----2-2-----0----0-0-----2---2-2---2-2-2-2------------------------
-3----3-3-----------------------------------------------------------
There's an arc to his fist .....
-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----2------------------------------------------
-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2------------------------------------------
-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2------------------------------------------
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----0------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--3--3--3--3------------------------------------------------
What a beautiful thing .....
-2-----2--------2-----2--------2-------2------0---------------------
-3-------3------2-------2------3-----3--------2---------------------
-4--------------2--------------4--------------2---------------------
-4--------------2--------------4--------------2---------------------
-2--------------0--------------2--------------0---------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3:
-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-0-|--------------------------------------------------
-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-3-|--------------------------------------------------
-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|--------------------------------------------------
-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-x3-----------------------------------------------
-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|--------------------------------------------------
-|---|---|-3-|---|--------------------------------------------------
Chorus/Outro:
-|-2-|-0-|-0-|---|-2-|-0-|-0-|-3-|---|-2-|-0-|-2-|-------2-----2----
-|-3-|-2-|-3-|---|-3-|-2-|-3-|-3-|---|-3-|-2-|-3-|-----3-----3---3--
-|-2-|-2-|-0-|---|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|---|-2-|-2-|-4-|-4-4-----4--------
-|-0-|-2-|-2-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|---|-0-|-2-|-4-|------------------
-|---|-0-|-2-|---|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|---|---|-0-|-2-|------------------
-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|------------------
End on:
-|-0-|-2-|----------------------------------------------------------
-|-2-|-3-|----------------------------------------------------------
-|-2-|-2-|----------------------------------------------------------
-|-2-|-0-|----------------------------------------------------------
-|-0-|---|----------------------------------------------------------
-|---|---|----------------------------------------------------------
LYRICS:
Miss Jones taught me English
But I think I just shot her son
'Cause he owed me money
With a bullet in the chest you cannot run
Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot
The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot
I guess I didn't mean it
But man, you shoulda seen it
His flesh explode
Slow motion see me let go
We tend to die young
Slow motion see me let go
What a brother knows
Slow motion see me let go
Now the cops will get me
But girl, if you would let me
I'll take your pants off
I got a little bit of blow we could both get off
Later bathing in the afterglow
Two lines of coke I cut with Drano
And her nose starts to bleed
A most beautiful ruby red
Slow motion see me let go
We'll remember these days
Slow motion see me let go
Urban life decays
Slow motion see me let go
And at home
My sister's eating paint chips again
Maybe that's why she's insane
I shut the door to her moaning
And I shoot smack in my veins
Wouldn't you?
See my neighbor's beating his wife
Because he hates his life
There's a knock to his fist as he swings
Oh man, what a beautiful thing
And death slides close to me
Won't grow old to be
A junkie wino creep
Hollywood glamorized my wrath
I'm a young urban psychopath
I incite murder for your entertainment
'Cause I needed the money
What's your excuse?
The joke's on you
Slow motion see me let go
Oh yeah
Slow motion see me let go
Slow motion see me let go
