Heres a very under-rated song off The Weakerthans Fallow album. Its a simple but
song so I tabbed it out
for anyone who would care to play it.
This is how I play the song. I incorporated the guitar melodies into the picking style.
may not be
exact as the album since I simplified chords to make it easy to play on one guitar. But
the parts are
there and the differences are pretty much un-noticible.
I tabbed out the intro, main melody/picking, the pre instrumental, and instrumental at
end. Otherwise I
just wrote the chords so you can sing along easier.
On the album:
The verses are played like the melody part
The ( Am - G - F - etc. ) progressions are played like the pre-instrumental part
tabbed (same fingerings).
Otherwise its pretty simple to figure out.
I hope someone finds this tab useful. Please comment/rate. Let me know what you think!
Fallow - The Weakerthans
Tabbed by Bob Funk
Capo: 2nd Fret
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
D|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Melody:
e|-0--------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-----1--------1--------1-----1--------0----------------|
G|----0--------0-------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----0--------|
D|-------2--------2-------------2--------2--------------2-------2-----2-----|
A|-3----------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------2--------2-----4--------4--------------2--------2--------0------|
D|----3--------3--------3-----5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------3---|
A|-------3--------3---------------5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------|
E|-1-----------------------3-----------------------1------------------------|
Back to Start of melody
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---0--------0h2--------0-----0-------0--------0-----|
D|------2----------2--------2-----0h2-----2--0-----0--|
A|---3-----3----------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------|
Pre-First Verse:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-0-------0--------0----|
D|----0h2-----2--0-----0-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-3---------------------|
C C/E F
Wait until the day says it's closing
G F C G
and public is put away.
C C/E F
Write by the light of a pay phone
G F C G
your list of I meant to say
Am G F
Like winter comes too soon
Am G F G G
or "Radiators hum out of tune
F C
Out under the Disraeli
G F
with rusty train track ties
F C
we'll carve new streets and sidewalks
G F
a city for small lives
F G C
and say that we'll stay for one more year
C C/E F
Wait near the end of September
G F C G
Wait for some stars to show
C C/E F
Try so hard not to remember
G F C G
what all empty playgrounds know
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weakerthans/fallow_tab.html ]
Am G F
that sympathy is cruel
Am G F G G
Reluctant jester or simpering fool
F C
But six feet off the highway
G F
our bare legs stung with wheat
F C
we'll dig a hole and bury
G F
all we could not defeat
F G C
and say that we'll stay for one more year
F C
Bend to tie a shoelace
G F
or bend against your fear
F G C
and say that you'll stay for one more year
**At this point in the song he plays the melody part twice through**
Pre Instrumental:
With so much left to seek
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|
the lease runs out next week
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0-----|
D|-----2--------2--------2--| x2
A|--------------------------|
E|--1-----1--------1--------|
Outro/Instrumental Melody
e|-3--------3--------1-----0--------0-------0h1------3--------3--------1----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-|
D|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------2---------2------|
A|-3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
e|-0--------0-------0h1----1--------0----------------1--------0-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------3------------------------3-----|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
D|-------2-----------------------2--------2----------------2--------2-------|
A|----------------2--------0------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
**Slide only played first time through
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1/5-----|
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0-------------|
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2----------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------1-------------------------|
Final Line:
**Hold Last Chord
e|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1--------1---||
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0---||
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2---------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------||
E|--1-----------------------1--------------------------1---||
