Blur — Far Out Tab

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From: yorkie@praxis.co.uk (John Howell)

Far Out by Blur, from their triff album "Parklife"

This is a (rough) transcription of the cool synth part, not
the guitar part of this song, that has more than a passing
resemblance to Syd Barrett's style. The main melody is done
on the synth, so if you're playing solo this sounds a lot
better than the guitar part. Also you need loads of really
silly effects to do it well — or better still a guitar synth;
sadly I have neither. This transcription was considerably
aided by the sleeve insert on the album, which not only gives
the lyrics but the chords as well. Nice one.
I haven't done the guitar part at the start either; trying to
simulate a bongo roll a la Mission Impossible is a bit tricky
on one guitar.

Anyway, the song's mainly based around a C Eb progression.
The chorus is made up of 2 bars, an Ab Bb prog and an F prog
(see the lyric section for the order they come in), and
there's a little bridge part of Eb D after the first chorus.

(Verse)
                /——— /——— /——— 
    C           Eb
e—|———————————|———————————————————————|
B—|—————5—5—5—|———————————————————8—8—|
G—|—————5—5—5—|———————————————————8—8—|
D—|———5———————|—————————5—6—7———8—————|
A—|—3—————————|—6—7—8—9———————————————|
E—|———————————|———————————————————————|


(Chorus)
                    /——— /——— /——— 
    F               Ab              Bb
e—|———————————————|———————————————————6—6—|
B—|——————10—10—10—|———————————————————6—6—|
G—|——————10—10—10—|—————————5—6—7———8—————|
D—|———10——————————|—6—7—8—9———————————————|
A—|—8—————————————|———————————————————————|
E—|———————————————|———————————————————————|


(Bridge)
    Eb    D
e—|—————|—————|
B—|—————|—————|
G—|—————|—————|
D—|—5———|—4———|
A—|———6—|———5—|
E—|—————|—————|


Here we go:

2 * (Verse) as intro

C            Eb                   (Verse)
I spy in the night sky don't I
Phoepe Io    Elara
Leda Callisto  Sinope
Janus Dione  Portia so many

F                                 (1st bar of chorus)
moons

Ab           Bb     F             (Chorus)
Quiet in the sky at night
Hot in the   Milky  Way

Eb      D                         (Bridge)
Outside in

1 * (Verse)

C            Eb                   (Verse)
Vega         Capella Ha—
gar Rigel    Barnard's star
Antares Alde—baran Altair
Wolf 3 5 9   Betelgeuse

F                                 (1st bar of chorus)
Sun sun sun sun

Ab  Bb  F                         (Chorus — fade out)
Sun sun sun sun
Sun sun sun sun


That's your lot for now.
Oh — any corrections, improvements etc gratefully received.
John Howell, yorkie@praxis.co.uk


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