Santa Maria tab

Santa Maria

Santa Maria
The Frames
Album: For The Birds

Intro|| G| Em| G| Em|

G
let me off of this boat

I'm sick of this ride

the world is heading ever southward
       Em
and I can't stay in here
    G
and you're lying awake

away on your side

the feeling comes in waves and burns us
    Em
and I don't wanna die
      G
from your slippery hands

to the line of your throat

the fever now consumes us both
      Em
in a fire now we will go
        C(maj7)
Santa Maria
                     Em
why did you have to go
           C(maj7)
Santa Maria
         stop
one day we will know
 G
in a bowing of heads and a passing of hands

and all we thought they would understand
   Em
is lost and they won't know
                  G
and what have we left

it's all that we got

there is no x to mark our spot
        Em
what's past is done and gone
          C(maj7)
Santa Maria
                       Em
why did you have to burn
         C(maj7)
Santa Maria
                     G
one day you will learn

G chord for about a minute

Bass Part:

Chord G
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------4-4-4|
A|-----2---5-5-5-----2---5-5-5-----2---5-5-5-----2--------|
E|-3-3---3-------3-3---3-------3-3---3-------3-3---3------|

Chord Em
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------2-2-2------- 2-2-2--------2-2-2-----------------|
E|-0-0-3-0------0-0-3-0------0-0-3-0-----0-0-3-3---5-5-5--|

Chorus:

Chord C
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-2----3-3-3-3-3-2--------------|
|-------------3---------------3--------------3------------|
Chord Em
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-0---------------|
|-------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
|---------------0-----------------------------------------|

Break between chorus and 2nd Verse
Chord G Em
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2---5-5-5---------0-0-2-2-2-2----------2-2-2-2----|
|---3-3---3-------3-3-3-3--------------0-0-3-3------------|
Em Repeat then back to verse

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-2-2-2---------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-----------------------------------------------|


Guitar Solo over the distorted Chords at the end

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12----------9----------12---------------------------|
|----12-9---9---12-9---9------------------------------|
|--------12----------12-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Repeat until Death ?

Wee Slide guitar part leading into each chorus
Slide from 8th fret to 12th fret

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----8------12----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Notes: Glen just batters the guitar with the side of hand or pick for most of the song. The C(maj7) can 
be played as a C or a Cmaj7. I thought it was just a C the first time I played it but the lead guitar plays 
wee slide up to a B note every time the C chord comes up so it has a feel of a maj7.
Hope this helps!!

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