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Jamiroquai~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Space Cowboy (Video Version)
Tabbed by: Eric Siljander < M_Siljander@bc.sympatico.ca >
organ intro
G-|--8----10----13--|
D-|-----------------|
A-|--6----8-----11--|
E-|-----------------|
verses
|------(6)-------(5)--------4----------------------------
|------------------------------------------------6--6h8--
|--4---------3---------2---------------------------------
|--------------------------------2--2--2-2--2/4----------
-------8-------------5-5-------------6---------------------------------
--------8-----6-----------------------6-----4------------------6--6h8--
-4---6---6--4--4--3-------3-3--2---4---4--2--2-------------------------
------------------------------------------------2--2--2-2-2/4----------
transition to chorus
----6-6------------4-4-----------------|-----------------------------|
----------------------------------6-6--|--------4-6-4-6/8--6---------|
-4-------4-4----2-------2-2------------|-----6----------------8--6~--|
-------------------------------4-------|--4--------------------------|
chorus**
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||------------------6/8--6--8--6-----------------------------------
||--6--8--------------------------8--6----6--8-------4h6-6-4-------
||----------4--6--------------------------------4h6----------6--4--
-----------------------||
-----------------------||
--4--6h8-6-4--6/8-6-4--||
-----------------------||
interlude-1
|----------------11-11h13--| |---------------11---8--10--13-|
|--------------------------| repeat |------------------------------|
|--------------------------| 6 times |--------------------6--8---11-|
|--2h4-4--2h4-4------------| then...|-2h4-4--2h4-4-----------------|
Variation in 2nd and last chorus**
||----8----8-------10--10------------------------------------
||-----------------------------6/8-6-8-6---------------------
||--6----6----6--8---8---x---------------8-6---6--8----------
||-------------------------6---------------------------4--6--
--8--6-----------------------------||
--------8--6-----6/8~--6-6--6/8~~--||
--------------8--------------------||
-----------------------------------||
interlude-2
|----------------11-11h13--| |---------------11-11h13xx11x11xx11-|
|--------------------------|repeat |-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|6 times|-----------------------------------|
|--2h4-4--2h4-4------------|then...|-2h4-4--2h4-4----------------------|
then repeat normal interlude part 3 more times, then resume the other two
chorus parts.
Alright, remember this is the video version, from the single, NOT the
version that's on the album. The album version isn't nearly as good (at
least in my opinion;), and it is a lot harder to tab. Besides, Jami
plays this version when they play live.
I "**"'ed the chorus parts because as Stuart often does, he puts in a
hell of a lot of fills that would take forever to figure out,
so I just put down a couple that I use.
So if anyone has better fills, corrections, comments, or questions,
please e-mail me! Have fun!!
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Stuart Average |
#1 by Stuart Barker at Jun 19, 1972 at 7:04 PM EST |
| well the poster definitely refers to reefer. its a beautiful chill song! 1 | |
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Jazz Average |
#2 by Jazz Daoust at Feb 7, 1974 at 1:53 AM EST |
| Although at first sight this song seems about smoking out, I think it means more than that. It's about how love gets you high, much like "Cheeba". Jay doesn't say "I smoked some Cheeba and I feel awesome!" etc., instead he says "At the speed of Cheeba, you and I go deeper", which clearly indicates a love theme which perhaps overrides the drug theme also present in the lyrics. There are many more instances where this seems more about love than anything else. Examples include "I'm glad that I found somebody I can rely on" or "He's glad he found somebody he can rely on" and the repetitious use of the phrase "you and I" later on. It seems that love gets JK "so high in the sky" that he ends up in that "interplanetary good vibe zone", which perhaps inhabits the mysterious space cowboy or even Mr. Moon! Indeed, the emancipatory nature of love is a theme central to the entire album. Love gives "flowers for my pain" in Mr. Moon, and "sunshine in my life" in Light Years. There are so many more examples! Another piece of evidence for the love theme in the Space Cowboy is the musical development which reaches such a huge climax toward the end that it seems reminiscent of an orgasm. | |
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Waz Wanna Be |
#3 by Waz at Dec 19, 1974 at 10:08 AM EST |
| lol yes that's true this is a very "high" song :p | |
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/Alex / Pfluege Average |
#4 by /Alex / Pflueger /(fox) / off road/ people/ at Sep 29, 1980 at 12:21 PM EST |
| I dunno about it being a song about love, the deeper meaning. This is Jay's chill out song. After singing his heart out about how the world is in ruins, and how we are destroying Mother Earth, he is taking the time out to tell us how he relaxed back then (maybe still now). As an ex-pot smoker, he is refering to the weed as his friend. "You and I" ... he needs nothing else, nor noone else. All he needs is his weed. "Everything is good, and Brown" The classic and easiest way to smoke weed, as resin crumbled into a joint. He has his friends close at hand, but he knows that he can rely on the weed to not disapoint. The chorus is about the high. "Everything is good and green" - This is definately Skunk. He is most certainly bugging out from the potency of the skunk, and as anyone who has butchered the green will confirm, when your high on skunk you feel like it will last forever and you will want it to. I think it is just a baltent insight into how Jay chills out from all the shit in life, and describes clearly how he feels while bugged out. Want a love song? Refer to Mr Moon. The greatest love song I have heard! | |
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van Wanna Be |
#5 by van laurel at Apr 3, 1998 at 8:59 PM EST |
| It seems like it's about general happiness. It's almost to relaxing to be true :D | |
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kieron Wanna Be |
#6 by kieron prosser at Dec 12, 2000 at 1:54 PM EST |
| lol...I can't believe nobody said it until Atrus. This song is so clearly about smoking out and everything mellowing out and feeling good. I know that and I've never even been to the Interplanetary good-vibe zone... ;) | |
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Rockstar Professional |
#7 by Rockstar at Nov 23, 2003 at 8:28 AM EST |
| I think he's so high in this song. He's on a wonderful happy journey in his head. At the speed of Cheeba? he's tripping with a good friend or two. | |
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