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Giant
Matthew Good Band
>From the album "Beautiful Midnight"
Tabbed by Shane (futureisxrated@hotmail.com)
Alrighty, in my opinion, best song on the CD (next to Suburbia), and not too
hard play either.
Happy playing.
Tune down half a step
>means play note 8 times
INTRO (I know the spacing is kinda bad, but you just play when the guitar
does)
Gb|----------------------|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|---0-----0-----0---0--|
Eb|------0-----0----0---0|
VERSE
Gb|---------------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|-------------5>|
Eb|-2>--5>--0>----|
VERSE VARIATION ("every body sees, a giant.." part and after the chorus)
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|-----------------------|
Ab|---------------------5>|
Eb|-2>--5>--2>--5>--0>----|
CHORUS
Gb|------------------|
Db|------------------|
Ab|--------4>--0>----|
Eb|-0>--2>---------0>|
SOLO BUILD-UP (3:37 I think)
Gb|-----------|
Db|-----------|
Ab|-3>--4>--4>|
Eb|-----------|
SOLO (also played at the end of the song)
last time
Gb|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|--3-3-3-3--3-2-0----0>--(0>)|--3-3-3-3--3-2-0----0>--2>|
Eb|-----------------0----------|-----------------0--------|
CHORUS WITH NO WORDS (SEE NOTE)
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|--2----4----6----7----2|
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|
NOTE: I can barely hear bass here, so you can play the chorus just single
notes, and
what I have above is an octave higher. Experiment with palm muting and
stuff like that
and see what you like. Doesn't really matter, but the octave sounds pretty
cool, especially
with a flanger.
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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__KAT Wanna Be |
#1 by __KAT astrophe. at Feb 3, 1974 at 1:22 PM EST |
| listen to the lyrics closely. "when you blow out like a dead star it reminds me how uniform your beautiful is we carry on like it's easy " matthew good band is from canada, a country which is constaly overshadowed by the united states, an internation giant. who better to blow out like a dead star than the mightly u s of a? uniform, could also literally mean a soldier's uniform. and the intro "kickass, that's the way we spell success" sounds like an American football game. arrogant chanting is every-bit American as an apple pie. | |
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Chad Wanna Be |
#2 by Chad Husky at Apr 13, 1975 at 2:33 PM EST |
| i think my opinion about that was colored by hearing someone say that this song was written making fun of a girl who hit on him at a party | |
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Gilbert Average |
#3 by Gilbert Fontana at Sep 15, 1983 at 3:11 AM EST |
| I never really thought about it, just assumed it was a love song, until I decided to look here to see if anyone posted what the cheerleaders say at the beginning. I now know this is definitely not a love song. | |
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Evans Average |
#4 by Evans at Mar 12, 1985 at 2:38 PM EST |
| by the way... the cheerleaders at the beginning... they're saying (and I find this funny, which is the only reason I add it, other than I feel that it is a part of the song that got left out), "K-I-C-K A-S-S, that's the way we spell success!" | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#5 by Chris Simmons at Apr 28, 1986 at 1:53 AM EST |
| I dunno, I think when he says "how uniform, your beautiful is", he is saying more along how the lines of how everything about her is equally beautiful. | |
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Simon Average |
#6 by Simon White at Jul 8, 1986 at 9:34 PM EST |
| I'm a girl, not a guy. But yes. He is Canadian. | |
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hottyrocker55 Rhythm Player |
#7 by hottyrocker55 at Nov 16, 1988 at 8:12 AM EST |
| at first listen it sounds like hes saying "how beautiful....you're beautiful" instead of "how uniform your beautiful is" and then you hear him say "baby i'm your man." so if you don't listen closely you think it's a simple love song. when you actually listen closely you realise it's such a mean song. and i think of this song when i see a whole bunch of girls dressed up to look all slutty out in front of the main campus place for rush week so they can join sororities....of course they're attractive but they all look the same (uniform) so actually none of them appear to be worth talking to or anything... | |
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Kay Wanna Be |
#8 by Kay Grøtbekklien at Apr 3, 1993 at 2:59 AM EST |
| I just noticed there spelling kick ass in the beginning of there song, from youwantedahero guy. i thote it was a school with a realy long name. isnt he from vancouver. i dont know but im sure he's canadaian | |
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LeZombi Wanna Be |
#9 by LeZombi at Dec 16, 1996 at 1:14 AM EST |
| i dont know if you can totally right this off as an ill hearted song. i've been listening to the song for years, and 'how uniform your beautiful is' never really struck me as hurtful, but like Teffa said, more of how everything she is and does is beautiful. I dont know, my opinions are skewed. | |
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Average |
#10 by Brian (Add Me!) at May 24, 1999 at 7:23 PM EST |
| this is from a poem he wrote. "I wrote this at home one night after a lengthy conversation with one of my older friends about the past (specifically the New Years party we attended on December 31st 1989 and the hellish debacle that ensued). Four months later I would discover it while looking for something else and realized that I had some music that it would fit. The next day it became Giant. " | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#11 by Mike Manning at Sep 16, 2001 at 7:53 PM EST |
| This song is great. The fist time he says "i'm your man", he then says "baby i'm your man". Then he says "hit me, i'm bleeding" not "but me, i'm bleeding". | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#12 by Ryan Berehulke at Jan 30, 2004 at 11:45 PM EST |
| I think when he says "how uniform, your beautiful is", he is saying more along how the lines of how everything about her is equally beautiful. That is right, you guys are thinking uniform with a connonation of conform. Uniform just means consistent in design. I vote love song, but Matt Good style. You cant deny I'm you're man baby I'm you're man. | |
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Jamie Average |
#13 by Jamie Kaye at Apr 27, 2006 at 1:41 AM EST |
| It's hard to know what to make of this song. It's not quite a love song, but at that the same time, it's talking to someone who's a conformist to some degree. I think it's just a bunch of mixed feelings shared by two people. | |
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