OASIS - COLUMBIA
This song is very simple, just play the riff all the way through the song.
A D C
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A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
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TABBED BY JOHN
If you have any queries or bass tab I might be interested in please E-mail me.
John Hobson 100031.1306@compuserve.com
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Kaden Wanna Be |
#1 by Kaden at Jun 10, 1971 at 10:18 PM EST |
| It's actually a play on words. During the height of the Cool Britannia era in the early/mid 90s, there was a swanky cutting-edge club called "Columbia" where a lot of rock stars would hang out and score coke. It IS about cocaine. The lyrics are pretty specific, and Noel has made no secret about his addictions and their influence on his songwriting (alcohol and cocaine). | |
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jichael Average |
#2 by jichael at Nov 5, 1982 at 9:46 PM EST |
| "The lyrics are pretty specific" says bradleyb. I couldn't disagree more - these are about the most vague lyrics I've heard in a song. However the explanation of the atmosphere surrounding a club called Columbia makes sense, if indeed that's what he had in mind when he wrote the song. The lyrics are so vague that it could be about anything though. Someone could say, "the song is about marching polar bears," and if you take that theory into the lyrics it would make sense. After all, if I was seeing a line of marching polar bears I would be "WTF?" and "What I heard is not what I hear / I can see the signs but they're not very clear" - I mean, I wouldn't be able to believe what I am seeing. "So I can't tell you the way I feel / Because the way I feel is oh so new to me" would make sense because, were I to see a line of marching polar bears, I would get a strange new feeling of utter disbelief and would try to take in the new experience. So yeah, I think it's about seeing a line of marching polar bears. | |
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Samer Average |
#3 by Samer Zouein at Nov 11, 1991 at 7:24 AM EST |
| It sounds like both Noel and Liam were singing the chorus, but I don't know which one was falsetto-ing. I'm listening to this song right now and it's just dawned on me how absolutely catchy it is. It's very Definitely Maybe aswell, you just wouldn't get a song like this on What's the story? | |
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pharaoh shane Rhythm Player |
#4 by pharaoh shane at Mar 24, 1992 at 12:44 PM EST |
| Cocaine, right? | |
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sam Lead Player |
#5 by sam virtue at Oct 1, 1993 at 2:49 PM EST |
| Yer, I love this song too. Great rock an' roll song. Is it true that Liam co-wrote this song? | |
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MikE Average |
#6 by MikE SurfacE at May 16, 2003 at 9:16 PM EST |
| Yeah. Ain't about cocaine. Too bad Noel didn't give Liam credit for cowriting it. :( | |
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MikE Average |
#7 by MikE SurfacE at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM EST |
| "This is confusion! Am I confusing you?" Simple but great! | |
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Alex Average |
#8 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST |
| this song is blatantly about columbia's finest export. and i dont mean shakira. c c c c c cocaine!!! | |
