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Guitar          0:45
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||------------------
|-------------------|----------------------------------0h2--||*-----------------
|-------------------|--------------------------0h2--x-------||*-----------------
|-------------------|--0-----0--2--x--x--3--x---------------||---0--x--x--2-----



--------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------|----
--------------------0h2--*||-----------------------------|-----4--7--------|----
------------0h2--x-------*||--------------------2--3--5--|--7--------------|----
x--x--3--x----------------||--0--x--x--3--5--5-----------|-----------------|----



------------|--------------|---------------------------------------|------------
------------|--------------|----------------------------------0h2--|------------
2-----------|--------------|--------------------------0h2--x-------|------------
------5-----|--3-----3-----|--0-----0--2--x--x--3--x---------------|--0--x------


                                                                      1:25
-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------
--------------------------0h2--|---------------------------------------|--------
------------------0h2--x-------|-----------------------------0--2------|--------
x--2--x--x--3--x---------------|--0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x--x------------|--0-----



----------------------------------||--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------0h2--||*----------------------------------0h2------
---------------------0h2--x-------||*--------------------------0h2--x-----------
---0--2--x--x--3--x---------------||---0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x-------------------



-||--------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------
*||--------------------------|-----4--7--------|--------------|--------3--2-----
*||-----------------2--3--5--|--7--------------|--2-----------|-----------------
-||--0--2--3--5--5-----------|-----------------|--------5-----|--3--------------


                                       Bass Out           1:58
|-----------------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------
|-----------------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------
|--5-----3-----2--3--5--|---------------|------------------|--------------------
|-----------------------|--3------------|------------------|--3-----3-----3-----



------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------
------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------
------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------
---3--3--3-----3--3-----1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1-----0--1--0--|--3-------



---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
3-----3--0--1--3-----3-----3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1-----1--3--0----




---|--------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------
---|--2-----------|----------------------------------0h2--|---------------------
---|--------------|--------------------------0h2--x-------|---------------------
---|--------------|--0-----0--2--x--x--3--x---------------|--0--x--x--2--x------



----------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------
-----------------0h2--|--------------------------------------|------------------
---------0h2--x-------|-----------------------------0--2-----|------------------
x--3--x---------------|--0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x--------------|--0-----0--2------



-------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------
--------------------0h2--|----------------------------------0h2--|--------------
------------0h2--x-------|--------------------------0h2--x-------|-----3--3-----
x--x--3--x---------------|--0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x---------------|--------------


                           2:29
---------|------------------||-----------------------------------------||-------
---------|------------------||*----------------------------------0h2--*||-------
---2-----|--0---------------||*--------------------------0h2--x-------*||-------
---------|--------3-----2---||---0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x----------------||--0----



------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------
------------------------|-----4--7-----|--------------|--------3--2--|----------
---------------2--3--5--|--7-----------|--2-----------|--------------|--5-------
x--x--3--5--5-----------|--------------|--------5-----|--3-----------|----------



---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------
---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------
3-----2--3--5--|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------
---------------|--3-----------1--|--3--3--3-----1--|--3--3--3-----1--3--|--1----



------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------
------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------
------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------
1--------1--|--3--3--3-----1--|--3--3--3-----1--|--3--3--3-----1--3--|--1-------



---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------
---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------
---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------
0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3--3-----3--3--3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1----



------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------
------------|-----------------------|-------------------5-----5--5--|-----------
------------|-----------------------|-----5-----5--5h7--------------|--5--7-----
---0--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--3--3--|--7----------------------------|-----------



------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------|----------
5-----3--------3--|--------------|--2-----------|--------------------|----------
------------5-----|--------------|--------------|-----3--3-----2-----|--0-------
------------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------------|----------



         3:25
----------||---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----
----------||*--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----
----------||*-----------0--------|--2--0-----0--------|--2--0-----0--------|----
3-----2---||---0--2--3-----------|--------3-----------|--------3-----3--2--|----



--------------||--------------------|--------------------|----------------------
-------------*||--------------------|--------------------|----------------------
-------------*||-----------0--------|--2--0-----0--------|--2--0-----0----------
3p2p0---------||--0--2--3-----------|--------3-----------|--------3-----3--2----


                                 4:36
|------------16--16--16--14--16---|--------------------|------------------------
|---------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------
|---------------------------------|-----------0--0--2--|--2--0-----0--2--4------
|--3p2p0--------------------------|--0--2--3-----------|--------3---------------



|--------------------|-----------16--16--16--14--16--|--------------------|-----
|--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----
|--2--0-----0--------|-------------------------------|-----------0--0--2--|-----
|--------3-----3--2--|--p2p0-------------------------|--0--2--3-----------|-----



------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------
------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------
2--0-----0--2--4--|--2--0-----0--------|------------2-----2--|------------------
------3-----------|--------3-----3--2--|--3p2p0--------------|------------------


Guitar & Vocals    5:40
--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------
--------------------|--------------------2-----|--2h3p2h3p2h3p2--|--5-----3-----
--------------------|--1-----3-----5-----------|-----------------|--------------
--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------


               Organ Solo
------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------
---------1--|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------
---1--1-----|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------
------------|---3-----------1--|--3--3--3-----1--1--1--|--3--3--3--------1------



|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------
|--3--3--3--------1--|--3--0--3-----3--0--3-----1--0--1--0--|--3-----3-----3----



---------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------
---------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------
---------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------
0-----3--3-----3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1--0--1--0--|--3-----3-------



---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
3--0--1--3-----3-----3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1--1--1--0-------------


6:15 (fast)
-||---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
-||*--------------------------------------------------|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5----
-||*--------------2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|-------------------------
-||---3--3--3--3--------------------------------------|-------------------------



---3--3--3--3---------------||--------------------------------------------------
5--------------3--3--3--3--*||--------------------------------------------------
---------------------------*||--------------2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5-----
----------------------------||--3--3--3--3--------------------------------------



---|--------------------------3--3-----3---|-----------------------------------
---|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--------5-------|-----------------------------------
5--|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
---|----------------------------------------|--3-----3-----3--0--1--3-----3-----



---------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------
---------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------
---------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------
---3--3--0--1--|--3--3-----3-----3--0--1--0--1--0--|--1--3-----3-----3-----3----



---------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------
---------------------|-----------------------------------||*--------------------
---------------------|-----------------------------------||*--------------2-----
---3-----3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1--0--1--0--||---3--3--3--3--------



---------------------------------|--------------------------3--3--3--3----------
---------------------------------|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--------------3--3----
2--2--2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|----------------------------------------------
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------



-------||--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
3--3--*||--------------------------------------------------|--3--3--3--3--5-----
------*||--------------2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|--------------------
-------||--3--3--3--3--------------------------------------|--------------------



---------3--3--3--3--3-----|-----------------------|----------------------------
5--5--5--------------------|-----------------------|------------------7---------
---------------------------|--0-----2-----3--5-----|--7-----7--8--10------------
---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------


                                      7:05
|------------7--9-----|--11------------|----------------------------------------
|--9--10--------------|----------------|----------------------------------0-----
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------0h2--x--------
|---------------------|----------------|--0-----0--2--x--x--3--x----------------



----||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------
h2--||*----------------------------------0h2--*||-------------------------------
----||*--------------------------0h2--x-------*||--------------------2--3--5----
----||---0--x--x--2--x--x--3--x----------------||--0--x--x--3--5--5-------------



|--------------|--------------|-----------------------------|-------------------
|-----4--7-----|--------------|--------3--2-----------------|-------------------
|--7-----------|--2-----------|--------------5--3--2--3--5--|-------------------
|--------------|--------5-----|--3--------------------------|--3-----------1----



|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--3--3--3--------1--|--3--3--3-----0--0--3--1--1-----1--|--3--3--3--------1----



|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
|--3--3--3--------1--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1--0--1--0--|--3--3--3-----3--3----



---------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
---------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
------2--------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------
---3-----3--3--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1--0--1--0--|--3-----3-----3--0----


Oh Yeah!
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----1--3-----0-----3-----0--|--3-----3-----3--0--3--1-----1--3--|--0------------


                     Phew!!!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
No Picture
Nate
Lead Player 		#1 by Nate Thompson at Mar 24, 2006 at 4:01 AM EST
Just enjoy listening to the song !!. I think the sum is even greater than the parts. I love the guitars - accoustic at the beginning, and bass throughout. Very few bands have a bass player who can lead the song like Yes's guy. Makes for a very innovative sound, the likes of which you don't hear anymore. Remember this song was played before music videos, so the music and lyrics had to paint a picture, even if that piture was an acid trip, it's still interesting.
 

Kevin
Wanna Be 		#2 by Kevin Woolard at Apr 6, 2006 at 6:56 AM EST
I love Yes. They are incredible musicians and singers however I wouldn't get too hung up trying to understand Yes lyrics. My understanding is they are all basically meaningless except in a real general way. They are written basically for how the words sound tonally. They are intentionally intricate, complicated and obtuse to match the incredible musical virtuosity throughout their music. Simple lyrics just wouldn't cut it in these songs.
 

Seymon
Average 		#3 by Seymon Seymon at May 25, 2006 at 5:56 PM EST
awesome bass line... great song!
 

Stephan
Wanna Be 		#4 by Stephan at Jun 30, 2006 at 9:41 AM EST
In a nutshell...A man telling his love that he will take the "high road" (I'll be the roundabout -- BTW a roundabout is a circular intersection where you can keep going round until you decide which road to turn off on). That he will do whatever it takes to suit her. That in the scheme of things, it is not important to be arrogant and full of pride in the relationship. That a person is pretty trivial in the scheme of things (nature and the world at large) and that love is about putting the other person's needs first. That's my quick and dirty take anyway. I remember when Fragile first came out when I was a teenager driving around in my first car with an 8-track car stereo...it was amazing music...and remains so today.
 

Tyler
Wanna Be 		#5 by Tyler Wood at Oct 25, 2006 at 3:12 PM EST
What a wonderful song.. Makes me feel in a great mood!
 

Michael
Average 		#6 by Michael Balzary A.K.A FLEA at Feb 3, 2007 at 8:49 AM EST
this song has the most incredible bass line.....i love it...so simple but pleasing
 
 
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