*** Rearviewmirror
Here is my rendition of Rearviewmirror. Watching the SNL performance,
this verified to me that I'm playing it at least close to right. I don't
include any of the solos, but those are pretty simple... I also don't
include any timings in the chord progression, since it's kinda repetitive
anyway, and just listening to the song you should be able to figure out
what is going on. During the 'verses', where I have (e f) in parenthesis,
just pick those notes, not the chords (just lift your barre on the F#m to
play the E note and the F note).
This is what I call the "riff" below in the chord progression.
It's the same fingering over and over, and the chord change during
the riff is just moving the pattern up a step. All notes are 8th notes,
at about 100-120 bpm. The first two notes (the fretted 'a' and the open
'a') seem odd, but if you listen to the album's intro, he's definately
doing this, since the first two notes are not the same string. The \/
symbol below the tab is a hammer-on. All the rest of the notes are
picked. I divide the riff into two parts, the first being part 'A' and
the second being part 'B'. Part 'A' is played over the 'A' chord during
the verses, part 'B' (when the chord changes during the riff) is played
over the 'B' chord. Just play each part however many times it is in the
song. As you will see, the riff is exactly the same pattern, moved up a
step.
Part A:
E ----------------------------
B ----------------------------
G ----------------------------
D ----------------------------
A -----0--5-----5--7----------
E --5--------5--------0--0----
\/
Part B:
E ----------------------------
B ----------------------------
G ----------------------------
D ----------------------------
A -----0--7-----7--9----------
E --7--------7--------0--0----
\/
---
riff
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
A A A A
riff
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
A
Bm Bm A A
Bm Bm A A
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
Bm C#m G A F#m (e f) G
Bm A
(repeat last line 'til the snare drum doubletimes)
Bm G
Bm G
Bm G
Bm G
Bm
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+--------------------+- But on eliminating every other reason -------------+
| John Price | For our sad demise |
| [email protected] | They logged the only explaination left |
+--------------------+-------- This species has amused itself to death ----+
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