Mike's Song
From: Emil Hedaya -- skjut@usa.net
From kassak@athena.mit.EDU
From: kcjonz@wam.umd.edu (David Douglas McCallum)
The beginning I sense goes as C#m D A... What about the rest?
Well, I started this one with the best of intentions, setting out to TAB the whole thing, but I fizzled out after not too long! The end of Mike's Song isn't
very complicated, but I couldn't think of a way to express it easily and compactly, so I kind-of "punted" and described it to the best of my ability.
Intro riff: repeat through verse
C#m D A
* S/ H-O
E|----9-------------------|------------------|
B|----9-------------------|10-------10--10~--|
G|----9-------------------|11--------9-------|
D|--------------------9-11|12-----9-11-------|
A|--------9---9-10-11-----|------------------|
E|9-9---------------------|------------------|
^Trey sometimes substitutes with a low E note on 12th fret
[note: Words marked with an "*" are sung at the same time as the "E-A" double stop in the intro riff]
* C#m D A
Trapped in time and I don't know what to do
C#m * D A
These friends of mine, I can see right through.
C#m * D A
You don't gotta tell me and I don't gotta move
C#m * D A
`Coz I'm sittin' back here sharin' the groove.
E
trill + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|9-11^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^----|
E|---------------------12--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
H-O P-O S\ H-O H-O P-O S\ H-O
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|9-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-----7------7------|9-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-7--7------|
G|9-9-9--9--9-9-9-7-----7------8------|9-9-9--9--9-9-9-7-7--8------|
D|9-9-9-11-11-9-9-7-----7------9------|9-9-9-11-11-9-9-7-7--9------|
A|-------------------------------9-11-|-----------------------9-11-|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
[Trey] Me no are no nice guy Me..nice
[Page] Me no are no nice guy Me..nice
H-O P-O S\ H-O H-O P-O S\
E|------------------------------------|-------------------7---8----|
B|9-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-----7------7------|9-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-x7-x-8----|
G|9-9-9--9--9-9-9-7-----7------8------|9-9-9--9--9-9-9-7-x8-x-9----|
D|9-9-9-11-11-9-9-7-----7------9------|9-9-9-11-11-9-9-7-x9-x10----|
A|-------------------------------9-11-|-------------------9--10----|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------7---8----|
[Trey] Me no are no nice guy [Mike] I-i-i-...
[Page] Me no are no nice gui-hi
..walk through the hallways inside my mind
I chase the backbeat from behind
Big dude in the doorway was blockin' my way
He reached to grab me and this is what he said:
Me no are no nice guys (X 3)
Then go stacatto between these two chord formations , 4 times the first time, then 8, then 10:
E|-------|
B|---9-7-|
G|---9-7-|
D|---9-7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
Then back to the "me no are no nice guys" riff, then back to the stacatto chords, then switch over to the "trampoline jam" :
F#m7 --> B back and forth for a LONG time, then D E F#m7 a couple of times, back to F#m7 --> B then D E F#m7 twice, then the 12-tone
chromatic walk down from F#-G to |F#m7 A E F# :| repeated 8 times, stopping on the E and letting it ring on the last time.
...which leads us to I am Hydrogen