artist : the vaselines
song : son of a gun
tabber : eric aari duhamel
ultimate guitar id : cardboard . scene
email : black . meadow@gmail . com
all feedback is welcome .
noteworthy : mapped out from the “live on kexp” performance , which you can find on youtube .
this a great song to play with a couple of vocalists and one or two guitars .
the nirvana version is great ,
but i dont see the point in tabbing out a cover .
so sit down tune up ,
spark a fire and sing your heart out to a true classic ,
by a couple of great scottish song writers .
ive done my best to place the chords in the proper places ,
adjacent to the lyrics .
all chords are major first position .
there seems to be some dispute as to a lyric in the chorus .
i cant tell if im hearing “and the raining always starts”
or “and the rain it always starts” .
as usual with my chord and tab sheets i will always
suggest using my tab while playing along with the recording or performance .
this song especially because the lyrics in the
verse are sung in a couple different rhythms .
for example , the “gun gun son of a gun” line ,
is crammed together on the “of a” part ,
and on the next rotation the lyrics are dragged out a bit more ,
using less words for the chords .
the bridge piece is played exactly as i have it drawn out , even if it seems strange .
the last note of this bridge piece is A D chord ,
which is played for 2 full bars ( or the length of two chord rotations )
until it leads back into the verse .
the song is broken up into two vocal parts .
vocal one is singing the verse .
vocal two is singing the chorus as well as the bridge piece .
during the final chorus , which is played 4 times , vocal one ,
joins in for the last 2 rotations .
lyrics in brackets are used in the second verse .
song layout at the bottom .
intro :
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
verse :
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
swing swing up and down , turn turn turn around ,
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
round round round about and over again .
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
gun gun son of – a gun , you are the only one ,
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
and no one else can ( will ) take my place .
chorus :
[ G ] [ C ] [ D ] [ C ]
the sun shines in my bedroom , when you play ,
[ G ] [ C ] [ D ] [ C ]
and the raining always starts when you go away . ( final chorus end on A G chord )
bridge piece :
[ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ohhhh
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ohhhh
[ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
haaah ohhhh haaah aaaah
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ooooh
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah oh . . .
song layout :
intro rotation x2
verse x1
chorus x2
verse x1
chorus x2
bridge x1
verse x1
chorus x4
end on G
artist : the vaselines
song : son of a gun
tabber : eric aari duhamel
ultimate guitar id : cardboard . scene
email : black . meadow@gmail . com
all feedback is welcome .
noteworthy : mapped out from the “live on kexp” performance , which you can find on youtube .
this a great song to play with a couple of vocalists and one or two guitars .
the nirvana version is great ,
but i dont see the point in tabbing out a cover .
so sit down tune up ,
spark a fire and sing your heart out to a true classic ,
by a couple of great scottish song writers .
ive done my best to place the chords in the proper places ,
adjacent to the lyrics .
all chords are major first position .
there seems to be some dispute as to a lyric in the chorus .
i cant tell if im hearing “and the raining always starts”
or “and the rain it always starts” .
as usual with my chord and tab sheets i will always
suggest using my tab while playing along with the recording or performance .
this song especially because the lyrics in the
verse are sung in a couple different rhythms .
for example , the “gun gun son of a gun” line ,
is crammed together on the “of a” part ,
and on the next rotation the lyrics are dragged out a bit more ,
using less words for the chords .
the bridge piece is played exactly as i have it drawn out , even if it seems strange .
the last note of this bridge piece is A D chord ,
which is played for 2 full bars ( or the length of two chord rotations )
until it leads back into the verse .
the song is broken up into two vocal parts .
vocal one is singing the verse .
vocal two is singing the chorus as well as the bridge piece .
during the final chorus , which is played 4 times , vocal one ,
joins in for the last 2 rotations .
lyrics in brackets are used in the second verse .
song layout at the bottom .
intro :
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
verse :
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
swing swing up and down , turn turn turn around ,
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
round round round about and over again .
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
gun gun son of – a gun , you are the only one ,
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ E ]
and no one else can ( will ) take my place .
chorus :
[ G ] [ C ] [ D ] [ C ]
the sun shines in my bedroom , when you play ,
[ G ] [ C ] [ D ] [ C ]
and the raining always starts when you go away . ( final chorus end on A G chord )
bridge piece :
[ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ohhhh
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ohhhh
[ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
haaah ohhhh haaah aaaah
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah ooooh
[ G ] [ D ] [ G ] [ D ]
haaah ohhhh haaah oh . . .
song layout :
intro rotation x2
verse x1
chorus x2
verse x1
chorus x2
bridge x1
verse x1
chorus x4
end on G
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