SURFING ON A ROCKET
As recorded by Air
(From the 2003 Album TALKIE WALKIE)
Words and Music by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Arranged by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Transcribed by James Duffy
This is a really cool, jazzy song, and it's really fun to play, too. If you have any
questions, comments, suggestions or
abuse you wanna hit me with, I'd love to hear from you: hit me at eldufo@hotmail.com.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Electric Guitar (slight delay)
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Palm-Muted Electric Guitar
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - Synthesiser
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - Piano
Pre-Verse
Bb Eb
4/4
||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||
Verse
Eb D C D
4/4
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb D C D
4/4
Gtr I
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Chorus
C C
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
C C
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D D
|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C# C#
|---1-------1-----|------------------||x2
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Verse
Bb Eb
4/4
||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||
Verse
Eb D C D
4/4
Gtr I
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb D C D
4/4
Gtr I
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Chorus
C C
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
C C
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D D
|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C# C#
|---1-------1-----|------------------||x2
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Verse
Bb Eb
4/4
||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||
Bridge
Eb D C D
4/4
Gtr I
|------------------3-|---------------3-|------------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
Eb D
4/4
Gtr I
|------------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
C D
|------------------3-|-------------------|
|-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
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C Eb C
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
|---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-8---------------|-6-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E G
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-0-------1-------|-3-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
F Eb
|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb C#
|---1-------1-----|-----------------|
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----|
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------|---------0-------|
|---------1-------|-2---------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb
Gtr III
~
|----------|-----|
|-4--------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
Eb Eb
Gtr IV
|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-12--------|-(12)----|
|-13--------|-(13)----|
|-13--------|-(13)----|
|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
Pre-Verse
Bb Eb
4/4
Gtr I
||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||
Verse
Eb D C D
4/4
Gtr I
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb D C D
4/4
|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Out-Chorus
C C
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
C C
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D D
|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C# C#
|---1-------1-----|------------------||x4
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
C C
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
|---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C C
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D D
|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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