Title: A Night Without Cars
Artist: Brandon Boyd
Album: Wild Trapeze
Transcription and tabbing : Adrien Guille (adrien.guille@gmail.com)
If you want to play that great song the same way as Brandon did on the record,
you must tune your guitar to DADGAD !!
Tuning : DADGAD
Intro (chords are : A,G,D,A)
x1
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0----------|----------------------0--------------|
D|--------7---------7-----------7------|--------5---------5-------5----------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|-5---5------5--5-------------5---0---|
D|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------0--------------|--------------------------0----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------7---------7-----------7------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------0--2--3---3------3--2--0----|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|
Verse
x2
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0----------|----------------------0--------------|
D|--------7---------7-----------7------|--------5---------5-------5----------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|-5---5------5--5-------------5---0---|
Picture this A falling star
The two of us are holding fast
D|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------0--------------|--------------------------0----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------7---------7-----------7------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------0--2--3---3------3--2--0----|-7---7------7--7------7-----------7--|
The door holds a kite string
Where will the fall leave us ?
Pre-Chorus (chords : F#,A,C#,A and F#,A,D,D)
x2
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/brandon-boyd/259390.html ]
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-11--11---11-11-11-7----7---7--|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----4--4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-11--11---11-11-11-7----7---7--|
(You were a prisoner) And so was I
(Into the arms of) A threat that's real !
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|-7-----4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|
A|------------------------------------|-------0----0---5--5--5--5---5---5--|
D|----4--4----4---7--7--7--7---7---7--|----7--0----0---0--0--0--0---0---0--|
(Now we're the hunted) It opened my eye
This is our burden We've got to find Another
Chorus (chords : A,G,D,A then A,G,F#,A)
x1
D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|-5----5---5------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|-5----5---5------5---5---5--5---|
way out ! If there are no such things as walls
D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---7---7------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-11---11-----11--11--11-----11--|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|
D|-12---12--12-----12-------------|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-12---12--12-----12--12--12-12--|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|
you're not a prisoner at all Another
D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|-5----5---5------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|-5----5---5------5---5---5--5---|
way out! Yeah, there is nothing holding you!
D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---7---7------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
G|-4----4------4---4---4------4---|-6----6------6---6---6------6---|
D|-4----4---4------4--------------|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4----4---4------4---5---5--5---|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|
So run like a Caribou
D|-0----0------0---0---0---0------|
A|-0----0------0---0---0---0------| he plays the A chord twice,
G|-6----6------6---6---6------6---| and then it goes back to the verse !
D|-7----7---7------7--------------|
A|--------------------------------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7---7--7---|
The solo is a variation of the pre-chorus, played on electric-guitar,
with a lot of fuzz (and maybe a tone shifter pedal or something like that)