I looked at the tab for this song on the website, and it was a little off. The rhythm
off and some notes were off. I listened to the song alot and looked at the videos of G?G!
and saw that there was a capo on or around the 7th fret. I put a capo on the 7th and
the notes from the other tab to figure out the tuning of each string. It took a while,
I got it.
Tuning - EAEAGe Capo 7th
6th string - Left normal
5th string - Left normal
4th string - Tuned up to E (2 frets)
3rd string - Tuned up to A (2 frets)
2nd string - Tuned down to G (4 frets)
1st string - Left normal
There are two riffs in the main, beginning part of the song and each riff is played in
different time signatures.
Riff 1 in 9/8
e|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------7t9---------------------7t9---------|
A|----7t12-----7t10-----------7t12-----7t10----|
E|-----------------------7t10------------------|
A|7t10--------------7t10-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Riff 1 in 7/8
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/g/giraffes-giraffes/215217.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7t9-----------------|
A|----------7t12------7t12-----7t10------------|
E|-----7t10------7t10--------------------------|
A|7t10-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (0:32) in 8/8
e|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|----------7t10-----------7t12------7t10------|
A|-----7t10------7t10-7t10------7t10-----------|
E|7t12-----------------------------------------|
Riff 2 in 7/8
e|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|----------7t10------7t12------7t10-----------|
A|-----7t10------7t10------7t10----------------|
E|7t12-----------------------------------------|
I'm still not sure on the rest of the song. I kind of know it, but I'm not sure. I'll
it up later.
Here is the rhythm scheme for the song
*4(9/8) = four 9/8 measures*
Intro: 4(9/8) 7/8
Riff #1: 4(9/8) 3(7/8) 4(9/8) 7/8
Riff #2: 2(8/8) 7/8 8/8 2(7/8) 8/8 7/8 8/8
Riff #1: 9/8 7/8 9/8 2(7/8) 2(9/8)
Octave Pedal Fun!: 2(9/8) 7/8
Riff #1: 3(7/8) 2(9/8) 7/8 9/8 3/8
The rest is in 4/4
Note: the last two 9/8 measures of the intro is Joseph Andreoli having fun with his
pedal.
Enjoy :D
