Stabbing Westward - So Far Away (Acoustic)
Artist: Stabbing Westward
Song: So Far Away (Acoustic)
Album: Stabbing Westward Bonus CD
Released: 2001
Contact: Zippo8822@aol.com
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Guitars Needed: 2
Both Derek and Chris played on this version of "So Far Away."
Not too different from the original, the vibraphone and
percussive parts are tabbed out as well. Both guitars are
acoustics (obviously).
Symbols/Key
-----------
x - mute string
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
-- Intro - Guitar 1
E|-----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------|
B|--10---10---8---8---5---5---3----6--5---------------|
G|--------------------------------------5-5h6-5--7-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|--0------0------0--------0------0--0---0-0-0-0-0----|
B|----0------0------0--------0-----0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
-- Verse 1 - Guitar 1
Play 15x
E|-------------|
B|----------1--|
G|----2--------|
D|------2------|
A|--0-----0----|
E|-------------|
Amin.
"...gently touch your face..."
E|-------------------|
B|--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--|
G|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
-- Chorus 1 - Guitar 1
Rhythm Figure I:
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
F G
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| -2x
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Amin.
F G
But every time that I touch you...
Amin.
you feel so far away.
F G
And every time that you need me...
Amin. E (Play until Verse 2 begins)
I feel so far away.
- Guitar 2
(1:00)
Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|------17--15---12--10--13-12--8---10--7--|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--17-------------------------------------|
-- Verse 2 - Guitar 1
E|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
B|--1-1--1--1-1-1--|
G|--2-2--2--2-2-2--|
D|--2-2--2--2-2-2--| - Play throughout verse (rhythm approximate)
A|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
E|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
Amin.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/stabbing-westward/43959.html ]
- Guitar 2
* Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|-------------17-15--12--|
B|--8-10------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
-- Chorus 2 - Guitar 1
Guitar 1 plays Rhythm Figure 1.
- Guitar 2
(1:51)
* Organ Arranged For Guitar
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--14---12---9---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(2:02)
* Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|------17--15---12--10--13-12--8---10--7--|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--17-------------------------------------|
-- Bridge - Guitar 1
"I need to find a way to break this silence..."
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|--5-------5-| - Repeat until 2:26
D|----5---5---|
A|------3-----|
E|------------|
(2:26)
E|----------|
B|--5h7p5-7-|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
E|--0-0-0-0----------------|
B|--1-1-1-1----------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1--|
D|--2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2--|
A|--3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2--|
E|--0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0--|
C E
- Alter between these when the chords come back in.
-- Chorus 3 - Guitar 1
Guitar 1 plays Rhythm Figure 1 until end of chorus.
- Guitar 2
*Percussive Instrument Arranged For Guitar
E|--x-x-x-x--|
B|--x-x-x-x--|
G|--x-x-x-x--|
D|--x-x-x-x--| - Repeat until Chorus 3 ends
A|--x-x-x-x--|
E|--x-x-x-x--|
-- Outro
Same as Intro for Guitars 1 & 2
And that's it.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Each night I feel the distance that has grown between us,
open up as lonely as the space between the stars.
I wish that I could find a way,
to smash my fists right through these walls,
Of ugliness and emptiness and gently touch your face.
Chorus:
But every time I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away.
Verse 2:
As you lay silently beside me, choking back your tears,
I wonder if you recognize silence now defines us.
Desperately I try to fight this overwhelming sense that I
May never find the strength to change how hopeless
We've become.
Chorus:
And every time that I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away!
Yeah I feel so far away.
I feel so far...
Bridge:
I need to find a way to break this silence...
I need to find a way to break this silence...
I need to find a way to break this silence, that's between us,
So I scream your name. I scream your name.
Chorus:
But every time I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away.
And every time you reach out, you feel me pull away.
And every time I touch you, I touch you, I touch you...
Yeah, you feel so far away.
