Shine a Light

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Album: Lazer Guided Melodies
Writers: Jason Pierce

Transcribed by Aaron Heisler
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Notes: I also did a chord transcription for this 
(in the OLGA archive). So you may want to check 
that out. I've tabbed this for a five-string bass. 
If you want to play this on a four-string (and
that's quite alright), then just replace the 1
on the B string with a 3 on the A string....it's 
still a C note, just not as low :-)

The song is played in 3/4 time. The chords are
played with F and C at 1 bar each, then G for 2
bars, then back to start. Use this timing to
play the bass.

Pretty much the whole song is based around this riff 
(I've put the chords on top so that the timing 
is self-explanatory):

~=Trill

  F      C      G               
G ------2-----------------------
D 3-3-3--------2----------------
A -------3-3-3--------2---------
E --------------3-3-3----3-3-3-3
B ------------------------------


continued...
       F           C           G
G ------------------------------0-7~
D -----------------------2-2-2-0----
A ----------------------------------
E -3-3-1-0-1---1--------------------
B -----------------1----1-----------





Then back to start.

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for more information about this band. There is also
a guitar tabs section where things like this are
exchanged...

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Thanks again...

Tabbed by: Aaron Wolfe
Email: S*

A great song, kind of hard to tab though because there's so much going on...

Tuning: Dropped D (DADGBe)

*The guitar part throughout the song is basically just playing octaves:

Intro riff (played between the verses too)

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------6----|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7-----7-----7---7---7---7---7---7-------7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-0---0-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-0------|

Verses

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---0---0---7---7---0---0---4---4-|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-0---0---7---7---0---0---4---4---|

Since the song is entirely based around this structure (the chorus is picked like that 

Intro A, D

A
I keep my head uptight
                    F#m
I make my plans at night
                                                        D
And I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep 'til it's light
            A                D       F#m
Something's flowing, someone buried alive

(A, D between verses)

Chorus

E/G#                              F#m             E
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
E
You know our hearts beat time
        D           A                 F#m
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive


*then, right before the last chorus:

Bm
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
E
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
Bm
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
F#m
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

The last chorus is just the guitar which is going:

(you know our...                  ...very slowly)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---7---7---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---7---7---4---4---4---4---|

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------|
D|-4---4---4---4---|

(AKA E, F#m, E, D, A, F#m)

The outro is just F#m, with *maybe* a D chord thrown in there (similar to the rhythm of 
intro chords, replace the A with the D) but it's hard to tell because the toms on the 
kind of muddy the bass

Chords: (I'll give the dropped D chords too - they might be easier)

        [EADGBe]  [DADGBe]
A       [x02220]  [x02220]
D       [xx0232]  [000232]
F#m     [244222]  [444222]
E/G#    [422100]  [679900]
E       [022100]  [222100]
Bm      [x24432]  [x24432]