Already Dead Tab

by Beck
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 3rd fret
Author F# 11th w3 [a] 198. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Already Dead - Beck
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Tabbed by: F# 11th w3
 
Tuning: Standard, capo on 3rd fret
 
 
This song is played on 2 guitars. This tab is my interpretation on how to play
it on one guitar. Throughout the song, let ring where possible. When I refer
to a 'measure' I mean a part between the vertical lines: |------------|.
 
 
Intro:
 
e|-------5--4------|--------3--2------|--------2--0------|--------3p2-0------|
B|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|-----4-----------|------2-----------|------0--------0--|------0------------|
D|---2--------2----|----2--------2----|----2--------2----|----2---------2----|
A|--------------2--|---------------2--|------------------|----------------2--|
E|-0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0----------------|
 
e|-------3--2------|------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------|--------3--2------|--------------------0---|
G|-----2-----------|------2-----------|--------4--2--1-----1---|
D|-0-2--------2----|----2--------2----|------0----2--2---------|
A|--------------2--|--0------------2--|----2------4--2---------|
E|-----------------|------------------|--0--------------0------|
 
 
Verse 1:
 
Time wears away
All the pleasures of the day
All the treasures... you could hold
 
e|-------0-------|-------2-----|-------0-------|-------0-------|-3-----------|
B|-------0-------|-------0-----|-------0-------|-------0-------|-0------0----|
G|-------1-------|-------2-----|-------2-------|-------1-------|-0----4------|
D|-----2----2----|-----0----0--|-------2--2----|-----2------0--|-0--0--------|
A|---2--------2--|---2---------|---2h4------4--|---2--------x--|-x-----------|
E|-0-------------|-0-----------|-0-------------|-0--------0-2--|-3-----------|
 
e|-2--------------|----------------------|
B|-3-----3-2------|-------------------0--|
G|-2-2-------2----|-------4--2--1-----1--|
D|-0---0-------0--|-----0----4--2--------|
A|-x--------------|---2------4--2--------|
E|-2--------------|-0--------------0-----|
 
 
Verse 2:
 
Days turn to sand
Losing strength in every hand
They can't hold you... anymore
 
(Same as Verse 1.)
 
 
Chorus:
 
Part 1 (lyrics):
 
Already dead to me now
Already dead to me now
'Coz it feels like I'm watching something dying
 
e|--------------0--------|--------------0--------|--------------0------------|
B|-------0------0--------|-------0------0--------|---------0----0------------|
G|-----2---2p0--0--2--0--|---0h2---2p0--0--2--0--|-------2------0---0-2-0----|
D|-1h2----------2--------|-2------------2--------|-----5-----5--2-2----------|
A|-2------------2--------|-2------------2--------|---4----------2------------|
E|-0------------0--------|-0------------0--------|-0------------0------------|
 
e|-----------|-----0-------|----------------0----|
B|------3----|-----3--2----|----------------0-0--|
G|------4----|-----2----2--|-------4--2--1--1----|
D|-0----0-0--|-0---0-------|-----0----2--2-------|
A|-x----x----|-0-----------|---2------4--2-------|
E|-2h3--3----|-2-----------|-0-------------------|
 
 
Part 2 (instrumental):
 
(Let the bended string bend down a bit before moving to next measure.)
 
e|-------0-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
B|---3b5---b5--|-------3-----|-------0-----|-------0------|-------3----------|
G|-------------|---6b7---b7--|-------------|---0h2---2p0--|-------4-4--------|
D|-------------|-------------|---7b9---b9--|--------------|-----------5------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----5------------|
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0------------|-2/3--------------|
 
e|-------0---------|----------------0----|
B|-------3--2------|----------------0-0--|
G|------------2----|-------4--2--1--1-1--|
D|-----0--------0--|-----0----2--2-------|
A|---0-------------|---2------4--2-------|
E|-2---------------|-0-------------------|
 
 
Verse 3:
 
Love looks away
In the harsh light of the day
On the edge of... nothing more
 
(Same as Verse 1.)
 
 
Verse 4:
 
Days fade to black
In the light of what they lack
Nothing's measured... by what it needs
 
(Almost the same as verse 1, only the 2nd measure is different and the last
one.)
 
e|-7-----------|
B|-5---5-------|
G|-----4-------|
D|----------0--|
A|--------7----|
E|---0---------|
 
e|----------------0-----|
B|----------------0--0--|
G|-------4--2--1-----1--|
D|-----0----4--2--------|
A|---2------4--2--------|
E|-0--------------------|
 
 
Chorus:
 
(Almost the same as previous chorus, in part 1 only the 3rd measure is
different and the last one. Part 2 is exactly identical.)
 
e|-----------------0-----|
B|-----------------0--0--|
G|-------2------2--0--4--|
D|-----5----5p2----2--2--|
A|---4-------------2-----|
E|-0---------------0-----|
 
e|----------------0-------|
B|----------------0----0--|
G|-------4--2--1-------1--|
D|-----0----2--2-----2----|
A|---2------4--2----------|
E|-0----------------------|
 
 
Outro:
 
(Sounds very much like the intro, but it's not the same actually.)
 
e|-------5--4-----|-0h2---3-2----|-------2--0----|-------3p2-0------|
B|----------------|-0------------|-------0----0--|------------------|
G|---4---------4--|-----2-----2--|-----0------0--|-----0------------|
D|-----2-------2--|-----------2--|---2-----------|---2---------2----|
A|----------------|--------------|---------------|---------------2--|
E|-0--------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0----------------|
 
e|-3-----3-2----|---------------|--------------------7--|
B|-0---0--------|---2---3--2----|--------------------5--|
G|-0h2-------2--|---------------|--------4--2--1-----4--|
D|-0------------|-2---2------2--|------0----2--2--------|
A|--------------|-0-------------|----2------4--2--------|
E|--------------|---------------|--0--------------0-----|
 
 
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Arnas Baubkus
Thanks man. I've been trying to learn it for about 3 days now and thanks to you I got it.
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Arnas Baubkus
Great job.
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F# 11th w3
Thanks for the comment. In that live performance he definitely is playing it in a different tuning than my tab. But it seems to me that the notes are the same. About the album, I'm pretty sure that he is using two guitars in the recording. There's more notes than he playes live.
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