Ceremony Tab

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	3rd fret

Author nickelflip [a] 106.

1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 18, 2022

Ceremony - Galaxie 500
Tabbed by: nickelflip
E-mail: nickelflip@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard, Capo 3rd fret.
 
All of the notes in this song are written relative to the capo on the 3rd fret. The capo becomes the nut,
so if the tab says fret 5, for example, you play what would normally be called fret 8 without the capo.
 
[Intro Riff 1]
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|     x2
D|----7-7----7----7--7--7-------7-7-----7------7--7--7-|
A|5----5----5----5--5--5--5----------------------------|
E|--------------------------5----5-----5-----5--5--5--5|
 
Note: Riff above is how Dean Wareham plays it live. On the album version, however, when it moves to fretting 5
on the E string, they also move to fretting 7 on the A string, not the D string. Thanks to user hoserton for
pointing this out in the comments.
 
[Intro Riff 2]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--3--3----3----3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----2----2--2--4b5--pb5-pb5br2-----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|    x4
D|0----0--0--0--0----0----0--0----------------------2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|
A|---------------------------------------------0----0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Intro Riff 3]
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-----2--1---------|
D|-------------2----|    x8
A|0-----------------|
E|------------------|
 
[Verse] (Strum Softly):
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--3--3----3----3--3--3----3--3--3-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----2----2--2--2----2--2--2---------2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|   x4
D|0----0--0--0--0----0----0--0--0----0--0--0---------2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|
A|----------------------------------------------0----0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Chorus] (Same as verse, just strum harder/louder)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--3--3----3----3--3--3----3--3--3-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----2----2--2--2----2--2--2---------2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|   x4
D|0----0--0--0--0----0----0--0--0----0--0--0---------2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2|
A|----------------------------------------------0----0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Solo]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--2--2------11---9---7------7---------2--2--2-----------------------|
D|0----0--0--0----0----0---0------0-----------2--2--2------11---9---7------7|   x2
A|---------------------------------------0----0--0--0----0----0---0------0--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|4h6----4h6----4--6/9--9--9----7----6----4h6----4h6----4h6----4h6----6----4-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|   x2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|4h6----4h6----4--6/11--11--11----9----7----4h6----4h6----4h6----4h6----6----4-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
After that, go back to the chorus and that's it. Play around with those solo riffs a bit, improvise as much or
as little as you like. This is almost exactly how Dean Wareham plays it live. If you have some corrections or
more solo riffs he throws in that I left out, please shoot me an email and I'll fix it. Thanks!
 
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| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| h   Hammer-on
| /   Slide up
 
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Just to remind anyone who might be new to tabs, all of the notes in this song are written relative to the capo on the 3rd fret... so if the tab says fret 5, for example, you actually play fret 8.

I think the intro part 1 is slightly off. When it moves to fretting 5 on the E string, you should alternate fretting 7 on the A string, not the D string. The intro sequence is a “deconstructed” D power chord followed by a “deconstructed” A power chord. As written it doesn’t sound bad, because the notes are all on the chord. It’s just not the same as the recording. Otherwise this is a great tab.