Mr Wilson Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author martin_ellis [a] 1,641. Last edit on Sep 22, 2022

Mr. Wilson
John cale
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EADGBe
4/4 time
 
 
[Intro]
 
Keyboard arrangned for guitar
 
   Dm            Dm             Am          Am
e||--5-x-x-x-5--|-5-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||[x2]
B||--6-x-x-x-5--|-6-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
G||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
D||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--7-x-x-x-7-|-7-x-x-x-7-:||
A||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
E||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
 
 [Gtr 2]
e||----------10-|---------10-|------------|------------||[x2]
B||-------------|------------|---------10-|---------10-||
G||-----------7-|----------7-|------------|------------||
D||-------------|------------|----------7-|----------7-||
A||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
E|--------------|------------|------------|------------||
 
   Dm            Dm             Am          Am
e||--5-x-x-x-5--|-5-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||[x2]
B||--6-x-x-x-5--|-6-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
G||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
D||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--7-x-x-x-7-|-7-x-x-x-7-:||
A||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
E||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
  I believe you, Mr. Wilson, I believe you anyway
  And I'm always thinking of you when I hear your music play
 
[Chorus]
 
   Bb      F/A        Gm7       F/A                 Bb      F/A        Gm7     F/A
e|--6-------------|----3-------------------------|--6--------------|---3-----------|
B|--6--------6----|----3---------6---------------|--6---------6----|---3-------6---|
G|--7--------5----|----3---------5---------------|--7---------5----|---3-------5---|
D|--8--------3----|----3---------3---------------|--8---------3----|---3-------3---|
A|--8-------------|----5-------------------------|--8--------------|---5-----------|
E|--6--------5----|----3---------5---------------|--6---------5----|---3-------5---|
   And you know it's true  That Wales is not like  Californ-i-a in any way And When I listen
 
   Bb            F/A                       Gm7          NC
e|--6-----------------------------------|---3----------|--------------|
B|--6--------------6--------------------|---3----------|--------------|
G|--7--------------5--------------------|---3----------|--------------|
D|--8--------------3--------------------|---3----------|--------------|
A|--8-----------------------------------|---5----------|------1-3-----|
E|--6--------------5--------------------|---3----------|--3-5---------|
   to your music you're still thousands of miles away
 
[Verse]
   Dm            Dm             Am          Am
e||--5-x-x-x-5--|-5-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||[x3]
B||--6-x-x-x-5--|-6-x-x-x-5--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
G||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--5-x-x-x-5-|-5-x-x-x-5--||
D||--7-x-x-x-7--|-7-x-x-x-7--|--7-x-x-x-7-|-7-x-x-x-7-:||
A||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
E||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
   Take your mixes, not your mixture, add some music to our day
   Don't believe the thing they tell you, don't let them get in your way
 
[Chorus]
   Bb      F/A        Gm7     F/A                      Bb      F/A        Gm7     F/A
e|--6-------------|----3-----------------------------|--6----------------|-3-----------|
B|--6--------6----|----3------6----------------------|--6--------6-------|-3------6----|
G|--7--------5----|----3------5----------------------|--7--------5-------|-3------5----|
D|--8--------3----|----3------3----------------------|--8--------3-------|-3------3----|
A|--8-------------|----5-----------------------------|--8----------------|-5-----------|
E|--6--------5----|----3------5----------------------|--6--------5-------|-3------5----|
   And you know it's true    That Wales is not like   Californ-i-a in any way     And When I hear your 
 
   Bb                F/A                  Gm7
e|--6-----------------------------------|-3----------|
B|--6------------------6----------------|-3----------|
G|--7------------------5----------------|-3----------|
D|--8------------------3----------------|-3----------|
A|--8-----------------------------------|-5----------|
E|--6------------------5----------------|-3----------|
   music you're still thousands of miles away
 
[Break]
   Gm7               Am/D
e||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5--------||[x2]
B||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5--------||
G||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5-------:||
D||-3--x-x--3--------|--7-x-x-7--------||
A||-5--x-x--5--------|--5-x-x-5--------||
E||-3--x-x--3--------|-----------------||
 
   Gm7               Am/D
e||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5--------||[x9]
B||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5--------||
G||-3--x-x--3--------|--5-x-x-5-------:||
D||-3--x-x--3--------|--7-x-x-7--------||
A||-5--x-x--5--------|--5-x-x-5--------||
E||-3--x-x--3--------|-----------------||
 
Whisper, whisper, got a monkey on my back
Whisper, whisper, tell tails us and scratch my back
'Nette Funicello, though I never met you once
I know your movies, in the sea and sand and air
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   Bb      F/A        Gm7      F/A                      Bb      F/A        Gm7     F/A
e|--6-------------|----3---------------------------|--6-------------|----3-----------|
B|--6--------6----|----3--------6------------------|--6--------6----|----3------6----|
G|--7--------5----|----3--------5------------------|--7--------5----|----3------5----|
D|--8--------3----|----3--------3------------------|--8--------3----|----3------3----|
A|--8-------------|----5---------------------------|--8-------------|----5-----------|
E|--6--------5----|----3--------5------------------|--6--------5----|----3------5----|
   And you know it's true  That Wales is not like   Californ-i-a in any way    And everytime I 
 
   Bb              F/A                       Gm7           NC
e|--6----------------------------------------|-3----------|-----------------|
B|--6---------------6------------------------|-3----------|-----------------|
G|--7---------------5------------------------|-3----------|-----------------|
D|--8---------------3------------------------|-3----------|-----------------|
A|--8----------------------------------------|-5----------|-----1-3-----1-3-|
E|--6---------------5------------------------|-3----------|-3-5-----3-5-----|
   hear your music you're still thousands of miles away
 
[Outro]
 
    Ebmaj7   F       Gm7   F/A
e||---3------1-----|--3----------||[x2]
B||---3------1-----|--3-----6----||
G||---3------2-----|--3-----5---:||
D||---1------3-----|--3-----3----||
A||----------------|--5----------||
E||----------------|--3-----5----||
 
    Ebmaj7   F                Gm7     F/A
e||---3------1--------------|---3--------------||[x6]
B||---3------1--------------|---3------6-------||
G||---3------2--------------|---3------5------:||
D||---1------3--------------|---3------3-------||
A||-------------------------|---5--------------||
E||-------------------------|---3------5-------||
        California wine tastes fine .... 
 
[Legend]
x - dead note [scratch strum]
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Thanks for this, it's a fantastic song and seriously underappreciated. I'm playing the intro/verse as C - Dm, F - Dm, G - Am, C - Am, which follows the bassline and retains the melody/feel of the intro. With the outro, I'm finding that playing the chords as ascending D-shaped triads plus bass root works well and preserves the sense of an ascending progression. So: Ebmaj7 F Gm7 F/A e||---3------5--------------|---6------5-------||[x6] B||---3------6--------------|---6------6-------|| G||---3------5--------------|---7------5------:|| D||---1------3--------------|---5------7-------|| A||-------------------------|----------8-------|| E||-------------------------|----------5-------|| California wine tastes fine ....