Spiritualized - Come Together Abbey Road

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Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:19:35 -0400
From: a spaceman 
Subject: s/spiritualized/come_together_abbey_road_version.crd

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Song: Come Together (Abbey Road version)
Performer: Spiritualized
Album: The Abbey Road EP
Writer: Jason Pierce

Transcribed by Aaron Heisler
(gravitygrave_resident@yahoo.com)

_Notes:_ This is a >very< different version of the
song from the
one that appears on Ladies and Gentlemen We Are
Floating In Space,
and as such it is played >quite< differently. Here the
rhythm guitar
is quite prominent, and the chording is slightly more
complex (includes
one extra chord and a different solo). It is also
harsher and more 
aggressive than the LAGWAFIS version, and is closer in
spirit to the
live version on Royal Albert Hall Live. Both of those
other versions
are arguably better, but this is the easiest to play.
Even though it
is the lesser of the three, it is still a spectacular
recording.

There is a fine transcription (by Sam Wander)
available in the old
OLGA archive of the Ladies and Gentlemen We Are
Floating In Space 
version, but that version unfortunately names the
chords incorrectly 
so it can be confusing. As this is a different version
with a different 
set of chords and solos, a new transcription was in
order.

_Effects:_ Distortion. Later in the song Jason uses
what sounds like
a phaser for that shifting, uneasy bit. Regardless
this song probably
benefits more from the Spacemen 3 trick of
over-amplification.

_Tuning:_ This song is played in standard tuning.
(EADGBe), but you
may or may not want to tune it down a bit (the rumor
that this is tuned
down seems to unsubstantiated).

Define chords:

A  - 002220 or XX222X or 577655
A# - XX333X or 688766
B  - XX444X or 799877
C  - XX555X or 8,10,10,9,8,8

>>I STRONGLY recommend that you play this with ONLY
the D,G, and B strings<<

_Rhythm:_
This song is played in 3/4 time. The rhythm is a bit
difficult to explain but easy to do: simply, in the
song,
play A for 3 bars, then strum A, A#, and B once each,
then
play C for 3 bars, then strum B, A#, and A once each
again,
in that order. Then just repeat this through the whole
song.

Intro:

Push in, 3/4 on timpanis...
then:
A...A#, B, C...B, A#, A...

Then (lead guitar):

e 0-------0------0----5
B ---3-1----3-1---3-1--  

then:

e 0-------0------0-----
B ---3-1----3-1---3-1--
G --------------------2 

...(this is also the solo that is played later in the
song)

Then play the chords as follows (see _Rhythm_ section
above for
timing):

A...(little Jonny's...)
A#, B...
C...(first he jumped...)

then for the chorus:

A...(come on...)
A#, B...
C...(come on...)

etc.

This is the shortest version of the song so it doesn't
have the 
lengthy section at the end of the live version which
sounds like it
>may< be in a different key.


You can visit my Spiritualized site at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/electricity/index.html
for more information about this band. There is also a
guitar tabs section where things like this are
exchanged but as this is a Spacemen 3 tab it does not
fit...

Comments or questions should go to
gravitygrave_resident@yahoo.com

Thanks again...