Red Lenses: Tablature

By Jimmy Pena (jimmy@walrus.com)

Excerpted from Fretplay.

This tab is a royal mess. It was a real pain to do, and I hope you appreciate it. This song isn’t so popular, so why the hell did I tab it? The key is E, switching to Ab for the keyboard interludes.

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)
[x35553] = fret box; this is a C chord – this is the same as standard
tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

Chord legend:

C#m7 : [9/11/9999]
F# : [244322]
F#7sus4 : [242422]
F#7(AddB) : [x44300]
E : [022100]

[Riff 1]
Eb7
e:–15–15—15–15–15–15–15—15~~——————————-|
B:–14–14—14–14–14–14–14—14~~——————————-|
G:–15–15—15–15–15–15–15—15~~——————————-|
D:–13–13—13–13–13–13–13—13~~——————————-|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

[Riff 2]
Gb6
e:–11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11————————–|
B:–11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11————————–|
G:–11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11————————–|
D:–11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11—11-11-11-11————————–|
A:—9–9–9–9—-9–9–9–9—-9–9–9–9————————–|
E:——————————————————————-|

[Riff 3]
Ab Absus4
e:—8–8–8–8—-8–8–8–8—-9–9–9–8————————–|
B:—9–9–9–9—-9–9–9–9—-9–9–9–9————————–|
G:—8–8–8–8—-8–8–8–8—-8–8–8–8————————–|
D:–10-10-10-10—10-10-10-10—10-10-10-10————————–|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

Song progression:

C#m7 C#m7
I see red. An’it hurts …

F# F# F# F# F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
I guess it must be …

E5 F#9 G9 G#9
e:——————————————————————-|
B:–5———9–10–11\———————————————|
G:–4———9–10–11\———————————————|
D:–2———8—9–10\———————————————|
A:–2———9–10–11\———————————————|
E:——————————————————————-|

Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times

e:————11—|————11–14–|
B:–13—14–(11)–|–13—14———–|
G:o———-(12)–|——————-o|
D:o———-(13)–|——————-o|
A:—————–|——————–|
E:—————–|——————–|