Japanese to English - Red House Painters - Mark Kozelek Tabbed by Mike Gardiner (Perth, West. Australia) If you're thinking the live acoustic version (from Retrospective) and the recorded version sound different you're quite right, the recorded version is played with a normal guitar tuned down a whole step (dgcfad) while the live version is played in standard tuning (eadgbe) A lot of the guitar parts are just plucked versions of these chords, with little fills here and there. for the recorded verison electric and acoustic guitars tuned low to high DGCFAD for the live version acoustic guitar standard tuning EADGBE chords are named without taking tuning into account, so Emin Cmaj Dmaj Cdim F Amin B/Cmajsus2 e/d|-0-----0-------2------0--------0------0--------0---- B/A|-0-----1-------3------0--------1------1--------1---- G/F|-0-----0-------2------0--------2------2--------0---- D/C|-2-----2-------0------2--------3------2--------0---- A/G|-2-----3--------------3--------3------0--------2---- E/D|-0----------------------------(1)------------------- --Introduction-- Emin Emin Emin Cmaj x 4 d|-----5----3--------5-----3------------5----3---------- --Verse-- Emin Emin Emin Cmaj I went as far as losing sleep Emin Emin Emin Cmaj I went as far as messing up my life Emin Emin Emin Cmaj Unloving still, strike me different a million miles away Emin Emin Emin Cmaj from home and fifteen from a payphone --Chorus-- Emin Dmaj Cmaj Dmaj Where we sat lonely on the sand Emin Dmaj Cmaj Dmaj Where we sat lonely on the sand Emin Dmaj Cmaj Dmaj Where we sat lonely on the sand Emin Dmaj Cmaj Amin Where we sat lonely on the sand you're ten years older Cmaj Dmaj Cmaj We translate Japanese to English Dmaj Cmaj Dmaj Cmaj and English to Japanese Dmaj - Dmaj (the staccato single band hits) --2nd Verse.-- It's not that simple This dictionary never has a word For the way i'm feeling It's nothing plain for me Of a different god and moral --2nd Chorus-- What if i laid my head down on your stomach Or put my mouth to your hand I cannot translate Japanese to English Or English to Japanese Dmaj - E (the staccato single band hits) --Bridge-- F C Cdim What i had to say is un-said F C Cdim And what i had to do is un--done Amin B /Cmaj Cmaj B/Cmaj And if it was done I'm Amin B/Cmaj Cmaj Sure it would have killed our hour Fmaj Cmaj (Cdim) x 6 (basically these two chords are just picked, there are 2 electrics harmonising) --Chorus-- Where we sat lonley on the sand Where we sat lonley on the sand Where we sat lonley on the sand Where we sat lonley on the sand Above the water The awful grey Our current from Japan Didnt sweep away ------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese to English On : Down Colourful Hill By : Red House Painters Tuning : Standard Capo 3 I've created this tab from a live version, then corrected it while listening to the album, so you got a sort of mix between the two : Riff 4 and Riff 5 have been tabbed from the live version. The rest is a translation of what's played in the album version. In Riff 5, the little _3:4 signs above the tablature means that the notes below must be played in triple time : three notes in one beat, instead of four. Riff 1 : "I went as far as losing sleep" And so on ... ----0-------0--- ----0----------- ----0----------- -------3-------3 ------3------3-- ---------------- ----0-------0--- ----0------0---- ----0----------- -------4-------4 ------4---4----- ---------------- 2-2-----2-2----- 2-2------------2 --2------------- ---------------- --------3------- ---------------- Riff 2 : "where we sat lonely on the sand" ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------3--- ---------------- ---------------- ----0-------0--- ----0----------- ----0-------0--- ----0---------0- --4---4---4---4- --4---4---4---4- --4---4---4---4- --4---4-----2--- 2------0-------- -------0-------2 -------0-------- ----------2----- ---------------3 ---------------- ---------------3 -------0-------- Riff 3 : "We translate japanese to english" And so on ... ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----2----------- --0---0---0---0- --0---0---0---0- --0---0--------- -------0-------- -------0-------- ---------------- 3--------------3 ---------------3 ---------------- Second time, it goes : ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----2----------- --0---0---0---0- --0---0---0---0- --0---0---0---0- --0---0--------- -------0-------- -------0-------- -------0-------- --------0---2--- 3--------------3 ---------------3 ---------------3 ---------------- Riff 4 : "What I had to say is unsaid" p p p p ----------2-3--- ----------2-3--- ----3--2-------- ----3--2-------- ----10-3------30 ----10-3------30 ----------3-0--- ----------3-0--- ---------------- ---------------- ---0----------0- ---0----------0- ---------0---0-- ---------0---0-- ---------0------ ---------0------ 3-----3--------- 3-----3--------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 3--------------- 3--------------- p p p p ----------2-3--- ----------2-3--- ----3--2-------- ---(0)---------- ----10-3------30 ----10-3------30 ----------3-0--- ----0----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---0----------0- ----0----------- ---------0---0-- ---------0---0-- ---------0------ ----0----------- 3-----3--------- 3-----3--------- ---------------- --------3-2-3-2- ---------------- ---------------- 3--------------- 3--------------- Strum : "And if it was done" Am passing chord C Twice. Riff 5 : musical interlude _3:4 _3:4 _3:4 _3:4 ----8-------0--- ----8----------- ----8-------0--- ----7--3-------- -------7--8-- 0- -------3-------0 -------7--8-- 0- ---------------0 ---0-----------0 ---0-----0--- 0- ---0-----------0 ---0--------- 0- --0------0------ --0---------4--- --0---0--------- --0---0-----4--- ---------------- ----------5----- ---------------- ----------5----- 8--------------- 3--------------- 8--------------- 3--------------- _3:4 _3:4 _3:4 ----8-------0--- ----8--3-------- ----8-------0--- ---------------- -------7--8-- 0- ---------------0 -------7--8-- 0- ----0----------- ---0-----------0 ---0-----0--- 0- ---0-----------0 ---0------------ --0------0------ --0---------4--- --0---0--------- --0----0-------- ---------------- ----------5----- ---------------- --------3-2-3-20 8--------------- 3--------------- 8--------------- 3--------------- Strum : Am passing chord C Last C : s ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------0- ---------------- ---------------- ------------4--- ---------------- ---------------- 3---------35---- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Back to Riff 2 then Riff 3. End on : ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----2-------2--- ----2----------- ... --0---0---0---0- --0---0--------- -------0-------- -------0-------- ---------------3 ---------------- Any corrections ?