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The Cat Empire is a six-piece alternative band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound has been described as a fusion of jazz, funk, and rock with heavy Latin / Salsa influences (not to mention reggae, ska and dub). Currently, the Cat Empire consists of Ollie McGill (keyboard and backing vocals), Ryan Monro (bass and backing vocals), Felix Riebl (percussion and vocals), Harry James Angus (trumpet and vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), and Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala (decks, percussion).
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- Anybody
- Anymore
- Bataclan
- Brighter Than Gold
- Bulls
- Call Me Home
- Creature
- Daggers Drawn
- Days Like These
- Eagle
- Echoes
- Feelings Gone
- Go
- How To Explain
- In My Pocket
- Kila
- Like A Drum
- Lullaby
- Miserere
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- On My Way
- Only Light
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- Oscar Wilde
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- Prophets In The Sky
- Protons Neutrons Electrons
- Ready Now
- Reasonably Fine
- Rhyme And Reason
- Saturday Night
- Sleep Wont Sleep
- So Many Nights
- Song For Elias
- Steal The Light
- Sunny Moon
- The Crowd
- The Night That Never End
- The Rhythm
- The Wine Song
- Til The Ocean Takes Us All
- Till The Ocean Takes Us All
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- Whos That
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SONG FOR ELIAS - The Cat Empire (from Cities, 2006)
CHORDS
G7 can be simplified as G where you see fit.
How I play the chords used in this song (differ at your will):
Cm Fm Bb Eb Ab G7
e |---3---|---1---|---1---|---6---|---3---|---3---|
B |---4---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---3---|---3---|
G |---5---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---4---|---4---|
D |---5---|---2---|---3---|---8---|---5---|---3---|
A |---3---|---2---|---1---|---6---|---5---|---5---|
E |---x---|---1---|---x---|---x---|---3---|---3---|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detailed song structure (according to studio version):
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|INTRO | keys |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 1 | 'Meant to meet you...' |
|VERSE 2 | 'A beautiful being...' |
|VERSE 3 | 'So one rainy day...', drums & guitar enter |
|VERSE 4 | 'And why did you never arrive...' |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | keys & 'Estava en otro sitio', drums stop |
|BRIDGE 2 | trumpet/scat, drums re-enter) x2 |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 5 | 'To state he was born...' |
|VERSE 6 | 'Nothing's sure but that...' |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | same as before |
|BRIDGE 2 | " |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|KEY SOLO | no guitar |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 2 | same as before |
|VERSE 1 | " |
|BRIDGE 1 | " |
|BRIDGE 2 | " |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|fade out | |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
And now for the tab/chords!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO (and verses)
e |-----3---|-----4-3-|---3-----|-----1---|
B |---4---6-|-3-6-----|-4---4---|---3---4-|
G |---------|---------|-------5-|-4-------|
D |---------|-----3-1-|---1-----|---------|
A |-3-6-----|-1-5-----|-3---3---|---2-2-3-|
E |-------4-|---------|-------4-|-3-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSES
Cm Fm
Meant to meet you but I couldn't stay
Bb Eb
Till now never knew how life tears you away
Cm Ab
Now I wait for the springtime in Spain
G7 Cm
My love
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE
(keys)
G7 Ab G7 Cm --> into BRIDGE 2
e |-------4-3-----|-----3-------|------|
B |---4-6-----6-4-|---4-----3-6-|-4----|
G |-5-------------|-5-----4-----|------|
D |-------3-1-----|-----1-------|------|
A |---3-5-----5-3-|---3-----2-5-|-3----|
E |-4-------------|-4-----3-----|------|
G7 Ab G7 Cm -->
Estaba en otro sitio
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE 2
Trumpet/scat fill:
Cm Ab G7 Cm Ab G7 Cm
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B|--------8---------------------------|--------8-------------8------9-- 8---.||
G|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--7----------|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--10--10--8----|| (repeat)
D|------------------10--------8--10---|------------------10-----12-----------||
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------.||
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEY SOLO
Improvise on Cm blues scale (C Eb F Gb G Bb) over the verse chords:
Cm Fm Bb Eb
Cm Ab G7 Cm
Enjoy.
Feel free to leave any suggestions/corrections.
This is my first tab.
CHORDS
G7 can be simplified as G where you see fit.
How I play the chords used in this song (differ at your will):
Cm Fm Bb Eb Ab G7
e |---3---|---1---|---1---|---6---|---3---|---3---|
B |---4---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---3---|---3---|
G |---5---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---4---|---4---|
D |---5---|---2---|---3---|---8---|---5---|---3---|
A |---3---|---2---|---1---|---6---|---5---|---5---|
E |---x---|---1---|---x---|---x---|---3---|---3---|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detailed song structure (according to studio version):
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|INTRO | keys |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 1 | 'Meant to meet you...' |
|VERSE 2 | 'A beautiful being...' |
|VERSE 3 | 'So one rainy day...', drums & guitar enter |
|VERSE 4 | 'And why did you never arrive...' |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | keys & 'Estava en otro sitio', drums stop |
|BRIDGE 2 | trumpet/scat, drums re-enter) x2 |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 5 | 'To state he was born...' |
|VERSE 6 | 'Nothing's sure but that...' |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | same as before |
|BRIDGE 2 | " |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|KEY SOLO | no guitar |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 2 | same as before |
|VERSE 1 | " |
|BRIDGE 1 | " |
|BRIDGE 2 | " |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|fade out | |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
And now for the tab/chords!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO (and verses)
e |-----3---|-----4-3-|---3-----|-----1---|
B |---4---6-|-3-6-----|-4---4---|---3---4-|
G |---------|---------|-------5-|-4-------|
D |---------|-----3-1-|---1-----|---------|
A |-3-6-----|-1-5-----|-3---3---|---2-2-3-|
E |-------4-|---------|-------4-|-3-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSES
Cm Fm
Meant to meet you but I couldn't stay
Bb Eb
Till now never knew how life tears you away
Cm Ab
Now I wait for the springtime in Spain
G7 Cm
My love
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE
(keys)
G7 Ab G7 Cm --> into BRIDGE 2
e |-------4-3-----|-----3-------|------|
B |---4-6-----6-4-|---4-----3-6-|-4----|
G |-5-------------|-5-----4-----|------|
D |-------3-1-----|-----1-------|------|
A |---3-5-----5-3-|---3-----2-5-|-3----|
E |-4-------------|-4-----3-----|------|
G7 Ab G7 Cm -->
Estaba en otro sitio
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE 2
Trumpet/scat fill:
Cm Ab G7 Cm Ab G7 Cm
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B|--------8---------------------------|--------8-------------8------9-- 8---.||
G|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--7----------|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--10--10--8----|| (repeat)
D|------------------10--------8--10---|------------------10-----12-----------||
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------.||
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEY SOLO
Improvise on Cm blues scale (C Eb F Gb G Bb) over the verse chords:
Cm Fm Bb Eb
Cm Ab G7 Cm
Enjoy.
Feel free to leave any suggestions/corrections.
This is my first tab.
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