Biography:
Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to Cooking Vinyl.
Turin Brakes have often been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement's bands spawned in the late 90's such as Elbow, Starsailor, I Am Kloot (who were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the Kings of Convenience.
Their debut album "The Optimist LP" (2001) was nominated for the Mercury Prize that same year.
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Other songs:
- 96 Acoustic
- Above The Clouds
- Average Man
- Balham To Brooklyn
- By Tv Light
- Dark On Fire
- Emergency 72
- Ether Song
- Feeling Oblivion
- Fishing For A Dream
- Full Of Stars
- Future Boy
- Last Clown
- Long Distance
- Mind Over Money
- Over And Over
- Painkiller
- Red Moon
- Sea Change
- Something In My Eye
- Stalker
- State Of Things
- Stone Thrown
- The Door
- The Optimist
- They Can't Buy The Sunshine
- Underdog (save Me)
- Apocolips
- Asleep With The Fireflies
- Blue Hour
- Chim Chim Cher
- Clear Blue Air
- Dont Know Much
- Emergency 7
- Forever
- Invisible Storm
- Jet Trail
- Keep Me Around
- Last Chance
- Never Stops
- New Star
- Optimist
- Other Side
- Pain Killer
- Paperheart
- Radio Silence
- Rain City
- Save You
- Self Help
- The Boss
- The Letting Down
- The Underdog
- They Cant Buy The Sunshine
- Time And Money
- Underdog
- Wait
- We Were Here
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Turin Brakes – Average Man
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Tabbed by: Tim Lawson
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
Average man, very nice chord progression here. Fiddle around with the rhythm,
you’ll get it soon enough :)
Chords:
Bm Am Em F#5 D G
E|-2---0---0---x---2---3---
B|-3---1---0---x---3---0---
G|-4---2---0---x---2---0---
D|-4---2---2---4---0---0---
A|-2---0---2---4---0---2---
E|-2---x---0---2---x---3---
Please note: on the version of the cd you mostly only hear the lower notes of the
chords strummed. And dont get scared by the F#5 powerchord, I think a F#minor
also works in stead off the F#5 if you’re planning to play everything in bare.
But as i said you only hear the lower notes so the F#5 was more of an indication
of what strings to hit. I try to keep as much open chords in my playing as possible though :)
Intro:
Bm Am Em F#5 x 2
Verse 1:
Bm Am
If i was a farmer
Em F#5
Instead of a faker
Bm Am
If i was a realer
Em F#5
and not just some raker
Bm Am
Raking through a memory
Em F#5
that doesn't belong to me
Bm Am
Just someone I could of been
Em F#5
if only i kept walking...
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
Verse 2:
Bm Am
Alone on a motorway
Em F#5
you catch you're breath
Bm Am
Cat's eyes lead everyway
Em F#5
to lonesomness
Bm Am
Since you learn to hide your fears
Em F#5
and downsize your dreams
Bm Am
Still alive, still sincere
Em F#5
inside the scheme...
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
Verse 3: (different chord progression)
Bm D G Em
And ff this is dark-ness here
Bm D G Em G
And if this is dark-ness... coming
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
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25/04/03 Wow this is the third song i’ve tabbed out tonight from the Ether Song
album now..i think i might tab the whole album ;) Feel free to contact me for any
corrections or questions at: [email protected]
Turin Brakes – Average Man
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Tim Lawson
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
Average man, very nice chord progression here. Fiddle around with the rhythm,
you’ll get it soon enough :)
Chords:
Bm Am Em F#5 D G
E|-2---0---0---x---2---3---
B|-3---1---0---x---3---0---
G|-4---2---0---x---2---0---
D|-4---2---2---4---0---0---
A|-2---0---2---4---0---2---
E|-2---x---0---2---x---3---
Please note: on the version of the cd you mostly only hear the lower notes of the
chords strummed. And dont get scared by the F#5 powerchord, I think a F#minor
also works in stead off the F#5 if you’re planning to play everything in bare.
But as i said you only hear the lower notes so the F#5 was more of an indication
of what strings to hit. I try to keep as much open chords in my playing as possible though :)
Intro:
Bm Am Em F#5 x 2
Verse 1:
Bm Am
If i was a farmer
Em F#5
Instead of a faker
Bm Am
If i was a realer
Em F#5
and not just some raker
Bm Am
Raking through a memory
Em F#5
that doesn't belong to me
Bm Am
Just someone I could of been
Em F#5
if only i kept walking...
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
Verse 2:
Bm Am
Alone on a motorway
Em F#5
you catch you're breath
Bm Am
Cat's eyes lead everyway
Em F#5
to lonesomness
Bm Am
Since you learn to hide your fears
Em F#5
and downsize your dreams
Bm Am
Still alive, still sincere
Em F#5
inside the scheme...
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
Verse 3: (different chord progression)
Bm D G Em
And ff this is dark-ness here
Bm D G Em G
And if this is dark-ness... coming
Chorus:
D G
Have another drink my son
D G
Enjoy another cigarette
D G
'Cos it's time you realised...
Em Bm
you're just an average man...
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25/04/03 Wow this is the third song i’ve tabbed out tonight from the Ether Song
album now..i think i might tab the whole album ;) Feel free to contact me for any
corrections or questions at: [email protected]
Tv2
Tweedy
Twenty One Pilot (...)
Twice
Twiddle
Two Feet
Two Gallants
Two Steps From H (...)
Txarango
Ty Segall