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Counting+Crows - Recovering+the+satellites

Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:59:24 -0800
From: "Michael A. Mazur" 
Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Recovering the Satellites"

Tab: "Recovering the Satellites," Counting Crows
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

All guitars are tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Intro: guitar 1, slight distortion
   A                          G        D
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----2--x-----------------|-----3-----3-----3--3-----|
|-----2--x--2-----0--------|--0--0--x--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--2--2--x--2--2--2--2-----|--0--0--x--4--4--4--4--4--|
|--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
                                                                      

   A                          D                                                                      
|--------------------------|--------------|
|-----2--x-----------------|--3--------3--|
|-----2--x--2-----0--------|--2--------2--|
|--2--2--x--2--2--2--2-----|--4--------4--|
|--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|

Verse: guitar 1 plays the A D progression with the same
rhythmic feel as in the intro (without the G)

A                 D
Gonna get ..
Guess I'll ..
I'm fallin' ..
                        * <- Gtr. 2 enters w/ wah, plays fill 1
You're ...

|--9--\----|
|--10-\----|
|-------\--| Fill 1 (guitar 2 plays this where marked by the *)
|-------\--|
|----------|
|----------|

>From this point on, throughout the verses, gtr. 2 plays this
over the A D progression:
|--------------|-----------|
|--------2-----|-----3-----|
|-----2-----2--|--------2--|
|--------------|--0--------|
|--0-----------|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|

Maybe ..
Maybe I ..
But we ..
Just ..

Guitar 1 plays A D twice more, while guitar 2 plays this:
|--9------9------9h10h12--|--9------9------9h10h12--|
|-----10-----10-----------|-----10-----10-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------| Fill 2
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--9------9------9h10h12--|--10h12--12--12--12--12--12p10p9--|
|-----10-----10-----------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus:
E                    D    E                 D
   So why'd ...
It's a ..
Recovering ..
All ....
when ...

Fill 3, played by gtr 2, while gtr. 1 plays A D
|--10h12--10--9----------|---------------------------|
|----------------12--10--|---------------------------|
|------------------------|--12--11--9--7--7h9/11--9--| 
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|

    NH
|--<5>---NH--|
|-------<5>--|
|------------| Guitar 2, just before second verse
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|


Your mother ..
and she ..

* (guitar 2 adds the part below, and then the second half of fill 2)
'til ..
Do you ..
We're such ..
We're so ...

Guitar 2 adds this over the verse
|-------------------|-----10------|----------------|-------10------|
|-----10-----10-----|---------10--|--10-----10h12--|-----------10--|
|--9------9------9--|--7----------|------9---------|--7h9----------|
|-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|


So why'd ..
Where ..
to ..
and all ....
when ...

Bridge: (Guitars 1&2 continue to play A D)
She sees ...
She's got ...
She says ..
But I'm ..

We only ..
For a ..
And then ..
I wish that ..(Gtr. 2 only plays last half of fill 2)

So why'd ..
Well it's ..
Recovering ..
and all ...
that you're ..


Outro:
Guitar 1 repeats A D, Guitar 2 plays this:
|--10h12--10--9----------|-------------7/9--9--9h10--|
|----------------12--10--|--10/12--12----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--10h12--10--9----------|----------------------|--9--9h10--10p9--|
|----------------12--10--|--7b(9)--7--5--3h5/7--|-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|----------------------------|--9------9------9h10--|
|----------------------------|-----10-----10--------|
|--6--7--7h9--4--4b(6)r4--2--|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--10p9--9--9h10--10--10p9-----|--------------------------|
|---------------------------9--|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------6b(7)--(7)r6-----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------7--|
|------------------------------|--4b(5)-------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--9--10--10h12--12--10--12b(14)r12--|--12--12--12p10\9--|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--9h10--10--10h12--12--10h12--12b(14)r12--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--12--12--12h14--14~~~--12h14--14~~~--14~~~p12--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|---------19------17------14--|
|--19/20------19------15------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--14h17--17p15p14--14h17--17p15p14--15h17--17--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
                                                                      

                                                                      
|--17b(19)--17--17\-------|--21--19--17--17--17h19/21--15--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------4b(5)--|--------------------------------|