Microphones In 2020
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Afinação: E A D GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
longest song i've ever tabbed, tried my hardest to make this as easy to follow as possible
each song part has a timestamp to show when the bass comes in
right next to the timestamps, [bracketed] lyrics come right before the bass starts
after each part, the bass usually rests for a bit. so just wait for the next timestamp, then keep playing
(9:43) [with my knees trembling] is the true...
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-0-----------0---|-----------------|
(10:43) [i wake] up with the sun...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------| G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------| D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x14 A|-----------------| x1 A|-5---------------| x4
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------| E|-----------------|
(right before the last rep of that A|-5---| bar at 11:44, another bass comes in and plays this)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------/14--|\11--------9\7-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------9-----------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(bar length here is consistent with the rest of the song, just spaced out further)
(13:09) [i checked the] microphones@hotmail.com...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x8 A|-----------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(14:03) [like a blade, a] twenty two year-old...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|
**********************
*** DISTORTION ON ***
**********************
(15:55) [caked with sand,] i watched the dunes...
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------/-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-16--------------|-----------------|-14--------------|---------------\-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|---------------/-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-12--------------|---------------\-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
**********************
*** DISTORTION OFF ***
**********************
(18:50) [hang them in my] room...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(19:44) [it sang to me like] static interference...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x6 A|-----------------|-----------------| x2
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-2---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| x1 A|-----------------| x12, fades out
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-|
**********************
*** DISTORTION ON ***
**********************
(21:16) [but when i was] young...
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-----------/---|-10--------------|-------------\---|
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x10 A|-7---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
^this note drones until about 22:36
**********************
*** DISTORTION OFF ***
**********************
(22:44) [not that bad, but i] know...
G|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7---------------|-----------------| x1 A|-5---------------|-----------------| x3
E|-----------------|-0---------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|
(23:31) [actual churning] dirt of this place...
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------| x3
E|-2---------------|-----------------|
**********************
*** DISTORTION ON ***
**********************
at 23:57, start to drone F# (2nd fret of E string) then,
(24:12) [when i was] twelve or thirteen...
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|
^hold this note until next part (about 6 bars)
(24:36) [and we] took his wet clothes...
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|
^this note drones until about 25:13
**********************
*** DISTORTION OFF *** no more distortion for the rest of the song
**********************
(25:26) [barely internet,] meaning gets attributed...
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|
(25:53) [i find again that] i am a newborn...
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|
(26:40) (slower than before, comes in when humming starts)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-------4-------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(27:24) (even slower now. listen carefully to the chord changes to keep rhythm)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-------4-------|-2---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|---------3-------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-------4-------|-2---------------|-5---------------|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
then, back to regular speed
(29:33) [to start recording the] things i wanted to...
G|-*-*-**-*-*-*-**-| G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-4-4-44-4-4-4-44-| D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------| x8 A|-----------------|-5--------\/-----|
E|-----------------| E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|--------------2-2|
( * = harmonic ) ( the -\/- is a fast little slide down then back up )
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x13 A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|
(31:38) [in a thunderstorm,] sufficiently small...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| x4
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(34:00) [notebook filling, i was] touring, living on an...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2------------22-|
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x2 A|-----------------|-5---------------|--------------55-|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-| x16 A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-----------------| E|-0---------------|-----------------|
(36:08) [indulging in] cultivated ambiguity...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x4 A|-----------------|-----------------|-9-----------\-2-|-4---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------2-|-4---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
(37:16) [of northern norway, i made a] boundary between...
G|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x8 A|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-| E|-0---------------|-----------------|
(41:37) [and the sun] relentlessly rises...
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
E|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
How to play Microphones In 2020
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.