"Far from me to you" by Big Country
From the Album "Why The Long Face"
Tab by Colin Dawson - colin_g_dawson@hotmail.com - November 2004
Updated December 2005
Comments and corrections welcome!
h = hammer
p = pull
s = slide
sd = slide down
r = let ring (sustain)
Intro - Guitar 1
C Bb C G
E|----------------| |----------------|
B|--5---5---5---3-| |--5---5---0---0-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3|repeat 3 times then |-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0|
D|5---5---5---3---| |5---5---0---0---|
A|----------------| |----------------|
E|----------------| |----------------|
Intro guitar 2;
To make this easier to tab I've used the following short-hand code;
C Bb C G
E|------------0-2-| |--------0-0-0-0-|
B|--3---3---3-----| |--3---3---------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|repeat 3 times then |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|0---0---0-------| |0---0-----------|
A|----------------| |----------------|
E|----------------| |----------------|
Verse 1;
C G F C
Somewhere there are orange trees somewhere skies are blue
C G F C
Somewhere is a bridge across the world from me to you
Chorus;
C G Am F
Sometimes in the darkest sky, the sun comes shining through
C G F Dm F
And tonight it seems so far from me to you
C G F C
Yes tonight it seems so far from me to you
Guitar 1;
C Bb C G
E|----------------|----------------|
B|--5---5---5---3-|--5---5---0---0-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0|
D|5---5---5---3---|5---5---0---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Guitar 2;
To make this easier to tab I've used the following short-hand code;
C Bb C G
E|------------0-2-|--------0-0-0-0-|
B|--3---3---3-----|--3---3---------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|0---0---0-------|0---0-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Verse 2;
C G F C
Some of us are safe alone some of us pretend
C G F C
We can always start again the things we never end
C G Am F
Some of us are born to fall others to stay true
C G F Dm F
But tonight it seems so far from me to you
C G F C G
Yeah tonight it seems so far from me to you
Middle bit;
Am G F
So tell me if you hear me come on
Am G F
Tell me, tell me, can you hear me come on
Am G F
Yeah tell me if you can hear me, come on and tell me
Dm G
I’m awake for you
C G Am F
And sometimes in the darkest hour love comes shining through
C G F Dm F
And it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
C G F C G
No it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
Guitar solo;
Am G F Am G F Am G
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------8-------------------|----------8-------------|
G|----5-7s9--9--7h9p7---7h9------|----5--7s9---9-7h9p7---7h9-----|----5-7s9rrr9-7h9p7-----|
D|5h7-----------------10-----10rr|5h7-----------------10-----10rr|5h7----------------10s14|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
To make the next part of the solo easier to tab and to read, I've used the
following short-hand code;
2 = 12th fret
3 = 13th fret
4 = 14th fret
5 = 15th fret
6 = 16th fret
7 = 17th fret
Dm F G C G
E|--------------|-----------2-3-2h3p2----|5b7b5-2h5p2-2-------5---------|
B|---3----------|-3h5p3-3h5----------3---|-----------5-5-3-5b7-3h5p3-3rr|
G|2h4-2h4p2-----|4-----4--------------2rr|--------------------------4---|
D|---------2h4rr|------------------------|------------------------------|
A|--------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
E|--------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
Am F C G F Dm
E|7-5h7p5-------------------------|5-5-2h5p2------2-2b3b2-------------|
B|-------7-5h7p5---5-7-5h7p5------|---------5-3-5---------5-3h5p3-----|
G|---------------7-----------7-4rr|-------------------------------4rrr|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F C G F C G
E|-------------2h5p2--2-5b7|5-2h5p2-----2b3b2------------------------|
B|---3h5p3--3-5-----5------|-------5-3-5------5-3h5-5p3rrr-----------|
G|2h4-----4----------------|------------------------------2h4-4p2rrr-|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Verse 3;
C G F C
Listening in the darkness to a voice I call my own
C G F C
Shameful that my emptiness is turning me to stone
C G Am F
In the silence of the night love comes shining through
C G F Dm F
And it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
C G F C G
No it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
C G Am F
I’m deep into my darkest hour love comes shining through
C G F Dm F
And it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
C G F C
No it doesn’t seem so far from me to you
Outro - Guitar 1
C Bb C G
E|----------------| |----------------|
B|--5---5---5---3-| |--5---5---0---0-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3|repeat 3 times then |-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0|
D|5---5---5---3---| |5---5---0---0---|
A|----------------| |----------------|
E|----------------| |----------------|
Outro guitar 2;
To make this easier to tab I've used the following short-hand code;
C Bb C G
E|------------0-2-| |--------0-0-0-0-|
B|--3---3---3-----| |--3---3---------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|repeat 3 times then |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|0---0---0-------| |0---0-----------|
A|----------------| |----------------|
E|----------------| |----------------|
Chords:
CHORD | E A D G B E
Am | 0 0 2 2 1 0
Am | 5 7 7 5 5 5
Bb | 1 1 3 3 3 1
C | 3 3 2 0 1 0
C | 3 3 5 5 5 3
Dm | 5 5 7 7 6 5
Dm | X X 0 2 3 1
F | 1 3 3 2 1 1
G | 3 5 5 4 3 3
