Surfing On A Rocket by Air SURFING ON A ROCKET As recorded by Air (From the 2003 Album TALKIE WALKIE) Words and Music by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel Arranged by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel Transcribed by James Duffy This is a really cool, jazzy song, and it's really fun to play, too. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or abuse you wanna hit me with, I'd love to hear from you: hit me at eldufo@hotmail.com. Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Electric Guitar (slight delay) Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Palm-Muted Electric Guitar Gtr III (E A D G B E) - Synthesiser Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - Piano Pre-Verse Bb Eb 4/4 ||--------------|-------------------||x2 ||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o|| ||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---|| ||--------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|-------------------|| Verse Eb D C D 4/4 |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Eb D C D 4/4 Gtr I |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| Chorus C C ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---| ||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-| ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| C C |---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---| |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| D D |---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----| |-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| C# C# |---1-------1-----|------------------||x2 |-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o|| |-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| Pre-Verse Bb Eb 4/4 ||--------------|-------------------||x2 ||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o|| ||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---|| ||--------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|-------------------|| Verse Eb D C D 4/4 Gtr I |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Eb D C D 4/4 Gtr I |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| Chorus C C ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---| ||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-| ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| C C |---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---| |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| D D |---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----| |-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| C# C# |---1-------1-----|------------------||x2 |-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o|| |-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| Pre-Verse Bb Eb 4/4 ||--------------|-------------------||x2 ||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o|| ||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---|| ||--------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|-------------------|| Bridge Eb D C D 4/4 Gtr I |------------------3-|---------------3-|------------------3-|---------------3-| |-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| | | Gtr II |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| Eb D 4/4 Gtr I |------------------3-|---------------3-| |-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| | |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| C D |------------------3-|-------------------| |-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| | |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| C Eb C |-----------------|-----------------| |-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---| |---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | Gtr II |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | Gtr III | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-8---------------|-6-------4-------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| E G |---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---| |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-0-------1-------|-3-------4-------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| F Eb |---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----| |-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-1---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-4-------3-------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| Bb C# |---1-------1-----|-----------------| |-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----| |-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-----------------|---------0-------| |---------1-------|-2---------------| |-3---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| Eb Gtr III ~ |----------|-----| |-4--------|-----| |----------|-----| |----------|-----| |----------|-----| |----------|-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| Eb Eb Gtr IV |-11--------|-(11)----| |-11--------|-(11)----| |-12--------|-(12)----| |-13--------|-(13)----| |-13--------|-(13)----| |-11--------|-(11)----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| Pre-Verse Bb Eb 4/4 Gtr I ||--------------|-------------------||x2 ||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o|| ||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---|| ||--------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|-------------------|| Verse Eb D C D 4/4 Gtr I |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Eb D C D 4/4 |---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------| |-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| Out-Chorus C C ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---| ||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-| ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| C C |---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---| |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| D D |---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----| |-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| C# C# |---1-------1-----|------------------||x4 |-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o|| |-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| C C |-----------------|-----------------| |-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---| |---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| C C |---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---| |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| D D |---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----| |-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----*| |-----*| |-----*| |-----*| |-----*| |-----*| Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * *************************************************************************************** www.TAB6.com