Banal by Bill Nelson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banal - Bill Nelson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: axe victim Email: Leave a message on my ‘Ultimate Guitar’ profile or comment here and I’ll get back to you. From Bill Nelsons solo output, the first track from the Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam album. One of his most popular guitar solos too, so I have attempted to tab it. Here's a link to his myspace page. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=78393366 Tuning: EADGBe | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato/sustain | + harmonic | x Mute note Intro and main riff... ___B________________________________G7_____________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------3---3--| A|-2---2-----------2---2----------|---------2---2---5---5----------| E|---------4---2-----------4---2--|-3---3--------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___B________________________________G7_____________________________ ( lead guitar during intro... ) e|--------------------------------|/19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| B|----------------/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------| G|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Verse: ( palm mute chords slightly... ) ___A________________________________B_______________D______________ " Every sound I hear Seems to sound the same Every face I see Seems the same to me " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|-----------------3---3---3---3--| G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2--| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0--| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-2---2---2---2------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Repeat chord sequence until... Chorus: ___B________________________________G7_____________________________ " Banal... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------3---3--| A|-2---2-----------2---2----------|---------2---2---5---5----------| E|---------4---2-----------4---2--|-3---3--------------------------| Repeat chorus part four times. Repeat verse. Repeat chorus, then... Middle part: ___E________________________________A______________________________ " I know you... " e|---------0---0-----------0------|---------0---0-----------0------| B|---------0---0-----------0------|---------2---2-----------2------| G|---------1---1-----------1------|---------2---2-----------2------| D|---------2---2-----------2------|---------2---2-----------2------| A|---------2---2-----------2------|-0------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___B_______________________________________________________________ " you know me... " e|---------2---2-----------2------|---------2---2-----------2------| B|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| G|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| D|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| A|-2------------------------------|-2------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___E________________________________A______________________________ " talk about it... " e|---------0---0-----------0------|---------0---0-----------0------| B|---------0---0-----------0------|---------2---2-----------2------| G|---------1---1-----------1------|---------2---2-----------2------| D|---------2---2-----------2------|---------2---2-----------2------| A|---------2---2-----------2------|-0------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___B_______________________________________________________________ " con - stant - ly... " e|---------2---2-----------2------|---------2---2-----------2------| B|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| G|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| D|---------4---4-----------4------|---------4---4-----------4------| A|-2------------------------------|-2------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Repeat middle part,then... ___B________________________________G7_____________________________ ( sax solo... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------3---3--| A|-2---2-----------2---2----------|---------2---2---5---5----------| E|---------4---2-----------4---2--|-3---3--------------------------| Repeat sax solo/main riff four times. Repeat verse. Repeat chorus. Guitar solo first half... ___E_(022100)_____________________________________________________ ( same rhythm chords as middle part... ) e|-------------------------7--------------------------------------| B|-10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___A_(x02220)_____________________________________________________ e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10----------9-------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-9-h10--| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B_(x24442)_____________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------/8------------------------------| D|-------------9-------9-----------------------9-------9----------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B_(x24442)_____________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|/7-------------------------------10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------9-------9------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|-16-p14----------14---------------------------------------------| B|---------17-p16------17-p16-p14---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------16-p14-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------18-p16-p14-h16-h18--14-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___A______________________________________________________________ e|-----------------------------------------14----------14--16-----| B|-----------------------------14-h16-h17------16-h17-------------| G|---------14-h16-h18--14-h16-------------------------------------| D|-16-h18---------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ e|-17----------16----------17------17b19~~~~~~~17~~~~~~~~~-16h17p16 B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ e|-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar solo second half... ___E______________________________________________________________ e|-------------------------7---7----------------------------------| B|-10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___A______________________________________________________________ e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10----------9-------7-----------------------9h10---| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-----------------------------/7------------------------------| G|-------------8-------8-----------------------8-------8----------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___B______________________________________________________________ e|---------------------------------9\-----------------------------| B|/10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------8-------8------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|---------------------------------12--h14--h16----14--h16--/17---| B|---------------------------12-----------------------------------| G|----------------------13----------------------------------------| D|-------------9---14---------------------------------------------| A|-------11-------------------------------------------------------| E|-12-------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ e|-16--h17--h19----17--p16--p14----14--h16--h17----19b21~~~~~~~~~-| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ e|-19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------17-p16-p14-----------------------------| B|-------------------------------------17-p16-p14-----------------| G|-------------------------------------------------16-p14-p13-----| D|-------------------------------------------------------------16-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ e|-19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat chorus until... Last chord: ___Bsus4___________________________________________________________ ( let ring... ) e|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Lyrics: Every sound I hear Seems to sound the same Every face I see Seems the same to me Banal... Every book I've read Says the same old thing Everything I've said Has that same old ring Banal... I know you, you know me Talk about it constantly Sky of blue, sea of green Only fools harbour dreams Everyone I meet Hands me the same old line Buildings in the street Display familiar signs Programmes on TV Employ the same device Their warm humanity Just leaves me cold as ice Banal... Words and music by Bill Nelson. www.TAB6.com