Jonathan Coulton has already put up the chords for the tune he wrote for the game Portal. But the J-Dog don’t roll with tabs. So I thought I’d have a stab the fingerpicking bit in the first part of the song.
The song is played on a low-G ukulele and the picking pattern is T, I, M, I (thumb, index, middle, index). This pattern makes up the majority of the first section of the song:
Then moves on to this pattern for the turnaround:
Far be it from me to tell Jonathan Coulton how he plays his own songs, but I’m fairly sure there’s a 7th note in that A chord. He has it as a plain A chord on his write up of the chords, so I may be completely wrong.
The second time around, the series finishes off with a sweep of a Bbmaj7 chord.
If you don’t have a low-G uke, you can play it the sweetafton way. She uses the same chords but the picking pattern is slightly different.
Ah, Portal. We love ye so. I advise each and every one of you to get it. It’s part of the Orange Box, and you can buy it on its own on STEAM if you’re not down with buying all the Orange Box. It’s brilliant, really. The finest FPPSAG (First Person Puzzle Strategy Adventure Game or “Fipsag”) on the market. But be warned; The Cake is a Lie.
I play it Still Alive a little differently. I have a high-G, so I start with a G chord, and then work from there. I’ll maybe post it up on uker tabs if anyone’s interested.