Guy Forsyth – Waking Life (Tab)

March 29, 2009


Guy Forsyth – Waking Life (Tab)

Guy Forsyth’s little ukulele monologue in Richard Linklater’s Waking Life was, fittingly enough, a nightmare to work out. The intro anyway. It’s full of jazzy discords. I’m a long way from certain that it’s right. So if you have any suggests throw them my way.

The chords under the chatting, on the other hand, are fairly simple. It’s just D and Bm with a few plucked notes in. Although he does throw a missed beat or two in there on occasions.

Judging by the film, he’s playing in ADF#B. But I’ve written it up in C tuning.

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Requested by Minamin, Nic and Elizabeth.

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6 Responses to “Guy Forsyth – Waking Life (Tab)”

  1. Benedict on April 1st, 2009 12:38 pm

    Thanks so much for this, I had once worked out the first four measures or so of this from watching the film. On preview it seems as if you’ve nailed it with this version. I know what I’ll be learning for the next couple of days.

    Benedict

  2. Woodshed on April 1st, 2009 9:29 pm

    Thanks, Benedict. Glad you found it useful.

  3. Sam on April 2nd, 2009 12:12 am

    Thank you so much for posting this! I’ve been trying to figure this out since I saw the movie, like last year!
    And,
    If anyone wanted to know, the bit that he’s playing is what he plays in his own song “True Friends” from his album “Can You Live Without”

  4. Woodshed on April 2nd, 2009 6:19 am

    Sam: Crap I meant to mention that in the post. Thanks for reminding me.

    He did a version of it for Midnight Ukulele Disco.

  5. Elizabeth on April 2nd, 2009 11:40 pm

    This is a solid attempt, thanks again for working it out.

  6. Minamin on April 10th, 2009 5:32 am

    Your best work yet!

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