Damon Albarn is no stranger to the ukulele. He used one with Blur on Jets. And it’s cropped up again on Revolving Doors from the new album by the Gorillaz. And a nice little riff it is too.
I pick it using thumb on g and C, index on E and middle on A.
The chord part later in the song:
C – C6 (0000) – Gm – C6 – C – C6 – C7
The C6s are just passing chords. For the main chords do 6 down strums. And for the C6s do two down strums.
Get it on their website.
Requested by Coline.
pepamahina: Yeah, that would definitely work. I wouldn’t like to say how he’s actually playing it. And I’m not entirely sure which way round the picking is – I chose this pattern because it fits both bars neatly.
Oh my gosh, I don’t know what happened to my text… sorry Al, can you delete it?
I went looking for some lyrics, and tried translating a bit myself as well. I’m not British, so I always assume that if I clueless it’s because I’m an American (not a bad assumption in general I suppose). So if there are any British-isms in here you can help me with please do. My seven year old daughter said that she thought it sounded like Puppy Dog/Doggy Day…maybe I should have her do a rewrite?
Revolving doors, what have I done?
Someone on the TV, a tippin’ lows (sic)
Revolving doors, what will I become?
Red neck song
Paid out for a seven
But he only got an eigh-eight and now
I feel that I’m paused, by all the bills
I seem to run in
On a foggy day (revolving door/foggy day)
I sit in a diner, and the Beatles play
I paid out for a seven, but I only got SOA and now
I feel that I’m paused, by all the bills
I seem to run out here
(Revolving Door/Foggy Day)
Revolving door
Stormy on the Eastern Seaboard
He got silver up his na..ah..ah (sic)
He paid up for three,
But got only two
(Revolving Door/Foggy Day)
And he said, “Seems I was born to this.”
“Seems I was born to this.”
Revolving doors
Revolving doors
Thanks ! :) By the way, there is an other ukulele part in the song Hillbilly man (still on The fall, but it’s just an intro!).
pepamahina: Thanks for the lyrics. Although I prefer the puppy dog version.
Coline: Thanks. Might have a go at it depending on the reaction to this one.
Fun little riff, thanks a lot.
Thank you so much love this track! :D
Markus: Glad you like.
Valk: You’re welcome so much.
love it. incredibly fun to play.
I feel like this should be played with a capo on the first fret. Am I wrong?
there’s something i dont understand, what is the 5th note tied to(the 2 on the g string)? the same goes for the 5th open note on the 5th measure.
thanks in advance
@gravitymasta
I think you’re right, it sounds much closer to the song with a capo
gravitymasta and Redmond: It’s about half way between standard tuning and 1st fret. I suspect the track has been sped up slightly at some point. But that’s only a guess.
Kapahala: It’s just tied to itself. You keep the note held.
The picking is mad fun, but i cant figure out the chord switches or the strumming it sounds like some chords are played longer than others, any ideas on how that part goes?
thanks man
Neom-Sa: The C6 chords are just passing chords. For the main chords do 6 down strums. And for the C6s do two down strums.
thanks woodshed i owe most of my progession with the ukulele to your website. greatly appreciate your help
@Coline
I think the intro to Hillbilly man is Clean Electric Guitar, could be wrong though…
Hi everyone!
I am very new to the uke and I really love this song.
As long as I know the chords I can not really learn how to play this song from the tabs, could somebody explain it to me?
Ralf: There’s a guide to reading tab here.
Thank you and I am sorry for being lazy and not looking for it.
could someone somehow convert this tab to a guitar? i, unfortunately, don’t have an ukulele
I’ve been roaming this site for days now and wouldn’t have time to comment on every tab I’ve used so I will just comment on this one.
YAY! :P
Allen: Thanks for commenting!
Thanks so much for this one, Woodshed! Gorillaz are one of my favorite bands of all time, but I had no idea this song existed. Kudos, and a million thanks!
Lucas: Glad you like it!
I get the feeling Daiman used a pick instead of his fingers. I normally wouldn’t, but I gave t a try and it made the song ten times easier. Just a thought…
Benny: Certainly possible.
Thanks for this, I’ll suggest playing this to two friends (base, drums)
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This one is really fun. I find that it’s easier for me using all four fingers though (thumb on G, index on C, middle finger on E, and ring finger on A). Now that I’ve started picking this its kind of hard to stop…