Tab Contributions

Here is a list of people that have contributed Tabs to the site. Most of these are from the older website.

Steve Kennedy - Fresh Screwdriver

Mark Ritchie- Big Night
Mark Ritchie - Fellow tape trader, friend & great songwriter from Glasgow.

Danny Pearson

The bass player of AMC. Thanks Danny for posting the tabs for the songs - Apology For An Accident, Gratitude Walks and Why Wont You Stay.

Tom Mallon

Drummer(and many other instruments) and Record Producer for the first bunch of AMC albums. Thanks Tom for posting a few tabs/chords/lyrics for the songs - Bad Liquor, Clouds, Electric Light, Laughing Stock & Moms TV
Source: http://www.grifterrec.com/

Franz Nicolay

Without Franz' original tabs all those years ago; I doubt would have been able to figure out any of these songs. His tabs put me on the right path of alternative guitar turnings, though Brian McGivern is also offered a credit for many years previous he tuned my guitar in openG and had left me me totally dumbfounded

Tabs by Franz

Blue and Grey Shirt, Chanel#5, Ex-Girlfriend, Firefly, Gary's Song, What Godzilla..., Gratitude Walks, I Broke My Promise, Johnny Mathis' Feet, Kathleen, Western Sky, Why Wont You Stay, Mission Rock, No  Easy Way Down, Take Courage, Wild Sea.

Jeff Matson - Fearless

Larry Holt - Larry is one of the "Fireflies"

Each person subscribed to the 'Firefly' mailing list is unique and special. I have had the pleasure many many times to have met some of them whilst travelling the UK to see Mark Eitzel/AMC perform live. Some of which traveled from around the globe!

Tabs by Larry - Horseshoe Wreath In Bloom, Western Sky

Helium - Peter Mosinskis

White Rosary - David? (can't remember if this was another David or is infact David Schuman(sorry)

Xmas Lights Spin - David Schuman

Lance Lawton - Last Harbour, Only Love Can Set You Free

Sick Of food - Jade aka Pen Cap Chew

Sick Of Food (standard)

Tabbed by: Jaden (user: Pen-Cap-Chew) 

Note:
Original recording on the album 'Everclear' was done with two guitars tuned to Open D. 
Here I have written a standard-tuning version for solo guitar. Suggestions or 
corrections welcome. 
If you think you can make a better transcription then please do.

Chords:

        D      G     Em7     G    Asus4   Bm7   Gsus4
e|------2------3------0------3------0------2------3------|
B|------3------0------3------3------3------3------3------|
G|------2------0------0------0------2------2------0------|
D|------4------0------2------0------2------4------0------|
A|------0------2------2------2------0------2------3------|
E|-------------3------0------3--------------------3------|



D                G               Em7
I'm sick of food, so why am I so hungry
D                 G                  Em7
I was sick of you, but I don't mind seeing your little face
D                  G                   Em7
I was sick of love, so I just stopped feeling
D                   G                   Em7
But I couldn't find anything to take its place

G          Asus4         Bm7
What'll I do with my time
G             Asus4       Bm7
So what'll I do with my time

D                 G              Em7
I'm sick of drink, so why am I so thirsty
D                   G                Em7
I must have been born on the planet Mercury

Gsus4            G                     Asus4  Em7        Asus4
I just called to ask you what I said last night
D                G                       Em7
I just called to ask you what I did last night

G              Asus4      Bm7
So what'll I do with my time
G             Asus4              Bm7
Now I wake up and I don't have any gravity
G             Asus4              Bm7
Now I wake up still walking in my sleep
G             Asus4                Bm7
Now I wake up feel the world drawing away from me
G                Asus4               Bm7
And now I wake up still walking in my sleep

D                G              Em7
I'm sick of food, so why am I so hungry
D                  G                  Em7
I'm sick of feeling the world draw away from me

G                Asus4              Bm7
So now I wake up, so now I wake up, so now I wake up, so now I wake up
G                Asus4              Bm7
So now I wake up, yeah I remember, so now I wake up.
                     G            Asus4
Feel the whole world draw away from me.
Bm7
Now I wake up what good is it.
G               Asus4
Another bright nothing. 
Bm7
Another day-

Big Night

Quick tab by Mark Ritchie-

Verse - Em Am C Bm
Pre-Chorus - Em
Chorus - F C D C

Mission Rock

 lets go have a drink at the   mission  rock
E-----
B-----
G-----2-------------------------6----------7                Repeat
D-----0-------------------------0----------0
A-----5-------------------------9----------9
E-----3-------------------------7----------7

         Our                 Talk                    Useless
E-----
B-----7-----------------3--------------------5
G-----7-----------------6--------------------6
D-----9-----------------7--------------------7
A-----
E-----

         Nothing            Changes
E-----
B------
G-----6----------------2
D-----0----------------0
A-----9----------------5
E-----7----------------3

Bridge

NB: I have used guitar pro 6 again to do this transpose/conversion of Franz' Mission Rock open D tab.... See my video on how you can do this...

E-----
B-----5---5-----5---5---5---6---5---5---5---5---5---5----5
G-----7---7-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----6
D-----9---10---8---9---10--8---8---9---10--8---9---10--7
A-----0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----
E-----

Lonely

Not 100% sure... need feedback(as always!)

A*

E--0
B--0
G--0
D--2
A--0
E--


E                   E6
Well you don't want me to touch you
E                   E6
You just want me to shut up
E                   E6
You don't want me to think what I'm thinking
E                   E6
Or the devil in my throat to come up
A7              A7sus4 A7   A*                E     E6
And you get so nervous that everything's a joke

G                    C
If I have to be this lonely
                 E     E6
I may as well be alone

So I go back to my room
To my room by the freeway
I fall onto my bed like snow
Like the cold I never woke you
And the killing followed me home
Hey what's song you whistling

If I have to be this lonely
I may as well be alone

F#                      E
When you wake up in the morning
Ebm                    Db          E   E6
You won't remember that anyone was here
F#                  E
And that life is so rewarding
Ebm                       Db            B  A    E E6
And I guess that you're the grand prize my dear

When you wake up in the morning
You won't remember that anyone was here
If I have to be this lonely
I may as well be alone

Godzilla

> hammer on
         You saw my face fall into a            well worn groove        
E---------------------------0----------------------2----------0
B-----0--------2--------------------------------
G-----
D-----0--------0-----------0------------0--------4----------2
A-----2--------2-----------2-----0>2----------
E-----B1        B2            B3                          f1           f2

Alterate options for chords(of which I have just named b1,b2,b3,f1 & f2 above)
NB: These stretches i do find hard to do.... I have just converted them from the open D tab....

E-----0----------0----------0----------
B-----0----------0----------0----------9-----0
G-----4----------6----------9----------x-----9
D-----0----------0----------0----------7-----7
A-----5----------5----------5----------9-----9
E-----7----------7----------7
         b1           b2           b3            f1      f2


         What will come around(repeat)               ...Down
E-----
B-----barr these chords for the solo/bridge beloe might help
G-----6--------------------4-----------------------------2
D-----0--------------------0-----------------------------0
A-----7--------------------5-----------------------------4
E-----5--------------------3-----------------------------2


Bridge/Solo (use the same chords above barred and do the below pattern...do the same pattern
with the above chords...you will soon get it...hopefully....

E-----
B------------------------------------5--
G--------------6-------------7---------7                           x2
D------------------5------------5
A--------7-------------
E-----5----------------5----------5--------5

E-----
B------------------------------------3--
G--------------4-------------5---------5                           x2
D------------------3------------3
A--------5-------------
E-----3----------------3----------3--------3

Repeat above the A&G

E-----
B------------------------------------1--
G--------------2-------------3---------3                         
D------------------1------------1
A--------3-------------
E-----1----------------1----------1--------1


E---------------------------------0
B---------------------------------0
G--------------1-----------------1
D-----------------0--------------0
A--------2-----------2-----------2
E-----0---------------------------0

Somewhere

 D                               A                                        E     repeat (**add the A for the slims rock version)
She's all dressed up and waiting for a bus In the hot sunshine
She just wants to kill some time
But it looks like time's gonna kill her first
So she goes to the cocktail lounge to lounge and says
"i'm gonna have a real good time."

 D                                                A
As she sinks into the captains chair
C                                        g                    not to sure about it... let me know
I don't think that she really cares

    D     
If somewhere
    C                 G
If somewhere

E                
If somewhere
A                                      C G C G C G ** more for the slims
there's people living




She finally gets on the bus
And sinks next to a very nice lady
Who just got out of the hospital
She had a major operation
The doctor left a knife in her throat
And now it picks up radio waves
You can turn the dial 'til it comes up in your hand
Maybe you'll pick up a populated land
Somewhere there's people living
C'mon let's go out and really drunk tonight
You can be miss bottomless pit of 1983
And I can be mr. out like a light
C'mon we got a lot to lose
So maybe we can lose it all tonight
And then when they shoot us down
We won't be around
We'll be somewhere where there's people living

Miracle on 8th street

LET RING

Chord positions

E-----0
B-----6
G-----0
D-----7
A-----8
E-----

E-----0
B-----3
G-----0
D-----4
A-----5
E-----


E---------------------0----
B-----------------6-------6
G----------7----------------- x2
D-------------0-----------
A-----8--------------------
E----------------------------

E--------------------------0
B--------------3--------------3---
G--------0--------0--------------------------0---------
D-----------4----------4
A-----5-------------------------------5---------3--------5
E-----

To The Sea (STANDARD)

Capo second fret

         With your over your heart
         and your boyscout face
E-----0-0-0-0---------0
B-----3-3-3-1---0-----1 
G-----0-0-0-0---0-----0
D-----2-2-2-2---------2
A-----0-0-0-0---------0
E-----

You win a new merit badge
E-----0-0-0-0---------0
B-----3-3-3-1---0-----5
G-----0-0-0-0---0-----4
D-----2-2-2-2---------5
A-----0-0-0-0---------
E-----


 Grace is always forgotten 
E------------------
B------------------0
G-----5-----7-----0 repeat
D-----3-----5-----2
A-----1-----3-----0
E-----

 But never forgiven

E------------------
B------------------
G-----5-----7-----9
D-----3-----5-----7
A-----1-----3-----5
E-----

Gratitude Walks(STANDARD)

          Why dont you
E-----------------------------10------------------------------------7
B-----------------------10--------------------------------10
G-----------------11------------------------------11                                   LET RING
D-----------11------------------------------11
A-----
E-----


               All night afraid
E
B-------------------------------7
G--------------------------7         
D----------------------9                                     LET RING
A-----------------11
E-



      One that shines on
       drunk on the
E-----
B-----3
G-----2
D-----4
A-----5
E-----

   on the oasis
   apllause
E-----
B-----
G-----
D-----0 
A-----2
E-----
          Leaves a man
louder lower
E-----0
B-----0
G-----2
D-----4
A-----4
E-----


chorus
     
E-----
B-----gratitude    walks
G-----4------------2
D-----0------------2
A-----5------------4
E-----3------------2

E-----
B-----gratitude    walks
G-----4------------2
D-----0------------0
A-----5------------3
E-----3------------1

B-----gratitude    walks        on sixth
G-----4------------2-------------1
D-----0------------2-------------0
A-----5------------4-------------2
E-----3------------2--------------0


bridge

Never did quite figure this part out so I put franz nicolays tab into a converter program and this is the result--- make of it what you will (if you make sense out of any of this please give me feedback) quite frankly I havent a clue!

E--------------------------------------------------1-----3-----4-----6-----------------------------------
B----------------------------------5---------------1-----3-----4-----6----------2-------1-------------
G-----8----------6-----4----------4---------------1-----3-----5-----6---------2--------1----------
D-----7----------5-----3----------5---------------------------------------------3---------2-------0
A-----7----------5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----5----------3----------------3----------------------------------------------0---------0-------0

Why Wont You Stay (STANDARD)

Will this            free and
E-----5------------2
B-----0------------0
G-----6-----------4              also use for"why wont you stay"
D-----7-----------5
A-----------------
E-----------------


        Eyes         Little
E-----------------
B-----3----------2
G-----2----------0
D-----4----------2
A-----5----------
E-----


Bridge

E--------------------
B-----3-------------2
G-----2------0-----0
D-----4------0-----2
A-----5------2-----
E-----

Sleep(STANDARD)

If finger picking ignore open strings....

        Love 
B-----1
G-----0
D-----2
A-----0

        Deadly sins
B-----3
G-----0
D-----4
A-----2


Smile        Show
B-----------5
G-----------0
D-----------0
A-----------3




Chorus

        song    disolve     Sleep
      maybe  save          You          *  Ignore last chord on second line
B-----8------7-----------5----------1
G-----0------0-----------0----------0
D-----0------0-----------0----------2
A-----7------5-----------3----------0 

      song   dissolve  you      sleeeeeeeep
B-----8------7-----------------5----------1------0
G-----0------0-----------------0----------0 -----0
D-----0------0-----------------0----------2------0
A-----7------5-----------------3----------0------2
E--------------------------------------------------3

       maybe  I           save   
B-----8------7-----------5--
G-----0------0-----------0-
D-----0------0-----------0--
A-----7------5-----------3-

    

Apology For An ACcident(STANDARD)

 G
 When you left...
E-----
B-----
G-----4
D-----0
A-----5
E----- 3


Em
Of me with you

E-----
B-----
G-----0
D-----0
A-----2
E----- 0

F#m
Did you hear..

E-----0
B-----0
G-----0
D-----2
A-----4
E-----2

Bm
Mr ED
E-----0
B-----0
G-----0
D-----7
A-----9
E-----7


 I hate to see
E-----
B-----
G-----3
D-----3
A-----4
E-----

Go to waste
E-----2
B-----2
G-----4
D-----5
A-----
E-----

         Weak       My      Tastes
E-----
B-----5------------10-------7
G-----
D-----
A-----7------------9--------10
E-----

Tell Yourself (STANDARD)

F#m                                Bm      -Repeat
I always sing when I travel
I always sing when I kill time
I always talk to people I can see
Yeah I always take every
 A
opportunity






A                                         G
So tell yourself you're a strong man
A
Yeah tell yourself you won't be fooled
 F#m                                     Bm
again






F#m                                Bm    - Repeat
In paradise we'll have fun
Yeah you throw the rice
I'll watch the dirty waters run
Yeah I always sing when I give the whole game away
I always sing just before I go
 A
 away

A                                    G
So tell yourself you're a strong man
A                                    G
Yeah tell yourself you won't be
Em
fooled again
We'll do some tricks
Fm
You'll never joke again


F#m                                Bm   - Repeat
So find yourself a sweet songbird
And she'll sing you to sleep
And her beauty is such a joke
Like the promises you keep
So you take a train and you take a plane
And you become one million things
And you lose everything so fast
Despite everything I say
I always sing when I'm traveling
I always sing when I'm killing time
When winter hits
When she's outside crying
When questions come
I always sing
I always sing

I Broke My Promise (Standard Tuning)

      A     D
I    Br-----oke
my pro------mise
E-----5----------
B-----5-----7---- repeat
G-----6-----7----
D-----7-----7----
A----------------
E----------------

      wouldnt  song
      about y-o---u
E-----5---------5
B-----5---------5
G-----6---------6   repeat
D-----9---------7
A---------------9
E-----

Repeat

Im glad
E-----0
B-----0
G-----4
D-----0
A-----5
E-----3


      Back
E-----0
B-----7
G-----6
D-----7
A-----0
E-----



The Blue     Sky
      G      F#
E-----0
B-----0
G-----4
D-----0
A-----5
E-----3

The Blue     Sky   (repeats G & F# and there is an E in there somewhere... I have no idea how to transcribe the F# and E chords played here)