Laika Tab

1st guitar:
    Em     G      F#      G      F#    G   F#    G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------2--0------2--0-------------------------|
G|------0-----0-------4-6-7-4--------3---------3----------------------------|
D|--2---------0---4-------------5-4--4------4--4----------------------------|
A|--2------2------4-------------------------4-------------------------------|
E|--0------3------2-----------------------0-2-------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------2--0------2--0---------------------------|
G|------------------4-6-7-4-3------3---------3------------------------------|
D|------------4---------------5-4--4------4--4------------------------------|
A|------------4---------------------------4---------------------------------|
E|------------2-------------------------0-2---------------------------------|
 
2nd guitar fills:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------0-2-3-0-------2/3\2p0------2/3\2p0---------------------|
G|----------------------------3-------------0-3------------------------------|
D|------------------------------5-4---------0-4------------------------------| x 2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Third time:
    A             F#       G     F#       G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2-----------------5/6\5p3-------2/3\2p0------------------------------------------|
G|--2--6-7-9-7-6---------------0-3---------------------------------------------------|
D|--2------------5-4-----------0-4---------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    F#              G
And all the dim companions of
     F#         G
The old white dwarf...
 
(and so on...the verse is just F# and G root notes alternating over and over)
 
with this occasional fill:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------3/5\3-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
the melody for the "lullaby" part is:
 
She was the first to leave home in a very long time but vanished with her tail on fire
 
e|----------------------------16-16-17-17-16----16-17-17-16-16----16-15--------|
B|--17-17-17-16----------17------------------17----------------17-------17-16--|
G|--------------16----16-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------18----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
 
Back to F# and G alternating
 
 
   A
Snubbed by walls of mantle
            F#    G
And their bolted core
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------5/6\5p3-----------------------------------------------|
G|------6-7-9-7-6------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7------------5-4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      A
Then fired into a canyon
     F#      G
Of polite applause
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------5/6\5p3-----------------------------------------------|
G|------6-7-9-7-6------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7------------5-4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
    F#                 G
Threw half a pound of sugar (continues onward with F# and G)
 
 
[Instrumental Break]
 
The break at 3:13 is Bbm, F#(x4) with the strings playing:
    Bbm   F#       Bbm     F#    Bbm     F#    Bbm      F#
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------11--13--11----11--13--11----11--13--11--14-------------------|
G|--10----11---------------11------------11----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
     G#               C#m
and this grain is our sun
          G#         C#m
high on a field of maize
  G#             C#m
blazing like a hawk
             Eb
high on it's stilty gaze
 
 
Verse goes back to:
F#  G
F#  G
F#  G
F#  G
F#  G
F#  G
A   F#  G  F#  G
A   F#  G  F#  G
 
 
(F# and G continue for the rest of the song)
 
 
the vocal melody which is just fun to play for "One day all you children will be white dwarves too..."
is:
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------2--0----------------------|
G|------------------4-6-7-4-3--------------------------------|
D|-------------4-4------------5-4----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
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| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
 
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