Glass Beach - Planetarium
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Tuning: E A D G B E
artist - glass beach
song - planetarium
no capo
standard tuning
this song's in 5/4 so keep that in mind when playing. i've tried to indicate rhythm where i can but bc of the
time signature and the especially tricky rhythms in the chorus i recommend listening to the song to be sure.
in the main riff (ie the one found in the intro) you can replace the 1 on the D string with a
6 on the A string if you find that easier/more comfortable.
this song is pretty damn hard because of the fast notes/odd time signature. also i didn't really know what
to label the sections because the song structure is a bit weird, but the timestamps should help.
[intro] (bass comes in around 0:54)
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----| x4
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
[verse 1] (1:22, "i would like to explain...")
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----| x2
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
[verse 2] (1:37, "when you left you locked us...")
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----|
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|
[Chorus] (1:52, "play piano place our palms in perfect patterns...")
G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------4h6----------------------------|------4h6--------------------------|
A|--2-------------------4h6------------|--2-------------------4h6----------|
E|----------4-5---5-4-------0-2--2---2-|----------4-5---5-4-------0-2--2---|
[instrumental break] (2:06)
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----|
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|---4-2-4--2---------|---4-2-4--2-4---4-2-|---4-2-4--2---------|----------0-----| x2
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|------------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
[verse 1 again] (2:35, "i would like to explain...")
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------2----------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4---2-------4-2-4\\--|
A|---4-2-4--2---------|---4-2-4--2-4---4-2-|---4-2-4--2---------|----------------------|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|------------2-4-2-0-|---2---0-2------------|
(^this bit played very fast^)
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|---------|
A|---4-2-4--2---------|---4-2-4--2-4---4-2-|---4-2-4--2---------|-----3-0-|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|------------2-4-2-0-|-0-------|
[another instrumental break] (2:50) this break uses the chorus bass part
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|------4h6----------------------------|------4h6----------------------------|
A|--2-------------------4h6------------|--2-------------------4h6------------|
E|----------4-5---5-4-------0-2--2---2-|----------4-5---5-4-------0-2--2---2-|
[bridge] (3:04, "yeah you left us locked us in a burning building...")
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----|
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
(bass stops then comes back in at 3:19)
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|-----2-4--2---------|-----2-4--2-4---4-2-|-----2-4--2---------|----------0-----| x2
E|---0--------2-4-2-0-|---0----------------|---0--------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------1-----|--------------------|-4--2-----------|
A|---4-2-4--2---------|---4-2-4--2-4---4-2-|---4-2-4--2---------|----------0-----| x4
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|------------2-4-2-0-|-------2-----2--|
[outro] (4:05)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------------0-|
(this part is very quiet but you can hear it in the background, the successive 0s get progressively quieter)
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| h hammer-on
| \\ slide to nut
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