The Flaming Lips - One million billionth of a millisecond on a sunday morning
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Some notes on this tab:
1) The guitar mainly plays Dm during the slash chords, those are there mainly for the bass. However, if you
want to accompany yourself, you can play the slash chords, it really fills out the song, I've tabbed them
out at below. The bass notes are very key to getting the feel of this song, so if you're playing solo, try
plucking the bass note first and then strumming the top strings.
2) The song is in a slow 4/4, and every chord that's written out is four beats. For measure where there's two
chords in a measure, they are grouped with | |, for example | Am/C Am |, and when there's two simultaneous
measures of one chord, the chord name is written twice, for example C C. Listen to the recording for the
exact timing.
Chords:
Am x02210
Am/C x32210
Dm xx0231
Dm/A x00231
Dm/Bb x10231
Dm/B x20231
Dm/C x30231
Dm/F# 2x0231
Dm/G 3x0231
[Intro]
Dm/A | Am/C Am | Dm/A | Am/C Am | Dm/A | Am/C Am | Dm/A | Am/C Am |
Dm/A | Am/C Am | Dm/A | Am/C Am | C C G* G*
| Dm Dm/C | | Dm/B Dm/Bb | | Dm/A Dm/Bb | | Dm/C Dm |
[Verse 1]
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
Early in the mornin', just before the dawn,
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
I turn my TV on
| Dm Dm/E | C C G*
and watch the fuuuzz
| Dm Dm/C | | Dm/Bb Dm/A | | Dm/Bb Dm/A | | Dm/Bb Dm |
[Verse 2]
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
The sun scrapes away, the first layers of the day,
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
Nothing is meant, this is a beautiful
| Dm Dm/E | C C G*
accident
| Dm Dm/C | | Dm/Bb Dm/A | | Dm/Bb Dm/A | | Dm/F# Dm |
[Verse 3]
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
This could be the sunrise,
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
Or I could be wrong
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
'Cause sometimes what looks like the sunrise
| Dm Dm/E | C C
Turns out to be another one black comet in cereal packages
Am Am CCome black comet in cereal packages C
| Dm Dm/C | | Dm/Bb Dm/C | | Dm/A Dm/F# | | Dm/G Dm |
Ahhhhhhhhh
| Dm Dm/Bb | | Dm/Bb Dm/A | | Dm/F# Dm/G | | Dm/F# Dm |
D G D G D G D G D G D G D G D G
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
D G D G D G D G D G D G D G D G D D D D
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A | | Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
[Verse 4]
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
Early in the mornin', just before the dawn,
| Dm Dm/E | | Dm Dm/A |
I turn my TV on
| Dm Dm/E | Dm
and watch the fuuuzz
[Outro]
| D C | G | D C | G | D C | G | D C | G | D C | G | D C | G
Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm*
main bass fingerings during slash chords
D E A D C B Bb A F#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--12--14--7--------------------------|
A|--------------17--15--14--13--12--9--|
E|-------------------------------------|
bass riff during "one black comet in cereal packages" at end of the C measure:
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|---5-6-5--|
At end of the Am measure:
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|---2-3-2--|
Bass riff over middle | Dm/Bb Dm/C |
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--11--13--13--11--10---|
E|-----------------------|
Bass riff after ending "watch the fuzz leading into loud part"
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--12---14----12----9---|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Guitar riff over D G part
Starts off with
or
e|--------------2--3-----| (basically the high note of the open chord)
B|-----------------------|
G|--11--12---------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
second guitar comes in with:
e|----10-------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
[Outro]
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----9----9----------7--7-----------------|
E|--10---10---10-----8--8--8---3------------| do this four times then:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2b~-2b~2b~2b~---7-7-7-9--9-9-9---12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12------------|
D|--0-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2b~-2b~2b~2b~---7-7-7-9--9-9-9---12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12b-12b-12b------|
D|--0-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
| * strum once
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