Seven And Seven Is
(Arthur Lee)

Last Update: 03. oktober 2003

 

PLEASE NOTE
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.

 

  
Intro:
   [The bass sounds like it is played in octaves in real time, not
         overdubbed.]
   bass (slide between roots of chords) w/heavily-tremoloed guitar:
        Am                C       G
             v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        ---|-----------------|-----------------
        (5)|/7---------------|/10-----/17------
        ---|-----------------|-----------------
        (3)|/5---------------|/8------/15------
        D                 F       C
             v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
            -----------------|-----------------
            \12--------------|/15------\10-----
            -----------------|-----------------
            \10--------------|/13------\8------
        Em
             v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
            -----------------|-----------------
            /14--------------|/14------14------
            -----------------|-----------------
            /12--------------|/12------12------
   bass:
    A     Asus4       A     Asus4
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------
        -------0---------|-------0---------
        -0---3-----------|-0---3-----------
        ---------0---3-0-|---------0---3-0-
Verse 1:
   A             E              G                 D    A Asus4 A Asus4
        When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man
        A                 E             G              D    A Asus4 A Asus4
        I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a can
        Am            C*              G          D         A Asus4 A Asus4
        In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone
        Am            C                             G
        You can throw me if you wanna 'cause I'm a bone and I go
               A                          (Am)
              [E  A  A]  [E  A  A]               <- bass
        [3/4] Oop-ip-ip  oop-ip-ip, [4/4] yeah!
   * mistake during verse 1: bass plays E pattern over C chord
[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
        If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes
        My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized
        Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way
        Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go
        Oop-ip-ip  oop-ip-ip, yeah!
[repeat intro]
Coda:
   A  Asus4   A  Asus4   A  Asus4   A  Asus4
        One...     Two...     Three...   Four!
   Em        F         C         G         [2X]
        / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
   Em  F     C   G     Em  F     C   G
        / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
   Em       F       C       G        [4X]
         v       v       v       v
        -----12------12------12------12--
        15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17----
        ---------------------------------
        ---------------------------------
        ---------------------------------
        ---------------------------------
   Em (N.C.; atom bomb explosion)
   [12/8]:
    C                       Am
         v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   . 
        -8--------------h10--8---7-----------------------
        ---------------------------------10--------------
        ------------------------------------8h9----------
        ---------------------------------------------10--
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
    F7                      G7
         v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   . 
        -------------------------------------------------
        ---------------------------------11------11------
        -8-------------------8-10b12-------10b12---------
        -----------------10------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
    C                       A7
         v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   . 
        -------------------------------------------8-----
        -----------------------------------------8--13b15r13
   10b12r10p8--------8---8b----------------10b12---------
        ----10-------------------10----------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
                          ^ 1/4 tone
    F                       G7
         v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   . 
        -------------------15b17---------13--8-----------
        -----------------13----------------------8-------
        -----------12s14----------------------------8h9--
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
    C                       A7  [fade]
         v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   .   v   .   . 
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------10b12-8-----------------------
        -10----------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
        -------------------------------------------------
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers