Champagne Supernova. [NOTE: Use this rhythm & chord progression for all verses and the first chorus]

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1 Champagne Supernova (full tab) Words & Music: Noel Gallagher (Oasis) Wow. I wish I knew the name of this tabber to give credit where it is due. This version has both the intricate guitar parts and accurate chords, if you just want to strum along. Notes from the tabber: "There's a whole lot of stuff going on in this song (including 3 guitars), so I've tried to transcribe everything. The 1st guitar (Bonehead) is acoustic-sounding during all verses and the 1st chorus and plays with distortion only during the 2nd & 3rd choruses, the bridges, and musical interlude. The second guitar (Noel) plays the intro solo and the fills during all the verses and pre-choruses with a muffled effect, and plays little solo parts with a dirtysounding distortion. The 3rd guitar (Paul Weller, I believe) steps in with a cleaner but heavier distortion to play the guitar solo during the musical interlude." Standard tuning - Chords used: Asus2 (x02200) [NOT: will be listed #1 for short in solo parts] Asus2/G (3x2200) [NOT: will be listed #2...] (2x2200) [NOT: will be listed #3...] Asus2/ (0x2200) [NOT: will be listed #4...] A (x02220) [NOT: will be listed #1b...] G (3x0033) [NOT: will be listed #2b...] F#m6 (2x022x) [NOT: will be listed #3b...] (022100) (355433) [NOT: will be listed #5b...] A2 (577655) D (xx0232) F2 (133211) [NOT: will be listed #4b...] Tab for the chord progression used throughout each verse and the first chorus: Asus2 Asus2/G Asus2/ e B G D A [NOT: Use this rhythm & chord progression for all verses and the first chorus] Tab Key: s = slide / = long downward slide b = bend (5b6 means bend the string at the 5th fret to make the note the string would make at the 6th fret with no bend) r = release bend (H) = harmonic h = hammer on p = pull off ^ = let note ring while making the note "vibrate" In the following places where "Riff 1" is listed, play this: B G-9h h h h h h h h

2 Here's "Riff 2": D B h12p G-9h h h h h h11---9h B h12p G-9h h h h h h h h And the now-famous "Riff 3" (played by 2 different guitars simultaneously): e B-12b13r p10-- Guitar G h (play this 3 #1 D h times) A e B p2--- guitar G---4b5r h (play 3 times) #2 D h A then, after the 3rd time: e B hold guitar G--4s s4---- #1 D A e hold B-12s guitar G #2 D A Intro (Lead guitar w/ muffled effect) CHORD# #1 #2 #3 e (h)- B (H) G h h h D-9s A #4 #1 #2 e B h12p G----9h h h h h / D h4---- A #3 #4 #1 e B G h h / s6----2s D-2h h A

3 VRS 1: Asus2 How many special people change? Asus2/G How many lives are living strange? Asus2/ Where were you while we were geting high? G D h4---2h4---2h VRS 2: Slowly walking down the hall. Faster than a cannonball. Where were you while we were getting high? CHORUS 1: Asus2 G D-2h4---2h4---2h Asus2/G caught beneath the landslide. Asus2/ in a champagne supernova in the sky Asus2 G D-2h4---2h4---2h Asus2/G caught beneath the landslide. Asus2/ In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova in the B G h #1 #2 #3 #4 sky. e B /-- G---9h h h4p /-- D h h4----2h4----2h A VRS 3: Wake up at dawn and ask her why. G h4-- D h A dreamer dreams, she never dies. G D h h4-- Wipe that tear away now from your eye. B G s6----2s D h h

4 Slowly walking down the hall. G D h Faster than a cannonball. G D h h Where were you while we were getting high? CHORUS 2: A G caught beneath the landslide F#m6 in a champagne supernova in the sky. A G Caught beneath the landslide F#m6 In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova... BRIDG: 'Cause people believe that they're gonna get away for the B G---(RIFF #1) A2 summer e B G b5-b5-b5-b4.5--b4.5r D h h A D But you and I, we live and die, the world's still spinning round B G---(RIFF #2) We don't know why...why, why, why, why B G---(CONTINU RIFF #2) #1 #2 #3 #4 B G-----4s s s s [PLAY RIFF #3 HR]

5 VRS 4: How many special people change? G h D h How many lives are living strange? G D h4---2h4-- Where were you while we were getting high? B G s6---- D h h Slowly walking down the hall, G h D h h4-2h4-- Faster than a cannonball. G h D h h4-2h4-- Where were you while we were getting high? [Use chords for 2nd Chorus] Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky. Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova... 'Cause people believe that they're gonna get away for the (PLAY RIFF #1) A2 summer e B G-----4b5--b5r b6---b5r D A G D But you and I, We live and die, the world's still spinning round (RIFF #2) We don't know why...why, why, why, why (CONTINU RIFF #2) MUSICAL INTRLUD & GUITAR SOLO: Noel's Solo (w/ dirty distortion sound): #1b #2b e B G--7b8r7--7b8r7--7b8r7--7b8r b9---b9r D h A

6 #3b #4b #5b e B G D--5h A s Paul Weller steps in (w/ cleaner, heavier distortion sound): #1b #2b e B b b12r ^^^ G D A #3b #4b #5b #1b e b B-10b12r ^^^ b22--- G D A #2b #3b e b22r B s s12- G D A #4b #5b #1b e B p h h G D A #2b #3b #4b #5b #4b e B--8h h b12r10--8h h b G D A #5b #4b #5b Asus2 e B b G ^^^^ ^^^- D A

7 And back to Noel (dirty sound): #2 #3 #4 e B G-4b5.5r b5r D h h h4---- A (PLAY RIFF #3) How many special people change B G s How many lives are living strange G h4p D h h4- Where were you while we were getting high G D h h B h12p G-9h h B G--9h B G--9h h B h12p G--9h h B h12p G-9h h e B s G D B G h4-----

8 [GO THROUGH VRS CHORD PROGRSSION AGAIN, WITH THIS LITTL FILL IN TH BACKGROUND: G (repeat a bunch of times) D THN: (this little solo played with a muffled effect) F2 Asus2 (only snare drum & harmonica heard) e B G-4b b5r h b6-(let-note-ring)- D h A acoustic: Fmaj7 G Asus2 e B G-(until)-b6r b6---- D h h h h A [NOT: When trying to learn the guitar solo, I would suggest listening to the song and learning exactly when the soloing guitar plays which notes relative to when the rhythm guitar changes chords. Then, follow along with this transcription to hear the rhythm of the fills and the riffs during the solo relative to the chord changes.]