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Author Paul Lambeth [a] 670. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

I Know You Are But What Am I?
by Mogwai (off the album "Happy Songs For Happy People")
 
Standard tuning (Piano transcribed for guitar and explained)
4:4 timing
 
Lovely piano-led piece this. Listen for amounts and timings - the whole song's
repeats based around these two sections.
 
_____________________________________________________________________________
	INTRO/VERSE
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
Song begins with two bars of C# on right hand
 
 
 
Right-hand (lead):
 
C# on two octaves mostly, changes to D on lower octave sometimes (see last bar)
e|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-7-7-|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
 
 
Left-hand (chords):
 
  B5     F#5           A5
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-4-------|---------|-2-------|---------|
D|-4-----4-|---------|-2-------|---------|
A|-2-----4-|---------|-0-------|---------|
E|-------2-|---------|---------|---------|
   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | | (rhythm)
 
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________________
	CHORUS
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
Right-hand (lead):
 
F# on two octaves, changes to E on both octaves sometimes
e|-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-|-14-12-12-14-|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-|-9--9--11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-9--9--11-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
Left-hand (chords):
 
   D5                  B5    F#5
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-7-------|---------|-4-------|---------|
D|-7-------|---------|-4-----4-|---------|
A|-5-------|---------|-2-----4-|---------|
E|---------|---------|-------2-|---------|
   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |  
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
Enjoy.
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I think it it should be an octave lower. And also there's a minor 2nd or something more dissonant at the end of the phrase. Like this. e|---------|---------|---------|---------| B|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-7-7-| D|---------|---------|---------|---------| A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-| E|---------|---------|---------|---------| Also, the main phrase starts with the A5 chord, they're just not playing the actual left hand for the beginning of the song. Otherwise the right hand and left hand don't line up correctly.

Oops, ignore my comments about the more dissonant thing :P Forgot to delete it.