BJORK Anchor Song guitar tab

Anchor Song by Bjork

BJORK - Anchor Song guitar tab 

From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:09:22 EDT
Subject: b/bjork/anchor_song.tab

Hi.  After hearing the beautiful three saxophone arrangement
in Bjork's "Anchor Song" I found myself dismayed that it was
physically impossible for me to play this great song.  So
instead of learning to play 3 saxes simultaneously, I
thought I'd take a shot at transribing the song to guitar.
Here's what I came up with.  This can sound really nice
on a classical guitar (it will require finger picking), but any
guitar will do.  This arrangement is in the same key as the
original.  Some of the chords require some serious finger
stretching since I accounted for every sax note (except for the
low note in the final chord in the song), but I'm pretty sure
this is the easiest way possible for an accurate transcription. 
If anyone has finger placement questions,
corrections, or anything, email [email protected].  Enjoy. 


Ben Fidalgo's guitar transcription of the saxophone arrangement
from "The Anchor Song", by Bjork. 

INTRO

E----5-------0----1------------5--------------------------
B--------3--------1----------------3----6----3------------
G------------2--------0-----------------0----0---4--------
D---------------------------------------7----3---3--------
A------------------------------------------------5--------
E---------------------------------------------------------

                                              
---5---------0----1-----------3--------------7------------
---8----3----1----3-----------5---------3----5------------
--------4---------5-----------4---------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------3------------
----------------------------------------------------------
                                             ^^
         (might want to try sliding pinky
              up to the 7th fret on the high E from
          the 5th or 6th fret to imitate
          the saxophone glide)


VERSE
"I live by the ocean..."
---------13---12---10-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------13--------10---12---13-------------10-----
-------------------------------------0-------------12---------------
---------10--------------------------------------------------12-----
-------------------------------------0------------------------------
---------10--------------------------------------------------12-----
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       ^^
                        bar 10th fret                ^^
                  (or instead of using
                   10th fret B, use 14th
                                               on G and bar 12th fret)




"and during the night"
---------13--12--10----------------------5--------------------5-----
-----------------------13----------6--8-----------5---6-------0-----
-----------------------------------------------7--------------5-----
---------10----------------------7-------------5--------------------
---------------------------------5----------------------------------
---------10---------------------------------------------------------
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              bar 5th fret



then repeat VERSE once...



CHORUS(if you can call it that)

"...underneath all currents..."
------------8-----7-----5--------------------------------
------------------8-----3--------------------------------
------------9-----0--------------------------------------
------------7-----------3--------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------

"and this is where I'm staying. this is my home."  (the hard part)
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then do the whole thing one more time, ending with 3 INTROs


fin