Supernova

  H q  q q  q   h  q  q q  q   h  q  q q  q   h  q  q q  q   h  q  q q  q
I do it the way I do it because, with the sound I use on my guitar, I
can do a fair approximation of a wah-wah using the chords that result
when you drop all fingers but the barre from the A-shape power chord.
Make sense? Don't worry about it. Below is how I play it. Do what you
want.
2) Play power chords at 8th-note intervals straight throughout the
verses and chorus. I'm not tabbing this out. Cool distortion, though.
3) Despite my rhythm guitar status, I take the solo in this one. It's
short but sweet. I love it.
4) This is one of my favorite vocal performances in a long time. I
think Ms. Phair is vastly underrated as a singer.
"Supernova" (Liz Phair)
Recorded by Liz Phair
From the album _Whip-Smart_
Transcribed without permission because so many people requested it by Marc Hirsh
Notation:
s - sixteenth note
e - eighth note
q - quarter note
h - half note
w - whole note
. - play note for one and a half times the value before it (just like a dot in
     standard notation)
^ - ties two note lengths together
NOTE LENGTHS IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEAN D ST FOR THAT VALUE OF TIME!
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off

  H q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)
A      G
I have looked
    D        E
All over the place
    A        G
But you have got
   D        E
My favorite face
     A         E
Your eyelashes sparkle
     D       A
Like guilded grass
         A                  F#m
And your lips are sweet and slippery like a
D                 G   A
Cherub's bare wet ass
                E
'Cause you're a human
D    A
Supernova
  E
A solar
D     A
Super man
          E
You're an angel
     D        A
with wings of fire
   E      A
A flying giant
C        D
Friction blast

               H q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)
    A                 G
You walk in clouds of glitter
        D                 E
And the sun reflects your eyes
    A              G
And every time the wind blows
      D                D
I can smell you in the sky
     A             E
Your kisses are as wicked
      D  A
As an F-16
        A           F#m
And you fuck like a volcano
           D             G A
And you're everything to me
                E
'Cause you're a human
D    A
Supernova
  E
A solar
D     A
Super man
          E
You're an angel
     D        A
with wings of fire
   E      A
A flying giant
C        D
Friction blast

              | H.    q3q3q
              |
              |(rhythm guitar)

                H q (q) q (q)

| e  E h     q     q     e q     e q       e q     e q     q   h s s s s s s s s
|
|(rhythm guitar)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h     q  (q)  q  (q)    h    q (q) q (q)    h  q (q) q (q)
                E
'Cause you're a human
D    A
Supernova
  E
A solar
D     A
Super man
          E
You're an angel
     D        A
with wings of fire
   E      A
A flying giant
C        D
Friction blast

               H q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)

  h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   h  q (q) q (q)   e e H.
--
Marc "As wicked as an F-16" Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)