Collected Animals

dio wrote:

really really stoked to play/cover this for fun once someone else has done the lord's work of providing me the chords.

As usual there's a bunch of extra bass notes and chord extensions you could add in if you wanted, but best as I can tell it's basically this:

Verse 1&2:

Dm - G x4
C7 - F x4

Pre-chorus:

F - Gm - F - C7 x4

Chorus:

G - C x4

Verse 3:

C7 - F x4

Outro:

G7
C - Csus4 - C
Dm
C - Csus4 - C

mostly putting this here so I can find it later. PLEASE feel free to add any other Skiffs chords, so I can enjoy myself without googling around or whatever (haven't checked yet)

Figured out a couple by ear, these transcriptions probably don't represent the rhythm very well but play around with these chords and you should get something that sounds close

Prester John: alternates between Fmin and Ebmaj for the verses and choruses; pre verse Abmaj7, Bbmaj and back to Ebmaj; outro a C drone with F5/C, D5/A and C5/G on the hurdy gurdy

Walker: Intro section C#maj C#sus4 C#maj (with added C#7 on the hurdy gurdy); verses C#maj for four bars Bmaj for one bar Emaj for two bars then back to the intro pattern; choruses alternate between G#min7 and C#maj; outro alternates between C#maj and D#min

Cherokee: Verses Edim/G, chorus Gmin7, pre-buildup sounds like it's going back and forth between Dmin and Cmaj, buildup section Gmaj Dmin Fmaj Cmaj

Passer-by: Intro G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5, verses F#maj for one bar and Gbmin for three, chorus F#maj7 G#maj A#min G#maj

I've been jamming Car keys on piano, it's in G# minor

I've been jamming to WGB in Fmajor, and Dragon Slayer in Bbmin. Don't think they have any key changes.

I posted the chords for Car Keys a while back:
Gonna give my usual disclaimer that no one in this song is properly laying down the chords, it's just a bunch of different melodies/harmonies happening at the same time that end up implying a sort of chord progression that will basically work for a simple guitar/piano+voice rendition.

Just to give an idea of the weirdness of it, while C#m-G#m-F#m-B is basically the progression being implied in the verses, it's worth noting that Avey is doing a descending bass line underneath it that doesn't match the root notes of any of the chords except for the first one (C#-B-A-G#). So you could instead get fancy and play C#m-G#m/B-F#m/A-G#min7 to account for that, but I'm not sure that actually makes it sound any more like the recording, even if it's more technically correct in some sense.

And this sort of general idea applies to the whole album basically. I'm planning on figuring out the whole thing, but the chorus of Dragon Slayer is already throwing me for a loop lmao

once the album's a lil more settled in my head I'd like to do some drum transcriptions if that might interest anyone

Ok Dragon Slayer...

The verse is a two chord vamp of F#major to E major. That main keyboard clave sometimes throws in an an extra D# note for extra color on each chord.

The chorus is repeated explosions of what's basically an E chord. At the very least there's an added ninth (F#) in there; the guitar voicing I'm using is 076470.

Then the post chorus I think just goes back and forth between D#m and C#m(7); timing is like

D#m--------------------C#m--------------------------------D#m
Hold them let them bleed let them bleed find the main road
D#m------------------C#m7--------------------------D#m
Hold them hard to see hard to see hear the seagulls

Walker:

C#

C#
Go and take a load off / Put the baggage down
B--------C#----------E--------------------C#
Going where the ears won't deceive
C#
I'm ready for the takeoff / I've just been standing 'round

Then it's just back and forth between B and C# through the rest of the form. Timing is:

---------B--------C#----B---------C#
You're gonna get a standing O (x3)

--B------C#---------B---------C#
Appreciate, you cannot wait
-------B----------C#
We'll see you out
C#
There

sweet thanks for these so far yal

royal pls

Royal and Desire is Gm F throughout and Fsus2 (x 8 8 10 10 8) C (8 10 10 9 8 8) for the bridge.

once the album's a lil more settled in my head I'd like to do some drum transcriptions if that might interest anyone

Did you ever get around to doing any of these? they'd be cool on the tabs wiki

Stories and Games wrote:

dio wrote:

really really stoked to play/cover this for fun once someone else has done the lord's work of providing me the chords.

As usual there's a bunch of extra bass notes and chord extensions you could add in if you wanted, but best as I can tell it's basically this:

Verse 1&2:

Dm - G x4
C7 - F x4

Pre-chorus:

F - Gm - F - C7 x4

Chorus:

G - C x4

Verse 3:

C7 - F x4

Outro:

G7
C - Csus4 - C
Dm
C - Csus4 - C

mostly putting this here so I can find it later. PLEASE feel free to add any other Skiffs chords, so I can enjoy myself without googling around or whatever (haven't checked yet)

Which song on skiffs is this?

I've added a bunch of these to the wiki but i haven't done any editing. i'll get to it eventually

roopn wrote:

once the album's a lil more settled in my head I'd like to do some drum transcriptions if that might interest anyone

Did you ever get around to doing any of these? they'd be cool on the tabs wiki

aw dang I totally forgot... I did learn to play prester john so I could transcribe that

Here's my drum transcription of Prester John, please up it to the tabs wiki if it's up to scratch!

It's a pretty repetitive part but I wanted to be thorough, so I tried to balance readability with having all the repeats and everything. I put in the lyrics too to help follow along.