Guitar Tab of "Mr. Chess"
(Thank you, Lee!)
Duncan Sheik - Mr. Chess
From the album "Phantom Moon" due out Feb. 27, 2001
Transcribed by Lee McPherson (lmcphers@chem.ucla.edu)
02/16/01
This tab was done entirely from the Conan O'Brien appearance of Duncan Sheik.
I have not even heard the CD version, so this may even be an abridged version
[Webmaster's note: It's not. The tab here is complete.]
Phantom Moon should be a cool album... it will have all acoustical instruments.
Comments and corrections are welcome. (This is my first tab.)
CHORDS - names might be wrong but the fret numbers are ok
Verse
G5 3X003X seems Duncan randomly adds the B note, 32003X regular G
D/F# 2X023X
Em7sus2 02403X
Cadd9 X3203X
G(#2) X2003X #2 just identifies it as 2nd inversion, not a chord name
Am X0221X Duncan does a quick Asus2 strum within the measure, too
D(#2) X0423X same as G(#2)
Bmin7/F# 22023X not sure about this one, sounds ok though
Cadd9/G 33203X nice chord... also from "Barely Breathing", FYI
Chorus
G 3X0033
D/G 3X0232 use your thumb to get the base note here
Am X02210 add Asus2 strum for effect here, too X02200
F5sus2 13X0X3 this one is probably wrong but sounds ok, stretch your middle finger out to get the muting for the B string
Verse Beat Count
G5 D/F# Em7us2 2,1,4 (YES, only 7 total here)
So good to meet you, Mr. Chess
Cadd9 G(#2) Am 2,1,4
I've always heard that you're the best
D(#2) 4
At housing knights
Bmin7/F# Cadd9/G 4,8
And castles high up in the air
So I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep inside your bed
And would you sleep, too
Would you sleep, too, in the chair?
You see, I dream of many things
Of floating, solitary kings
Of pawns and people with
Blue sequins through their hair
CHORUS Beat Count
G 2
A jester sings,
D/G Am 2,4
The bishop brings the queen
F5sus2 8
A hollow following...
G 2
And all the pawns
D/G 2
And people stop
Am 4
And people stare
G (and so on)
So, I, too, stop
D/G
At 3 o'clock
Am
I stumble to your door and knock
G
And ask to see you
D/G Am
And ask to be you
F5sus2 16
Mr. Chess... Oh, Mr. Chess...
VERSE
Now I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep, to let me rest
To let me dream
To let me sing without a care
And I will dream you things so fair
I sing your castles in the air
And I will sleep, too
I will sleep, too
Am F5sus2
I will rest... Oh, Mr. Chess... My Mr. Chess...
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