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Weezer - Island in the Sun
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Tabbed by Cameron Willden viejoboracho@hotmail.com
Created 6/17/00
This tab is the best tab written so far so don’t even bother looking at other
ones. This has the only correct solo.
The first part of this song is played by Rivers. Brian comes in playing the
next part.
Guitar 1
Em Am D G
E|--3--3--x--5--x--2--2-2--x--3--3--
B|--5--5--x--5--x--3--3-3--x--3--3--
G|--4--4--x--5--x--2--2-2--x--4--4--
D|--5--5--x--7--x--4--4-4--x--5—-5--
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------
Guitar 2
Em Am D G
E|----------------2--2-2--x--1--1—-
B|----------1--x--3--3-3--x--------
G|--0-0--x--2--x--2--2-2--x--------
D|--2-2--x--2--x-------------------
A|--2-2--x-------------------2--2--
E|---------------------------3--3--
During the verse, Rivers plays the same notes in power chords and Brian stays the same.
E|--------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------
G|--9-9-9-9------------7-7-7-7----------
D|--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-
A|--7-7-7-7--7-5-7-7---5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-
E|-----------5-5-5-5------------5-5-5-5-
Chorus
Guitar 1 (On SNL, it looked like rivers played this different but this is just as good.)
E|-----3-----3-----5-----5-----2-----2-----3-----3--
B|--5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----
G|-------------------------------------------------- X4
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
E|--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-------------------
B|--2-2-2-2--------------------1-1-1-1-
G|--3-2-3-3-----------0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-X3
D|--------------------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-
A|-----------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2----------
E|-----------3-3-3-3-------------------
Add another 4 Ds and Gs after playing the part above 3x
The “We’ll run away together…” part.
Guitar 1
D G D G C A D
E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-----------5-5-5-5-----------7-7-7-7-
D|--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-
A|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-
E|-----------3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-----------5-5-5-5----------
Guitar 2
D G D G C A D
E|--2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1--------------------2-2-2-2-
B|--3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-
G|--2-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-
D|--------------------------------------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2----------
A|-----------2-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-------------------
E|-----------3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3----------------------------
Guitar Solo (This is the most correct solo tabbed so far, this is how Rivers played it on SNL)
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|--7h9—7-5~6-5~-2h4—2~----------X 2
D|-----------------------4--5-4--
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
Guitar 2
Em Am D G
E|----------------2--2-2--x--1--1—-
B|----------1--x--3--3-3--x--------
G|--0-0--x--2--x--2--2-2--x--------
D|--2-2--x--2--x-------------------
A|--2-2--x-------------------2--2--
E|---------------------------3--3--
G
Hip hip
Guitar 2 enter
G
Hip hip
Em Am D G
When you're on a holiday
Em Am D G Em
You can't find the words to say
Am D G Em
All the things that come to you
Am D G Em Am
And I want to feel it too
Chorus
D G Em Am
On an island in the sun
D G Em Am
We'll be playing and having fun
D G Em Am D G
And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain
Hip hip
When you're on a golden sea
You don't need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone
Chorus
D G
We'll run away together
D G
We'll spend some time forever
C A D
We'll never feel bad anymore, hip hip
hip hip
Solo
Bridge
Guitar 1&2 play the opening parts to this
Em Am D G
We'll never feel bad anymore
Em Am D G
No no
Em Am D G
We'll never feel bad anymore
Em Am D G
No no
Em Am D G
No no
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