Guitar Tab to the Firefly theme song

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NOTABUS

Sunday, November 20, 2005 1:00 PM

The Ballad of Serenity

This is guitar tablature to a rough acoustic version I figured out listening to the recording of Joss playing the songon the DVD, and I then transposed to the key the final version is in. The bridge is the same as Joss' version (plus I added a lick to start it off), but I changed the ending to the shortened one in the opening credits.

All the C to Gm at the end of phrases are single strummed sustained chords. The final D# to C is a slide. Feel free to play any licks you might think of. And I totally understand if you need to correct my tablature. I probably didn't figure it out perfectly, but, alas, I am only human.

C__A#_F__Gm_D#

3__1__1__3__6
5__3__1__3__8
5__3__2__3__8
5__3__3__5__8
3__1__3__5__6
X__X__1__3__X

Intro
E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D----------------|
A------3--6-3----|
E--3-6--------6--|

Verse 1:

C_____________A#
Take my love, take my land,

F_______________C______Gm
Take me where I cannot stand.

D#____________A#
I don't care, I'm still free,

F__________________C________Gm
You can't take the sky from me.

Verse 2:

C___________A#
Take me out to the black,

F________________C______Gm
Tell 'em I ain't coming back.

D#________________A#
Burn the land and boil the sea,

F__________________C________Gm
You can't take the sky from me.

Bridge:

E--------------|
G--------------|
B------5-8-5---|
D--5-8-------8-|
A--------------|
E--------------|

| A# | F | D# |

Coda:

C________________A#
There's no place I can be

F________________C_____Gm
Since I've found Serenity.

D#_________________A#
You can't take the sky from me.

| N.C. | D# | C |

THOLO

Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:29 PM

thank you for doing this for us.

thanks

NOTABUS

Sunday, November 20, 2005 10:44 PM

So you play guitar, I take it.

SINIZZAE

Monday, December 5, 2005 2:33 PM

Yeehaw, thank you a lot... time to play my old guitar again, I guess!

SEXYKAYLIE

Monday, December 5, 2005 3:32 PM

Thank you very much you rock!

IELECTRIC

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:02 AM

Good job man! If you have time and will, please make us tabs for Jaynestown - The Hero of Canto

SYNCHRO

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:19 PM

Works well on piano too - Bruce Hornsby style. :-)

GWENHARKER

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:56 PM

Even though I play the guitar I still have no idea how to read tabs *headdesk*

CHAOSTHEORY

Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:32 PM

DOH

right i'll try and explain

tabs have no timing. you have to listen to get it

the lines indicate the strings. (fat string at bottom thin string at top)

the numbers on corressponding srings are the fret numbers.

thats all there is to it.

GIRLASKEW

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:37 AM

Would you happen to know The Hero of Canton or The Ballad of Jayne, whatever you wanna call it?? My Browncoat Group is lucky enough to have a really awesome musician who is prone to sing alongs. Any chance you might know that, or point me in the direction of finding it??

Thanks!

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