99th Dream--Swervedriver

Got this figured out shortly after I got the album as it's one of the few that can be 
played in normal tuning! Playing along with the record, you'll need to stick a capo on 
the second fret but I play this a lot on an acoustic and seeing as i lost my capo ages 
ago I took everything down two frets and it sounds just as good.

Basic chords-wise, it's a really simple song and comes in three main bits:-

Intro & Choruses:- F# minor, D, A, D, A, D 1st time.
                   F# minor, D, A, D, A, B 2nd  " .
Verses:- D, A

Bridge before White noise:- B, E, D, E

The track itself starts with a Dick Dale-stylee swoop:-

      D|-----------------   Listen to the tune to figure
      A|---------2*------   the exact rythm.*You'll
      E|-14--2-----------   notice every so often this
                            string is hit too.

This motif carries on until the start of the verse and occasionally re-appears in the 
choruses and is a constant feature of the long outro. If properly done, sounds amazing, 
but doesn't half kill yer strumming arm.

Right, the drums'n'bass kick in and another guitar gives it a bit of this:-

      E|------------------     Played during the F#,D
      B|------------------     of the Bass.
      G|-9--11--9-9--11---     
      D|---/--------/-----
      A|-7/-9---7-7/------
      E|------------------

      D|-9--11--9--7--9--11--9--9-- This follows on from 
      A|---/------------/---------- above while the bass
      E|-7/-9---7--5--7/-9---7--7-- is playing A,D,A,D/B.

This section is repeated twice and then goes into the verse. The basic chords are D and 
A with your pinkie finger toggling on and off thus:-

      E|-3--2-----------
      B|-3--3--3--2-----
      G|-2--2--2--2-----
      D|-------2--2-----
      
This is played thru twice while Adam does the first verse and then it's back into the 
Intro/Chorus section. Not too much going on guitar wise as the Moog in the background 
gives the atmosphere so if you're doing this in a band situation, it's probably best 
doing a rythmic drone on the 2nd fret on yer e-string.

The only other real change in the song is after the 'space travel, rock'n'roll...' bit:-

     E|------------------    One guitar plays thru this
     B|------------------    cycle eight times.
     G|-4--9--7--9-------
     D|-4--9--7--9-------
     A|-2--7--5--7-------
     E|------------------

The other guitar gives it a couple of B notes high up on the fret board with heavy trem 
arm wibbling and then enters this motif on the fifth rythm cycle:-

     E|------------------    As each note is played, the
     B|-v--v-------v--v--    one's marked with a v above
     G|-8--9-9-10-11--9--    should be gently bent down
                             with the trem arm.

After eight cycles of the chords this bridge ends and the bass plays an F# while the 
guitars give white noise for two bars (I generally use my imagination, jump on all my 
pedals and go ape. Theoretically you could do this bit as long as you want, although 
beyond five minutes is not generally reccomended!) this then segues back into the 
A,D,A,D/B section of the verse/chorus bit for the guitars while the bass briefly plays 
this for the first bar after the bridge:-

     G|-----------
     D|-2--7--2--7
     A|-0--5--0--5
     E|-----------

Then it's into the final verse, then chorus then the long outro none of which have any 
real difference to what's played before.

And that's really it in a nutshell. As I've said before, if you want to slavishly 
recreate the correct pitch, stick a capo on second and transpose everything i've said 
up two frets (4 for the bass i think) but I rarely bother now as it just suits my voice 
range better down two.

Effects-wise, surprisingly enough for a Swervie song all you really need are two 
distortion settings (light/heavy). you could use three if you want to go mental on 
the white noise bit. bit of light chorus for the rythm on the verses and heavy reverb 
for the Dick Dale bit and jez is yer uncle. Right, I'm off for a cup of tea, a fag 
and then I'll start looking at Duel.



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