I Know You Are But What Am I


I Know You Are But What Am I? by Mogwai (off the album "Happy Songs For Happy People") Standard tuning (Piano transcribed for guitar and explained) 4:4 timing Lovely piano-led piece this. Listen for amounts and timings - the whole song's repeats based around these two sections. _____________________________________________________________________________ INTRO/VERSE _____________________________________________________________________________ Song begins with two bars of C# on right hand Right-hand (lead): C# on two octaves mostly, changes to D on lower octave sometimes (see last bar) e|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-| B|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-7-7-| D|---------|---------|---------|---------| A|---------|---------|---------|---------| E|---------|---------|---------|---------| Left-hand (chords): B5 F#5 A5 e|---------|---------|---------|---------| B|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|-4-------|---------|-2-------|---------| D|-4-----4-|---------|-2-------|---------| A|-2-----4-|---------|-0-------|---------| E|-------2-|---------|---------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (rhythm) _____________________________________________________________________________ CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________________ Right-hand (lead): F# on two octaves, changes to E on both octaves sometimes e|-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-|-14-12-12-14-| B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| G|-11-11-11-11-|-9--9--11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-9--9--11-| D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| Left-hand (chords): D5 B5 F#5 e|---------|---------|---------|---------| B|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|-7-------|---------|-4-------|---------| D|-7-------|---------|-4-----4-|---------| A|-5-------|---------|-2-----4-|---------| E|---------|---------|-------2-|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _____________________________________________________________________________ Enjoy.