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Impossible Germany, unlikely Japan

Wherever you go, wherever you land

I'll say what this means to me

I'll do what I can

Impossible Germany, Unlikely Japan

 

The fundamental problem

All I need to say

This is important

but I know

you're not listening, oh I know

you're not listening

 

This is still new to me

It's not what I planned

Impossible Germany, Unlikely Japan

 

This is what love is for

to be out of place

gorgeous at long and face to face

we'll know about your problems

they need to be erased

nothing more important

but you know

someone's listening, oh I know

you'll be listening

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Dunno if anyone else has figured out the guitar on this song but I've figured out bits and pieces that I'll post later but here's what Jeff plays in the begining

 

e ----------------------------------------

b --8--10-10-10-8----8--12-12-12-8--

g 9------------------9-------------------

d ----------------------------------------

a ----------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------

 

With something like this going over top.

 

e 12~----------10~--------

b ---------------------------

g ---------------------------

d ---------------------------

a ---------------------------

e ---------------------------

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more bits of the song

 

"imposible germany.......... whenever your land"

g --7-----5-----4-----2-----4-----5---------

d --7-----7-----5-----4-----5-----5---------

a --0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3---------

 

 

G5 E5 G5 E5

"The fundamental problem..."

 

 

D5 E5 A5 C5 A5

"This is important.."

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more bits of the song

 

"imposible germany.......... whenever your land"

g --7-----5-----4-----2-----4-----5---------

d --7-----7-----5-----4-----5-----5---------

a --0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3---------

G5 E5 G5 E5

"The fundamental problem..."

D5 E5 A5 C5 A5

"This is important.."

 

doesn't sound like powerchords.

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Here's the riff towards the end of the song that Jeff and Pat play.

 

e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b --------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----8-10/12-10--

g 9-7--------9-7-----------9-7-----------7---------9-7------------7-9------9-----------------

d -----10---------10-9----------10-9-10----------------10-9-10------------------------------

a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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the chord progressions, i sometimes took the general harmony into account, which explains many of the seemingly random sus4s, 6s, and maj7s floating around.:

 

intro: Am-Cmaj7

verse: Amsus4-Am-Cmaj7-Cmaj6-G-Em-Am

chorus: C-Am-C-Am-G-Em-Am-C-Am-Cmaj7

 

postlude: G-Em-Am-Am

 

there's a lot of stuff in between that i'm not willing to notate out at the moment.

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during the first part of the verse you hear something doing this

 

e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

g 7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5

d -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

a -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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the chord progressions, i sometimes took the general harmony into account, which explains many of the seemingly random sus4s, 6s, and maj7s floating around.:

 

intro: Am-Cmaj7

verse: Amsus4-Am-Cmaj7-Cmaj6-G-Em-Am

chorus: C-Am-C-Am-G-Em-Am-C-Am-Cmaj7

 

postlude: G-Em-Am-Am

 

there's a lot of stuff in between that i'm not willing to notate out at the moment.

 

 

How do you play th4e Amsus4 and Cmaj6?

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standard EADGBE:

 

Amsus4:

 

0

3

2

2

0

-

 

Cmaj6:

 

0

1 (0 works here too)

2

2

3

-

 

But, this is what is more like the recording:

 

-  -  - - -   - -
-  -  - - -   - -
-  -  - - -   - -
12 10 2 0 9   5 10
12 12 3 3 10 9 7 12
-  -  - - -   - -

One for each chord, the 9 is a stepping stone to the next chord.

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Amsus4:

there's no such thing as an Amsus4. A chord can be either diminished, minor, major, augmented, or suspended. It can't be minor and have a suspended fourth, that makes no sense!! Sorry, I'm kind of anal about these things.

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there's no such thing as an Amsus4. A chord can be either diminished, minor, major, augmented, or suspended. It can't be minor and have a suspended fourth, that makes no sense!! Sorry, I'm kind of anal about these things.

 

You can however have an Amadd4.

But nevertheless, there was no flatted third in the chord mentioned.

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Ok well I'm trying to figure out this whole song and I got Nels' line in the intro of the song that goes along with Pat and Jeff's parts I posted earlier. He plays this line quite a bit throughout the song and I added the first little fill he does during the first verse. Keep plugging away!

 

e --0------0-------0---0-------0---------------------------3----

b 8--8-10--10/12---7--7-8-5------------------------3/5-------

g -----------------------------------------------------------------

d -----------------------------------------------------------------

a -----------------------------------------------------------------

e -----------------------------------------------------------------

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