Written by The Tallest Man on Earth (Kristian Mattson)
Released on The Wild Hunt (2010)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Capo 8th fret (sounding key Ab major)
Tuning: Open C (CGcgc’e’)
I’ve only notated the significant stuff; all through the song runs the vigorous rhythm (strings of course approximate):
: . . . : |-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0--- |-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0--- |-0---0---0---0---|-0--- etc. |-0-------0-------|-0--- |-0-------0-------|-0--- |-0---------------|-0---
So, e.g. at the begining of the tab, what is written down is not a melody line as such, but the tones that are emphasised or clearly heard, or actively changed, within the full chord.
Chords:
C 000000 Am 020200 F 520000 Am/e 420000 G7 002021 Dm7 200201
C G7 : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-0-----0-------0-|-----------0-----|-0-----0-------0-|------8-----7----| |-0---0---2---2---|-0---0-0-0---2-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-0----0-----0----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----7----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----0----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F G : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-1---------------|-----------------|-1/3-------------|-------------0---| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------0---| |-2---------------|-----------------|-2/4-------------|-------------0---| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------0---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-0---------------|---------3-0-----|-0---------------|------8-----7----| |-0---------------|-------------2-0-|-0---------------|------0-----0----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----7----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----0----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F G flageolet : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-1---------------|-----------------|-1/3-------------|-3---0---5-------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---0---5-------| |-2---------------|-----------------|-2/4-------------|-4---0---5-------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---0---5-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[also interlude]
C
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
||--0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||--0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||--0---------------|-0---0-2-2h4-4---|-0---------------|---------4p0 2p0--||
||*-0---0-0-0h2-2-2-|-0---------------|-0---0-0-0h2-2-2-|-0---0-0---------*||
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------||
F G G : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-1---------------|-----------------|-1/3-------------|------8-----7----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----0----| |-2---------------|-----------------|-2/4-------------|------0-----7----| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------0-----0----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C : . . . : . . . : |-0---------------|-----------------|----- |-0---------------|-----------------|----- |-0---------------|-----------------|----- |-0---------------|-0---0-2-2h4-4---|-0--- |-0---0-0-0h2-2-2-|-0---------------|-0--- |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---
C
I never knew I was a lover,
Am
Just cause I steal the things you hide,
F Am/e
Just cause I focus while we're dancing,
G7 C
Just cause I offered you a ride.
Still I am not from Barcelona, I am not even from Madrid. I am a native of the North Pole And that can mess up any kid.
G7 Dm7
Well if you could reinvent my name,
G7 Dm7 . . .-C | F
Well if you could redirect my day,
G7
I wanna be the King of Spain.
[main riff x2] And I will settle in Pamplona And I'll provoke the bulls with words And then I'll send a man to meet them all But he's fake, so I have heard.
And all the senoritas sighing, Will be the fountain of my lies. But while we're floating in siestas You search for bottles and for knives.
Well if you could reinvent my name, Well if you could redirect my day, I wanna be the King of Spain.
[interlude] And I wear my boots of Spanish leather Oh while I'm tightening my crown. I'll disappear in some flamenco Perhaps I'll reach the other side.
Why are you stabbing my illusion? Just cause I stole some eagle's wings Because you named me as your lover Well, I thought I could be anything.
Well if you could reinvent my name, Well if you could redirect my day, I wanna be the King of Spain.
Violent strumming single chords |-0----1----3---------1--------|--0----1---0---------------| |-0----0----0---------0--------|--0----0---0---------------| |-0----2----4---------2--------|--0----2---0---------------| |-0----0----0---------0--------|--0----0---0---------------| |-0----0----0---------0--------|--0----0---0---------------| |-0----0----0---------0--------|--0----0---0---------------|