Circlesquare

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The Wonder Stuff

Circlesquare

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Sources: video/audio

Accuracy: at least 97%

Key: F#m

Tabbed by: Andrew Tay (aka Ant) July 1995

aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca

Hi. Here's some tab for the song "Cirlesquare", as written and performed

by the now defunct Wonder Stuff. Circlesquare was a UK only single,

but it's also on the B-side of some "Size of a Cow" CD singles. Get it--

it's one of the best songs they ever did, and my personal favourite.

This tab is based on an acoustic version that Miles played on MuchMusic

(Canada's MTV), and is essentially the same as the acoustic version in

the "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" movie. Fortunately, I could

see what he was doing so I'm pretty sure there aren't any mistakes in

this.

CHORDS

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Here are all the chords you'll need. All are indicated relative to the

capo, so Em is really F#m and so on. Some chords have numbers in

<angled brackets>. These indicate variations which I'll explain

later on.

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| INTRO/VERSES | CHORUS/OUTRO | BRIDGE |

| | | |

| Em DM11 CM7 | Dsus2 DM11sus2 Em* GM6 | GM9 Dadd11 CM9 |

e|-0----0-----3---|-0<2>---0<2>-----0-----0-----|-<10>--<10>---------|

b|-0----3-----0---|-3------3--------0-----0-----|--10----10-----8----|

g|-0----0-----0---|-2------0--------0-----0-----|---0-----0-----0----|

d|-2----4<0>--2---|-0------2--------9-----9-----|---9-----0-----0----|

a|-2----5-----3---|----------------10----10-----|--10-----9-----7----|

e|-0--------------|-----------------0----10-----|--------10-----8----|

- By the way, I think Miles adds a low A to the DM11 chord in the

verse (554030). It's not very noticeable, so I don't bother with it.

- The studio versions replace CM7 with Cadd9 (032030).

- Many chords have either an open low E string, an open high E string,

or both. Sometimes, it sounds better to omit these notes.

RHYTHMIC PATTERN

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This two-measure strumming pattern carries on through most of the song.

He likes to vary it the 3rd and 4th times he plays the bridge, but you

can figure that part out yourself.

*

/ / / / / / / / / / / *optional

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |

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OPENING LICK

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

b|------3-0----------|

g|----------3-0-2-0--| all eighth notes

d|-------------------|

a|-------------------|

e|-------------------|

INTRO/VERSE 1

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Em | DM11 | CM7 | CM7 each chord lasts one measure

is that a smile that hangs beneath your nose

or are your lips just stuck to your teeth

and they're too fixed to close

you don't have to ham it up for me

or tell me how long you've

waited just to be with me

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Dsus2 | DM11sus2 | Em* | GM6 each chord lasts two measures

Make sure you play the Dsus2 to DM11sus2 progression by varying

the high E string like this:

......... Dsus2 <-> D ........... | .... Dmaj11sus2 <-> Dmaj11 ..... |

e|-0---2---2---0-0-|---2-2---2---0-0-|-0---2---2---0-0-|-2---2---2---0-0-|

b|-3---3---3---3-3-|---3-3---3---3-3-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3---3---3---3-3-|

g|-2---2---2---2-2-|---2-2---2---2-2-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---2-2-|

d|-0---0---0---0-0-|---0-0---0---0-0-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---0-0-|

a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

i've been a long term disappointment to myself

but it hits like a hammer when I'm that to someone else

and now the circle doesn't fit it's little square

it bulges with opportunity ... bulges

VERSE 2

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Same as Verse 1

is that a smile that hangs beneath your nose

or are your eyes so wide

they've pulled your mouth into a stupid pose

you don't have to ham it up for me

or tell me how long you've

waited just to be with me

REPEAT CHORUS

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GM9 | Dadd11 | CM9 | CM9<->Dadd11 each lasts two measures

Play this eight-measure progression four times. The second time, you can

add those high D notes that I indicated in the chord list as <10>. When

you come to the CM9<->Dadd11 part, play it like this:

................. Cmaj9 <-> Dadd11 ................

E|------------------------|--------------------------|

B|-8-10-10-10-10--8--8-10-|-10-10-10--8--8----10-----|

G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----|

D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----|

A|-7--9--9--9--9--7--7--9 |--9--9--9--7--7-----9-----|

E|-8-10-10-10-10--8--8-10-|-10-10-10--8--8----10-----|

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

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Dsus2 | DM11sus2

Just repeat this bit from the chorus a bunch of times, and end on

DM11sus2. If you want to make the ending more melodic, you can

slow down and finish like this:

e|-3----------2-------------|

b|-3----------3----------3--|

g|-0----------0----------0--|

d|-2----------2----------2--|

a|--------------------------|

e|--------------------------|

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Okay... I originally wasn't going to do this, but you talked me into it.

Here's my best guess at the electric part, which is also capoed at the 2nd

fret. The verse is rreeaallly simple: just Em 022000 (really F#m) with palm

muting and lots of effects. I'd guess that he's using overdrive, wah, and

some sort of tremolo-like volume effect; but I don't own any effects, so I

don't know that much. Also, he may be using only a partial form like

022xxx or something.

The chorus is something like this:

e|-------2---------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------0-------|

b|-----3-----------|---3-------------|-----3-----------|---3-------------|

g|-----------------|-----2-----------|-0---------------|-----2-----------|

d|-0-------------2-|-----------------|---------------2-|-----------------|

a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

e|-3---5---5---3-3-|---5-5---5---3-3-|-3---5---5---3-3-|---5-5---5---3---|

b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Don't ask about the bridge!