Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe Lyrics

WHO ARE YOU, DEFENDERS OF THE UNIVERSE?
As recorded by The Dears
(From the 2003 Album NO CITIES LEFT)
Words by Murray Lightburn
Music by George Donoso III, Murray Lightburn, Martin Pelland & Natalia Yanchak
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Overdrive'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Q=65
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||o-------12---12-------12----|---12----------12----o||
||o---------------------------|---------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
||o-3--3-3-3-2--2---2-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3-x-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-o||
||o-2--------4----4---2--------|-2--------2--------2--------o||
E. S S S E. S S S S S S S S S
|-3--3-3-x-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-2--------2--------2-----------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3--3-3-3-2--2---2-3--3-3-3-||o-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--------4----4---2--------||o-2--------2--------0--------|
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3----3---0----0---2--2-2----o||
|-5--5-----2--2-----0--0-0----o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3--3-3-x-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-||o-3--3-3-3-2--2---2--3-----3--3-3-|
|-2--------2--------2--------||o-2--------4----4----2------------|
| Gtr III
| W H E E E
|----------------------------||o----------------------------12---|
|----------------------------||o---------------------------------|
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3-----3--3-x--3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-o||
|-2-------------2------------2--------o||
| E E E E E E Q
|----12------------12-----------------o||
|-------------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3-----3--3-x--3-----3--3-3-3-----3--3-3-o||
|-2-------------2------------2------------o||
|----12------------12-----------12--------o||
|-----------------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
| H E E E E E E E E E Q +E
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S 3x
||o-3-----3-----0----0---2--2-2---|--3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--o||
||o-5--5--------2--2-----0--0-0---|--2--------2---------0---------o||
| Q +E Q Q H +Q 3x
||--------------------------------|-^2-----------------(2)---------||
||o-------------------------------|-^3-----------------(3)--------o||
||--------------------------------|-^4-----------------(4)---------||
||o----------------------0--------|-------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E S E S E. S S S E S E S E. S S S
|-3-----3-----0----0---2--2-2---||o--3---3--3-3-3--3-3-3-5---5-5---5-5--5-5-5-|
|-5--5--------2--2-----0--0-0---||o--2----------2--------3---3-3---3-3--3-3-3-|
| Q +E Q Q +E +E. S Q S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------||o----------------------------5-----7--------|
|----------------------0--------||o-(0)-(0)---9-------------------------------|
E S E S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|--0------0---0--0---0-1------1-1-1-0-------------0-----0---0----o||
|--2---2----2-2----2---3------------3-------------------3--------o||
| +E +E. S Q S S S S S S S +S +S +S +S +S
|-(7)-(7)---------------------5-----7--(7)b8-(7)-(7)b8-(7)-(7)b8-o||
|-----------9----------------------------------------------------o||
E S E S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
| +E +E. S Q S S S S S S Q
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
||o-3--3-3-3-2--2---2--3-----3--3-3-|-3-----3--3-x--3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-o||
||o-2--------4----4----2------------|-2-------------2------------2--------o||
| H E E E E E E E E E Q
||o----------------------------12---|----12------------12-----------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
|-3-----3--3-x--3-----3--3-3-3-----3--3-3--o||
|-2-------------2------------2-------------o||
|----12------------12-----------12---------o||
|------------------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
| H E E E E E E E E E Q +E
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S 4x
||o-3-----3-----0----0---2--2-2---|--3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--o||
||o-5--5--------2--2-----0--0-0---|--2--------2---------0---------o||
| Q +E Q Q H +Q 4x
||--------------------------------|-^2-----------------(2)---------||
||o-------------------------------|-^3-----------------(3)--------o||
||--------------------------------|-^4-----------------(4)---------||
||o----------------------0--------|-------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
||o-3-------3-----0------0---2----2-2---|--3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3--3----3-3-3-o||
||o-5----5--------2----2-----0----0-0---|--2----------2-----------0----------o||
| Gtr II
||o-3--3----3-----0--0---0---2--2---2---|--3--3---3---3--3---3----3--3---3---o||
||o-5--5----5-----2--2---2---0--0---0---|--2--2---2---2--2---2----0--0---0---o||
| Gtr III
| Q +E Q Q H +Q
||--------------------------------------|-^2---------------------(2)----------||
||o-------------------------------------|-^3---------------------(3)---------o||
||--------------------------------------|-^4---------------------(4)----------||
||o--------------------------0----------|------------------------------------o||
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
| Gtr II
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
E S E S E S E S E S E S a E E E
||o---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---------|
||o---2--------2-------3-3-3-3-2-3-2---|
| +W
||o-(12)-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|
E. E S E +S S E E S E S E S S S S
|------0-0-0-(0)---0-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|------2-2-2-(2)-2---3-------3---3-----o||
| +W
|-(12)---------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------o||
E S E S E. S S S E S E S E. S S S
||o-3-3-3---3-3--3-3-3-5---5-5---5-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2---------2--------3---3-3---3-3--3-3-3-|
| Gtr III
| Q S S Q S S S S S S Q
||o--------------------------5-----7--------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
E S E S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S 4x
|--0---0----0-0--0---0-1------1-1-1-0-------------0-----0---0----o||
|--2------2---2----2---3------------3-------------------3--------o||
| +E +E. S Q S S S S S S S +S +S +S +S +S 4x
|-(7)-(7)---------------------5-----7--(7)b8-(7)-(7)b8-(7)-(7)b8-o||
|-----------9----------------------------------------------------o||
E S E S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S
| E +E. S Q S S S S S S S +S +S +S +S +S
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S Q Q Q Q
| W W
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths