Floating on the Lehigh Department of Eagles
Album: In Ear Park
Song: Floating on the Lehigh
Tabbed by: Lukas K (cove (at) gmx.at)
Now this song is one of my absolute favourites from Daniel Rossen, and it took me a while to figure
it out, to be honest.
Please understand that while I believe that it's the most complete tab of the song on the internet,
I won't claim that it's complete. Since the original recording features a cello, a banjo, a choir, a
bass guitar, a brass section (sax + trumpet?), a slide guitar and of course drums, I tried to make a
version you can play on your own, with just ONE guitar. :)
Anyway, here goes!
Tuning: Open C#7 (C#-G#-C#-F-A#-C#) (it's like Open D7, but one semitone lower)
The song starts like this:
|-------------------11--------------------9--| |-----------9-7-----7----------------9-7--7--| |------7-10-----10--7-----------7-10------7--| |----9--------------7---------9-----------7--| |----7--------------7---------7-----------7--| |-7--7--------------7---7--7--7-----------7--|
"If I just left for a..."
|------------------11---| |---------------9---9---| |------7-10----10---7---| |----9----------7---7---| |----7----------7---7---| |-7--7------7---7---7---|
strum along here
"..while.." "..a day and dusk.." "..a dive in the cold"
|-7-----------9--------------------7>4--4--4--| |-7-----------7--------------------7>3--3--3--| |-0-----------0--------------------0-0--5--5--| |-0-----------0--------------------0-0-----0--| |-0-----------0--------------------0-0-----0--| |-0-----------0--------------------0-0-----0--|
repeat this part 3 times
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| (not sure about this part, please |-----7---10-------3---5--| correct me if you have something better) |-----7---7--------4---3--| |---7---7----0---0--------| |-7------------0-----0----|
(play the next part softly)
|-------------------------------------------------| |---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2----2-2------2--2--| |---4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4----4-4------4--4--| |---4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4----4-4------4--4--| |-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4------4--| |-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4----4--| |-7--------9--------7>4--4--4--| |-7--------7--------7>3--3--3--| |-0--------0--------0-0--5--5--| |-0--------0--------0-0-----0--| |-0--------0--------0-0-----0--| |-0--------0--------0-0-----0--|
"brother, breathe.." "..nothing's taking.."
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9--------------------7--------------------------------------------------| |-10--------------------8-------------------7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7----| |-11--------------------9-------------------7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7----| |-11--------------------9-----------------------7-------7-------7-------7--| |-11--------------------9-----------------7-------7-------7-------7--------| |--------------------------| |--9--------------------7--| |-10--------------------8--| |-11--------------------9--| |-11--------------------9--| |-11--------------------9--|
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/department_of_eagles/floating_on_the_lehigh_tab_ver_2.html )
..returning to the part from the beginning
|-------------------11--------------------9--| |-----------9-7-----7----------------9-7--7--| |------7-10-----10--7-----------7-10------7--| |----9--------------7---------9-----------7--| |----7--------------7---------7-----------7--| |-7--7--------------7---7--7--7-----------7--|
OK, the next part of the song consists of 3 parts
I'll call this sub-part A...
|--------------|
|-2--2>5>7>10--|
|-4--4>7>9-----| |-4--4>7>9-----| |-4--4>7>9-----| |-4--4>7>9-----|
...this one B...
|------------------| |------------------| |-0----0-0---0--0--| |-0---12-0--12-12--| |-0----0-0---0--0--| |-0---12-0--12-12--|
...and this one C.
|--------------0--| |---0-2-3-5-7--3--| |-4-0-0-0-0-0--1--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--| |-0---0-0-0-0--2--| |-0---0-0-0-0--2--|
So basically the whole goes like this:
[A]4 times B
[A]3 times B
[A]6 times B
[C]2 times B
[C]
after that.. (to be honest, I'm not 100% certain about this part)
|---------------------------------------------------| |----7---7-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5------| |----5---5-------5---5-------7---7-------8---8------| |----6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6------| |--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----| |-6----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6--|
repeat this part 3 times again
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-----7---10-------3---5--| |-----7---7--------4---3--| |---7---7----0---0--------| |-7------------0-----0----|
strum this bit for a while and then THIS bit
|-----2---------------------------------2--4>10--10--| |-----2-----------------------------0>2-----------5--| |-----4-------------------------------------------5--| |-----4-------------------------------------------5--| |-----4-------------------------------------------5--| |-----4-------------------------------------------5--|
then come these three chords (the last one has a little lick)
|-10--4--2-2-2--| |--5--3--3>2>0--| |--5--0--1-1-1--| |--5--4--2-2-2--| |--5--0--2-2-2--| |--5--0--2-2-2--|
now this similar part 2 times
|-5--5--4---2-2-2--| |-7--6--3---3>2>0--| |-5--5--0---1-1-1--| |-5--5--4---2-2-2--| |-5--5--0---2-2-2--| |-5--5--0---2-2-2--|
then repeat the following chords for a while...
|-10--(0)--2--(0)--| (you can play the chord in the middle and in the end to bridge |--5--(0)--0--(0)--| the two main chords, but I personally don't think it's necessary) |--5--(3)--1--(3)--| |--5--(4)--2--(4)--| |--5--(4)--2--(4)--| |--5--(4)--2--(4)--|
...until finally, the end.
|------------------------------------------------------------0~~~~~| |--------------------------------------------0-2-3-5-7------3~~~~~~| |------------------------------------------4-0-0-0-0-0-----1~~~~~~~| E |--0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0----2~~~~~~~~| N |--5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---0---0-0-0-0---2~~~~~~~~~| D |0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-------0---0-0-0-0--2~~~~~~~~~~|
If your guitar has a cutaway and you can reach it, you could try something like this at the end:
|-12--|
|-12--|
|-13--|
|-14--|
|-14--|
|-14--|
Well, I hope you enjoy learning and playing this song! Please send any corrections to my mail! :)
-lukas
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