General Disarray

Don’t you just love a song that you can figure out how to play in under a minute. Maybe that’s why I like the Long Winters. Or maybe it’s their stripped-down pop sensibilities. Who knows. Anyway, here’s some chords:

Scared straight

Verse: Ebm7 Db Bbm Ab Ebm7 Db Ebm7 Db

Transition: Db/Gb Gb (this is under the organ solo and the transition from verse to chorus)

Chorus: Ebm7 Db Bbm Ab Ebm7 Db Ebm7 Db

Cinammon

Verse: Ab Eb Db

Chorus: Ab Eb Db, but on the last one or two repetitions of certain repetitions, it goes Cm Eb Db

Slow Cheetah is a ballad on the first disk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium. It's a nice song, and it's fun to play. I've seen a few tabs online, but they are written directly in Bb minor. If you have a really nice guitar or incredibly strong fingers, that's just fine. But for the rest of us, I have made a tab of the song in A minor, which is quite a bit easier; and with a capo, you can still play along.

Download the tab here. And as always, if you have suggestions or have found an error, please email [disinterested at gmail].

Thanks and enjoy

I'm getting a lot of piano tabs-related hits on my website, so I though I'd redo my sheet music for this song as a piano tab.

Notes on the tab: (1) I use ">" to mean hold, whether or not this is in keeping with tradition. (2) I put the chords on the top line, where it says "C|," mostly because it's really hard to get monospaced fonts to work in WP.com.

Here's the tab:

Brothers on a Hotel Bed Piano Tab

Intro: very slowly, holding end of some measures longer than 4/4

C:AbM7 |Cm7 Eb |AbM7|AbM7|Cm7Eb|AM7----|----|-----|
4|c>>e-|c>–e>>|c>>>|>>>>|c>>e-|c>–e>>|c>>>|Df>>>| x2
3|G>>-b|A>g—-|G>>>|>>>>|G>>-b|A>g—-|G>>>|>>>>>|
3|g>>–|g>-f—|g>>>|>>>>|g>>–|g>-f—|g>>>|>>>>>|
3|D>>–|D>—–|D>>>|>>>>|D>>–|D>—–|D>>>|>>>>>|
1|G>>>>|c>>e>>>|G>>>|>>>>|G>>>>|c>>e>>>|G>>>|>>>>>|
B|1234+|12+3+4+|1234|>>>>|1234+|12+3+4+|1234|1+234|


C|Bb--|----|B---|----|Cm7-|----|----|
4|d>>>|>>>>|D>>>|>>>>|c>>>|>>>>|—-|
3|>>>>|>>>>|>>>>|>>>>|G>>>|>>>>|—-|
3|A>>>|>>>>|b>>>|>>>>|g>>>|>>>>|—-|
3|f>>>|>>>>|f>>>|>>>>|D>>>|>>>>|A>D>|
1|A>>>|>>>>|b>>>|>>>>|c>>>|>>>>|A>D>|
B|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|

Verse / Chorus - This is the basic progression of the verse and chorus.
[1] is played on the first repetition
[2] is played on the second

C|AbM7-|Cm7-Eb-|AbM7|----|AbM7-|Cm7-Eb-|AM7-|[1]–|[2]–|
4|c>>e-|c>–e>>|c>>>|>>>>|c>>e-|c>–e>>|c>>>|Df>>>|d>>>>|
3|G>>-b|A>g—-|G>>>|>>>>|G>>-b|A>g—-|G>>>|>>>>>|>>>>>|
3|g>>–|g>-f—|g>>>|>>>>|g>>–|g>-f—|g>>>|>>>>>|A>>>>|
3|D>>–|D>—–|D>>>|>>>>|D>>–|D>—–|D>>>|>>>>>|f>>>>|
1|G>>>>|c>>e>>>|G>>>|>>>>|G>>>>|c>>e>>>|G>>>|>>>>>|A>>>>|
B|1234+|12+3+4+|1234|>>>>|1234+|12+3+4+|1234|1+234|1+234|


Outro - Brothers on a hotel bed is repeated with the following riff

C|Ab------|Eb------|
4|gggDgAg>|g>>>>>>>|
1|G>>>>>>>|G>>>>>>>|
B|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

Then the Verse chords are used over the line "You may tire of me..."

As promised, here (pdf) is a basic transcription of the piano part for "Brothers on a hotel bed" by Death Cab for Cutie on Plans.

The music is a fairly accurate transcription of the intro. The rest of the song follows the same structure, with slight variations in the notes that lead into the chords.

So this isn't 100% accurate, but it's good enough to give you the basic idea, and it has a chord chart on the second page.

Update: If you've looked over my sheet music and found errors, or a better way to play the song, please contact me via disinterested at gmail.

- Thanks, John

This is song 10 on Plans by Death Cab for Cutie. It's my favorite on the CD. I figured out the basic chords, and just submitted them to Ultimate-Guitar.com

Intro

AbMaj7 Cm7 Eb AbMaj7 *2
Bb B Cm7 (slowly)

Chorus/Verse

AbMaj7 Cm7 Eb AbMaj7 *2
BbMaj7

Outro

Eb Ab (x4)
AbMaj7 Cm7 Eb AbMaj7 *2 BbMaj7 (repeat)

This is a lot easier to play on the piano. If I find the time, I'll write out the notation for the melody as well.

Update: I can't get this theme to properly display either the courier font or the code/pre tags, so I can't write out the full tab.