Pacifier (song)

Name	Pacifier
Album/single	The General Electric
Length	4.03
Alternative titles
First live performance
Recorded	1999
Writer/composer	Shihad
Producer	GGGarth

Additional Information

Song meaning as told by Jon: "It's about a friend who, not lost touch with reality, but maybe had a heightened sense of reality and who scared a few friends around him. I could almost relate to what he was saying, he was saying all the right things but he just needed to relax and chill out". (Real Groove, September 1999)

Also: "Again, this was about another extremely talented person. But this song was not about them wrecking themselves. This was about them being extremely creative and that talent being a bit of a curse because of a mental illness. It was nothing to do with drugs. Well, maybe it was a little bit, but it was more about how inspired people, like genuinely inspired people, tend to not function too well in the real world, because their heads are on another planet. They're just vibrating on a different level from everybody else, which makes their art or whatever they do really fucking amazing. But it also means that when they try and incorporate that into what everyone else is doing, just a normal day to day life, it doesn't work out so well. I've suffered from depression and anxiety all my life, probably not to the same extent as the person I was talking about, but I could empathize. It's about trying to put perspective in somebody who has lost perspective." Rip It Up, Aug-Sep 2010.

Later this found out to be about Aaron Tokona from Weta and the emotions he was going through at the time. (Close Up - TVNZ Nov 2008)

Lyrics

You feeling good today
Cause I got told that you were
Smashed up on your own motorway
But it's O.K
The first upon the scene
A life support machine
But you still collapse as if you were an accidental star

Do you know what the time is
Is it messing with your mind kid
Are you hurting all the time
And you need a pacifier
Come on, lets take a look outside

Don't look so worried you know
There ain't no hurry
Cause life's supposed to ebb and flow
Now you're all clear to go
And when you're out there
No, they can't catch you
Precious star, you are the best at what you are

And do you know what the time is
Is it messing with your mind kid
Are you hurting all the time
And you need a pacifier
Come on, lets take a look outside

Come on, lets take a look outside

Drums

The 'xxx' on the hi-hat, as you know by listening to it, is a swing, another way that sounds more swingy is to 'xxX'. As with all my drum tabs, 
I write them to the best extent, but my kit only has a crash and a ride, so I often write them to comply with that setup, however when it's a 
distinct sound needed, I usually write the correct symbol.

Per un'esempio, in this song, Tom hits both crashes whenever there is a crash, but I only wrote it for one.

Code:
Intro

C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
S|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                  |-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|



Verse One
                  |-------2x-------|                                 |-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|x---------------|----------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------------|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|


C|x---------------|
H|----------------|
S|----------oooo--|
B|o-------o-----o-|



Chorus
 |-------9x-------|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------------|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|



Verse Two
                  |-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|

 |-------2x-------|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|----------------|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------oooo--|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o-------o-----o-|



Chorus
 |------8x--------|
C|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|



Ending
                                   |------10x-------|
C|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
H|----------------|----------------|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|----------------|
S|----------oooo--|----------oooo--|----o--o----o---|----------------|
B|o-------o-----o-|o-------o-----o-|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|

Bass

Main Riff

G|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
A|-----5-0-5-5---5-0-5-5-5-(3 times)----------
E|---------------------------------3-3-0-3-3--

Chorus

G|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|-----5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3---------------- (Repeat)

G|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|-----12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-3-3-3-3-------- (Repeat)

That's it, the order is:
Main Riff (3 times)
Chorus
Main Riff (3 times)
Chorus

You should be able to work out the rest.