D’You Know What I Mean? – Oasis Song Chord/Tab and Lyric
Artist: Oasis
Album/Category: Be Here Now (1997)
From the album “Be Here Now”
and the Single “D’You Know What I Mean?”
Tabbed by: Fred Lidskog
NOTE: As I’m sure you all know by now, Noel uses a capo behind the 2nd
fret. Also, alot of the time Noel guitar has some flanger effect going.
Chords used (remember there’s a capo on the 2nd fret):
EADGBe
Esus4 (xx2455)
B (x24442)
B7sus4 (x24255)
D (x54232)
Dadd9 (x54255)
Tab Key:
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend (7b8 means bend the string at the 7th fret to make approximately
the note the string would make if played at the 8th fret with no bend)
r release bend
s slide (a quick slide, making the two notes sound almost like one)
/ a slower slide, play the first note, then slide to next note
~ hold that note
() harmonics
Since there are way too many guitar tracks in this song (I think I read an
interview where Noel said he’d put something like 32 guitar tracks on this
song!) I tried to include the most prominent fills in the song.
Fill 1: Fill 2a: Fill 2b:
e–(14)———————————————————————
B——-(14)—————————————————————-
G————(14)———4b5r4p2-4p2————-b5r4p2-4p2—————-
D————————————–4———————4p2-4———-
A—————————————————————————
E—————————————————————————
Fill 3 (played by two guitars):
guitar #1:
e———————————————
B———————————————
G—4bb5–4–2h4p2——2h4p2———–2—–
D——————-4———-4—2h4—–4–
A———————————————
E———————————————
guitar #2(at the same time as guitar #1)
e————————————————-
B–12b13.5-12-10h12p10—-12b13.5-12-10h12p10—–
G———————-11———————11–
D————————————————-
A————————————————-
E————————————————-
INTRO
F#m7 (for three measures until the backwards thing Noel says sounds like
“Fuck Me”, then:)
Dadd9 Esus4 B7sus4 [FILL 1]
Verse 1
The
There’s
The
[THE FOLLOWING IS THE LITTLE MUSICAL INTERLUDE THAT IS BASICALLY MADE UP
OF BACKWARDS GUITAR LOOPS. HERE IT’S TABBED OUT AS IF IT WERE PLAYED
FORWARDS:]
e—————————————————————————
B————————————————-5—–5–7—————-
G—————————–6—-6——–4–6—–6———————-
D——————-7–9—————————————————-
A———–/9————————————————————–
E—————————————————————————
Verse 2
Look into the wall of my mind’s eye
I think I know, but I don’t know why
The questions are the answers you might need
e—————(14)————-
B———–(14)——(14)——-
G——-(14)—————(14)–
D——————————–
A——————————–
E——————————–
Coming in a mess going out in style
I ain’t good-looking but I’m someone’s child
No-one can give me the air that’s mine to breathe[FILL 1][FILL 2a]
Pre-chorus
[NOTE: WHILE ONE GUITAR PLAYS THE BELOW LISTED CHORDS, ANOTHER GUITAR
PLAYS SIMPLY F# E B F# E B F# E B D E B]
I
And
His
I said, “Hey,
Chorus
Yeah
e———————————————————————-
B———————————————————————-
G——-11—11–11–9~~~~~~-9—9-9–8–8h9p8—-4h6—4–4b5r4p2—–
D———————————————-9——————–4–
A———————————————————————-
E———————————————————————-
e——————————
B——————————
G-4b5r4p2—2—4b5r4p2——–
D———4—4———2–4—
A——————————
E——————————
Verse 3
I don’t really care for what you believe
So open up your fist or you won’t receive
The thoughts and the words
of every man you’ll need
e——-9——-9——-9——-9————
B-12b15—12b15—12b15—12b15—12b15r12—
guitar G——————————————–
#1 D——————————————–
A——————————————–
E——————————————–
e——————————————–
B—–10—12b13.5r12-10—-10—–10——–
guitar G-11———————11—-11—–11—–
#2 D——————————————–
A——————————————–
E——————————————–
Get up off the floor and believe in life
No-one’s ever gonna ever ask you twice
Get on the bus and
bring it on home to me
e—-9—-9–9—-9–9—-9–9—-9————
B—12b15—12b15—12b15—12b15—12–10—–
G——————————————-11-
D———————————————-
A———————————————-
E———————————————-
Pre-chorus
I met my maker, I made hime cry [FILL 2b]
And on my shoulder he asked me why [FILL 2a]
His people won’t fly through the storm
I said, “Hey, listen up, man, they don’t even know you’re born”
Chorus
All my people right here right now
They know what I mean? [FILL 3]
All my people right here right now
They know what I mean? [FILL 3]
All my people right here right now
They know what I mean?
Yeah
e————————————————————————-
B—————————12b14–12-10—–10–12b14~~r12p10————
G—-9h11–11—11–11–11—————11——————–11–11–11-
D————————————————————————-
A————————————————————————-
E————————————————————————-
e—————————————————————————
B——10—————————————10—–12b13.5–12-10-12-12-
G-9h11—-11————-2–4b5r4p2—2—-9h11—-11———————–
D————-4p2–4–4————-4—4———————————–
A—————————————————————————
E—————————————————————————
Then: Dadd9 E7sus4 Dadd9 E7sus4 Dadd9 E7sus4 B7sus4
e—————————————————————————
B-17b19r17————————————————————————–
G———–14–16~b17.5r16–14——————14–14————–14————————–
D——————————–16–16—-14h16———16—-14h16—–16——————-
A———————————————————–16—————-
E—————————————————————————
e—————————————————————
B——-17b19r17——————————-14-x-x-14-x-x-14-
G-14————–14–16~b17.5r16–14———-14-x-x-14-x-x-14-
D—-16——————————–16–16——————-
A———————————————[wah-wah & flanger effect-
E———————————————-on above notes]–
e———————————————14——————–
B-16b17r16p14h16p14—–17b19r17————–14——————–
G-16b17r16p14h16p14—————14–16b17.5—-b17r16–14———
D——————-16—————————————16–16-
A——————————————————————-
E——————————————————————-
e———————————————————————
B——————————————————–17b19r17—–
G———————–14–16b17.5r16–14——14—————–14-
D———–14–14–16———————-16——16—————-
A-14h15h16————————————————————
E———————————————————————
e———14——————————————————————
B—————————————————————————–
G-16b17.5—b17.5r16–14———-16p14—-16p14—-16p14-16b17.5~~~r16-14—-
D————————-16–16——–16——-16————————16-
A———————————[wah-wah and flanger ]——————-
E—————————————————————————–
[CHORUS a bunch of times]
Song ends, and you hear that backwards feedback type stuff. The notes for
this are something like:
e————————2————————————————–
B—————————4–5——————————————–
G———————————4–3—-4—repeats over and over———
D—————————————————————————
A—————————————————————————
E—————————————————————————
