LEFT OF THE DIAL

[evin]

well all know paul uses many open tunings, augmented tunings... i haven't put my head into left of the dial real hard due to laziness but is that open A or open E? anyone have the secret to this one? please chime in if'n you do.....

i will start the work now...

[Rambo]

I know how to play it, but don't have time today to post it. I'll post my tab tomorrow hopefully. Until then, GtrPlyr has a basic tab for it here. I play it slightly differently, but I'll look at some videos for confirmation on everything. There was a very complete tab of it on the Color Me Impressed forums, but the forums died, so that tab is gone.

It's in Open A. Overall, it's not very hard to play, though some of the chords are kinda odd. Get ready to mash your fingers together.

[Rambo]

Okay, I have a more complete tab done. It's still missing the ending, which I never knew in the first place, but will eventually get to. Any compliments or criticism is welcome.

Left of the Dial
by the Replacements
Tab by Rambo

In Open A tuning.

Intro

|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----------------------------------|
|-8-8-7-0----8-8-7-0----8-8-7-0----8-8-7-0----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|


Verse

|---0--0-0--------0-0-0------0--0-0--------0-0-0----------------------------|
|---8--8-8--------7-7-7------8--8-8--------7-7-7----------------------------|
|---7--7-7------0-0-0-0------7--7-7------0-0-0-0----------------------------|
|---0---------9--------------0---------9------------------------------------|
|-0-0-------9--------------0-0-------9--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5------------5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4---------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4---------------------------------------|
|----------2-2-2-2------------2-2-2-2---------------------------------------|


Chorus

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3---------------------------------|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-4-5-------------------2---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-0-0-0---4-2-0-0---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-0-0-0---4-2-0-0---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----9-9---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9b10-r9-7---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--14-14-14-14-14--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Final Verse

|-0-----0-0---0-----0-0-----0-----------------------------------------------|
|-8-----8-8---8-----8-8-----8----------5------------------------------------|
|-7-----7-7---7-----7-7-----7----------7------------------------------------|
|-0-----0-0---0-----0-0-----0----------5------------------------------------|
|-0-----0-0---0-----0-0-----0----------5------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Repeat as needed)

|-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-5-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[evin]

i've got it completely figured out...soup to nuts and the way paul does it almost if not exact. i'm not the tabs king and not even a tabs peasant so i'm gonna try to rig up a camera and video tape it or rather video it (tape is old school)... coming soon. think the band will cover it. lately this one speaks to me. i'm not a big fan of covers as we are all original. i'm also not a big fan of covering your obvious influences but fuk it i love this damn song and have since it came out...

[evin]

sorry i haven't found a camera to do this one...it's basically 5 or six chords in open A so fuk off

[GtrPlyr]

I posted my TAB of this about 5 years ago:

paulwesterberg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Chords&action=display&thread=5432


LEFT OF THE DIAL

Tuning = (low to high) D G D G B D


-0-------0---0--------0--------0---0----
-8-------8---7--------0--------0---7----
-7-------7---7--------7--------7---7--------- }x 2
-0---0---0---0---0----0---0----0---0---0
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------
8--------8-------7---0-------0-------7-
7--------7-------7---7-------7-------7-
5---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---
5---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-
--------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---
-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---
-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---
-----------------------------------------

chords used during verses etc.
--------------------------| ------------------------------
-8----------8-------------| ------------------------------
-7----------7------ } x 2-| -----5-----------------------
-0----------X-------------| -----5-------------------------
------------9------------ | -----5---------4--------------
------------------------- | ---------------2-------------

chorus chords (these are the basic elements)
etc...
-----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------3--------
-5----5----5---5-----------------------------2-------
-5----5----5---5-------------2---------------0--------
-5----5 ---5---5-------------0---2---0--------------
--------------------------------------------------------


chords just before instrumental break -- G5 Em

chords during solo:

F#5 G5 A5 B5 } repeat a bunch o’ times

[dsw]

Hey, this is from the Color Me Impressed site and I think this is the absolute best way to play left of the dial:

From: Rocket Robin Hood (benalto@SPAMMERS_BE_GONE_benalto.com)
Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements
Date: 2003-02-05 14:21:45 PST

Tune your guitar in open A. [ regular: E A D G B E >> open A: E A E A C# E ]

Here's how to properly play the main riff for "Left Of The Dial":
1. Put your INDEX finger on the THIRD FRET of the B string.
2. Put your RING FINGER on the FIFTH FRET of the high E string.
3. Hit the rest of the strings open. If the main riff can be accurately described as
"Dah-dah-DAH-dah-dah, Dad-dah-DAH-dah-dah", this is where your fingers should be for the "Dah-dah-DAH-" part.

4. For the remaining two 'dahs', you simply replace the RING FINGER/FIFTH FRET/HIGH E STRING with SECOND FINGER/FOURTH FRET/HIGH E STRING. This sounds SO MUCH better than faking it with a standard tuning. Paul plays this while Bob plays the actual
chords in standard tuning, but if you want to do a switch over for the D sections of the riff, take your thumb and press it like a bad motherfucker over the 5th fret on BOTH THE LOW E AND A STRINGS. Yup, it's tough, but if you play a Gibson like Paul, it'll be a little easier. Don't attempt the thumb stunt on an acoustic unless you have gorilla hands to start with!