Copyright 2009 Ian Marquis, all rights reserved.
Tuning: Standard - E A D G B E
Tone: Moderate distortion, plus clean
First, we start of with a little clean intro:
|--7-------------7----------5--|
|-----5-------------5----------|
|--------4---/5--------5-------| Play this
|------------------------------| 2x, then...
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
As the second repetition plays, a wobbly guitar begins
to ramp in volume - for more information about this sound,
check out the tab for Girls, where I talk about the reverse
chorus effect using the Small Clone.
Then, the first verse begins. Our rhythm guitar is playing
some muted chords (very muted):
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--9-(play)-9-(play)----------7-(play)-9-(play)--|
|--7--------5--------7-(play)-5--------7---------|
|--------------------5---------------------------|
As the verse continues, a second guitar comes in gradually:
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--9-7-9-7-9-7-9-7--|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
Then, we have a chord change. The first guitar is playing
straight power chords:
|-----------------------0-------|
|-----------------------3-------|
|--X-----7--X-----------2-------|
|--X5----7--X/7----5---\0----2--|
|--X5----5--X/7----5---\0----2--|
|--X3-------X/5----3---\X----0--|
The second guitar is playing the familiar muted chords, only
following the new progression:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7-(play)-------------------7-(play)-9-(play)--|
|--5-(play)-5--------7-(play)-5-(play)-5--------7---------|
|--3-----------------5--------3---------------------------|
We have another reverse chorus effect during a quick break,
and then the verse is back, only with a third guitar doubling
the rhythm like this, playing continuously:
|---------------|
|---------------| The bottom string in
|---------------| this riff is muted
|--9---9---9----| slightly more than
|----7---7---7--| the top one.
|---------------|
The straight power chords enter again, and then we get ready
for the chorus, if you will. First, one guitar plays this:
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--12--------14--------9---------|
|--12-(play)-14-(play)-9-(play)--|
|--10--------12--------7---------|
|--------------------------------|
On the second repeat, a guitar comes in on the other channel,
doubling the chords an octave down:
|--XXX-----------------------------|--XXX--|
|--XXX-----------------------------|--XXX--| Both guitars end
|--XXX-----------------------------|--XXX--| the chorus on
|--XXX-5--------7--------2---------|--XXX--| triple scrapes,
|--XXX-5-(play)-7-(play)-2-(play)--|--XXX--| shown here.
|--XXX-3--------5--------0---------|--XXX--|
Then, we get a verse with no bass and only the rhythm guitars.
Instruments gradually re-enter the mix - just listen for the
timing - we've already gone over them all.
Then, during the final chorus, we have a little "solo" that's
really simple - like so:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-(play)-9/11-\9-(play)-9/11-\9-9-(play)-9/11-\9-9/11-\9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-(play)-9/11-11-11-11/12v--11-11/9v-9-(play)-11v-/13--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------/15-(play)--|
|--14v--14/16v-\14-14-13v--13h14r13-14-14/16v-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--15/17-17-(play)-17/18-17-(play)-17/18--17-17/18--17v\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
The song fades out on a watery note (that runs under much of
the song, incidentally) that is actually a quiet bit of
noise from the chorus pedal.
