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HIGHER THAN GOD - King's X
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Tabbed by: Isaias Garcia (TexasFury)
Tuning: Drop C#
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This radio single from "Tape Head" (1998) has a very simple rhythm guitar part, although
the syncopated changes might trip up beginners. Ty (Tabor) practically plays the riffs
exactly the same throughout, his only variation is omitting a natural harmonic during
the guitar solo. Because of that, I'll simply notate the riffs and identify them.
The chorus riffs consists of two measures: the first in 4/4 time, and the second in 2/4
time (4/4 + 2/4). They could also be thought of as 6/4, but it starts to get cluttered
at that length.
Riff #3 get played right before the solo, and is played once more to end the song.
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Riff #1: Verses
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
D#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
A#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
G#||--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2-----2--|
C#||--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2-----2--|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM NH NH NH
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E S S E
-------------------------|--------------------------------||
-------------------------|--------------------------------||
-------------------------|-------------------<>4-<>4-<>4--||
-------------------------|---------------------x---x---x--||
--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2----x---x---x--||
--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2---------------||
Riff #2A: Choruses (beginning)
E E E E E E E E E E E E
D#||--------------------------|--------------||
A#||--------------------8--8--|--L--3--3--3--||
F#||--4--4-----4--4--4--7--7--|--L--2--2--2--||
C#||--4--4-----4--4--4--5--5--|--L--0--0--0--||
G#||--2--2-----2--2--2--5--5--|--L--0--0--0--||
C#||--------------------5--5--|--L-----------||
Riff #2B: Choruses (end)
E E E E E S S E E E E Q
D#||---------------------------|-------------||
A#||---------------------------|-------------||
F#||---------------------------|-------------||
C#||--3--3--3--3--3--x-x-3--3--|--x--5--5----||
G#||--3--3--3--3--3--x-x-3--3--|--x--5--5----||
C#||--3--3--3--3--3--x-x-3--3--|--x--5--5----||
Riff #3: Transition to Solo
W W W
D#||-------------------|-------------------|--0----------------|
A#||-------------------|-------------------|--3----------------|
F#||-------------------|-------------------|--2----------------|
C#||--2----------------|--L----------------|--0----------------|
G#||--2----------------|--L----------------|--0----------------|
C#||--2----------------|--L----------------|--0----------------|
W
--L----------------||
--L----------------||
--L----------------||
--L----------------||
--L----------------||
--L----------------||
Guitar Solo
m.47
Q Q E E Q W
D#||-------------------------|-------------------|
A#||-------------------------|-------------------|
F#||-------4b----Lb--x-------|-------------------|
C#||-------------------------|-------------------|
G#||-------------------------|-------------------|
C#||-------------------------|-------------------|
PM PM PM PM
E S S H S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----2h-4-2~-------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------4-----2h-4-|-----2---------------------------|
-----------------------4-------|--4-----2h-4-0-2---0-------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------4---4~--2-------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/kings-x/267056.html ]
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E. S Q E. S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-------------------5---------2-|---------------------------------------|
--------5b~----L-----5b-Lb-2---|--5\--0-5p-2---------------------------|
------x------------------------|-------------4b-4b-4b-4-2---4-2b-------|
------x------------------------|--------------------------4------4---2-|
------x------------------------|-----------------------------------4---|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S S E E E E E Q E. T T Q S E. Q
------------------------------|--7b---Lp-5--------------------|
---------------------5--7~----|------------7~----7-7~---7b----|
----2--------2--4g6-----------|-------------------------------|
--4---4~--L-------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E H Q
-------------------------------|
--7/-------17b~--------17b~----|
------(0)----------------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
--14-------------------------------------------------------|
-----14-17----14-16-17-14-16----14-16-14h-16p-14----14h-16-|
-----------16----------------16------------------17--------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S T T T T S S S S S S E. S S S S
-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----14----------------------------------------------------|
--17----16h-17p-16p-14-14----16-14----------------------14-|
--------------------------16-------16-14---------14h-16----|
-----------------------------------------16~---L-----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S E E Q S S E Q. E E E E E
---------14--------------------------------|--19b-------Lb--17--19b--19b--19b--|
------14----14-17b--17~--L-----------------|-----------------------------------|
--16b-------------------------(0)-(0)-(0)--|-----------------------------------|
------------------------------(0)-(0)-(0)--|-----------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E E E S S E S S S S S S
--19b--19b--17--19-17--L~---------------17----|
---------------------------19----17h-19----17-|
------------------------------18--------------|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
--------------------------------------------------------|
--19----17h-19----17h-19----16h-17----16h-17----16------|
-----18--------18--------18--------18--------18----18S~-|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3---|
S S S S S E T T S S S T T T T S S S S S
----------------------14----------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------17p-14p-13h-17p-13h-14p-13-------------------------|
--17-16-14----16-14~--------------------------------16p-14h-16p-14h-16b--Lb-|
-----------16---------------------------------------------------------------|
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H. E E H Q H. Q Q
-------------------------|-----------|-----------------------|------------||
-------------------------|-----------|--22b----L~------------|--L---------||
--16~-------------L\-----|-----------|-----------------------|------------||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
NH - natural harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
