Borealia - I Dreamed I Was Elected President Of The Ocean
Listen at: http://soundcloud.com/borealia/i-dreamed-i-was-elected
Tuning: AEADGBE
This song has a pretty dissonant main riff, and the lead guitar parts are
largely ad-libbed, so take liberties in playing it. All guitar parts appear
with variations on each repeat.
Rhythm parts
Main verse riff
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|--1-----1-----1--------------|--1-----1-----1---------------|
|--x-----x-----x--------------|--x-----x-----x---------------|
|--3-----3-----3--------------|--3-----3-----3---------------|
|----0-1---0-1---0-1-2b3r2-0--|----0-1---0-1---0-1-1b-1b-1b--|
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Gradual bend up 1/2 step
Other verse riff
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|--1-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-1-1b-1b-1b--|
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Chorus riff 1
Each chord for 1 bar
Asus2 0002200
Cmaj7 3335500
Asus2 0002200
G6 x300000
Chorus riff 2
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|--0----1----3-1/12----13---15-13--|
Bridge
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|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
Pre-outro
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|--0----0----0---0-2-3-2-----2----2----1---1---1-4-1-4-1-4-1-0---|
Ending: Play low E string. Don't strum for final bars, but hit guitar against
something causing E string to sound just lighter than being picked.
Lead parts
W/synth wah
Intro: Sweep pick the strings behind the nut.
Main verse lick
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|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
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Gradually bend up and down somewhere between 3/4 steps
and 1 1/2 steps, depending on taste.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/misc-unsigned-bands/343128.html ]
Other main verse lick
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|--10~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------|
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Very wide vibrato
These two previous parts are played ad-lib throughout, with variations
on bend range and rhythm. Sometimes, play very wide (2-3 step) bends on
both strings simultaneously. Sometimes, play just the G string and bend
as much as your guitar will allow it.
1st Chorus
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|--------------/13~~~~~~--/10~~~~~~~--/6~~~~~~p5~~~~~-------|
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"I had a dream..."
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|---------------10b-10b-10b12--|
|---------------10b-10b-10b12--|
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Repeat ad-lib grad. bend
Some time in the second verse, randomly strum between the nut and tuning pegs.
"To let them be free"
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Slide from 1st fret to last
Solo?
Modal A spanish phygian wankage, roughly.
"Tonight..."
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|--9-----9-------9-----9-------9-----9-----9------0-------------|
|--12b13-12b13---12b13-12b13---12b13-12b13-13r12----------------|
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(use note in parentheses on last repeats)
Guitar solo 2
|--t17p6p5t17p6p5t17p6p5t17----t17p6p5t17p6p5...-etc.------|
|-------------------------t17p5----------------------------|
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Repeat ad nauseum as fast as possible. Let each tap on the B string ring out.
End with a zip up the G string and let the open E, B, and G ring out while
cranking the headstock back to bend the strings up almost a half step in rhythm.
Ending
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|--t13p12t13p12t13p12...--|
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Steady 16th notes
Pull off to open E and B strings, then pick scrape.
