4TH OF JULY
As recorded by Soundgarden
(From the 1994 Album SUPERUNKNOWN)
Words and Music by Chris Cornell
G#5/Eb C#5 G5/D G5
3 3 x x x x 1 3 x x x x 2 2 x x x x x 2 2 x x x
F5 Bb5/F
x 0 0 x x x 5 5 x x x x
Submitted by: "La Qotsa" (Alex)
Just a cut and paste for people who want a text version.
Email: alex_mihail@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: C (CFCGBE)
Intro
Q=71
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--| ~ PM---------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q
||------------------|--------------||-------------||
||o-----------------|-------------o||-------------||
||------------------|--------------||-------------||
||------------------|--------------||-------------||
||o-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--2--o||-2--2--2--2--||
||--3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2--2---||-2--2--2--2--||
Verse I
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
||o-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--2--o||
||--3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2--2---||
Chorus I
Eb5 F#5/C# N.C. Eb5 F#5/C#
Gtr I
PM--| ~ ~ ~~~~~~ PM--| ~ ~
E E E E E E E E E. S S S E +Q S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5-|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|
|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0--------------------|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--| ~ ~ ~~~~~~ PM--| ~ ~
| E E E E E E E E E. S S S E +Q S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5-|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|
|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0--------------------|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S S S E +H +H.. +E
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|------7p5-5-(5)----|-(5)--------------------(5)\-||
|-0--0--------------|-----------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. S S S E +H +H +E. +S a Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|------7p5-5-(5)----|-(5)-----(5)-(5)\-2s10\------||
|-0--0--------------|------------------2s10\------||
Pre Verse
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
Gtrs I, II
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--2---||
|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2--2---||
Verse II
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--2---|
|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2--2---|
Eb5 F#5/C# N.C.
PM--| ~ ~ ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E. S S S E +Q S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5-|
|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0--------------------|
Eb5 F#5/C# N.C.
PM--| ~ ~ ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E. S S S E +Q S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5---|
|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0----------------------|
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E +E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--5b7r(5)--||
|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2-----------||
Chorus II
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|------------------------5b7r(5)-|
|----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)-3b5-3b5==(3)r----------|
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|---------7b9-7-(7)--5b7r(5)--|
|----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)---------------------|
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|------------------------5b7r(5)-|
|----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)-3b5-3b5==(3)r----------|
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
~~~~~~
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +H
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|-2--2-2p0-------------|----------------------||
|-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|---------7b9-7-(7)----||
|----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)--------------||
Bridge
Eb5 F#5/C# N.C. Eb5 F#5/C#
PM--| ~ ~ ~~~~~~ PM--| ~ ~
E E E E E E E E E. S S S E +Q S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5-|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|
|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0--------------------|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|
N.C. Eb5 F#5/C# N.C.
~~~~~~ PM--| ~ ~ ~
E. S S S E +Q S S S S E E E E E E E E E. S S S Q E E +E
|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|------7p5-5-(5)--7p5-7s5-|-5-5-5-4-1-1-1---|------7p5-5--5b6-5b7r(5)--||
|-0--0--------------------|-3-3-3---1-1-1-2-|-0--0---------------------||
Guitar Solo
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
Gtrs I, II
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0--5------(5)-----------------------|------------------------------------------5b7r(5)-|
|--------------------5------(5)--------5----4---------|--3b5r=(3)--3b5--3b5==========(3)r----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| E +E E Q. +E +S S Q E. S +S S Q.
|-----------------------------------------------------|-11b13-----11b13------11b13==(11)r-11--8----------|
|-10b12r(10)----8---11b13============(11)r=====(11)---|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| E +E E E +E. +S +S E S Q E. S +S S Q.
|-----------------------------------------------------|-23b25-----23b25------23b25==(23)r-23-20----------|
|-22b24r(22)---20---23b25==(23)-(23)r(23)-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------(22)--------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
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G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0--5-----(5)-----------------|-----------------------------------------5b7r======(5)-|
|--------------------5-----(5)----5----4-------|--3b5r=(3)---3b5--3b5========(3)r----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E Q. +S +S S S Q +E T T S E S S S +S E
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12r(10)----8---11b13=======(11)r(11)p=8---|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-10b12r====(10)---8h===10p=8--8-------8-10b12r(10)--8--|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E Q. +S +S S S Q +E T T S E S S S +S E
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-22b24r(22)---20---23b25=======(23)r(23)p20---|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-22b24r====(22)--20h===22p20-20------20-22b24r(22)-20--|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------22-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
G5 Bb5/F
E. S S S E +Q S E.
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0---------------------------------|
|--2---------2--2p0--5------(5)---------------------|
|--------------------5------(5)--------5--4---------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E Q. +E +S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12r(10)----8---11b13============(11)r===(11)---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E E +E. +S +S E.
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-22b24r(22)---20---23b25==(23)-(23)r(23)-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
N.C. G5 Bb5/F
E +E E E +Q E +E E. S S S E +Q S E.
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|--2---------2--2p0-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------5b7r=(5)----|--2---------2--2p0--5------(5)-----------|
|--3b5r=(3)--3b5--3b5==========(3)r-----------------------|--------------------5------(5)---5-4-----|
|
| ~~~~~
| Q E. S +S S S S E +S S E +E E E +Q. E
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-13b16-----13b16------13b16==(13)r-13-11-13-11---(11)s=8-|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|--9b11r=(9)----7---10b12==(10)r----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| Q E. S +S S S S E +S S E +E E E +Q. E
|-20b23-----20b23------20b23==(20)r-20-18-20-18---(18)s15-|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-14b16r(14)---12---15b17==(15)r----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G#5/Eb D C#5 C
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / o
Gtr III
~~~~~~~ ~~~
S E. +E S +S S T T E +S T +T T T S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10pb12r==(10)-10b12r(10)-10-----8h10p8--(8)-10b12r(10)--8h10p=8-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S E. +E E T T E. +S S T T S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-23-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----22pb24r==(22)-22b24------20h22p20------(20)-22---------20h22p20-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5/D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +H.. +E W W
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|--7-------------------|-(7)---------------(7)\-|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| H.. +E E. S H. W W
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------(11)--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-19-------------(19)\-|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|------xs===xs=xs======|==xs=======xs=xs=xs=====|=xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=x---||
|------xs===xs=xs======|==xs=======xs=xs=xs=====|=xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=x---||
Verse III
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
Gtrs I, II
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--2---|
|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2--2---|
Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D Eb5 Ab5/Eb C#5 G5/D
PM--| ~ PM--------------------| ~ PM--| ~ PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E +E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---|-2--2--2--5b7r(5)--||
|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-|-2--2--2-----------||
Chorus III
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
||-----------------------|--------------------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------------|
||--2--2-2p0-------------|--------------------------------|
||o-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|------------------------5b7r(5)-|
||-----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)-3b5-3b5==(3)r----------|
G5 Bb5/F N.C.
E. S S S E +Q S E. E +E E E +Q E +E
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|-2--2-2p0-------------|-----------------------------||
|-2--2-2p0-5-(5)-------|---------7b9-7-(7)--5b7r(5)-o||
|----------5-(5)--5-4--|-3b5r(3)---------------------||
Outro
G5 F5Bb5/F F E
Gtrs I, II
E. S S S E +Q S E.
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o o
Gtr III
~~~~
E +E E E +Q. +E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10b12r(10)----8---11b13==(11)-------(11)r\-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~
| E +E E E +Q. +E
|-17b19r(17)---15---18b20==(18)-------(18)r\-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
G#5/Eb D C#5 C G5/D
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / o / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E E E +H +W
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-13b16r(13)-11---------------|-----------------|
|---------------12-(12)-------|-(12)------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E E +H +W
|-20b23r(20)-18---------------|-----------------|
|---------------20-(20)-------|-(20)------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|
| W Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------xs=x--xs==|
|-----------------------------|-------xs=x--xs==|
G5/D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~
+W W W
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|-(12)----------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|
| ~~~~
| +W W W
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|-(20)----------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-------------|--------------*|
|---xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=x---*|
|---xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=xs=|=xs=xs=xs=x---*|
