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/ Soundgarden / I think this song is about how the human being is consuming
/ Limo Wreck / the world and it's resources and how it'll eventually be
/ Superunknown / the death of ourselves. It's about how we've got so much,
/________________/ but yet our greediness blinds us.
Gtrs I, II, III (C G D G B E) - Heavily Overdriven
Intro:
Q=70 bpm
6/8
Gtrs I, III
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E 2x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------5-----------5-----|-------5-----------5------||
||----------3---2-------0---|---------3---2-------0----||
||o-----5-----------5-------|-----5-----------5-------o||
||--0-----------------------|-0------------------------||
6/8 3/8
E S S E E S S E E S S E S S S S E E S S E 4x
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------o||
||--------------<12>-----------<5>--|---------0-----------0---|---------0----||
||----------<12>------------<5>-----|-------5-----------0-----|-------0------||
||o-----<12>-------------<5>--------|-----5-----------0-------|-----0-------o||
||--10----------------4-------------|-3----------/8-7---------|-7------------||
* *
Slide out sligthly upwards on these two notes
1st Verse:
1.,2.,3.
6/8 3/8
Q. Q. Q. S E +E. Q +E
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||o-7-----------------------|---------7-4---(4)-----|-3-------(3)/---o||
||--------------8-----------|-7---------------------|-----------------||
4.
6/8
S S S S E E S S E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------0-----------0---|
|-------0-----------0-----|
|-----0-----------0-------|
|-8-7---------7-----------|
" Tears of the feeble, hands of the slaves
Skin of the mothers, mouths of the babes
Building the towers, belongs to the sky
When the whole thing comes crashing down
Don't ask me why
Don't ask me why "
Interlude:
6/8 3/8
E S S E E S S E E S S E S S S S E E S S E
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------o||
||--------------<12>-----------<5>--|---------0-----------0---|---------0----||
||----------<12>------------<5>-----|-------5-----------0-----|-------0------||
||o-----<12>-------------<5>--------|-----5-----------0-------|-----0-------o||
||--10----------------4-------------|-3----------/8-7---------|-7------------||
2nd Verse:
6/8 3/8
Q. Q. Q. S E +E. Q +E 4x
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
||o-7-----------------------|---------7-4---(4)-----|-3-------(3)/---o||
||--------------8-----------|-7---------------------|-----------------||
" Under the shelf, the shelf of the sky
Two eyes, two suns, too heavenly blinds
Swallowing rivers, belongs to the sea
When the whole thing washes away
Don't run to me "
Pre-Chorus:
Gtrs I, III
6/8 3/8
Q. Q. Q. S E +E. Q +E
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-7-------------------------------|---------7-4---(4)------|-3-------(3)/---|
|-----------------------8---------|-7----------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S E S S S E +E. Q. Q E E. E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-7-------------7----------(7)----|-7-------7---------7----|-x\-----7-------|
|-9b11r9b11-----9b11r9b11==(9)----|-9b12----9b11------9b11-|-x\-----9b11----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
*note that these bends are rhythmically fucked on purpose, it is about
improsvising and make it weird, so these indications are just simplifications
6/8 3/8
Q. Q. Q. S E S E E S S E
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------4------|-3-------3--3--3---|
|-7-----------------------|-------------7----4------4-4------|-3-------3--3--3---|
|-------------8-----------|-7--------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E Q. E Q S S S S S S S S S +S E
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----7--------7-----------|-----7------------7------7------7-|------7---(7)\-----|
|----9b11-----9b12--------|-----9b11----9b11---9b11---9b11---|-9b11===9r(9)\-----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
" I'll be going down for the rest of the slide
While the rest of you harvest the gold "
Chorus:
Gtrs I, III
6/8 3/8
Q E Q E Q. S E. E Q E 3x
||---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------4------4---|--2----------------------|--------------------------||
||o--6-------6----4------4---|--2-----------6-3----3---|-2------------2----------o||
||---6-------6---------------|--------------6-3----3---|-2------------2-----------||
|
| Gtr II
| E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E E S T T 3x
||---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------14-14-------14-14-|-------14-14-------14-14-|-12b14-12b14-12b14r12p10-o||
||--11--11-------11-11-------|-11-11-------11-11-------|--------------------------||
||---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
6/8
Q E Q E Q. S E. E Q E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------4-----4---|--2----------------------|------------------------------|
|--6-------6----4-----4---|--2-----------6-3----3---|--2-----------2-----------7---|
|--6-------6--------------|--------------6-3----3---|--2-----------2-----------7---|
|
| E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E E S T T Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------14-14-------14-14-|-------14-14-------14-14-|-11b13-11b13-11pb13r11p9------|
|-11-11-------11-11-------|-11-11-------11-11-------|-------------------------10---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
" And the wreck of you
Is the death of you all
And the wreck of you
Is the break and the fall
I'm the wreck of you
I'm the death of you all
I'm the wreck of you
I'm the break and the fall "
Interlude:
Gtrs I, III
6/8 3/8
E S S E E S S E E S S E S S S S E E S S E 4x
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------o||
||--------------<12>-----------<5>--|---------0-----------0---|---------0----||
||----------<12>------------<5>-----|-------5-----------0-----|-------0------||
||o-----<12>-------------<5>--------|-----5-----------0-------|-----0-------o||
||--10----------------4-------------|-3----------/8-7---------|-7------------||
3rd Verse:
similar to 2nd Verse
" Under the red break of the lights
Heroes in stretches inch to the site
Blowing the pieces, belong to the wind
When the whole thing blows away
I won't pretend "
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soundgarden/17958.html ]
Pre-Chorus:
Gtrs I, III play as previous
Gtr II
6/8 3/8
Q E Q. E Q E Q +E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
|-7-----------7----------|-----7-----------7----------|-(7)----------|
|-9b11--------9b12-------|-----9b12--------9b11-------|-(9)------9---|
|------------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
6/8 3/8
Q. +Q E S E S E S S S S S S S S S +S E
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-7----------(7)---------|----7------7---------7------7------7-|------7---(7)\-----|
|-9b11-------(9)---------|----9b11---9b11-9b11---9b11---9b11---|-9b11===9r(9)\-----|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
" I'll be going down for the rest of the slide
While the rest of you harvest the souls "
Chorus:
the first 3 repeated bars are similar to previous, then end on this:
Gtrs I, III
6/8 9/8
Q E Q E Q. S E. E Q. H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------4-----4---|--2----------------------|------------------------------|
|--6-------6----4-----4---|--2-----------6-3----3---|--2-----------------1---------|
|--6-------6--------------|--------------6-3----3---|--2-----------------1---------|
|
| Gtr II
| E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E E S. T H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------14-14-------14-14-|-------14-14-------14-14-|-12b14-12b14-12-10------------|
|-11-11-------11-11-------|-11-11-------11-11-------|-------------------10---------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Interlude:
6/8
Gtrs I, III
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E 2x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------5-----------5-----|-------5-----------5------||
||----------3---2-------0---|---------3---2-------0----||
||o-----5-----------5-------|-----5-----------5-------o||
||--0-----------------------|-0------------------------||
Gtrs I, III repeat the riff
Gtr II
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------<5>----------<7>-|-------------<12>----------<5>-|
|-------<5>----------<7>----|---------<12>-----------<5>----|
|----<5>----------<7>-------|-----<12>------------<5>-------|
|-<5>----------<7>----------|-<12>-------------<5>----------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------<7>----------<7>-|----------<5>----------<5>-|
|-------<7>----------<7>----|-------<5>----------<5>----|
|----<7>----------<7>-------|----<5>----------<5>-------|
|-<7>----------<7>----------|-<5>----------<5>----------|
Gtr II
E S S E E S S E E S S E S S S S E 4x
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------<12>----------<5>--|---------0-------------<7>---||
||----------<12>-----------<5>-----|-------5------------<7>------||
||o-----<12>------------<5>--------|-----5-------1-0-<7>--------o||
||--10---------------4-------------|-3-----------1-0-------------||
|
| Gtr I
| Q. Q. Q. Q. 4x
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-15--------------12-------------|-5----------13--------------o||
||--17b19r17b19-----14b16r14b16----|-7b9--------15b17r15b17------||
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Bridge:
1.
Gtrs I, III
Q. Q. Q. S E +E. Q.
||---------------------------|--------------------|--------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------|--------------||
||--7------------------------|----------4---(4)---|-3------------||
||o-7------------------8-----|-7------7-4---(4)---|-3-----------o||
||---------------------8-----|-7------------------|--------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E S T T Q. +H. +Q.
||---------------------------|--------------------|--------------||
||o-7----7-------------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||--9b11-9b11-9b11r9p7-7-----|-(7)----------------|-(7)----------||
||---------------------------|--------------------|--------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------|--------------||
2.
Gtrs I, II, III
<
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-------------------------||
" Behind the blood red break of the lights
Lies the wreck of you for the rest of your life "
Final Chorus:
Gtrs I, III play their chorus riff 6x
6/8 3/8
Gtr II
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E E S T T
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------14-14-------14-14-|-------14-14-------14-14-|-12b14-12b14-12b14r12p10-o||
||--11-11-------11-11-------|-11-11-------11-11-------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
6/8 3/8
E S E. E. E. S S E E S S S S T T T T S S a E a E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------|
|----10-12b14--12b14--12b14-|-12pb14r12-10----------------------------|------------------|
|-11------------------------|--------------11----9-11b13r11-9h11p9----|-9-11-9h11--9h11--|
|---------------------------|-----------------11-------------------11-|------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------|
6/8 3/8
S S S S S S S S S S E +S S E E E S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|------9-12b14-12b14-9------------|---------------------|
|-12b14r12-10----12b14r12-10----10-12-12-|-(12)-----------------12b14r12---|---------------------|
|-------------11-------------11----------|-------------------------------9-|-----9-11b13r11-9\-2-|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-/11-----------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|
6/8 3/8
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S T T T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S S S S a E a E a E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-2-----2-4b6-4b6r4-2h4p2---2-4-|-2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2-4p2---2-4-4p2h4p2-----------|----------------|
|----/4-------------------4-----|-----------------------4-------------4p2h4p2h4-|-2h4--2h4--2h4--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
6/8 3/8
a E S S S S E E T T S S S a E e E E T S. Q.
|------------------------------|---------------7b9--7--------|-----------|
|---------5---5-7b9--7---5h7p5-|-5h7-5h7---7---x--------5h7--|-5---------|
|------/6---6------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
|-2h4--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
Gtrs I, III
W +W
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|-1----------------|-(1)-------------||
|-1----------------|-(1)-------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W +W
|------------------|-----------------||
|-2----------------|-(2)-------------||
|-4b6--------------|-(4)-------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
- 6th /August /06
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