Band: Sugarcult
Song: Pretty Girl
Guitar - Dropped D tuning: eBGDAD
Bass - Dropped D tuning: GDAD
Or it could be standard tuning for both, but played up an octave (Though
this only effects the chorus for guitar 1)
(they don't use a capo as put in other tabs: look at the live vids to see this)
Intro: (guitar 1) (x2) (0:00)
e|-----1-------1-------1-------1------------------------------------|
B|-2-------1-------2-------1------------4-------4-------4-------4---|
G|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--3-------5-------6-------5-------|
D|------------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro 2 (guitar 2) (x1) (with some phaser/chorus effects) (0:11)
(everyone plays this as though its around the 14th fret on the high e string but if you
him play it he's nowhere near that high)
e|-7----6----------------7----6---------------|
B|-----------7---------------------7----------|
G|---------------7---7-----------------7---7~-|
D|-----------------7---7-----------------7----|
A|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
Intro 2 (guitar 1) (x1) (0:11) x2 x1
e|-0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-|-------------|
B|-1-1-x-1--0-0-x-0--3-3-x-3--1-1-x-1-|-------------|
G|-2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-|-xxx-3-5-3---|
D|-2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2--3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3-|-xxx-x-x-x---|
A|-0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-|-xxx-1/3\1---|
D|------------------------------------|-------------|
Pre Chorus (guitar 1) (x2) (0:33)
e|-6---6---6---6---8---8---8---8---9---9---9---9---8---8---8---8---|
B|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1 (guitar 1) (0:45) (x1) x3 x1
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Or if your playing up an octave: x3
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
x1
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
E|------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1 (guitar 2) (0:45)
x3 x1
e|-4-6-4-6---------|-------------------|
B|---------6-4-2-4-|-44444444-77777777-|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
Intro 2 (x1 for guitar 2 and same as before) but for guitar 1 play: (0:56)
e|-0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0-|
B|-1-1-x-1-1--0-0-x-0-0--3-3-x-3-3--1-1-x-1-1-|
G|-2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2-|
D|-2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2--3-3-x-3-3--3-3-x-3-3-|
A|-0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
e|-0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-|
B|-1-1-x-1-1--0-0-x-0-0--2-2-x-3-3--1-|
G|-2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2--3-3-x-2-2--2-|
D|-2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-2-2--2-2-x-3-3--3-|
A|-0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-0-x-0-0--0-|
D|------------------------------------|
Verse fill (guitar 2) (1:13)(with some phaser/chorus effects)
e|----6~~~-|
B|-6~------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
D|---------|
Chorus 2 (guitar 1) (x1) (1:30) x3 x2
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Or if your playing up an octave: x3
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
x2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
E|------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2 (guitar 2) (x1)(1:30)
x3 x2
e|-4-6-4-6---------|-------------------|
B|---------6-4-2-4-|-44444444-77777777-|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
Solo (guitar 1) (1:55) (with some phaser/chorus effects)(x2)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-66666666\55555555/88888888/11-11-11-11\10-10-10-10-|
D|-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A|-44444444\33333333/66666666/9--9--9--9-\8--8--8--8--|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Solo (guitar 2) (1:55) (just keep scratching at the strings)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sugarcult/31717.html ]
For the longer (older) version of pretty girl, the solo is a bit different and goes like
1)
x1 x2 x4
e|-----------|-6---6---6-------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------|---6---6---6-----|-----------------------------|
G|-3~-3/5\3~-|-------------6-5-|-15(x8)/17(x8)/18(x8)\17(x8)-|
D|-x--x-x-x--|-----------------|-x-(x8)-x-(x8)-x-(x8)-x-(x8)-|
A|-1~-1/3\1~-|-----------------|-13(x8)/15(x8)/16(x8)\15(x8)-|
D|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
End solo (normal version) (guitar 1) (2:08)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-3~~-3/5-3~~----|
D|-x---x-x-x------|
A|-1~~-1/3-1~~----|
D|----------------|
Pre Chorus (x2) (guitar 1) (2:18)
e|-6---6---6---6---8---8---8---8---9---9---9---9---8---8---8---8---|
B|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 3 (2:29) (guitar 1 and 2) (play Chorus 1, then Chorus 2)
Repeat the solo for each guitar and then end with (for guitars):
e|---------------0~-|
B|-------------1~---|
G|-3~~~------2~-----|
D|-x-------2~-------|
A|-1~~~--0~---------|
D|------------------|
Bass - Dropped D tuning: GDAD
Or it could be standard tuning for both, but played up an octave.
(This does affect all of the bass besides the solo though unless you dont
follow the guitar solo)
Intro
Bass comes in on second time with (x1)
Bass Intro: (0:05)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-8\4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro 2 (bass) (x1) (0:11) x1
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-11111111---------------------------|-11111111--------------------4h6----|
D|---------11111111-33333333-44446666-|---------11111111-33333333-44---666-|
(or if up an octave): x1
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-88888888-----------------------------------|
A|---------66666666-88888888-9999-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-88888888------------11h13----------|
A|---------66666666-88-------11-11-11-|
E|------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (bass) (x1) (0:22)
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-1111-1-----------------------|
D|--------1111-1-3333-3-444-666-|
(or if up an octave):
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-8888-8----------------------------|
A|--------6666-6-8888-8-999-11-11-11-|
E|-----------------------------------|
Verse 2 (bass) (x1) (0:28)
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-1111-1------------------4h6----|
D|---------1111-1-3333-3-44---666-|
(or if up an octave):
G|----------------------------------|
D|-8888-8------------11h13----------|
A|---------6666-6-88-------11-11-11-|
E|----------------------------------|
Chorus 1 (bass) (0:45) (x1)
x3 x1
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
(or if up an octave): x3
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
x1
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|----------------------------------|
Pre Chorus (0:33) (play verse 1 (x1) then verse 2 (x1))
Chorus 2 (bass) (x1) (1:30) x3 x2
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
or again if your playing up an octave: x3
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
x2
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|----------------------------------|
Bass Intro (x1) (0:56)
then Bass Intro (x1) (but up an octave): (1:02)
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----------11111111-33333333-4444-6-|
A|-11111111--------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
(or again if your playing up an octave):
G|----------88888888-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-13-|
D|-88888888-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (1:07) (x1)
Verse 2 (1:13) (x1)
Then repeat Pre chorus at 1:19
Verse 1 (x1)
Verse 2 (x1)
Chorus 2 (x1)
Solo (1:55) (x4) either play the Intro 2 part or follow
the guitar with: (then no bass until pre chorus 2) (if your playing the
version up an octave, play the same if your following the guitar):
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-4444444433333333/66666666/9999\8888-|
D|-------------------------------------|
For the longer (older) version of pretty girl, the solo is a bit different and for bass
play the intro/verse notes about 4 times each a few times the 4h6 fill on the A string
the 11h13 fill if your playing up an octave)
Pre Chorus 2 (x1) (2:23)
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
D|-6-8~~-|
or if your playing up an octave:
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-11-13~~-|
E|---------|
Chorus 3 (2:29)(play Chorus 1, then Chorus 2)
Play solo again (either play intro 2 or follow guitar 1 again)
End on: (x1) (3:06)
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
D|-1~------------1-|
Or if up an octave:
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-8~------------8-|
E|-----------------|
