Band: Sun Kil Moon
Song: Tonight The Sky
Album: April
Year: 2008
Version 1.1 - 05/30/2007
Transcribed By: kristoff
Email: kristoff@gmx.net
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tunning D A D G A D
capo on 2nd fret
(tab relative to capo)
Intro:
|---------0---------0----------------0------------------------------|
|-------------------0-------------------0-0-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------0-0-------------0/2---------|
|-----5h7----0--3~----5h7p5p3h5-------------------------0-----------|
|-----5------0--3~----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-0-----------|
|--0----------------------------/5~--.7-.7--------------------------|
Verse: (basically the same, just strumm more strings)
|---------0---------0----------------0--0-0-------------------------|
|---------0---------0----------------0--0-0-------------------------|
|-------------------0----------------0--0-0--------------0/2--------|
|-----5h7----0--3~----5h7p5p3h5--------------------------0----------|
|-----5------0--3~-------------------5--5-5----3-3-3-3-3-0----------|
|--0----------------------------/5~--.7-.7--------------(0)---------|
The following chords are not actually being played but the whole riff
revolves around those chords, look at them as a simplified version of
the verse.
|--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------|
|--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------|
|--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------|
|--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------|
|--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------|
|--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sun-kil-moon/187128.html ]
|--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------|
|--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------|
|--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------|3x
|--0-----------5------------0----------7----------------------------|
|--2-----------3------------5----------5----------------------------|
|--2------------------------5---------------------------------------|
"I hear my sleeping sister..."
Chorus
|--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------|
|--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------|
|--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------|4x
|--1---------------0--------0---------------------------------------|
|--3---------------5--------5---------------------------------------|
|------------------5--------4---------------------------------------|
"Tonight.. the skye.. will Open for you.."
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude:
|--0-------0-----0--------------------------0--0--..----------------|
|--0-------0-----0--------------------------0--0--..----------------|
|--0-------0-----0-----after the 8th time:--9--9--..----------------|
|--3-------5-----7--------------------------7--7--..----------------|
|--1-------3-----5--------------------------7--7--..----------------|
|-------------------------------------------7--7--..----------------|
"I woke up every morning.." B
"Solo" (part 1)
|--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------5-5-5-5~--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5p4h5----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5/7-5~-----------------------------/7|
|-------------------------------------------7~--p5-h7--8-7h8p7p5h8---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Part 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5--5--5---5/7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--8-----12-12-12-12--10-9-9---\3-3/5-5-5|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The noisy part that comes now is basically them improvising on the riff from the
verse, no need to tab it out imo.
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
B B B B ..E
Feel free to rate or comment this tab.
To make the Verse sound smooth I have only one advice: listen to the song and practice.
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