Activa tab

Activa

Deerhunter
Activa
From the album "Microcastle"

The whole song is just the chords C D B C repeated.
But I wrote it out anyway, just for completeness.

Intro: (0:00-0:18)
e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--------------------5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----| The notes in parentheses are
D|--------------------5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----| the bass notes heard at the
A|--(3)---(5)---(2)---3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----| beginning of the song.
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

Verse 1: (0:19-0:53)
e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
   Wa-    sted   our   lives    We    wa-   sted   our   time

e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
    I     tri-  ckle  out             Creek would  run  dry

Bridge: (0:54-1:08)
e|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

Verse 2: (1:09-end)
e|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|---------------------------------|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Steam would rise              I   tried

e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|--------5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|--------3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
  I tried                         I   tried

e|---------------------------|
B|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
G|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
D|--5-----7-----4-----5~~----|
A|--3-----5-----2-----3~~----|
E|---------------------------|
  I tried       


Just an aside of my own:

This song is very simple, but it gives you room to improvise or experiment
with different guitar sounds. You can add feedback, scrape-picking,
harmonics, etc. to make it sound more demented. They like to improvise
sounds when playing this (for example, listen to the Daytrotter version
compared to the album version).

And that's it! Enjoy. Feel free to ask questions if necessary.

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