Chicken On A Bone tab

Chicken On A Bone

SONG: CHICKEN ON A BONE (re-worked, from the Swim rerelease album, not 2 colours)
TAB BY: Alex Ball ([email protected])
NOTES: DROP D TUNING

INTRO/VERSE:

GTR 1:

    D5                    Ab5
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----7-7-7-----7-7-7-7------------|
A|-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------------|
D|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--6-6-6--|

GTR 2: Use the rhythm from gtr 1

    D5  Ab5
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|--7-------|
D|--7---6---|
A|--5---6---|
D|--0---6---|

GTR 3: Play this over the verses

    D5                    Ab5
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|---------5---------5--------|
D|--0--0-6----0--0-6------6---|

GTR 4: Play these sustained notes

    D5                Ab5
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------| Play twice
G|--------------------------|
D|--12-------------12b-13---|
A|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|

    D5                 Ab5
E|---------------------------|
B|--15--------------15b-16---| Play twice
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|

CHORUS: PLAY THESE CHORDS

    C9/F  G  A5
E|--3-----3------|
B|--3-----3------|
G|--0-----0------|
D|--3-----0--7---|
A|--3-----5--7---|
D|--3-----5--7---|

C9/F           G              A5
    See it so near, it seems so far,
C9/F                 G                C B
    It's when you're here, it's where you are,
C9/F           G
    See it so clear,

LEAD PART AFTER FIRST CHORUS: Play these notes over the verse chords:

    D5          Ab5
E|------------------| etc
B|--15-15-15-15-16--|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
D|------------------|

SOLO:

Phrase 1:

    D5                 Ab5
E|---------------------------------|
B|--15-15-15-15-14-13--------------|
G|--------------------14-13-12-11--|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

Phrase 2:

    D5          Ab5
E|-------------------|
B|--10-12-13-15-15b--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|-------------------|

Phrase 3:

    D5          Ab5  D5  Ab5
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--12-11-12-14-16--16b-14b--|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|

Phrase 4:

    D5        Ab5        D5        Ab5
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------12-11--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--12-11h-12p-11h-12p-11-12b-12-etc--------|
D|------------------------------------------|

Ends:

    D5    Ab5
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|--11-hold---|
D|------------|
A|------------|
D|------------|

Chugged section:

After the solo there is a section where the main riff is chugged.
Another guitar plays this harmonic over the top:

    D5                                           Ab5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--(7)--(7)-(7)-(7)--(7)--(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)--(7)--(7)-(7)-(7)-----------------|(all harmonics)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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