Wicked Soldier Tonic
Tonic - Wicked Soldier
standard Tuning w/ crunchy distortion
Intro (2 guitars overlapping), play 2x
e|---------------------------|--------------------------| B|--3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---|-3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---| G|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---| D|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---| A|--3/5---5-5-5-5---3----3---|-3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---| E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
[F]
e|---------------------------|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-| B|--3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-| G|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-| D|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-| A|--3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---|---------------------------| E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Guitar 2 plays this chord during fourth bar each time:
e|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--| B|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--| G|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--| D|-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--| A|-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--| E|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--|
Verse Rhythm Riff:
D7add_B
e|-5--------------------------------| B|-0--------------------------------| G|-5-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&--| play 11x D|-0--------------------------------| A|-5--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|
strum this chord in a 16th note rhythm (& is the repeated chord)
Lead (after intro):
e|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| B|---------|-----------|-----------|-----b8r7~~~b8r7~~--| G|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| D|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| A|-/5------|-(5~)------|-/5~-------|-(5~)---------------| E|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|
Lead Riff (play 2x, 6 bars total):
e|----------------|----------------|-----------------| B|----------------|----------------|-----------------| G|----------------|----------------|-----------------| D|----------------|----------------|-----------------| A|-3h5-----5~-----|-3h5-----5~-----|-3h5-----5~------| E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
first ending:
Lead
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-3-----------------| E|---------3---------|
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|Rhythm
e|---------7-7-7~--7\-| B|---------8-8-8~--8\-| G|-9---9---7-7-7~--7\-| D|-10--10--9-9-9~--9\-| A|-10--10-------------| E|-8---8--------------|
Repeat Rhythm Riff and Lead riffs together for 7 bars
until 'Prechorus':
Lead
e|--------------|-3------------| B|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|--------------| A|--3-----------|--------------| E|--------------|--------------|
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|Rhythm
e|--------------|-/7---7~~7~~\-| B|-/8---8-------|-/8---8~~8~~\-| G|-/9---9-------|-/7---7~~7~~\-| D|-/10--10------|-/9---9~~9~~\-| A|--------------|--------------| E|--------------|--------------|
Chorus (play number of times indicated)
Rhythm
[Dsus2] [F] [Gsus2]
e|--------------|-5-------------|-5------------|-5--------5--------| B|-5------------|-6-------------|-8------------|-8--------6--------| G|-7--(16x)-----|-5---(16x)-----|-7--(16x)-----|-7-(8x)---5-(8x)---| D|-7------------|-7-------------|-5------------|-5--------3--------| A|-5------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------| E|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
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|Lead
e|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| A|-5------------|-/8------------|--------------|--------------| E|--------------|---------------|-7------------|-7------------|
Rhythm
e|--------------|-5-------------|-5------------|-5-------------| B|-5------------|-6-------------|-8------------|-8-------------| G|-7--(16x)-----|-5---(16x)-----|-7--(16x)-----|-7-(16x)-------| D|-7------------|-7-------------|-5------------|-5-------------| A|-5------------|---------------|--------------|---------------| E|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
Lead repeats previous line
After Chorus, play Intro, Verse, and Chorus Again (for both parts)
Before Solo Break, play this 2x
Lead
e|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|-------------3/5\3--| B|---------1-------|-----------1-----|---------1-------|---------1---1/3\1--| G|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----------|-----2-----2-----|-----0---0----------| D|---2---2-------4-|---2---2-------4-|---2---2-------4-|---2---2------------| A|-0-------------2-|-0-------------2-|-0-------------2-|-3------------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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|Rhythm
| play 3x fourth bar:
e|-5--5-5-5---5-5---7--| |-8---8--8--8----8--8---8---| B|-5--5-5-5---5-5---7--| |-8---8--8--8----8--8---8---| G|-5--5-5-5---5-5---8--| |-9---9--9--9----9--9---9---| D|-7--7-7-7---7-7---9--| |-10--10-10-10---10-10--10--| A|---------------------| |---------------------------| E|---------------------| |---------------------------|
repeat Break for first 3 bars, then Rhythm ends with
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-10---------10-9-7-| A|-10---------10-9-7-| then, solo begins E|-8-----------8-7-5-|
Solo
e|------------------------------|------------------------------| B|------------------------------|-------13----13b15~--b15-b15--| G|-12b14---b14r12-10--10~-12p10-|-12/14----14------------------| D|------------------12----------|------------------------------| A|------------------------------|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|------------------------------| e|-15b17--13-------------|---------------------------| B|-----------15--15--15\-|---------------------------| G|-----------------------|-12b14r12--10-12p10--------| D|-----------------------|--------------------12-12--| A|-----------------------|---------------------------| E|-----------------------|---------------------------| e|--------------------------------|----------------------------| B|--------------------------------|---------------------13--13-| G|-12-11-12-14-12-11h12p11--------|-11-12-14-12-11h12p11-------| D|-12-12-12-12------------12---x/-|-12-12-12-------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------| e|-10~--10~--10~--10~--10~--13p10-|-13----10----10~~~~\---| B|--------------------------------|----------13-----------| G|--------------------------------|-----------------------| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------| A|--------------------------------|-----------------------| E|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
Play Chorus again 1 1/2 times, but lead changes to:
e|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| A|-5------------|-/8------------|-10-----------|-10-----------| E|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| e|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| A|-5------------|-/8------------|--------------|--------------| E|--------------|---------------|-7------------|-7------------| e|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------| A|-5------------|-/8------------|-10-----------|-10-----------| E|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
As final bar of chorus repeats, lead holds the same note:
e|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|--------------| A|-10~~~~-------|-10~~~~-------| E|--------------|--------------|
Play Intro again 2x, but Lead becomes:
e|---------------------------|--------------------------| B|--3/5---5-7-5h7---3----3---|-3/5---5-7-5h7---3----3---| G|--5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---| D|--5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---| A|--3/5---5-5-5-----3----3---|-3/5---5-7-5-----3----3---| E|---------------------------|--------------------------| e|---------------------------|-----------------------------| B|--3/5---5-7-5h7---3----3---|-----------------------------| G|--5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---|-12b14--12b14--12p10------12-| D|--5/7---7-7-7-----5----5---|--------------------12----12-| A|--3/5---5-5-5-----3----3---|-----------------------------| E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
Both parts:
Rhythm
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------| B|--3/5----5-7-5-5------3-----3---|-3/5---5-7-5-5--------------| G|--5/7----7-7-7-7------5-----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-7------5--4--2-| D|--5/7----7-7-7-7------5-----5---|-5/7---7-7-7-7------5--4--2-| A|--3/5----5-5-5-5------3-----3---|-3/5---5-7-5-5------3--2--0-| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Lead
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------| B|--------------------------------|---------------------13--13-| G|-12-11-12-14-12-11h12p11--------|-11-12-14-12-11h12p11-------| D|-12-12-12-12------------12---x/-|-12-12-12-------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
Rhythm
e|---------------------------|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-5--- B|--3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-|-6--- G|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-5--- D|--5/7---7-7-7-7---5----5---|-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-3--- A|--3/5---5-7-5-5---3----3---|---------------------------|----- E|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----
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e|---------------------------|----------------------------|------ B|---------------------------|----------------------------|------ G|-12-11-12-14-12-11h12p11---|-12b14--12b14--r12p10----12-|-10--- D|-12-12-12-12------------12-|----------------------12----|------ A|---------------------------|----------------------------|------ E|---------------------------|----------------------------|------
key:
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend, or prebend
r - release bent string
__ - hold note while playing another string
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
x - muted strings
~ - vibrato
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