Soldier Blue The Cult
This has been taken from http://www.cultcentral.com/guitar/SoldierBlue.txt
I did not tab this and thank you to Pedro Sousa for tabbing this kik ass song out!
Soldier Blue
the cult - sonic temple 1989
transcribed by pedro sousa (pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt)
here's another great song from the also great sonic temple, in my opinion it's pretty
I have doubts about the pre-chorus though. send me any corrections!
/ - slide
~ - vibratto
. - stacatto
h - hammer on
p - pull off
(5) - grace note (slides)
º - artificial harmonic
[b]brp [-]- [b]bend release pull off
? - when I can't make out the lyrics
intro: x4 with some whammy bar effects (try the harmonic at 7th fret second string)
1st/3rd 2nd 4th
e-----------------------|-------|------| b-----------------------|-------|------| g---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---| d---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---| a---0--2-----2-----2----|--5~~--|--0---| E-----------------------|-------|------|
riff 1
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5
e----------------------------------------------------------------| b----------------------------------------------------------------| g---9-8-9------9-8-9-/11---11-9-8-9-8-------9-8-------9-7--------| d---------9-9------------9------------9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7----| a----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| e-----------------------------------| b-----------------------------------| g--/11-9-8-9-8--/11-9-8-9-8---------| d---------------------------9-7-9---| a-----------------------------------| E-----------------------------------|
verse 1:
. . . .
chords: B5 B5A5 D5 E5/A5
*
*play A5 right after B5 (listen to the song)
soldier blue bloodstained red
hey people it's gonna bust your head
a real bad dream yeah you know it's true
kiss his boots or you'll be through
out of the night comes a soldier ridin'
line you up in his gun sight
pre-chorus:
slide to A5 only the last time
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5
this is played over the pre chorus
e--------------------------------------| b-------------------------------14b-14-| g-2~-4~-5~-7~-9~-11~-12~-14~-16~-------| d--------------------------------------| a--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------|
his mind's exploded ego's overloaded
hey children started runnin'
chorus: same as riff1 x2
soldier blue love is out of season
soldier blue yeah ain't fighting for no reason no no
verse 2: same as the first but the D5 rings out more and has small slide before it
a soldier blue a soldier fried
he's gonna bust up everything in sight
a real heavy dude in a killing mood
pack your bags or you'll be through
you'll be through yeah
it's guaranteed to shater all your dreams
pre-chorus:
chorus:
interlude: palm muted root notes
use this clean bit when necessary in this part
e--0-----0-----0------------| b----0-----0-----0----------| g------2-----2-----2--------| d---------------------------| a---------------------------| E---------------------------|
B D\A B
I see the sunset sea on fire ships burn off the coast of orion
[G] dreams of peace wait on the h[B]or[A]izon for yee
B D\A
clouds filled with blood rain on the water
?[B]??[G]?? night time fingers clench the last ??[B]??[A]
D\B D\A B G B A
our sister rides a horse of apocalypse now is the closing
during this last phrase
play the same thing but strike the chords between the root notes (heavy metal style)
play this over it
e-----12brp10-12-prebend12rp10--12brp-12~-hold-b--| b--12---------------------------------------------| g-------------------------------------------------| d-------------------------------------------------| a-------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------|
solo:
part 1 (play the intro)
love has no season come on shake it stealer
e-------------------------10b-hold-rp7--------------------------------------------------| b---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b----------------10-7-10/(12)~~--º-º----º-º---º-º----------------| g---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7---7-7------9~~-7~~~~-| d-------------------------------------------------------9-----9----9-----9~~------------| a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
part 2:
chords: B5 D5 E5 B5 D5 B5
*
* end it here the second time
e--------------------7--------------------------------------------------| b------------------7---10-7-10brp7--------------------------------------| g--9brp7--9b~~-~9b-----------------9brp7-9-7---------9-7----------------| d--------------------------------------------9~-9~-------9-7------------| a------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5----| E--------------------------------------------------------------------7~-| e----------------------------------7-10p7----7------------7-10p7----7---------------------------| b------------------------10b-10b----------10---10-7--------------10---10-7-º----------10/(12)~~-| g-------------------7h9-----------------------------9brp7------------------9brp7----7-----------| d------------7~~--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-------------| a----5-7/(9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
chorus:
the end uses the same chords as riff 1 but the phrasing is different
once again you must listen to the song, there's also a solo over it.
[B5] [A5] [D5] [E5/]
suggestions, corrections, comments welcome at pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt
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