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Lightning Bolt - TWO TOWERS
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Most of this song consists of 2 notes, however it is the subtle changes
in timings that make it interesting.
Riff1:
A -15-----19-----15--17--14----|
D -----------------------------| Repeat 4 times, then repeat 4 times an
G -0------0------0---0----0----| octave higher using a whammy pedal.
C -----------------------------|
Riff2: Ahh, a nice bit of tapping to play with. I'm not entirely sure of
the exact notes here, it kinda wibbles around a bit with the Whammy
pedal, but it's kinda a bit like this. You'll need to listen to the song
to get the exact number of times this kinda plays for....
H P T P H P T P H P
A -15-----19-----15--17--14---14---15--12---14---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10--|
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -0------0------0---0---0----0----0---0----0----0---------------------------------|
C ----------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------|
T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P
A -14-10-12-10-15-10-12-10-14-10-12-10-15-10-12-10-17-10-12-10-15-10-12-10-17-10-12-10--|
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P
A -19-10-12-10-17-10-12-10-19-10-12-10-17-10-12-10-15-10-12-10-14-10-12-10-15-10-12-10--|
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T P H P T P H P T P H P T P H P
A -14-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
D ----------------------------------------------0--|
G ----------------------------------------------0--|
C -------------------------------------------------|
Riff3: The rest of the song is all about getting the pull-off timing right,
Once you've mastered it, it's fairly straight forward. This riff literally makes
up for 70% of the song...
H P H P H P H P
A ------------------------------|
D ------------------------------|
G -0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0--|
C ------------------------------|
Riff4: This a really nice prelude to whats coming at the end of the song ;)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lightning_bolt/two_towers_btab.html ]
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------| Repeat another 3 times.....
G -0-5-0-0-5-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
then into....
Riff5:
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-5-0-0-5-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-7-0-0-7-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
Then back to Riff 3 for absolutely ages. There are a few subtle
variations in timing, but I can't be bothered to write them out. I suppose
it depends how good your drummer is as to whether you can pull them off...
Riff6: At around 4'50 into the song, Riff4 and 5 repeat again, and then lead into this:
(The timing on this is really difficult to get, start slow and build up).
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-7-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P H P H P H P H P
A -------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------|
G -0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-|
C -------------------------------------------------|
I'm pretty sure this riff just repeats until the end of the song. I *think* Brian
justs uses a Whammy pedal cunningly to quickly slide back and forth an octave.
And there it is. Yeah!
