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SYMPHONY OF A GUN - summerswasted.
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Tabbed by: rome
Email: wickedacious@hotmail.com
Notes: this song is more complicated than I thought...but good luck! visit summerswasted
at www.summerswasted.tk or myspace.com/summerswasted
Tuning: standard
Intro, guitar 1: guitar needs delay effect for true sound
Play 12 times/rounds
e|---6---5--3p0---1---0----|
B|-3---3---3----3---3------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Intro, guitar 2: comes in on the 5th round, plays this twice. Dots mean play palm muted,
x means mute.
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-77x----77x---5-33x---33---5--|
A|-77x----77x---5-33x---33---5--|
E|-55x----55x---3-11x---11---3--|
.. .. ..
Chorus riff: x's mean mute, play twice
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7777x-7777x-7777x-777-555-3333x-3333x-3333x-333-555-----------|
A|-7777x-7777x-7777x-777-555-3333x-3333x-3333x-333-555-----------|
E|-5555x-5555x-5555x-555-333-1111x-1111x-1111x-111-333-----------|
Lead chorus riff, fast part:
e|-3-0-0-5-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-3-0-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Verse Riff, guitar 1, clean, played pretty quickly: transition.
"you settled for, you settled for..."
e|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------|---------------|
G|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0---0-0-------|---------------|
D|---0-0-----0---0-0---------0-0-----0---0-0---0-0----0-|-3333-33-5-7-7-|
A|--7---7---7---7---7----5--3---3---3---3---3-----3--5--|-3333-33-5-7-7-|
E|-5-----------5--------3--1-----------1------------3---|-1111-11-3-5-5-|
Verse Riff, guitar 2
e|---7--7--------7--7--------7--7--------7--7-----------|
B|--5-5--5------5-5--5------5-5--5------5-5--5----------|
G|-5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/summerswasted/symphony_of_a_gun_tab.html ]
Pre-chorus riff, both guitars, distortion:
"you've finally pulled the trigger..."
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-555-3-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-5|
A|77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-555-3-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-5|
e|55-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-333-1-1-11-1-11-1-11-1-11-1-11-1-11-1-3|
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
play chorus riff again
chorus/lead chorus riff
verse riff
pre-chorus riff
chorus riff
Bridge riff, clean, guitar 1, played slower, guitar 2 plays his verse riff:
"forget the memories, forget the pain..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------0----------------0-------|
D|---0---0---0--0-----0---0---0--0------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5--3-3-3-3-3-3----5---|
E|-5---5---5-----3--1---1---1------3----|
Bridge riff cont, distortion, played 2 times. dots mean palm muted
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0-------------0-------------0--------------0-----|
G|----------0-0-----------0-0-----------0-0------------0----|
D|-777-7-0---0-0-777-7-0---0---333-3-0---0-0--333-3-0---0-5-|
A|-777-7--0-----0777-7--0------333-3--0-----0-333-3--0----5-|
E|-555-5---------555-5---------111-1----------111-1-------3-|
... ... ... ...
Solo, guitar 1, played 8 times.
e|-3-h5-/8\7-5/3--|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Solo, cont.
e|-5h7 (15 times then) 5h7h8p7p5—--3h5 (15 more times)--|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Solo, cont, really fast (those are 12's and 15's)
e|-7777779999999912121212121515151515151515-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Solo, cont, those are 15's, 17's and 19's, played quickly.
e|1715----171517/19\171715------------------------17151715171517/19|
B|----1715----------------17151715171517/18\171715-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
play bridge riff cont
chorus riff 4 times, lead riff kicks in after 2nd round.
Hopefully you got the main idea, e-mail me know if you have any problems, my suggestion,
listen to the song , pause as you read the tab. Enjoy, and good luck again.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
