Bonjah - Blue Tone Black Heart Chords & Tabs

BONJAH OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.bonjahmusic.com/

BY:      LESLIE CHONG
VERSION: 1
DATE:    17/FEB/2014
EMAIL:   cshaopin@yahoo.com

KEY: Em

Symbols:
* = beat (8 beats per bar)
X = right hand palm mute
x = mute string strumming

Main Riff (Only showing the bottom E & A strings)

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----7-|
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----7-|
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----7-|
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----6-|-7--
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|----


[VERSE 1] (Play 4 times. Start from the lyrics "Old fame...") 

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *  
e------X---X---X---X---X---X---X-|
B------8---X---8---X---8---X---7-|
G------7---X---7---X---7---X---7-|
D------9---X---9---X---9---X---7-|
A------X---X---X---X---X---X---X-|
E--------------------------------|


GUITAR MELODIC RYHTHM DURING PRE-CHORUS (First G9 is slided from G7)

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B----------------------------8---|-----------------109-8---8-7----|
G--9-------9---9-7-9---9-7-9---9-|-----9---9-------------------9--|
D--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


MAIN RIFF

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----6-|-7--
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|----


[VERSE 2] 
STRUMMING SAME AS VERSE 1. Play 4 times.


[PRE-CHORUS] - GUITAR MELODIC RYHTHM 2(The first note G9 slides from G7)

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B----------------------------8---|---------------------------8----|
G--9-------9---9-7-9---9-7-9---9-|-----9---9---9-7-9---9-7-9---9--|
D--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bonjah/blue_tone_black_heart_tab.html ]
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G------9---9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|


[CHORUS] (Play twice)

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|-7-X-7-X-7-X-x------------------|
A--2-X-2-X-2-X-x-5-X-5-X-5-5---7-|-5-X-5-X-5-X-x-7-X-7-X-5-7---5--|
E--0-X-0-X-0-X-x-3-X-3-X-3-3---5-|---------------5-X-5-X-3-5---3--|


MAIN RIFF AGAIN !

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----7-|
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   
A------------5-----------5-------|-----------5-----------5-----6-|-7--
E--0-----5-7---7-0---5-7-------7-|-0-----5-7---7-0---5-7---------|----


[BRIDGE] (with distortion 2nd guitar making noises with expression pedal)

TYPE 1 (PLAY THIS TWICE)
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D--2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-2-4-5-4-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-2-4-5-4-0|
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

TYPE 2 (PLAY THIS TWICE, suggest to use pick for 'D' string and plug 'e' string with ring finger)
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
B--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D--2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-2-4-5-4-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-2-4-5-4-0|
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

TYPE 3 X 1
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
e--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G--5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-|-4-X-4-X-4-X-4-X-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
D--5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-|-4-X-4-X-4-X-4-X-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
E--3-X-3-X-3-X-3-X-3-X-3-X-3-X-3-|-2-X-2-X-2-X-2-X-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


LAST CHORUS -> PLAY THE CHORUS RIFF THREE TIMES
THEN FOLLOWED BY THE BRIDGE TYPE 3 ONE TIME.

THEN PLAY THE LAST BAR OF THE MAIN RIFF AGAIN. And there you have it!

Happy playing!