You can take loads of liberties with this song, but here is the basic premise. Feel free
put in whatever dischordant bits you want, but this is what I do.
Also, we all know that Cursive tunes their guitars down a whole step, but you can easily
this song without doing so. This is written in standard EADGBE
Main Riff:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----*^-----*^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----*^-----*^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-888----888------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-888----888------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-666----666------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The *'s mean play whatever ugly sounding thing you can and bend it. I normally play
b|-6-- or b|-5--|- but you can really do whatever.
g|-8^- g|-8^-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|
|-----*^-----*^-|
|-----*^-----*^-|
|-444----666----|
|-444----666----|
|-222----444----|
That's the main bit. Repeat as necessary, then go to the palm muted part about the
not agreeing:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-44444444--66666666--88888888/33333333--44444444--66666666|
|-44444444--66666666--88888888/33333333--44444444--66666666|
|-22222222--44444444--66666666/11111111--22222222--44444444|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cursive/big_bang_tab.html ]
"...Eve, Orginal sin, Idyllic garden..."
|------------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-|
|-66666666--44444444--33333333-------------------------------------------x-x-x-|
|-66666666--44444444--33333333--66666666--4444444444444444--666666666666-x-x-x-|
|-44444444--22222222--11111111--66666666--4444444444444444--666666666666-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------------44444444--2222222222222222--444444444444-x-x-x-|
Solo (Yes, Tim plays this)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4-------------------------------|
|-9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9-9^---9^---9^---9^---9^---9^---|
|----------------------------8----8----8----8----8----8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------*-*-*-|
|------------------------------*-*-*-|
|-/3/5/6/8/6/10/8/10/8-5h6p5---*-*-*-|
|----------------------------6-*-*-*-|
|------------------------------*-*-*-|
|------------------------------*-*-*-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----*^-----*^-----*^-----*^-|
|-----*^-----*^-----*^-----*^-| x2
|-444----666----888----888----|
|-444----666----888----888----|
|-222----444----666----666----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-444-4---666-6---444-4---666-6-|
|-444-4---666-6---444-4---666-6-|
|-222-2---444-4---222-2---444-4-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-6--4--3-------------------------------|
|-6--4--3--6--44444444-6666666666666666-|
|-4--2--1--6--44444444-6666666666666666-|
|----------4--22222222-4444444444444444-|
Let each single powerchord ring until you get to the F#5 repeated.
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--6666666666666666-|
|--6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6666666666666666-|
|------------------4444444444444444-|
|--------------------------|
|-----*^-------------------|
|-----*^-------------------|
|-888----888--10/11/13/15--| Repeat as necessary
|-888----888---x/-x/-x/-x--|
|-666----666---8/-9/11/13--|
Those octaves at the end can really be replaced with any stepwise ascension. Just move
the neck 2 frets on each slide. That's just how I play it.
Now add horns, figure out what the hell Ted is playing as lead, and you've got yourself
good song. Email me at collectallfive@yahoo.com for any revisions or suggestions.
