Flobots - Mayday Chords & Tabs

 

Mayday Chords & Tabs

Flobots Chords & Tabs

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Mayday Tab

   
drop d tuning (ebgdad)

intro
e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g-------------------------------8-|
d-55-5-5-5-5-5-8---33-3-3-3-3-2-8-|
a-55-5-5-5-5-5-8---33-3-3-3-3-2-6-|    repeat 4 times
d-55-5-5-5-5-5-8---33-3-3-3-3-2---|

after that part, either the bass or guitar strums the chords
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g--------------------------88888888-| repeat till violin kicks in
d-5555555-88888888-3333333-88888888-|
a-5555555-88888888-3333333-66666666-|
d-5555555-88888888-3333333----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flobots/mayday_tab.html ]
if you're eager to play the violin on the guitar here.
it's probably wrong but i think it kinda sounds the same.
violin 
e----------------------------------------------
b---repeat 3x----------------------------------
g-0-3-0-3-0-3-6p5p3- then -0-3-6p5p3-0-3-6p5p3-
d----------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------

verse
e-------------------------|
b-------------------------|
g-----------6-5-----------|
d-5---5-8---6-5---7-8---6-|
a-5---5-8---4-3---7-8---6-|
d-5---5-8---------7-8---6-|

after you play the riff above at the start of the verse, it changes to this riff before 
back to the riff above for the rest of the verses
e-------------------------------|
b-------------------------------|
g-----------6-5-----------------|
d-5---5-8---6-5---7-8---7s8-7s8-|
a-5---5-8---4-3---7-8---7s8-7s8-|
d-5---5-8---------7-8---7s8-7s8-|

chorus
e------------------|
b------------------|
g-----8-8-7-7------|
d-5-5-8-8-7-7-7-7--|
a-5-5-6-6-5-5-7-7--|
d-5-5---------7-7--|

that's the whole song.  you just need to know when to play which parts