Stab In The Back Chords & Tabs
Stab in the back by Terrorvision
From How to make friends and influence people album
tab by marcos.nagato@gmail.com
-- author's note --
Now this one's really tricky. Not sure if it's slightly out of tune, which makes it
harder to tell some notes, along with the
fact there's lots of distortion and wah. So it's likely that some parts are wrong, main
intro riff included.
On the other hand, there's considerable confidence about the "personality" / "no
morality" patterns, which are really cool.
Solo's not note by note, and the chromatic passages got me somewhat puzzled too. I
believe both are the same really, not so
sure about those notes though, even if they sound ok when I play.
Please let me know if there's any fixes I should know!
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Standard tuning
Intro: (after scratch/wah part)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------1-1----------------------3-3--|
|--2-x-2-2--x-2-2-x-0-0---x-2-x-2-2--x-2-2-x-2-2--|
|--2-x-2-2--x-2-2-x-2-2---x-2-x-2-2--x-2-2-x-0-0--|
|--0-x-0-0--x-0-0-x-------x-0-x-0-0--x-0-0-x------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Riff (=Chorus):
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-x--5-5--x-2-2--x-5-5---2-x--5-5--x-2-2--x-7-7---|
|--2-x--5-5--x-2-2--x-5-5---2-x--5-5--x-2-2--x-7-7---|
|--0-x--3-3--x-0-0--x-3-3---0-x--3-3--x-0-0--x-5-5---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-5----------5-5--------5-5-----------7-7---|
|--5h7-x-----x-5h7--7------5h7-x------x-5h7--x-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
(play verse like intro, and chorus)
Then to "originality" which goes:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7~-------7~-------7~-------9~---------7~-------7~-------7~-----------|
|--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--9~----9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--8~--|
|--9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--------9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--8~--|
|--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7------|
(play verse / chorus)
Then to "personality":
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7~-------7~-------7~-------9~---------7~-------7~-------7~-------10~-|
|--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--9~----9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--10~-|
|--9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--------9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9------|
|--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/terrorvision/stab_in_the_back_tab.html ]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------7~-------7~-------7~-------9~---------7~-------7~-------7~-----------|
--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--9~----9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--8~--|
--9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--------9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--8~--|
--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7------|
Solo:
Rhythm is like "originality" part but on A instead of B, then it goes to B after 1st
passage, and to D after 2nd passage.
(use heavy wah and distortion)
A
|---------------------------------------------------------------5----5---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5~---5---5-----8b10-8b10~--8b10r8p5-------|
|-7b~---7b~-7b~-7b~-7b~-7b~-7b~-7b~-7b~-7brp5----5~---7b9-7b9------------------------7b9~--|
|---------------------------------------------7~-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B D
(tremelo picking and bending the note)
----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------8b10~--|
-------------------7---7h9----7---7h9-9b------------------------|
--3--4--5--6-7--9----9------9---9----------3--4--5--6-7---------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
(play intro / chorus riff / verse)
"without morality, no morality" = "personality"
Then there's 2 different choruses ("stop right there, stab in the back") like the
personality part but they go:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5~-------5~-------5~-------7~---------5~-------5~-------5~-----------|
|--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--7~----7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--8~--|
|--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--8~--|
|--5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5--------5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------7~-------7~-------7~-------9~---------7~-------7~-------7~------------|
--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--9~----9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--7~--9-9--10~--|
--9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--------9-9------9-9------9-9------9-9--10~--|
--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7-------|
"capability"
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
---------10~---------10~--12-12-12-12--12-12---13~--|
--12-12--10~--12-12--10~--12-12-12-12--12-12---13~--|
--12-12-------12-12-------10-10-10-10--10-10---11~--|
--10-10-------10-10---------------------------------|
Outro (repeat and fade):
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5~-------5~-------5~-------7~---------5~-------5~-------5~-------6~--|
|--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--7~----7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--5~--7-7--6~--|
|--7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7--------7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7------|
|--5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5--------5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5------|