Shine A Light Chords & Tabs
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Shine a light – The Constantines
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Tabbed by: deHufter
Email: kurtkill@hotmail.com
Tuning:normal
Intro: noise
Guitar 1 (0:27 – 0:55)
e|---7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0—lots of times-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (0:27 – 0:55)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10—lots of times-----9-9-9--10-10-10--9-9-9--10-10-10-----------------|
E|---7--------------------7-7-7--7--7--7---7-7-7--7--7--7------------------|
Guitar 2 (0:55 – 1:38)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------:----------------------4--:-----------------------------------|
G|-----------:--------------------0----:-----------------------------------|
D|-----------:-5-5-----5-2---2--5------:-----------------------------------|
A|-----------:-----5-5-------3--7------:-----------------------------------|
E|----7-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (0:55 – 1:38)
e|-----------:-----2\------------------:-----------------------------------|
B|-----------:--8\-----5--------5--8-4-:-----------------------------------|
G|-----------:-------4--------5--------:-----------------------------------|
D|-----------:-------------------------:-----------------------------------|
A|-----------:-------------------------:-----------------------------------|
E|----7-8----:-------------------------:-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (1:38 – 2:07)
e|--14----17\--------------------5----11--7---11--7------------------------|
B|------------12--10--5--5/6/7/8-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9------------------|
A|------------------------------------7-7-5-5-7-7-7-5-7-7------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (1:38 – 2:07)
e|--12-12-12/17-17\-----------------------12-12-12/17-17\-------------------
B|--------------------12-12-12-12-12----------------------------------------
G|--9--9—-9/-14-14\---12-12-12-12-11-×4---9--9--9-/14-14\-×2----------------
D|--------------------12-12-12-12-12----------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_constantines/shine_a_light_tab.html ]
Now repeat 0:55 – 1:38 riffs for both guitar 1 and 2 till 2:47
Then repeat guitar 1 1:38 – 2:07 riff till 3:33, guitar 2 plays
slightly different riff:
Guitar 2 (2:47 – 3:11)
e|--14----17\--------------------5--7—-7--7—7------------------------------|
B|------------12--10--5--5/6/7/8-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and then
Guitar 2 (3:11 – 3:33)
e|-------------------7---------------7---------------10--5-----------10--5-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
A|-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (3:33)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--/7-----{ORGAN}---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
From 3:53 till 4:04 guitar 1 plays last part of 1:38 – 2:07 riff
couple of times. Guitar 2 plays this:
Guitar 2 (3:53 – 4:04)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-5-5-5-×8---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (4:04 – end)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-12--11-11--4-4--9-9-9-9--5-5--9-9-9-9--8-8-8-8---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10-10--9--9---2-2--7-7-7-7--3-3--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (4:04 – end)
e|---7-7-5-5-2-2-3-3----5-5-3-3-7-7-7-7------------------------------------|
B|---8-8-7-7-4-4-5-5----5-5-5-5-8-8-7-7------------------------------------|
G|---9-9-7-7-4-4-5-5----5-5-5-5-9-9-8-8------------------------------------|
D|---9-9-7-7-4-4-5-5----7-7-5-5-9-9-9-9------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-5-5-2-2-3-3----7-7-3-3-7-7-9-9------------------------------------|
E|----------------------5-5---------7-7------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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