Tabs
Chevelle: An Island
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
YouTube Channel: MysticGuitar77
Date last modified: March 31, 2014
Tuning: Drop C majorC (C,G,C,F,A,D)
Note: The guitar track on this song has heavy fuzz.
Riff 1
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------| x2
G+G|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
Riff 2
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------| x3
G+G|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
FF|------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------| x2
G+G|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6\5-5-5\3-3-|
Riff 3 "They said this fun is near the end..."
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-13-x--0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-12-x-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
G+G|----------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
C majorC|-0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-12-x--x-x-x-x-x-|
Play Riff 3 x2 "You've worn out your welcome way too fast..."
Riff 4 "I need an island..."
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-12-0-10-0-0-8-x--0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-x-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-5-x-x-5-6-5-3-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-12-0-10-0-0-8-x-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
G+G|----------------------------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
C majorC|-0-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-5-x--0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-x--x-x-x-x-x-|
Riff 5
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
D MajorD|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
FF|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
C majorC|-----------------------------------------------------\\-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------\\-|
C majorC|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0---------------------------\\-|
Riff 5 note: Hard to tab that without looking ugly, but in words, you start
at around the 2nd fret and gradually glide your finger up,
hitting the natural harmonics on the way.
Riff 6 "To put you on!!"
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6\5-5-5\3-3-|
Play Riff 3 x4 "Stay there don't move..."
Play Riff 4 x1 "Just an island..."
Play Riff 5 x1
Play Riff 6 x1 "To put you on!!"
Riff 7
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
Play Riff 7 x6
Riff 8
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
G+G|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
C majorC|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
Play Riff 8 x2
Riff 9 "Some little island..."
D MajorD|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
FF|-7-7------7-7-------------|
C majorC|-x-x------x-x--x-x--x-x-x-|
G+G|-5-5------5-5--x-x--x-x-x-|
C majorC|-0-0------0-0--x-x--x-x-x-|
Play Riff 9 x4 (last time play that harmonic slide thing like in Riff 5
instead of doing those x-x-x string chugs)
Riff 10 "To put you on!!"
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------------------\\-|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------\\-|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
Play Riff 10 x3 "To put you on!!"
Ending
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------7-7----------7-7-------------7-7-------------7~-|
C majorC|----------------x-x----------x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-------------x--|
G+G|----------------5-5----------5-5--x-x--x-x-x-5-5-------------5~-|
C majorC|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0----------0-0--x-x--x-x-x-0-0-------------0~-|
Enjoy!! Pretty easy song, just many slight alterations to the same riff.