Two Drops In The Ocean tab by 311

Tabs

311 - "Two Drops in the Ocean"
From "Uplifter" Album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand

Great mellow song from a great album, nice solo too!
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Riff 1 - Clean w/ delay pedal
  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7
e|--8----8--8--8---------7--7--7----7--7-----|
BB|--8----8--8--8----8----8--8--8----8--8--8--|
G+G|--5----5--5--5---------5--5--5----5--5-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|

To start song, play Riff 1 7x, then follow up with:

Riff 2:
  DmDm          DmDm maj7        FF
e|-10---10-10-10--------9--9--9----9--9--9--|-8----8--8--8---------9--9--9----9--9--9--|
BB|-10---10-10-10---10---10-10-10---10-10-10-|-10---10-10-10---10---10-10-10---10-10-10-|
G+G|-10---10-10-10--------10-10-10---10-10-10-|-10---10-10-10--------10-10-10---10-10-10-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

  FF          F(b5)
e|-8----8--8--8---------7--7--7----7--7--7--|-------------------------------|
BB|-10---10-10-10---10---10-10-10---10-10-10-|-------------------------------|
G+G|-10---10-10-10--------10-10-10---10-10-10-|-11---12----12--------12-12-12-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|-9----9-----9---------9--9--9--|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|--9-7-------7------5-5---|
D MajorD|-10-9-------9------5-5---|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|


At 0:36, Riff 1 returns


At 0:45, Riff 2 repeats

At 1:00, "Chorus Jam Riff" starts: play 3x

      D MajorD      A minorAm       G+G      FF
e|---------8-----------5---|----------3-----------1------|
BB|---------8-----------5---|----------3-----------1------|
G+G|---------9-----------5---|----------4-----------2------|
D MajorD|---------10----------7---|----------5-----------3------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-8-8-8--------5-5-5------|-3-3-3--------1-1-1----------|


End of Chorus Jam Riff:
e|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|
BB|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|
G+G|----2----2----2----2--2--2----|----2----2----2----2--2--2----|
D MajorD|----3----3----3----3--3--3----|----3----3----3----3--3--3----|
A augmentedA|----3----3----3----3--3--3----|----3----3----3----3--3--3----|
E MajorE|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|----1----1----1----1--1--1----|



At 1:24, Riff 1 plays 3x, then play Riff 2 again


At 1:47, Chorus Jam Riff is played again



At 2:17, the Bridge Riff is played (song goes from chorus to solo)
e|-8------10------12----12-12-12-12-12---|
BB|-10-----12------13----13-13-13-13-13---|
G+G|-10-----12------14----14-14-14-14-14---| play 3x
D MajorD|-10-----12------14----14-14-14-14-14---|
A augmentedA|-8------10------12----12-12-12-12-12---|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|

End bridge with:
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|-12----12--12----12----12-12-12-|-12----12--12----12----12-12-12-|
G+G|-12----12--12----12----12-12-12-|-12----12--12----12----12-12-12-|
D MajorD|-12----12--12----12----12-12-12-|-12----12--12----13----13-13-13-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Solo (Rhythm plays Riff 1 and Riff 2)

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-/12---------10/12-10--9-|--9/10---9--9-------9-10-|-/12---------10/12-10--9-|
D MajorD|-/14---------12/14-12-10-|-10/12---10-10-----10-12-|-/14---------12/14-12-10-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------15b17r15-13-|-15----15b17r15-13-15--15b17r15-13--|
G+G|--9/10--------------------------|---14-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-10/12--------------------------|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-15--14----------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|---14--12h14--12-------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------15--14h15-12h14--12----|--------------------------5h6h7-8-9-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------15---15-|-14h15p14\-------------7-8----------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|---------------------7--------------|

e|----------------7-8----8-7------------|------------------------|
BB|-----------8-10-----10-----8-----8----|------------------------|
G+G|----7-9-10-------------------10-----9-|------------------------|
D MajorD|-10-----------------------------------|-10---------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|------------------------|

After solo, guitar rests and synth plays.


Play Chorus Jam Riff at 3:07


End on a C majorC chord:
e|-0----------------------------|
BB|-1----------------------------|
G+G|-0----------------------------|
D MajorD|-2----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|



Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend note
| r release bend