Gretel tab by Alex G

Tabs

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gretel by (Sandy) Alex G+G
House of Sugar, 2019

Standard tuning


Intro/Outro riff:

e|----------------------------------------|
BB|-------0--------------------------------|
G+G|-------0------0-0h2---------------------| x4
D MajorD|-------2--0h2---------3--2------0-0h2---|
A augmentedA|--4-4--3--------------3--2--0h2---------|
E MajorE|--4-4--3--------------1--0--------------|

  G#4 Cmaj7/G    F5F5 E5E5

Verse:

It's calling me back
House of sugar
Did they bury me?

e|--0--0-0---2--2-2--------2-2--------2-2--------2-2---|
BB|--2--2-2---3--3-2---3-3--3-2---3-3--3-2---3-3--3-2---|
G+G|--2--2-2---4--4-4---4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4---|
D MajorD|--2--2-2---4--4-4---4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4---|  x3
A augmentedA|--0--0-0---2--2-2---2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

  A augmentedA    B minorBm Bsus2Bsus2 B minorBm Bsus2Bsus2 B minorBm Bsus2Bsus2 B minorBm Bsus2Bsus2


Lil descending bit during "house of sugar" line. Relative to capo.

e|------------|
BB|------------|
G+G|------------|
D MajorD|------------|
A augmentedA|------------|
E MajorE|--4----3----|


{Pre-Chorus]

Daddy don't let 'em put me down
Daddy don't let 'em turn me around
Ahhhh ahhhh ahh ahh
Ahhhh ahhhh

e|--0--0-0--2--2-2----0--0-0--2--2-2----0--0-0--2--2-2----0--0-0---------|
BB|--2--2-2--3--3-3----2--2-2--3--3-3----0--0-0--3--3-3----0--0-0---3-----|
G+G|--2--2-2--4--4-4----2--2-2--4--4-4----1--1-1--4--4-4----1--1-1---2-----|
D MajorD|--2--2-2--4--4-4----2--2-2--4--4-4----2--2-2--4--4-4----2--2-2---0-----|
A augmentedA|--0--0-0--2--2-2----0--0-0--2--2-2----2--2-2--2--2-2----2--2-2---0-----|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------0--0-0------------0--0-0---------|

  A augmentedA    B minorBm    A augmentedA    B minorBm    E MajorE    B minorBm    E MajorE    D5/A

Chorus:

I don't wanna go back
Nobodys gonna push me off track
I see what they do
Good people got something to lose
I don't wanna go back
Nobodys gonna push me off track
I see what they do
Good people gotta fight to exist

e|--------------------------------|
BB|--0-0--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3----|
G+G|--0-0--2-2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2-2----|
D MajorD|--2-2--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0----|  x4
A augmentedA|--2-2--0-0-0-0--2-2--0-0-0-0----|
E MajorE|--0-0-----------3-3-------------|

  E minorEm  D5/A   G+G  D5/A

Ahhhaaahhhhh
Ahhhaaahhhhh

e|----------0-0-----------0-0-----|
BB|--0-0---0h2-2---0-0---0h2-2-----|
G+G|--0-0-----2-2---0-0-----2-2-----|
D MajorD|--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2-----|
A augmentedA|--2-2-----0-0---2-2-----0-0-----|
E MajorE|--0-0-----------0-0-------------|

  E minorEm   A augmentedA   E minorEm   A augmentedA


Post-Chorus:

e|--------2-2---0-0---------------|
BB|--3-3---3-3---1-1-----0-0-------|
G+G|--0-0---2-2---2-2-----0-0-------|
D MajorD|--0-0---0-0---2-2-----0-0-------| x4
A augmentedA|--2-2---------0-0---0h2-2-------|
E MajorE|--3-3-----------------0-0-------|

  G+G   D MajorD   A minorAm   E minor 7Em7

This lil riff is played twice. Not relative to capo for simplicity's sake.

e|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|
G+G|--12---10---8---7--8------------|
D MajorD|----------------------8---------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|


Intro/Outro riff:

e|----------------------------------------|
BB|-------0--------------------------------|
G+G|-------0------0-0h2---------------------| x4
D MajorD|-------2--0h2---------3--2------0-0h2---|
A augmentedA|--4-4--3--------------3--2--0h2---------|
E MajorE|--4-4--3--------------1--0--------------|

  G#4 Cmaj7/G    F5F5 E5E5


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