Artist: Bush Song: Head Full of Ghosts Album: Golden State Tabbed by: Nathan Rau The chords in this song are very simple. It's all the melodies over the chords that make this song really cool. Still, I always recommend listening to the recording while learning a song. The intro is really easy: e---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-1010xx1010xx1010xx1010xx1010---1010xx1010xx1010xx1010xx1010---------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------- A--8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8----8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8xx-8-8---------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then the chords begin. There are 3 progressions: chorus, verse, bridge The chorus: F5 C5 D5 Bb5 (like Glycerine) The verse is a riff built off of: A5 C5 Bridge: F5 A5 Chorus: F5 C5 D5 Bb5 e---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G-----------------555-5-55-55-555-777-7-77-77-777-333-3-33-33-333 D-333-3-33-33-333-555-5-55-55-555-777-7-77-77-777-333-3-33-33-333 A-333-3-33-33-333-333-3-33-33-333-555-5-55-55-555-111-1-11-11-111 E-111-1-11-11-111------------------------------------------------ Verse(A type): A5 C5 e---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------0------------------------------------------------ D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E-555-4h5-5-5-55---888-7h8-8-8-888\------------------------------ (Play the A5 riff twice in a row on the fifth time instead of going to the C5 part, this happens right before the chorus) Bridge: e-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G-------------------------------- D-3-3-3-33-33-333-7-7-7-77-77-777 A-3-3-3-33-33-333-7-7-7-77-77-777 E-1-1-1-11-11-111-5-5-5-55-55-555 Transition: e----------------- B----------------- G----------------- D----------------- A----------------- E-555-4h5-5-5----- Putting it together, the song goes as follows: Intro riff-[chorus1X]-[verse5X]-[chorus2X]-[verse5X]-[chorus3X]-[transition]-[ bridge2X]-[verse(play the A5 portion 4X)]- [chorus4X(on the last one you end on the D5 and hold)]-[Outro] That is the basic structure, there are really cool melodies played over each part. Melodies: #1) Play this over the first time you play the Chorus (before words come in) Also play the second half of this melody over the second half of the last 4 choruses and continue one more time for the outro. E---17--------------------------------17------------------------------- B------18--18---------------18----------------18---------------18------ G----17------17------15-17----17-------15-17----17------15-17----17\14- D--------15---------------15----15-15-------15---------------15-------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- #2) Play this over the middle 2 choruses (first chorus with words) and the last 4 choruses. e------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G--10-9-7-9-10-10-9-7-9-10--10--9--7--9--10-10-9-7-9-10 D------------------------------------------8--8-8-8-8-- A-8--8-8-8-8------------------------------------------- E-------------8--8-8-8-8--10--10-10-10-10-------------- There are some bends and other little things over the verses and the bridge but they aren't hard to figure out.
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