Listen Tab by Collective Soul

Listen tab by Collective Soul

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"Listen" by Collective Soul		As heard on Disciplined Breakdown

Words By Ed Roland Music
by Collective Soul


Title: Listen
Album: Disciplined Breakdown
Transcribed By: Phil Muri
E-mail address: muri@po-box.mcgill.ca

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


Intro using Riff 1

w/ effect					Riff 1 (guitar1)

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------0-------2---------------3h2----------------.-----|
G---------------------2-------2-------------------2-------------------| times 6
D------------------------------------------------------------------.----|
A-----0-----0-0----------0------0------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar1 repeats riff 1 throughout section (twice per line)


 fill 1	(guitar2)	      fill 1
E-----s7---5---------|		Hey you're ...
B-----s5---5---------|
G---------------------|		Walking in ...
D---------------------|	      fill 1
A---------------------|		Hey you're ...
E---------------------|
				Lost in ....


		Verse 1
		(guitar 1)
			         A			  D5
				The bullet ...
					        	     A
				From the ...
						       E
				You're finding it harder ...
			        A				     D5
				And the ...
							    A
				And the ones you ....
							D5
				Your anger's so well ...

	Verse 1
	(Guitar 2)

			 A	      half-step  D5	   A
		E-----3h5----5------7b----5-------3-5-3-5-3-5-3--------------
		B------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------
		G--------------------------------------------------------------------
		D--------------------------------------------------------------------
		A--------------------------------------------------------------------
		E---------------------------------------------------------------------


		        E
		E----------3----------------------------------------------------------
		B----5----------5h8p5-----------------------------------------------
		G------------------------s7-6-4--------------------------------------
		D----------------------------------------------------------------------
		A----------------------------------------------------------------------
		E----------------------------------------------------------------------

		        A   	       D5	          A	     D5______16 times____
		       half-step	  half-step			              |		             |
		E-----7b----5------7b----5-----3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5555555555555555--|
		B---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555555555555555555--|
		G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


	Chorus
			        A	       B5	          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't ....
			        A	       B5	          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't ...
			        A	        B5          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't ....
				            F	          D5     A
				As	love ...

riff 1 is played x 4 while guitar 2 plays natural harmonics with muting



(riff 1 is played twice per line)

				fill 1
				Hey you ...

				Feeding your ...
				fill 1
				Hey you ...

				Aimlessly around your co....s


Verse 2
(guitar 1)
			         A		                  D5
				Your ...
							         A
				And your ...
					     E
				Silence ...
			         A			              D5
				You're ...
						       A
				In the shields ...
						          D5
				Your courage now ...

***verse 2 for guitar 2 same as verse 1***

Chorus

Hey 	...
Hey 	why ...
Hey 	why ...
As	love ....


Guitar1 plays Riff 1  x 4
Guitar2 plays natural harmonics w/ muting


					B5
					You crucify ...

					No signs you see ...
					       D5
					And all you words ...

					Reviving just to ...
       					B5
					You're fighting ....
			   					     D5
					If only your ...

					And listen
Guitar1 plays Riff1 x 4

Guitar Solo (guitar 2) 		Guitar1 plays same chords as verse

								play 3 times
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14-----------------.----------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------.----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----15p14--------17p14------------17----15-----------14h15p14-----------|
G--------------14---------------14-----------------------------------------16-----|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14-----------------.----------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------.----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------	----------------17----17----17---17---|
G----14s16--18-18-18-18--19--18h19p18--16-14----14---14-----14---14|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

(guitar1 - riff 1 x 4)
(guitar2 - muting and harmonics)

Hey 	why ...
Hey 	why can't you ...
Hey 	why can't ...
As	love screams....

Hey 	why can't ...
Hey 	why ...
Hey 	why ...
As	love ....

Outro
		(is made up of)
_________________________________________
|  rhythm guitar plays "A" major chord repeatedly  |
|						          |
|  muting with harmonics 			          |
|						          |
|  and riff 1 is played x 4			          |
|_________________________________________________|


P.S. I'm aware that this isn't a error-free tabbing but I did my best. I would appreciate if anyone had any suggestions, improvements or comments! (muri@po.-box.mcgill.ca)
Album: "Disciplined Breakdown"(1997)

This song is pretty cool and it's not bad for guitar either.
I'm pretty sure it's right but if you have any beef with it
or something positive to say about it than e-mail me.

Intro/Verse:
E|--------------------||
B|--------------3p2---||
G|-----4p2-6~~22---2~-||
D|--------------------||
A|-0~00---0-----------||
E|--------------------||

Pre-Chorus:
E|-5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~~5x750x00000-------------/8~7~5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~|
B|-------------^--------------5~~3~~2~~------------------------|
G|------------PM-----------------------4~~~--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-x5x5x5x5x5x555555555555555555\-||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||

Chorus:
E|---------------2~--------------------|
B|---------------3~--------------------|
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-|
E|-------------------------------------|

E|---------------2~-------------|
B|---------------3~-------------|
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|------------------------------|

E|---------------2~----------------------------------||
B|---------------3~----------------------------------||
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-------------------||
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
E|---------------------------------1-1-1-xx-3-3-3-xx-||

Interlude:
E|-----|    |-----||
B|-----|    |-----||
G|-4-4-| 4x |--7--||
D|-4-4-|Then|--7--||
A|-2-2-|    |--5--||
E|-----|    |-----||

Solo: It's A Lot Faster Than It's Shown Here
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------15p14-------------------------15p14-----|
G|-14~141416p141418~14~-----141414~141416p141418~1414-----1414-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------15p14--17p15p1414---17p15p14~17~15~-|
G|-14~141416p141418~1414-----14----------14~----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14h15p14----------------------15p14-------------------------|
G|---------16~14~141416p1418~1414-----141414~141416p141418~1414|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p14----------141415p141415~14h15p14-----17~------17~------|
G|------1414141616----------------------1614~---14~14~---14~14~|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------||
B|-17~--------||
G|----14~14~~~||
D|------------||
A|------------||
E|------------||

Outro:
E|--------------------|    |-----|
B|-------------3p2----|    |-----|
G|-2-2-4p2-6~22---2~~-| 4X |--2~-|
D|-2-2----------------|Then|--2~-|
A|-0-0----0-----------|    |--0~-|
E|--------------------|    |-----|

Here's The Order:

Intro/Verse: (00:00)14x
Pre-Chorus:  (00:34) 1x
Chorus:      (00:53) 1x
Intro/Verse: (01:10)12x
Pre-Chorus:  (01:40) 1x
Chorus:      (01:59) 1x
Intro/Verse: (02:16) 4x
Interlude:   (02:25) 2x
Intro/Verse: (02:45) 4x
Solo:        (02:55) 1x
Chorus:      (03:14) 2x
Outro:       (03:48) 1x

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