Tabs
Artist: Drain Sth
Song: Simon Says
Album: Freaks of nature (1999)
By: Jari Levisto ([email protected])
I've tabbed this song in regular tuning, 'cause I have no idea what
tuning they used on the record. Notes in () produce a lower sound if
you use them, and it sounds more like on the record.
The bass intro/chorus riff, gtr. uses the same riff.
Fig.1
D MajorD C#C# D MajorD C#C#
G+G||-----------------|-----------6------||
D MajorD||*-----------5----|--------------5--*||
A augmentedA||*-5b6b5--4-------|-5b6b5--4--------*||
E MajorE||-----------------|------------------||
Verse riff w/clean tone. Chords implied by bass.
Fig.2
D MajorD C#C# D MajorD C#C#
E MajorE||------------------------|----------------------||
BB||--------5----------5----|------5----------5----||
G+G||*-7--------7----------7-|---------7-----------*||
D MajorD||*----7----------7-------|----7---------7------*||
A augmentedA||------------------------|----------------------||
E MajorE||------------------------|----------------------||
The pre-chorus riff. there's a melody riff played over this one but I
haven't figured it out.
Fig.3
D5D5 E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 D5D5 E5E5
E MajorE||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
BB||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
G+G||*-7------9-------|-7------12--------|-7------9-------|
D MajorD||*-7------9-------|-7------12--------|-7------9-------|
A augmentedA||--5------7-------|-5------10--------|-5------7-------|
E MajorE||-(5)----(7)------|(5)----(10)-------|(5)----(7)------|
D5D5 C#5C#5
E-|-----------------||
B-|-----------------||
G-|-7-------6------*||
D-|-7-------6------*||
A-|-5b6b5---4-------||
E-|(5b6b5)-(4)------||
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"Solo"
w/wah wah (random vibrato & pinch harmonics)
Fig.4
(E MajorE)(Eb MajorEb) (D MajorD)(C#C#) (C majorC)
-E||-----------------|----------------||
BB||-----------------|----------------||
G+G||*--7---6---5---4-|-3-------------*||
D MajorD||*--7---6---5---4-|-3-------------*||
A augmentedA||-----------------|----------------||
E MajorE||-----------------|----------------||
Rythm. figure for the gtr. "solo"
Fig.4b
E MajorE F#F# G+G A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# E MajorE Eb MajorEb
E MajorE||-----------------|----------------||
BB||-----------------|----------------||
G+G||*----------------|---------------*||
D MajorD||*-2---4---5---7--|-2---4---2---1-*||
A augmentedA||--2---4---5---7--|-2---4---2---1--||
E MajorE||-(0)-(2)-(3)-(5)-|(0)-(2)-(0)-----||
Intro Fig.1 *2 (bass only)
Fig.1 *2 (band enters)
Verse Fig.2 *4
Pre-chorus Fig.3 *2
Chorus Fig.1 *4
Verse Fig.2 *4
Pre-chorus Fig.3 *2
Chorus Fig.1 *4
Solo Fig.4&4b *2
Bridge Fig.2 *6 (first 2 times play only first 4 notes)
Pre-chorus Fig.3 *2
Chorus Fig.1 *4
Fine
As usual correction and praises to ([email protected])