Generation Day tab by Godsmack

Tuning: Drop D

Difficulty: advanced


Riff 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2h4-4-4-4-2h4-4--4-4-2h4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2h4-4--4-4-2--2-2-|

Play Riff 1 x6
Play Riff 1 x6  "Revelation of the mind..." (palm-muted)
Play Riff 1 x1  (play as bar chords and palm-mute)
Play Riff 1 x1  (play as bar chords and w/o palm-mute)

Riff 2  "Falling away, a generation dies..." (let all notes ring out)
E|-------5----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3-----3---------7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7------5--5--5------------7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----|
G|-2--2--------2------6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6------4--4-----4---------6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6-----|
D|-0--0---------------4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4------2--2--------2------4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----|
A|-0--0-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-2--2-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-0-0-|
D|-0--0-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-2--2-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-0-0-|

E|-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3-----3---------7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7------5-------------------|
G|-2--2--------2------6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6------4-------------------|
D|-0--0---------------4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4------2--------0--0--2--2-|
A|-0--0-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-2--------0--0--2--2-|
D|-0--0-----------0-0-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-2--------0--0--2--2-|

Play Riff 1 x2  (w/o palm-mute)
Play Riff 1 x6  (palm-muted)
Play Riff 1 x1  (play as bar chords and palm-mute)
Play Riff 1 x1  (play as bar chords and w/o palm-mute)
Play Riff 2 x1  "Falling away, a generation dies..."
Play Riff 1 x2  (w/o palm-mute)

Solo (w/ wah)
E|-12-------12-------12-------12-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12b14-------12b14----12b14----12b14---10h12-10--9h10-9--10------------10-12b14r12-10----|
G|-------------------------------------------------9-9--9-----11---/9-11----------------11-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-12------12-------12-------12-----------13b14--12b14-12---14-12-16-17-16h17p16p14/12-13b14-|
B|-12b14------12b14----12b14----12b14--10----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------|
B|-12b14~-| really slow bend, or you can just slide up to the 14th fret
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
D|--------|

Riff 3 (clean, let all notes ring out)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0-|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0---0---|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4---------------------------------------|

E|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
B|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2-|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------2-------2-------4-------4---|
D|---------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2-------------------------------4---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 3 x2

Riff 4
E|-----------------|
B|-10----12-9---10-|
G|----9-------9----|
D|-----------------| x4
A|-----------------|
D|-----------------|

E|---------0---------------0---------------5--5---------4--4-|
B|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---3-3--3---2---2-2--2-|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------2---2--2-----4---4--4-|
D|---------------------------------0-------0--0---------x--x-|
A|-2---------------2----------------------------4-------4--4-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 4 x2

Riff 5 (distortion w/ delay)
E|-17-16----17-16----17-16----17-16----17-16----16-|
B|-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14----|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 5 x7  (let last note ring out at the end)

Play Riff 1 x3  (w/o palm-mute)
Play Riff 2 x1  "Falling away, a generation dies..."
Play Riff 1 x2  (w/o palm-mute)
Play Riff 1 x2  (play as bar chords and w/o palm-mute)

Ending
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-0~-----------------|
A|-0~-----------------|
D|-0~-----------------|

THE END