Tabs
Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)
Difficulty: Advanced
Artist: Hella
Song: Biblical Violence
Album: Hold Your Horse Is (1998)
The song has atypical structure so each section is labeled numerically.
Section I: (use this time to put your
pick in your mouth)
e|----0-----------------| |-----------------------------|
BB|----------------------| |-----------------------------|
G+G|----9--9~9-9-9--9-9-9-| |--11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
D MajorD|----x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-| |--x--------------------------|
BB|-7--7--7h8-8-8--8-8-8-| x8 |--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
D MajorD|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| |--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
Section II: (0:16)
(Play the open D MajorD with your index finger over the 12th fret, and use
the middle finger and ring rfinger to tap the high D&B strings notes)
e|--------------------|
BB|-------12-----------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|-------12-----------|
BB|-----7--------7-7-7-| x7
D MajorD|-0h5------0h5-------|
e|--------------------------------|
BB|-------12-----------------------|
G+G|------------------------------9-|
D MajorD|-------12---------------------x-|
BB|-----7--------0h5-----0h5/7---7-|
D MajorD|-0h5------0h5-----0h5-------0-0-|
Section III: (0:29)
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------9-------------9-|
D MajorD|----------------------x-------------x-|
BB|------0h5-----0h5/7---7-----0h5/7---7-| x6
D MajorD|--0h5-----0h5-------0-0-0h5-------0-0-|
Section II: (0:46)
e|--------------------|
BB|-------12-----------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|-------12-----------|
BB|-----7--------7-7-7-| x4
D MajorD|-0h5------0h5-------|
Section II.2: (0:51)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------12---11---------12---11---------12---11-----------12---|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------12---11---------12---11---------12---11-----------12---|
BB|-----7----7----7-----7----7----7-----7----7----7--------------|
D MajorD|-0h5-------------0h5-------------0h5-------------0h5-0h5------|
Section I: (0:55)
e|----0-----------------| e|----0----------|
BB|----------------------| BB|---------------|
G+G|----9--9~9-9-9--9-9-9-| G+G|----9----------|
D MajorD|----x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-| D MajorD|----x----------|
BB|-7--7--7h8-8-8--8-8-8-| x7 BB|-7--7--22222-3-|
D MajorD|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| D MajorD|-0~~~~~00000-0-|
Section IV: (1:08) (1:32)
e|-------------------------|----------|--------------| |---|
BB|-------------------------|----------|--------------| |---|
G+G|-------------------------|----------|--------------| |-9-|
D MajorD|-------9---7-------7-----|----------|--------------| |-x-|
BB|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2--3-3-|-14-14--15-15-| x4 |-7-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0-0-|--0--0---0--0-| |-0-|
Section III: (1:32)
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------9-------------9-|
D MajorD|----------------------x-------------x-|
BB|------0h5-----0h5/7---7-----0h5/7---7-| x6
D MajorD|--0h5-----0h5-------0-0-0h5-------0-0-|
Section II: (1:49)
e|--------------------|
BB|-------12-----------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|-------12-----------|
BB|-----7--------7-7-7-| x4
D MajorD|-0h5------0h5-------|
Section II.2: (1:54)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------12---11---------12---11---------12---11-----------12---|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------12---11---------12---11---------12---11-----------12---|
BB|-----7----7----7-----7----7----7-----7----7----7--------------| x3
D MajorD|-0h5-------------0h5-------------0h5-------------0h5-0h5------|
Section V: (2:03) Listen to the recording to get the rhythm precise:
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----| [strum-
G+G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ming
BB|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----| hand
BB|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| notes]
D MajorD|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---11-| fret hand notes:
e|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
BB|-------------------|--7---------------|---7-------------|---7------------| [strum-
G+G|--7--7------7--7---|-------5/7----7-7-|------5/7----7---|---------7---7--| ming
BB|-------------------|--7---------------|---7-------------|---7------------| hand x4
BB|--7--7------7--7---|-------5/7----7-7-|------5/7----7---|---------7---7--| notes]
D MajorD|-(9)---9---(9)---9-|-(9)--9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---11-| fret hand notes:
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|
G+G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|-7--7------7--7----|-9--9------7--7----|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---12-|-12---12---12---11-|
e|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|--7---------------|---7-------------|---7---------------|
G+G|--7--7------7--7---|-------5/7----7-7-|------5/7----7---|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|--7---------------|---7-------------|---7---------------|
BB|--7--7------7--7---|-------5/7----7-7-|------5/7----7---|---------9-9-10-10-|
D MajorD|-(9)---9---(9)---9-|-(9)--9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---0-0-0--0--|
Outro: (2:59)
e|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-------9---7---7-7-7-7-|
BB|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
The overall structure is:
Section I: x8
Section II: x8 (w/ transition)
Section III: x6
Section II: x4
Section II.2: x1
Section I: x8 (w/ transition)
Section IV: x4
Section III: x6
Section II: x4
Section II.2: x3
Section V: x5 (w/ transition)
Outro:
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| ~ Vibrato
| x Mute note
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| (n) Ghost note
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