Ice Cold Ice chords by Hüsker Dü
Guitar chords with lyrics
Ice Cold Ice by Husker Du Track 5 on "Warehouse: Songs and Stories" and Track 5 on "The Living End" Tabbed by Ben Hollis If you've heard this song you will already know that you need to use as much gain/fuzz/whatever as you've got. Don't worry too much about the tabbed bits in the verses, the sludge should cover them up. All the chords are fifths, let ring where appropriate. At many points in the song you can play either single notes or chords depending upon what you fancy. If you're playing as a band the bassist can play the root and the guitarist the fifth if you want to be lazy. I've tabbed this in normal tuning, but drop D may make it (even) easier.
If you want to do an
acoustic (!) version of
this the full chords are
Am, Bbmaj, Cmaj, Dm,
Fmaj, Gmaj, instead of
fifths
Intro (half speed)
A5 G5
D--7-7-7-------------------5-5-5
A--7-7-7-----5-7-8-------5-5-5 (x4)
E--5-5-5-------------8----3-3-3
Tempo increase
G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5
D--5-5--3--5---7---5--3---5
A--5-5--3--5---7---5--3---5 (x3)
E--3-3--1--3---5---3--1---3
G5 (pick scrape)
Verse
D5
B----------------6-5----------------
G--7-7-7------------7-5-----5----
D--7-7-7------------------7--------(x4)
A--5-5-5----------------------------
E-------------------------------------
Pre-Chorus
F5
(bass play root, guitar fifth)
D--3-3-3----------------------
A--3-3-3--1--3--5--3--1--3 (x2)
E--1-1-1----------------------
G5 A5 Bb5
Chorus (x2)
D5 C5
G---------7-------------5-----
D-----7-----7------5------5--
A--5------------3--------------
E-------------------------------
Bb5 A5
D--------8-------------7-----
A-----8-----8------7-----7--
E--6------------5------------
G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5
(bass play root, guitar 5th)
D--5-5-5---3---5---7--5---3---5--
A--5-5-5---3---5---7--5---3---5-- (x2)
E--3-3-3---1---3---5--3---1---3--
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Chorus (variation)
This time round don't play
the G5 riff twice,
play it once then go to
a D5 chord and let
the notes ring out:
G5 G5
D--5-5-5-------------------5-5-5-
A--5-5-5-3-5-7-5-3-5---5-5-5-
E--3-3-3-------------------3-3-3-
D5
D----7----7----7-
A--5----5---5----
E------------------
Hang around on the D chord
for a few bars, then
go to the middle bit
Middle
F5 D5 F5 D5 F5 D5
G5 (pick scrape)
(if you are playing in drop D
play the lowest F5 and D5
you can)
Verse (only x2 this time, not x4)
Pre-Chorus
Chorus (x8) (from the
third time onward stick in a short
solo - although it should be
barely audible through the
dirt)
End on G5
Corrections welcome Last updated:
Please rate for accuracy!