Celebrated Summer Tab by Hüsker Dü

Celebrated Summer tab by Hüsker Dü

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@Song: Celebrated Summer
Written by Bob Mould
Recorded by Husker Du on album "New Day Rising" (SST)
File format: tab
Transribed by Gary Von Colln


This song has a little bit of everything: loud parts and quiet parts,
power chords, double string riffs, and single string picking.  It
shows a nice use of chord substitution.  The verse chords start as
D/C/G/A.  The second time through the first and third chords are
replaced with their respective VIm, thus Bm/C/Em/A.  The interlude has
an interesting picking pattern and "drone" note, the high D.  The song
sounds good as a solo accoustic piece, in which case I usually play
the chords in their open positions (except for Bm).  On electric
guitar, it sounds good to mix up the open chords with some bar chords.
I'm not sure what mix is used on the recording, but I think the Em and
A chords used in Reiif C are played open.

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Intro: Guitar Riff A

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


Intro: Bass Riff

e-|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--
B-|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--
G-|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--
D-|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--
A-|--------------------|-----0--5--|-----5--0--|--
E-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--------|--3--------|--


Intro: Guitar Riff B

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


Guitar Riff C

   Em                 A
e-|-----0-----------|--0--|--
B-|-----0-----------|--2--|--
G-|-----0-----------|--2--|--
D-|-----2-----------|--2--|--
A-|-----2-----------|--0--|--
E-|--0-----0--2--3--|-----|--


Guitar Riff D

   D            F  G  A      D        F
e-|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--
B-|--3--------|--6--8-10--|--3-----|--6--------|--
G-|--2--------|--5--7--9--|--2-----|--5--------|--
D-|--0--------|--0--0--0--|--0-----|--0--------|--
A-|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--
E-|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--

   D            F  G  A      D        C           D
e-|-----------|-----------|--2-----|--0--------|--2--------|--
B-|--3--------|--6--8-10--|--3-----|--1--------|--3--------|--
G-|--2--------|--5--7--9--|--2-----|--0--------|--2--------|--
D-|--0--------|--0--0--0--|--0-----|--2--------|--0--------|--
A-|-----------|-----------|--------|--3--------|-----------|--
E-|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|--


Interlude Part A:

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


Interlude Part B:

   D                           Cadd2
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|------------------------------
G-|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----------0-----------0--|------------------------------
D-|--0-----------0-----------|-----2-----------2--------|------------------------------
A-|--------------------------|--3-----------3-----------|------------------------------
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------

    G/B                        Asus4
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|------------------------------
G-|-----------0-----------0--|-----------2-----------2--|------------------------------
D-|-----0-----------0--------|-----2-----------2--------|------------------------------
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------0-----------|------------------------------
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------

Interlude Part C:

    Bm                         Cadd2
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|------------------------------
G-|-----------4-----------4--|-----------0-----------0--|------------------------------
D-|-----0-----------0--------|-----2-----------2--------|------------------------------
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--3-----------3-----------|------------------------------
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------

    Em                       Asus4
e-|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------
B-|--------0-----------------|--------3-----------3-----|------------------------------
G-|--------0-----------------|-----------2-----------2--|------------------------------
D-|-----------2--------------|-----2-----------2--------|------------------------------
A-|-----2--------------------|--0-----------0-----------|------------------------------
E-|--0-----------0--2--3-----|--------------------------|------------------------------


Words and Structure

Intro: [Riff A] [Bass Riff] [Riff A] [Riff B]

D                  C               G             A
Love and hate were in the air ...

Bm                 C               [Riff C]

D                  C               G             A
Sometime in        April time we   ...

Bm                 C               [Riff C]

[Riff A]
I guess I better think up a way ...

[Riff A]
Just when I'm ready to sit ...

[Riff A]
Should I go fishing or get ...

[Riff B]
It's back to summer, back to ...

D                  C               G             A
Getting drunk out  on the beach or ...

Bm                 C               [Riff C]

D                  C                   G              A
And getting        out of ...

Bm                 C               [Riff C]

G             D          A       D
Was this your ...

G             D          [Riff C]
Was this your ...

[Riff D]

[Interlude part A 2x]

[Interlude part B]
When the sun ...

[Interlude part C]

[Interlude part B]
A summer where I winter at and ...

[Interlude part C]

D                  C               G             A
Do you remember when the ...
Bm                 C               [Riff C]

D                  C               G             A
When summer barely had a ...

Bm                 C               [Riff C]

G             D          A       D
Was this your ...

G             D          [Riff C]
Was this your ...

Solo: (not tabbed - play inversions of chorus chords G/D/A/D/G/D/Em/A)]

[Interlude Part A 2x]

[Interlude Part B]
When the sun disintegrates ...

[Interlude Part C]
Is that your ...

Last updated: April 23, 2021

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