Song: Heart Sweats
Artist: Japandroids
Album: Post-Nothing
Year: 2009
Effects: Distortion, Chorus, possibly Reverb.
Tuning Drop-D
|e|
|B|
|G|
|D|
|A|
|D|
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Intro:
Song starts with 2 measures of drums, after that come in just by strumming:
|e|-X-|
|B|-X-|
|G|-X-|
|D|-X-|
|A|-X-|
|D|-0-|
After he says Heart Sweats both times, build up the next part with a few strums:
|-X-|
|-7-|
|-X-|
|-7-|
|-5-|
|-0-|
During the "Ooooh... Ooooh...." part,
play that chord open a few times, and the palm mute it.
Listen to the song for the rhythm.
Then during this verse, play this chord:
|-X-|
|-7-|
|-X-|
|-7-|
|-5-|
|-0-|
Chorus:
"X, O, X, O, X! X, O, X, O, X!"
|-X--X--X--X--X-|
|-19-17-10-10-7-|
|-X--X--X--X--X-|
|-19-17-10-10-7-|
|-17-15-8--X--5-|
|-0--15-8--10-5-|
Start out by normal strumming chords, then, hit hard in sync with words.
After chorus:
|e|-X-|
|B|-X-|
|G|-X-|
|D|-X-|
|A|-X-|
|D|-0-|
Strum fast for a few measures, then let ring out for a few seconds.
Interlude:
|-17-17p14-12-12p10-|
|-15-15----13-12----|
|-14-14----12-12----|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
75% sure about this part. First chord may be wrong, but last 3 are correct.
Not really pull offs, but just switch to them after one strum before the p.
Listen to the song for timing and what not.
|e|-X-|
|B|-X-|
|G|-X-|
|D|-X-|
|A|-X-|
|D|-0~|
Let ring, then continue strumming.
Chorus again.
Outro:
|-X--X--X---X--X-|
|-19-17-17--10-7-|
|-X--X--X---X--X-|
|-19-17-17--10-7-|
|-17-15-X---X--X-|
|-0--15-15--10-7-|
End on:
|-X--|
|-19~|
|-X--|
|-19~|
|-17~|
|-0--|
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