Disturbance At The Heron House chords by R.E.M.
Guitar chords with lyrics
DISTURBANCE AT THE HERON HOUSE (Version 1)
(Solo taken from Wayne Ellis’ version)
{Intro riff:}
B--------------------------
G---2--0-4-2-2h4p2-(0)--0-| x 4
D-0-------------------2---|
{Peter is just picking through a Dsus2 chord during the verses}
Dsus2
¨They’re ...
At ..
¨The ..
They’re ..
The ..
The ..
G A
The ..
G A G A
¨Meeting ..
G A
Try ..
{Intro riff x 2}
Dsus2
¨They’re ..
The ..
To ..
¨They’ve ..
The ..
G A
The ..
G A G A
¨Meeting ..
G A
Try to ..
{Solo:}
E--3--3-3--5b6r5-3--|--3--3-3-5b6r5-3---|--3-3-3--5b6r5-3---|
B-------------------|----------------3-3|-------------------|
E--3-3-3-5b6r5-3----|--3-3-3--5b6r5-3---|--/10-10-8-7-------|
B----------------3-3|-------------------|-------------------|
{Intro riff x 4}
Dsus2
¨Disturbance ..
A ..
To ..
The ..
Cogs ..
A ..
G A
¨When ..
G A G A
They’ll ..
G A
Try to ..
{Intro riff to end}
Everyone ..
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DISTURBANCE AT THE HERON HOUSE (Version 2)
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis (ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk)
The guitars are all tuned as follows: E A D G B E (low to high)
Intro
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E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-| guitar 1
D--0----0----------|--------------2---| (play 4 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G--2---------------|------------------| guitar 2
D--0---------------|------------------| (play 4 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
| |
E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|
B--3----3----------|--------------5---|
G------------------|------------------| guitar 3
D------------------|------------------| (play 2.5 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
Guitar 3 plays the same riff in unison with guitar 1, but up 1 octave.
This part is low in the mix and is only played 2 and a half times.
Guitar 3 joins in on bar 2 of the above riff, when it is played for
the second time (bar 4 of the song).
Verse 1
--------
guitar 1 Dsus2 Dsus2
E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|
B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|
G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
guitar 2 | | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-------0----------|------------------|-------0----------|------------------|
A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
They’re ...
guitar 1 Dsus2 Dsus2
E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|
B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|
G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
guitar 2 | | D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|
D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|
A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
The ..
guitar 1 Dsus2 Dsus2
E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|
B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|
G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
guitar 2 | | D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|
D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|
A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
They’re ...
guitar 1 Dsus2 Dsus2
E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|
B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|
G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
guitar 2 | | D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|
D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|
A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
The ...
Chorus 1
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G A G A G A
E------3-3---------|--------0---------|----3-------------|-----------0------|
B------------------|-2----0-----------|--------2---------|--------2-----0---|
G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|
E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
G5 | A5 | G5 A5 | G5 A5 |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A---5-----------5/-|-7-------------7\-|-5------7---------|-5------7---------|
E---3-----------3/-|-5-------------5\-|-3------5---------|-3------5---------|
slide slide
The call ...
G A
E-------3----5-----|------0-------0---|
B----3-------------|-3/5-------5------|
G-0----------------|------------------|
D-0----------------|------------------|
A-2----------------|------------------|
E-3----------------|------------------|
G5 | A5 |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|
A-5-------------5/-|-7------------7---|
E-3-------------3/-|-5------------5---|
slide X
Try to ...
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-| guitar 1
D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 2 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G--2---------------|------------------| guitar 2
D--0---------------|------------------| (play 2 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
| |
E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|
B--3---------------|--------------5---|
G------------------|------------------| guitar 3
D------------------|------------------| (play 2 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
Know
Verse 2
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
They’re ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
To liberty ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
They’ve ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
The ..
Guitar1 is exactly the same as verse 1.
In verse 1 the part played by guitar 2 is varied (the first 3 fills
differ from the later ones), in this verse the parts are all the
same, and is shown below.
D5
E------------------|
B------------------|
G-----------2------| guitar 2
D-------0---0------|
A-2-3--------------|
E------------------|
Chorus 2
---------
G A G A G A
E------3-3---------|---------0--------|----3-------------|-----3-----0------|
B------------------|-2----0-----------|--------2---------|--------2-----0---|
G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|
E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
G5 | A5 | G5 A5 | G5 A5 |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A---5-----------5/-|-7--------7-7-----|-5------7---------|-5---------7------|
E---3-----------3/-|-5--------5-5-----|-3------5---------|-3---------5------|
slide X X
The call ...
G A
E-------3----5-----|------0-------0---|
B----3-------------|-3/5-------5----5-|
G-0----------------|------------------|
D-0----------------|------------------|
A-2----------------|------------------|
E-3----------------|------------------|
G5 | A5 |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|
A-5----------------|-7----------------|
E-3----------------|-5----------------|
Try to ...
Guitar Solo
------------
E--3----3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3----3--5b6|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G---0--------------|------------------|----0-------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C5 | | F5 | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5--5----5-5-5----|-5--5---5-5-5-5---|-10--10--10-10-10-|-10--10--10-10-10-|
A-3--3----3-3-3----|-3--3---3-3-3-3---|-8---8---8--8--8--|-8---8---8--8--8--|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Know
Er5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---/10-10-8-7-|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G----0-------------|------------------|----0-------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
TAB:Disturbance at the Heron House by REM C5 |
| F5 | E5 |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5--5----5-5-5----|-5--5----5-5-5----|-10--10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10--9--|
A-3--3----3-3-3----|-3--3----3-3-3----|-8---8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8---7--|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-| guitar 1
D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 4 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G--2---------------|------------------| guitar 2
D--0---------------|------------------| (play 4 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
| |
E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|
B--3---------------|--------------5---|
G------------------|------------------| guitar 3
D------------------|------------------| (play 4 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
Verse 3
--------
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Disturbance ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
To liberty ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
The gathering ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A meeting ..
In this verse the guitar parts are the same as verse 2.
Chorus 3
---------
G A G A G A
E------3---3-------|------------------|------------------|-----------0-0----|
B--------3---------|-2----------------|--------2---------|--------2---------|
G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|
A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|
E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
G5 | A5 | G5 A5 | G5 A5 |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A---5-----------5/-|-7-------------7\-|-5------7---------|-5------7---------|
E---3-----------3/-|-5-------------5\-|-3------5---------|-3------5---------|
slide slide
When ...
G A
E----3-------3-----|------------------|
B-------3----------|-2----------------|
G-0----------------|-2----------------|
D-0----------------|-2----------------|
A-2----------------|-0----------------|
E-3----------------|------------------|
G5 | A5 |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|
A-5-------------5/-|-7----------------|
E-3-------------3/-|-5----------------|
slide
Try to ...
Outro
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E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-| guitar 1
D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 8 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
D5 | |
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G--2---------------|------------------| guitar 2
D--0---------------|------------------| (play 8 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
| |
E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|
B--3---------------|--------------5---|
G------------------|------------------| guitar 3
D------------------|------------------| (play 8 times)
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
Know
Lyric Map for Outro
--------------------
Over the outro section there are some ad-lib lyrics, their postion
relative to the repeated riff is shown below.
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Know We d..
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Everyone ..
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Everyone ...
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
guitar 2 only
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
fill 1 fill2 (very quiet)
D5 X X
E------------------| E-5----------------|
B------------------| B---------------3--|
G-2----------------| fill 1 G------------------| fill2
D-0----------------| D------------------|
A------------------| A------------------|
E------------------| E------------------|
TAB Key
--------
YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch
as the note found at fret Z
rZ - release previous bend to the same pitch as
the note found at fret Z
h - hammer on
p - pulloff
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
X - mute with palm of picking hand
U - upstroke
D - downstroke
Notes
------
The intro features 3 guitars.
Guitar1 is used to play the riff around the second fret.
Guitar2 provides a powerchord accompanyment.
Deep in the mix guitar 3 doubles the riff played by guitar1, but
up an octive. This can be first heard halfway through bar 4.
The verse sections are nominally the same.
Guitar 1 has a clean sound and picks an arpeggiated Dsus2 pattern.
Let the picked notes ring as you play them.
Guitar 2 is distorted and plays powerchords, these should be allowed
to sustain over the picked sections.
The verses are tabbed for 2 guitars since the D5 played by guitar 2
rings over the picking part, also the 2 parts have quite dissimilar
sounds. These can be combined into 1 part.
For the chorus Guitar 1 plays chords and short melody lines, and
Guitar 2 plays power chords.
The guitar solo is quite easy and is essentially 2 different phrases
repeated over a C5 to F5 chord progression.
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