Disturbance At The Heron House Chords by R.E.M.

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 ..

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   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 ..

-------------


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
------

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
---------

  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
--------

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

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
-------

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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