Sub Pop Rock City tab by Soundgarden

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

ARTIST: SOUNDGARDEN
ALBUM: SCREAMING LIFE/FOPP (1990)
SONG: SUB POP ROCK CITY

🏷Legend

x = deadened note
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
PM = palm mute
~ = let ring

INTRO (BASS)

e|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|    4x
A augmentedA|---------------------|
E MajorE|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|    4x
A augmentedA|---------1-1-1-4-4-----------------|
E MajorE|-0-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-3-3-3-1---|

Verse 1:

e|------------------------------------|
BB|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
G+G|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5--x---------0------------------|    8x
A augmentedA|--3-3--x----------------------------|
E MajorE|--3-3--x----------------------------|

Interlude:

e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|    2x
A augmentedA|---------1-1-1-4-4-----------------|
E MajorE|-0-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-3-3-3-1---|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Verse 2:

e|------------------------------------|
BB|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
G+G|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5--x---------0------------------|    8x
A augmentedA|--3-3--x----------------------------|
E MajorE|--3-3--x----------------------------|

Chorus 1:

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------5-------------------|     4x
A augmentedA|-7--7-9-7-7-9-x-5-----2---5-----------------|
E MajorE|-5--5-5-5-5-5-x-3--/3-----------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|     3x
A augmentedA|-7--7-9-7-7-9-x-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-5--5-5-5-5-5-x-----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--7/-17-17-17-17-17-17----------------------|
E MajorE|--5/-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------------|

BREAK

This is the phone call section. For this, the intro on the bass
is just played 8 times:

e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|    8x
A augmentedA|---------1-1-1-4-4-----------------|
E MajorE|-0-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-3-3-3-1---|

Solo:

Verse riff is played 16 times underneath:

e|------------------------------------|
BB|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
G+G|----------3/4\3--0------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5--x---------0------------------|    16x
A augmentedA|--3-3--x----------------------------|
E MajorE|--3-3--x----------------------------|

The solo is impossible to hear exactly what is going on,
but I suggest going wild with some fast picking and wah wah

Chorus 2:

e|------------------3----------------|
BB|------7--7\-----5------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5/7-------3/5--------------------|  8x
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|

OUTRO (detune or wammy)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|

Once that is done, pick the strings a bit at the headstock
between the nut and the tuners

LYRICS:

(that's such a nice c**t)

uh
aaaaaa-uh
(I wish I knew how to dance)
(Just leave it, Kim)

I'm not stoned, but I wanted to tell ya
when I'm in the mood, well I could think of playing here
Going to somwhere where the rock's so heavy
with all them sex dogs in my chevy

At the X T C majorC party, everybody you're invited
cool, give it dude, we're plastic like you
Goin to a show, that rock's all night
everyone I hate is at the party tonight

I said,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city

(laughing and cheering)

rock city

Hello?
This is John
Hey John
I just wanna know, what, what the heck's goin on
Well y'know, I had this problem..
What the heck's goin on?
Ya okay, well, do you think you'd have too much trouble if we got rid of our sideburns?
At your earliest convenience
Well, I know you've said that before, but do you think Bruce would mind?
This is Bruce Pavitt
Oh, Bruce, I mean, K, can we have our, drummer back, Bruce
Bye!

sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city.
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,
sub pop rock city,

I just wanna know, what, what the heck's goin on
Pavie, bummer, baby

Bye!


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| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| x  Dead note
| PM Palm mute
| ~  Vibrato

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