E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Cardiac Arrest - Bad Suns
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Tabbed by: Dave H
Awesome track from the up-and-coming SoCal-based Bad Suns...I'd highly
recommend their Transpose EP as well.
Pretty sure they play it tuned down half a step to allow for the
harmonics at the beginning, but I tabbed it out in standard tuning because I
hate alternate tuning and there's an easy way around the harmonics (see below).
Enjoy!
Tuning: Standard
No Capo
[Intro]
Two options here... play the actual harmonic version, tune the whole
guitar down a half step, and add a number to all the notes on this tab or play
this in standard and call it good:
Guitar 1
palm muted (standard tuning)
E|--13-----------13--------13--------13--------------------------------------|
B|14----------14--------14--------14----------14-----------------------------|
G|----13---------13----------13---------13-----------------------------------|
D|------16-----------16--------16----------16--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
Harmonic Version (1/2 step down)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7+-----12+---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------7+-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Guitar 1
E|---------------------6--6--------------------------------------------------|
B|----6--7--7-------6--6--6--------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6----6--6--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-------------8-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------9-------------------------------------------|
B|--------11~--11-9-----------------------------11---------------------------|
G|----10------------10~-\11-11-11--10~-------------10~-----------------------|
D|-\11--11-----------------------------\11-11-11-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
1: "I've been trying to keep my grip, yeah I think I'm over this
I can hear it now, oh no
Yeah, my tongue, I'll let it slip. Why'd I do those things I did?
I can taste it now, oh no"
2: "My innards turn, your eyes, they roll. I'll be there to take the fall
I can feel it now, oh no
Same old story since day one, but I've got no place to run
I can see it now, oh no"
Guitar 1
E|---------------------6--6--------------------------------------------------|
B|----6--7--7-------6--6--6--------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6----6--6--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-------------8-----------| clean, soft first time,-------------------------|
A|---------------------------th| en loud and crunchy like the intro------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Guitar 2
E|-----16~---16~-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------18~---18~------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----pr| etty sure this is keyboard in the background,-----------------------|
A|-----b| ut here it is tabbed if you want to try on guitar--------------------|
E|-----p| lay in conjunction w/ "oh no, oh no..."------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"I'll try my best. How much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best. How much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss"
(This is as close to his strumming pattern as I could make it look;
give it a listen or two to try to match the rhythm if you have difficulty.
As far as I can tell he's just playing some broken chords derived from the
pentatonic scale so improv to whatever you think sounds good)
Guitar 1
E|----6-6-6xx-----6-------6---6xx---6-------6---6xx---6----------------9-----|
B|----6-6-6xx-----6-6-----6h7-7xx-6-6-6-----6h7-7xx-6-6-6----6h7-7xx---6-6---|
G|----6-6-6xx---6---6-----6---7xx-6---6-----6---6xx-6---6----6---6xx-6---6---|
D|--------------8--------------------------------------------6h8-8xx-6-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Same kind of thing here...
Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------9-8----|
B|--------------11-11--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------10~---xxxxx---11-11-------------10-10-------6/8xxx---10~-|
D|11-xxxxx-----------------------------11~--xxxxx--------11~-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
"Oh Oh Ohhhh, Ohh Oh Ohhh,
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip
Oh Oh Ohhhh, Ohh Oh Ohhh,
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip"
Guitar 1
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|11-------------------9--------9-------11-------------------9---------------|
G|--10------------8/10--10-------10-------10-------------8/10--10------------|
D|----11-6/8-11-8-----------8/11-------------11-6/8-11-8----------8~\--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Guitar 2
E|------------------9--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------9h11--11------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------8/10-------------8/10------s| imilar to the verse, there are some ----|
D|-/8-11---------------11-----------ba| ckground arpeggios in here that I -----|
A|----------------------------------th| ink are keys---------------------------|
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