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Mission

Chris Cornell
Tab
★4.6(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Main Riff

e|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------1-0----|
B|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------3--|
G|-------------3b4~|-------------3b4~|--------------0-|-----0-2h3--------|
D|----0h2----0-----|----0h2----0-----|----0h2-----3---|---2--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-0----------------|
E|-0------0h3------|-0------0h3------|-0------0-3-----|------------------|

Prechorus Riff 1

(play 2x)

e|-----------------|-----------1-0----|
B|-----------------|---------------3--|
G|---------------0-|-----0-2-3--------|
D|-----0h2-----3---|---2--------------|
A|-----------------|-0----------------|
E|-0-------0-3-----|------------------|

"I'm gonna climb ..."

Prechorus Riff Ending

e|-----------------|---3-2-----------|
B|-----------------|-------4---------|
G|---------------0-|---------4-----0-|
D|-----0h2-----4---|-----------------|
A|-----------5-----|-2---------1-0---|
E|-0-------6-------|-----------------|

“Tear all your temples down”

Chorus

Play Main Riff 2x and second guitar plays this (w/ warm overdrive pedal):

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|
E|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|
E|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|-------------3~------5~--5~-----|

Interlude 1

with overdrive

e|-12-----12-11-10-|-(10)---------------|---------------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|---------10b11r10-8-|-10b11--8--------8---|--------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------|----------9--7h9---9-|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-8~-----------|
A|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------x--x-x-|
E|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------x--x-x-|

Verse 2

Guitar 2 (acoustic sound) Guitar 1 (on 4th & 8th bar of verse 2)

e|-------------------|               |-----------1-0----|
B|----------------3--|               |---------------3--|
G|-----------3b4-----|               |-----0-2-3--------|
D|-----0h2-----------|               |------------------|
A|-------------------| play 8x       |------------------|
E|-0-0-----0---------|               |------------------|

Before second Chorus, play Prechorus again

Play Chorus again

Break

* hit strings hard and use whammy bar

e|--6-----------|--3-------/--|-----------|---------------------------------|
B|--6-----------|--3-------/--|--18-------|--18--18--18--18--18--18--18--18-|
G|--7-----------|--4-------/--|--16-------|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
D|--8-----------|--5-------/--|--15-------|--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15-|
A|--8-----------|--5-------/--|--16-------|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
E|--6-----------|--3-------/--|-----------|---------------------------------|

"I have nothing, but then the have is not as good as the want!"

Play Interlude 1 again

Verse 3 - No Guitar

Play Prechorus ending before Playing chorus the third time.

Play Chorus a third time

Play Interlude 1, then this verison below:

Interlude 2

e|-12-----12-11-14b15-|-(b15)------------------|--------------------|--------|
B|--------------------|-----------10b(11)r10-8-|10b11-p8--------8---|--------|
G|--------------------|------------------------|----------9-7h9---9-|--------|
D|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-8~-----|
A|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------|

Play Break to finish song

KEY:

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

| PM palm mute

| TP tremelo picked

| b string bend

| r release of bent string

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