Drink to the Dead

Tab

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Song

"Gone Unsung" (Drink To The Dead) acoustic demo version

Words and music by Clutch

Transcribed by Keith S. Byers

Wow, this sure is an interesting song isn't it? For those of you fortunate enough to

have the demo version of this song, this will be a fun song to play. The chords are

relatively simple in a Gordon Lightfoot kinda way, but the bass line--which I have

tabbed--seems to provide a nice, melodic anchor. Neil Fallon plays the acoustic parts

and Tim Sult the distorted wah parts. Most of the chords are strummed and played in the

first position i.e., the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd frets.

Main Verse chords:

Bm F# E

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

Guitar 2 w/wah rocked slowly

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--4-----11---9--|
D|--x-----x----x--|
A|--2-----9----7--|
E|----------------|

Guitar 3

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9--11----9---9-11--------7--9-------7--9--|
D|--9--12---------9------------7--9------7--9--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Dan's cool bassline underneath:

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-14--17--14---16------7--7---9---------5--7--------5--7-|
E|--------------------7-------------5--7-------5--7-------|

Chorus riff with power chords for the electrics:

"Let us go leaping in three measure time..."

Bm D A E

Dan's even COOLER ascending line:

G|------------------------------------12/--14-----16--14------14--------------------|
D|----------14--16-14-----16--14--16----------------------16------16--14------14----|
A|--14--17-------------17-------------------------------------------------17-----14-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge to breakdown chords - guitar 2 play power chords, acoustic guitar 1

plays strummed barre chords based on root note.

Bass follows guitar

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

Other bridge riff guitar 1

e|--------------0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
B|--------------0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
G|--------------1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1---|
D|--------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2---|
A|--------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2---|
E|---3b---3b----0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
e|------------------------------0---|
B|------------------------------0---|
G|------------------------------1---|
D|------------------------------2---|
A|----5--7----------------------2---|
E|--7-------7\--5-3-(3)---------0---|

Outro Pirate Chorus:

Bass follows single notes of chords:

E A

"Drink to the dead all you still alive.."

D E

"We shall join you in good time..etc"