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Collective Soul
TabTuningHalf-Step Down
★4.2(39)

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

Intro

(Dean, w/ distortion)

Eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-------------| x2
Eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-12---------------| x4

Main riff (All guitars, w/ distortion, x3) End with this

Eb|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Db|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Ab|---------5p0---------------1p0---|---------5p0-----|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0h3h5-----3-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

PM...... PM.. PM...... PM..

Verse

(Ed, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)

Eb|-3----------------------|
Bb|-3----------------------|
Gb|-0----------------------|
Db|-0----------------------|
Ab|-2----------------------|
Eb|-3----------------------|

(Dean and Ross, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)

Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|-5---------------------|
Ab|-5---------------------|
Eb|-3---------------------|

All guitars play main riff twice in between each verse part and before thr chorus

The chorus is kinda messed up because Ed, Dean, and Ross are all playing

different parts. I usually play Dean's part.

Chorus

(Ed, w/ distortion, x2)

Eb|-2-------0-------0-------3-|----------|
Bb|-3-------2-------1-------3-|----------|
Gb|-2-------2-------0-------0-|----------|
Db|-0-------2-------2-------0-|----------|
Ab|---------0-------3-------2-|----------|
Eb|-------------------------3-|-3-----2--|

(Dean, w/ distortion, x2)

Eb|---------------------------|----------|
Bb|---------------------------|----------|
Gb|-7---------------5---------|----------|
Db|-7-------7-------5-------5-|----------|
Ab|-5-------7-------3-------5-|----------|
Eb|-5-------5-------3-------3-|-3-----2--|

(Ross, w/ distortion, x2)

Eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-19-------18-------17-------16-------|
Db|-x--------x--------x--------x--------|
Ab|-17-------16-------15-------14-------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

Ed and Dean play main riff (w/ ending)

Ross' new interlude is this (w/ distortion, x2)

Eb|------------------|
Bb|-5\3-3/5----------|
Gb|-4\2-2/4----------|
Db|------------------|
Ab|------------------|
Eb|------------------|

All guitars play their verse parts, but during the main riff, Ross plays the new interlude

Chorus

Bridge (All guitars, w/ distortion, x4)

Eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------12-12-12-12-----|
Db|----------------------------12-12-12-12-----|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|
Eb|-0--0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-0------------------|

GUITAR SOLO (Ross, w/ distorion and wah pedal. I am not quite sure about the

muffled strings)

Eb|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
Bb|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
Gb|-12--(bend slowly)-b14--x-x--14b16r14-14b18r14-x-x-----|
Db|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
Ab|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
Eb|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|

TR.............

Eb|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
Bb|-(Really, really vibrate)-17~~~-x-17~~~-x-17~~~-x-17~~~--|
Gb|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
Db|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
Ab|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
Eb|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-19p17-22p21p19-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------(bend slowly)-14-14-14-14-14-14b16-----|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
Bb|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
Gb|-14b18r14-x-x-14b16~~~-x-x-16b18~~~-x-x-18b20~~~-x-x-20b22~~~-x-x-|
Db|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
Ab|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
Eb|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
Eb|-22b24r-------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Play Main Riff 3 times (w/ Ross' interlude)

End on this

Eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------5p0--------------------------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-----0-0----------------------------|

PM. . . . . .

Song Structure:

Main Riff

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| h hammer on

| p pull off

| PM palm muting

| b bend

| r return

| x muffled strings

| ~ vibrating

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| TR tremelo picking

| Ed Guitar 1

| Dean Guitar 2

| Ross Guitar 3

| All guitars D'uh

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