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"Listen" by Collective Soul As heard on Disciplined Breakdown

Words By Ed Roland Music

by Collective Soul

Title: Listen

Album: Disciplined Breakdown

Transcribed By: Phil Muri

Date: April 18th 1997

E-mail address: muri@po-box.mcgill.ca

Intro using Riff 1

w/ effect Riff 1 (guitar1)

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------0-------2---------------3h2----------------.-----|
G---------------------2-------2-------------------2-------------------| times 6
D------------------------------------------------------------------.----|
A-----0-----0-0----------0------0------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar1 repeats riff 1 throughout section ( twice per line)

fill 1 (guitar2) fill 1

E-----s7---5---------|		Hey you're now thirsty
B-----s5---5---------|

G---------------------| Walking in the desert all alone

D---------------------| fill 1

A---------------------| Hey you're now searching

E---------------------|

Lost in isolation from your soul

Verse 1

(guitar 1)

A D5

The bullet you bite

A

From the pain you request

E

You're finding it harder to digest

A D5

And the answers you seek

A

And the ones you destroy

D5

Your anger's so well deployed

Verse 1

(Guitar 2)

A half-step D5 A

		E-----3h5----5------7b----5-------3-5-3-5-3-5-3--------------
		B------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------------

E

		E----------3----------------------------------------------------------
		B----5----------5h8p5-----------------------------------------------
		G------------------------s7-6-4--------------------------------------

D----------------------------------------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------

A D5 A D5______16 times____

half-step half-step | |

		E-----7b----5------7b----5-----3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5555555555555555--|
		B---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555555555555555555--|
		G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
		E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

A B5 D5

fill 1

Hey why can't you listen

A B5 D5

fill 1

Hey why can't you hear

A B5 D5

fill 1

Hey why can't you listen

F D5 A

As love screams everywhere

riff 1 is played x 4 while guitar 2 plays natural harmonics with muting

(riff 1 is played twice per line)

fill 1

Hey you now hunger

Feeding your mind with selfishness

fill 1

Hey you now wonder

Aimlessly around your consciousness

Verse 2

(guitar 1)

A D5

Your prophecies fail

A

And your thoughts become weak

E

Silence creates necessity

A D5

You're clothing yourself

A

In the shields of despair

D5

Your courage now impaired

***verse 2 for guitar 2 same as verse 1***

Chorus

Hey why can't you listen

Hey why can't you hear

Hey why can't you listen

As love screams everywhere

Guitar1 plays Riff 1 x 4

Guitar2 plays natural harmonics w/ muting

B5

You crucify all honesty

No signs you see do you believe

D5

And all you words just twist and turn

Reviving just to crash and burn

B5

You're fighting till the bitter end

D5

If only your heart could open up

And listen

Guitar1 plays Riff1 x 4

Guitar Solo (guitar 2) Guitar1 plays same chords as verse

play 3 times

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14-----------------.----------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------.----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----15p14--------17p14------------17----15-----------14h15p14-----------|
G--------------14---------------14-----------------------------------------16-----|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14-----------------.----------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------.----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------	----------------17----17----17---17---|
G----14s16--18-18-18-18--19--18h19p18--16-14----14---14-----14---14|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

(guitar1 - riff 1 x 4)

(guitar2 - muting and harmonics)

Hey why can't you listen

Hey why can't you hear

Hey why can't you listen

As love screams everywhere

Hey why can't you listen

Hey why can't you hear

Hey why can't you listen

As love screams everywhere

Outro

(is made up of)

_________________________________________

| rhythm guitar plays "A" major chord repeatedly |

| |

| muting with harmonics |

| |

| and riff 1 is played x 4 |

|_________________________________________________|

P.S. I'm aware that this isn't a error-free tabbing but I did my best. I would appreciate if anyone had any suggestions, improvements or comments! (muri@po.-box.mcgill.ca)

Date: Saturday, April 3 1997

From: David Harrison<blaze@interlog.com>

Subject: TAB: "Listen" by "Collective Soul"

Album: "Disciplined Breakdown"(1997)

This song is pretty cool and it's not bad for guitar either.

I'm pretty sure it's right but if you have any beef with it

or something positive to say about it than e-mail me.

Intro/Verse:

E|--------------------||
B|--------------3p2---||
G|-----4p2-6~~22---2~-||
D|--------------------||
A|-0~00---0-----------||
E|--------------------||

Pre-Chorus:

E|-5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~~5x750x00000-------------/8~7~5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~|
B|-------------^--------------5~~3~~2~~------------------------|
G|------------PM-----------------------4~~~--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-x5x5x5x5x5x555555555555555555\-||

B|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||

Chorus:

E|---------------2~--------------------|
B|---------------3~--------------------|
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|---------------2~-------------|
B|---------------3~-------------|
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|------------------------------|
E|---------------2~----------------------------------||
B|---------------3~----------------------------------||
G|-2-2-/11~\-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-------------------||
D|-2-2-/11~\-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
E|---------------------------------1-1-1-xx-3-3-3-xx-||

Interlude:

E|-----|    |-----||
B|-----|    |-----||
G|-4-4-| 4x |--7--||
D|-4-4-|Then|--7--||
A|-2-2-|    |--5--||
E|-----|    |-----||

Solo: It's A Lot Faster Than It's Shown Here

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------15p14-------------------------15p14-----|
G|-14~141416p141418~14~-----141414~141416p141418~1414-----1414-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------15p14--17p15p1414---17p15p14~17~15~-|
G|-14~141416p141418~1414-----14----------14~----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14h15p14----------------------15p14-------------------------|
G|---------16~14~141416p1418~1414-----141414~141416p141418~1414|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p14----------141415p141415~14h15p14-----17~------17~------|
G|------1414141616----------------------1614~---14~14~---14~14~|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------||
B|-17~--------||
G|----14~14~~~||
D|------------||
A|------------||
E|------------||

Outro:

E|--------------------|    |-----|
B|-------------3p2----|    |-----|
G|-2-2-4p2-6~22---2~~-| 4X |--2~-|
D|-2-2----------------|Then|--2~-|
A|-0-0----0-----------|    |--0~-|
E|--------------------|    |-----|

Here's The Order:

Intro/Verse: (00:00)14x

Pre-Chorus: (00:34) 1x

Chorus: (00:53) 1x

Intro/Verse: (01:10)12x

Pre-Chorus: (01:40) 1x

Chorus: (01:59) 1x

Intro/Verse: (02:16) 4x

Interlude: (02:25) 2x

Intro/Verse: (02:45) 4x

Solo: (02:55) 1x

Chorus: (03:14) 2x

Outro: (03:48) 1x

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