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Song

Artist: Collective Soul

Song: Vent

Tabbed By: Zuka (zuka4077@hotmail.com)

Legend: / = slide up to + = Let ring

\ = slide down to b = bend string

r = release bend H = Hyper pick (Pick very fast)

h = hammer on p = pull off

Note: Guitar 2 has wah.

Verse/Intro= Wah is active, but turned to "low". Wah is not played with.

Chorus= Wah is used on the single chord.

Intro:

Guitar 1

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|  X4
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|--4-4-444-4-4-444-4-4-444-4-4-444|

(I love you 'cause your such a prick)

Guitar 2 (Come in after Guitar 1 plays Intro twice)

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----------2----------2----------2-------------|
E|-----4-2-44-----4-2-40-----4-2-44-----4-2-4-2-4-0|

Verse (Kind of tricky):

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|  X4
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|

(Shut your mouth...)

Pre-Chorus:

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

(Do you feel your tongue...)

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

(It's moments like these...)

Chorus:

Guitar 1

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|  X4
G|--/4-6-6-4---4-6+|
D|-----------6-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

(Your conversation never sticks...)

Guitar 2(Play once halfway through guitar 1's riff))

e|------4----|
B|------6----|
G|------4----| X3
D|------6----|
A|------4----|
E|------4----|

Verse:

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|  X4
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|

(One more time...)

Guitar 2

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|  X4
D|--6-6------------6-6|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Pre-Chorus:

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

(Do you feel my pulse...)

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

(It's moments like these...)

Chorus:

Guitar 1

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|  X4
G|--/4-6-6-4---4-6+|
D|-----------6-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

(Your conversation never sticks...)

Guitar 2(Play once halfway through guitar 1's riff))

e|------4----|
B|------6----|
G|------4----| X3
D|------6----|
A|------4----|
E|------4----|

Interlude/Solo

Guitar 1

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|--4----------4------------4----------4-------|
G|-----6-4-66-----6-4-6p0------6-4-66----6-4-66|   X2
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 With wah (Come in when Guitar 1 is finished)

e|------------------------------------------------------------->
B|-----------------------------------------6----------6-------->
G|--4----------4----------4----------4--6-----7-5-77-----7-5-77>
D|-----6-4-66-----6-4-66-----6-4-6-6--------------------------->
A|------------------------------------------------------------->
E|------------------------------------------------------------->

(cont'd)

e|------------------------9H----12H----15H-------19h20/--|
B|--6----------6H----8H----------------------------------|
G|-----7-5-77--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Come in when Guitar 2 starts Hyper picking)

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|  X4
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|

Final Chorus:

Guitar 1

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

(It's moments like these...)

Guitar 1

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|  X4
G|--/4-6-6-4---4-6+|
D|-----------6-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

(Your conversation never sticks...)

Guitar 2(Play once halfway through guitar 1's riff))

e|------4----|
B|------6----|
G|------4----| X3
D|------6----|
A|------4----|
E|------4----|

Outro:

Guitar 1

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|  X3
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6---X----|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------4-4-4|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-6--------------4-6----|
A|--0-4-6---X--------0-4-6--------|
E|----------4-4-4-4---------------|

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|  X4
D|--6-6-6666---6-6-6666--|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

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