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Eyes of the South

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4.3(4)

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Song

"Eyes of the South" by Down.

>From The Album Nola.

Tabbed by SETCH for the Unoffical DOWN webpage

http://www.hh.se/www2/it95ew/downpage.htm

Tuning All strings down a step and a half , exept low E, dropped to Cflat.

ie:- CbGbCbFbAbDb. (b=flat)

The song begins with this bass part that continues under the lead guitar

Solo.

 F||--------------------------------------------||
 C||-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0--|| repeat until
 G||--------------------------------------------|| the Solo ends.
 C||--------------------------------------------||

Intro Solo.

 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||-----------12--10-----12--------------------------------------------||
 C||--12-----------------------10-10-10--10-slide<----------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||---------------10------10--10-10------12b(13)--12--12b(13)--12--10--||
 C||--10--10---12------12-------------12--------------------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--12--10--12--10------------------------------------10--------------||
 F||--12--10--12--10----------------(13)r12--10---------10--------------||
 C||-----------------------------------------------12-------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--13b(15)r(14)b(15)-------------------------------------------------||
 F||---------------------(13)r12--10------------10--10---------------x--||
 C||----------------------------------10h12p10----------12p10-10-----x--||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------(15)r13-10--------------------------||
 A||-------13-----13--15slide<-----------------13----13b(15)r13-10------||
 F||-sl>14----14----------------------------------------------------12--||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

*

 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||--12b(14)r12-------------10-------------------(14)r12--10-10--------||
 C||-------------------------10---------------10------------------------||
 G||-----------------------------12p10--10------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||-10h12--10-----------------12---------------------------------------||
 G||------------10sl>--12--10-------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--12---10---12---10-----12---12--p--10------------------------------||
 F||--12---10---12---10-----12---12--p--10------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||----------------------------------------------------------------10--||
 F||--(14)r12--10--12------(14)r12--10--12--(14)r12--10-------------10--||
 C||-----------------------------------------------------10h12p10-------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Intro Riff.

This is played behind the solo, and starts at the point marked *.

When the solo end this riff continues behind the Chorus riff.

 d||---------------------------------------------------||
 A||---------------------------------------------------||
 F||-------5-------------------------------------------||
 C||-------5-------------------------------------------||
 G||--5h7----7-5sl<------------------------------------||
 C||------------------0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--||

pm . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chorus Riff.

 d||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G||--------3-----5---------3--5--8----------3-----5---------3--5--8--||
 C||--0--0--3--0--5--0---0--3--5--8----0--0--3--0--5--0---0--3--5--8--||

pm. . . . . . . . . .

Main (verse) Riff.

 d||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||-----5--sl--7---7---5-----------------5--sl--7---7---5------------||
 G||-----3--sl--5---5---3--6--------------3--sl--5---5---3--6---------||
 C||--0--------------------6-----------0--------------------6---------||

Pre-Chorus Riff.

 d||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G||--7-x-5-x-3-x--3b(4)r3-x-----------7-x-5-x-3-x--3b(4)r3-x-x-x-----||
 C||--7-x-5-x-3-x--3b(4)r3-x-----------7-x-5-x-3-x--3b(4)r3-x-x-x-----||

Thats the main riffs used in the song. After the intro is over they

are repeated in this order.

- Main Riff

- Pre Chorus Riff

- Chorus Riff.

After the first verse and Chorus have been played, the lead guitar

plays fill 1.

Fill 1.

 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||-------------____3___-----------------------------------------------||
 F||-10sl>12-12--12-12-12--12b(14)r10--------------------------------10-||
 C||-----------------------------------12--10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10---||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

After the second verse and chorus comes this two guitar interlude.

Interlude.

Guitar 1. (acoustic)

 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------6-------5-------1---------------6-------5-------1-----------||
 F||--------------------------------2-------------------------------2---||
 C||-----7-------7-------3-------2-------7-------7-------3-------2------||
 G||--5-------5-------1-------0-------5-------5-------1-------0---------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2. (electric)

 d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

F||12b(14)r12-10h12r10-9h10r9--9h10r9-------------10-12b(14)r12-10-12--||

 C||-----------------------------------12-12-10sl12---------------------||
 G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

After the interlude comes this outro riff.

Outro.

 d||------------------------------------------------||
 A||------------------------------------------------||
 F||------------------------------------------------||
 C||------------------------------------------------||
 G||-----3--5-----3--5-----3--5-----3--5--7--8--9---||
 C||--0--------0--------0--------0--------7--8--9---||

This riff repeats till fade out. it is interupted half way through by this

fill.

 d||-----------------------------------||
 A||-----------------------------------||

F||----12b(14)let ring----------------||

 C||-----------------------------------||
 G||-----------------------------------||
 C||-----------------------------------||

Thats all folks!

Tablature Explaination

 e||------------- This means hammer on to 3    e||-------------
 B||--2h3p2------ then pull off back to 2.     B||---x-x------- muffled string.
 G||-------------                              G||-------------
 e||------------- This means pluck 5,then      e||-------------
 B||--5b(7)r5---- bend up until pitch is       B||------------- palm muting.
 G||------------- equal to 7, then release     G||-------------

to 5. p.m..........

 e||------------- Slide along string in        e||------------- slide to second
 B||------4sl>--- direction of arrow.          B||---5-sl--7--- note from first.
 G||-------------                              G||-------------

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Derrick & Christine Setchell & family,

78 Lyonsdown Road, Barnet, EN5 1JL, U.K.

Tel: +44 181 449 1091

Email: setchells@dial.pipex.com

d.setchell@eastman.ucl.ac.uk

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