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THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE - Soundgarden
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Tabbed by: Brandon
e-mail: brandonvin@gmail.com
I tabbed this out because all of the tabs I have seen were missing
a lot in the chorus! Here's something that's much more accurate.
Tuning: standard EADG
(After guitar intro)
MAIN RIFF - Play 10 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------| D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---| (Not sure if the 2s on the A string A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---| are actually power chords, but it E|---------------------------------| sounds alright that way)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------| D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---| A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---| E|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
BRIDGE
4/4
G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Hit these notes hard and choke them off fast.
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-12------17------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Then to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------------------------| D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---| A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---| E|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 4 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
OUTRO - That's all folks!
4/4
G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-12----11------------------------|
E|-------------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| (A tiny scratch on the E string to finish it off!)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Key:
~ Let note ring
\ Slide
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