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Sun King

The Cult
Tab
★4.8(7)

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

Song

Author: Jared Causey

Band: The cult

Song: Sun king

Intro: Bass for guitar, play 5 times

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------3-3--5-5-----|--------------------------------|
|-3/5—3/5-3/5-3/5---------------|--3/5—3/5-3/5-3/5—-3~~~---------|

Intro 2: solo enters on third bass riff (the fourth measure is tabbed

to sound the same as the second measure; not the same as the song)

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------5h7p5-^7-7-5-------|--5p4----7-5-(4)----------------|
|--5/7~-------------------------|-----------------5-7~-----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------13h15p13-^15-15-13-|--13p12---15-13-12--------------|
|--12/14------------------------|--------------------12-14~------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Main riff: If this does not sound heavy enough it is because

Guitar 2 plays a power cord on each slide.

3/5: -5-

-3-

5/7: -7-

-5-

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------7-5-4-----------------|--------7-5-4-------------------|
|-------------------------------|--3/5---------------------------|
|--3/5--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------7-5-4------------------|--------7-5-4-------------------|
|--5/7--------------------------|--3/5---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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