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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 09:35:14 PST
From: Ryan Long
Subject: TAB: Tighter and Tighter by Soundgarden
Tighter & Tighter
Written By Chris Cornell
>From the "Down on the Upside" album, 1996
(Tabbed by ryan long [boodledang@hotmail.com]
Notation:
b Bend
r Release Bend
h Hammer on
p Pull off
<> Harmonics
/ or \ Slide
Intro:
e---------------------|------------------------|
B---------------<7>---|------------------------|
G-o---------------<7>-|---------------<12>----o|
D-o--------5~~~-------|------------------<12>-o|
A---------------------|-----------7~~~---------|
E---0--5/7------------|--0--(5)/7--------------|
*repeat 3x* *repeat whole figure twice*
Main Riff
"Shadow Face.... Blowing smoke and talkin'
G------------------------|----------------------------|
D---------5b(7)r5--------|---------5b(7)r5------------|
A-----------------5--7~~~|-----------------5--7-----8-|
E--0----0----------------|--0----0---------------5----|
Wind...."
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A---------5---5-5~~~|
E--7----7---7-------|
(End Main Riff)
"And I hope it's a sweet...."
e----------------------|------0-----0--0--|--2--2--2----|
B------1---0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--|--3--3--3----|
G------0-----0---0--0--|------0-----0--0--|--2--2--2----|
D--2---2---------2--2--|--2---2--2--2--2--|-----0--0----|
A--3-------------3--3--|--2------2--------|-------------|
E----------------------|--0------0--------|-------------|
Let ring throughout....
Main Chorus Riff
"Tight for me.... Sleep Tight for me.........I'm
e--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------------------------|--------------------------|
G--------------------------|--------------------------|
D----------5b(7)r5---------|---------5b(7)r5----------|
A-------------------5--7~~~|-----------------5--7---8-|
E--0----0------------------|--0----0--------------5---|
"Gone...."
e----------------|
B--1---1-1--0----|
G--0---0-0----0--|
D--2---2-2-------|
A--3---3-3-------|
E----------------|
let ring (End Chorus Riff)
(Main Riff)
Warm and sweet, singing from a window's ledge
Tight and deep, one last sin before I'm dead
A sucking, holy wind takes me from this bed tonight
And bloody wits, another hits me and I have to say good-bye
(Straight to Chorus Riff)
Sleep tight for me, sleep tight for me
I'm gone
"And I hope it's a sweet... ride...
e----------------|----0-----0--|--2---2--|
B--1---1-1--0----|----0-----0--|--3---3--|
G--0---0-0----0--|----0-----0--|--2---2--|
D--2---2-2-------|--2-2-2-2-2--|--0---0--|
A--3---3-3-------|--2---2-2----|---------|
E----------------|--0---0-0----|---------|
"Here for me tonight, Cause I"
e----0------0--|------------|
B----0------0--|---2---2-2--|
G----0------0--|---2---2-2--|
D--2-2----2-2--|---2---2-2--|
A--2------2----|-0-0---0-0--|
E--0------0----|------------|
Power Chords:
C5 G5
Feel I'm go-ing
D5 G F# E5
Feel I'm slo-wing
(End Riff)
During Solo:
D----------------------------------|---------|
A----3-3-3-3-3-5-------------------|-1--2--3-|
E-0---------------0-3-3-3-3-3-5--0-|---------|
(Play "Hope it's a sweet ride" riff)
(Play Intro again)
Then:
"Sleep tight for me, I'm gone"
e--------------|-----------|
B--------------|-1--1--0---|
G--------------|-0--0----0-|
D---------5~~~-|-2--2------|
A--------------|-3--3------|
E--0--5/7------|-----------|
repeat 2x repeat entire riff
Ending is much like the solo, with improvizations all over the place.
Finish on Em chord. That's it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm looking for TABS for Frank Zappa, Nuno, Vernon Reid, and especially
(Z). Send them in!
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