Chord/Tab song: Ana's Song (Open Fire)

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TRANSCRIPTION BY MIKE STRAMAGLIO
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http://pages.prodigy.net/mike_s/index.htm [C.A.S.T]
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Song-Ana's Song (Open Fire)
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Transcribed by Mike Stramaglio

TUNING - Standard (EADGBE)

KEY
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
x - muted string
- harmonic
- special info pertaining to part

[Verse] - (two guitars arranged for one - clean)

|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Guitar 3 (clean)

|-------------------------------------|
|---------------4--------3-------3----|
|------8----------5----3---3-------3--|
|----8---8----5-----------------------|
|--6--------3-------------------------|
|--------------------3-------3--------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------||--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)

|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1--3-3-3--|
|---------1-1-1--|

[Chorus] (distortion)

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[Verse]

Rhythm Guitar (distortion thick)

|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Lead Guitar (distortion - pickups in rhythm position)

|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------||----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|--------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|

Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

Rhythm Guitar (thick distortion)

|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|--- rest ---||--- rest ---||--8-8--8--8----------------|
|--------------||--------------||--8-8--8--8--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Sandpaper tears corrode the filth

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)

|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

[Chorus] (distortion)

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--3--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------3--|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--2--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2-2--2--|
|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7--1--||--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2--1--|
|--------------------------||------------------0-0-----|
|--------------------------||-------------------------0--|
|--------------------------||-----------------------0----|
|--5-5-5-5--------------3--||------3---------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2--2--||----3---3-----3-------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--1--||--1---------3---3----2------|
|----------1-1-1-1-0-0-----||----------1--------0--------|

distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[Bridge 2] (distortion)

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

[Chorus] (distortion)

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

let ring

|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you

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Transcribed by Denis Bourdon ([email protected])
http://members.aol.com/denbourdon/silverbsides.htm

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Tablature explanation

b : bend
s : slide
h : hammer-on
p : pull-off
x : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Standard tuning

[0:00] Verse
acoustic guitar (2 guitars actually)
[D#] [Cm] [Gm]

e||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
B||----8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
G||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3-3--o-||
D||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--o-||
A||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5----||
E||--------------------3-3-3-3---3-2-3----||

electric guitar (clean tone)
[D#] [Cm] [Gm]

e||------6-------3-------3-------3--------||
B||--------8-------4-------3-------3------||
G||-o--------8-------5-------3-------3--o-||
D||-o------------------5----------------o-||
A||----6-------3--------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------||

Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

[0:23] Prechorus
lead guitar

||---------------------------|| x2
||---------------------------||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
||---------------------------||

And I need you now somehow (x2)

[0:36] Chorus
[A#5] [F5] [E] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m] [A]

|-----------------|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0-|
|-----------------|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3---------|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2-|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0-|
|---------1-1-1-1-|-0---2------|-0---2------|-0---2----|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[1:00] Bridge
rhythm guitar
[D#5] [C] [G] [D#5] [C] [G]

|--------------------------------||---------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o--8---5----------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o--8---5---5------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----6---3---5--------||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||------------3--------||

lead guitar

|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-----------------h5-------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|----------------------h5--------||-o-----------------------o-||
|--------------------------------||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||

[1:12] Verse (guitars out)
Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

[1:24] Prechorus
[D#5] [C] [G]

|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o-----------------------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||---------------------------||

Sandpaper tears corrode the filth
And I need you now somehow(x2)

[1:42] Chorus
[A#5] [F5] [E] [F#m] [A] [Am] [C5] [G5]

|---------------------------------||----0---2--0--0--|---------|| x2
|---------------------------------||----0---2--2--1--|---------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||----1---2--2--2--|-5-----o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--2--2--|-5--5--o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--0--0--|-3--5----||
|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||----0---2--------|----3----||

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[2:12] Break
C5/G D5/A B5 A#5 x2 C5/G F5 B5 A#5 A#5 F5 E5

||---------------------||-----------------|------------------------0--|
||---------------------||-----------------|----------------------0----|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5-------4---3--|------3--------------------|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5---3---4---3--|----3---3-----3------------|
||----3---5---2---1----||--3---3---2---1--|--1---------3---3---2------|
||----3---5------------||--3---1----------|----------1-------0--------|

|-> distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[2:36] Prechorus (guitars out)
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

[2:44] Chorus - end
C5 G5 E F#m A Am x2 C5 G5 E F#m A x2

||----------|--0--2--0--0----||----------|--0--2--0-------||
||----------|--0--2--2--1----||----------|--0--2--2-------||
||-o--5-----|--1--2--2--2--o-||-o--5-----|--1--2--2-----o-||
||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2--2--o-||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2-----o-||
||----3--5--|--2--4--0--0----||----3--5--|--2--4--0-------||
||-------3--|--0--2----------||-------3--|--0--2----------||

|-> let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you