Chord/Tab song: Soldier Blue

This has been taken from http://www.cultcentral.com/guitar/SoldierBlue.txt
I did not tab this and thank you to Pedro Sousa for tabbing this kik ass song out!

Soldier Blue

the cult - sonic temple 1989

transcribed by pedro sousa ([email protected])

here's another great song from the also great sonic temple, in my opinion it's pretty
I have doubts about the pre-chorus though. send me any corrections!

/ - slide
~ - vibratto
. - stacatto
h - hammer on
p - pull off
(5) - grace note (slides)
- artificial harmonic
[b]brp [-]- [b]bend release pull off
? - when I can't make out the lyrics

intro: x4 with some whammy bar effects (try the harmonic at 7th fret second string)

1st/3rd 2nd 4th

e-----------------------|-------|------|
b-----------------------|-------|------|
g---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---|
d---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---|
a---0--2-----2-----2----|--5~~--|--0---|
E-----------------------|-------|------|

riff 1
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5

e----------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------|
g---9-8-9------9-8-9-/11---11-9-8-9-8-------9-8-------9-7--------|
d---------9-9------------9------------9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7----|
a----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g--/11-9-8-9-8--/11-9-8-9-8---------|
d---------------------------9-7-9---|
a-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|

verse 1:
. . . .
chords: B5 B5A5 D5 E5/A5


play A5 right after B5 (listen to the song)

soldier blue bloodstained red
hey people it's gonna bust your head
a real bad dream yeah you know it's true
kiss his boots or you'll be through
out of the night comes a soldier ridin'
line you up in his gun sight

pre-chorus:
slide to A5 only the last time
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5

this is played over the pre chorus

e--------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------14b-14-|
g-2~-4~-5~-7~-9~-11~-12~-14~-16~-------|
d--------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

his mind's exploded ego's overloaded
hey children started runnin'

chorus: same as riff1 x2

soldier blue love is out of season
soldier blue yeah ain't fighting for no reason no no

verse 2: same as the first but the D5 rings out more and has small slide before it

a soldier blue a soldier fried
he's gonna bust up everything in sight
a real heavy dude in a killing mood
pack your bags or you'll be through
you'll be through yeah
it's guaranteed to shater all your dreams

pre-chorus:

chorus:

interlude: palm muted root notes

use this clean bit when necessary in this part

e--0-----0-----0------------|
b----0-----0-----0----------|
g------2-----2-----2--------|
d---------------------------|
a---------------------------|
E---------------------------|

B D\A B
I see the sunset sea on fire ships burn off the coast of orion
[G] dreams of peace wait on the h[B]or[A]izon for yee
B D\A
clouds filled with blood rain on the water
?[B]'[G]' night time fingers clench the last '[B]'[A]

D\B D\A B G B A
our sister rides a horse of apocalypse now is the closing

during this last phrase
play the same thing but strike the chords between the root notes (heavy metal style)

play this over it

e-----12brp10-12-prebend12rp10--12brp-12~-hold-b--|
b--12---------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

solo:

part 1 (play the intro)
love has no season come on shake it stealer

e-------------------------10b-hold-rp7--------------------------------------------------|
b---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b----------------10-7-10/(12)~~----------------------------|
g---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7---7-7------9~~-7~~~~-|
d-------------------------------------------------------9-----9----9-----9~~------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

part 2:

chords: B5 D5 E5 B5 D5 B5


end it here the second time

e--------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
b------------------7---10-7-10brp7--------------------------------------|
g--9brp7--9b~~-~9b-----------------9brp7-9-7---------9-7----------------|
d--------------------------------------------9~-9~-------9-7------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5----|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------7~-|
e----------------------------------7-10p7----7------------7-10p7----7---------------------------|
b------------------------10b-10b----------10---10-7--------------10---10-7-----------10/(12)~~-|
g-------------------7h9-----------------------------9brp7------------------9brp7----7-----------|
d------------7~~--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-------------|
a----5-7/(9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus:

the end uses the same chords as riff 1 but the phrasing is different
once again you must listen to the song, there's also a solo over it.

[B5] [A5] [D5] [E5/]
suggestions, corrections, comments welcome at [email protected]