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"SUN IT RISES" off album "Fleet Foxes"(2008)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
There are two guitars for the most part: strumming and picking.
THE STRUMMED GUITAR HAS DROP D TUNING.
--INTRO (after vocal intro) (0:21):
Strummed guitar plays this repeated D major chord:
e|--x--|
B|--3--|
G|--2--|
D|--0--|
A|--0--|
D|--0--|
Picking guitar plays this (listen to song to get a sense of rhythm, cos its
quite tricky):
e|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------7-------10--|------------------------------7---------|
G|--7h9--9-----9p7---7------7h9------7--x---|--7h9--9-----9p7---7------7h9--------7--|
D|--7-------7------7-7--7---7-----9--7--7---|--7-------7------7-7--7---7-----9--7-7--|
A|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------7-------10--|-------7----------------------7---------|
G|--7h9--9-----9p7---7------7h9------7--x---|--7h9-----9--9p7---7------7h9--------7--|
D|--7-------7------7-7--7---7-----9--7--7---|--7-------7------7-7--7---7-----9--7-7--|
A|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--VERSE 1 (0:47):
Strummed chords for verse (drop d tuning):
D|00023x
Am/D|002210
Dsus2|000230
A6add4|x07779
D6/A|x07777
[Am/D]The sun rises, over [Dsus2]my head.
[Am/D]In the morning, when I[D]
--Break similar to second half of the intro.
--VERSE 2 (1:13):
[Am/D]Hold me dear, into the[Dsus2] night.
[Am/D]Sun it will rise soon in the.[A6add4][D6/A][A6add4]
--ELECTIRC GUITAR BREAK: all on D chord. Acoustic parts here are the same as
(1:38) in the intro. Often at cross rhythms, so the
measures here cant be totally accurate.
e|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------7-------10--|---------------------------7----------|
G|--7h9--9--9p7--7--7h9-------7------|--7h9h11-9--9h11p9-7--7h9----------7--|
D|-------------------------9---------|------------------------------9--7----|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----7---------------------7---------------|-----7---------------------7---------------|
G|-7h9---9p7---7-----7---7h9---9p7---7-----7-|-7h9---9p7---7-----7---7h9---9p7---7-----7-|
D|-----------9---9-7---------------9---9-7---|-----------9---9-7---------------9---9-7---|
A|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-10-7-7-10-7-7-10/12------7-10-7-7-10-7-7-10/12-|
A|-7h9------------------------7h9-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-10-7-7-10-7-7-10/12------7-10-7-7-10-7-7-10/12-|
A|-7h9------------------------7h9-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Another acoustic guitar comes in:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9---7---9-7-------------9---7---9-7-----------|electric
D|--7--------------10-9-----7--------------10--9/12--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|-----8---7---8-7-------------8---7---8-7-----------|
B|--8--------------10-------8--------------10----8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------|acoustic
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
--VOCAL BREAK (2:17)
--OUTRO: clean electric guitar (2:42)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--9--------------9--------------|-11----------------11---------------| x2
D|----10-9p7-9-10----10-9p7-9-10--|----12-11p9-11-12-----12-11p9-11-12-|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|--9--------------9--------------|-11----------------11--|
D|----10-9p7-9-10----10-9p7-9-10--|----12-11p9-11-12--12--|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
Enjoy playing!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
