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DEGREES OF EXISTENCE - Dimmer
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1st single from new album Degrees of Existence. visceral, apparently.
song can be heard on: www.myspace.com/dimmerband
video's on youtube somewhere.
Tuning: EADGBE
Entire song is based around E5, A5 C5.
i.e.
It's just degrees of ex[E5]istence
whatever you're in[A5] for
don't know the a[C5]nswer, don't know the a[E5]nswer
Intro:
Bass:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0000000000000000/7777\555555/777777-232------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (this is also between verses and in the 3rd verse)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----(first time)----------------(then)-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---3--2---3--2---------3b------------2---3--2---3-2---3-2------------------|
A|----2-3----2-3----2-3-2-3-----------------2-3----2-3---2-3---2-3-2-3-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------232------|
Guitar 2 (w/ delay ?):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------11--------11----11b---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------9---------9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7---------7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses ("it's just degrees of existence"):
Bass: first verse as below, changes to intro bassline in later verses)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----(12th fret)--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--121212121212121212121212\555555/77777/101010-------------------------------|
Guitar 1: first verse as below, changes to ringing chords in 2nd verse, disappears
in 3rd for a bit)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---99999999999999999999------------------------------------------------------|
D|---99999999999999999999------------------------------------------------------|
A|---777777777700000xxxxx------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0000000000xxxxx88888------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (rapid tremolo strum):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9999999999999999999-------------------99b111111-----------------------------------|
D|---xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx----occasionally---xx-xxxxxx-----------------------------------|
A|---7777777777777777777-------------------77b9-9-9------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus ("don't let anybody change your mind"):
same as before except:
Guitar 2 (with crazy effect:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--999999999999999---------11-12-11--|
D|------------------777777------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
