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THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE - Soundgarden
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Tabbed by: Brandon
e-mail: brandonvin@gmail.com
I tabbed this out because all of the tabs I have seen were missing
a lot in the chorus! Here's something that's much more accurate.
Tuning: standard EADG
(After guitar intro)
MAIN RIFF - Play 10 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
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CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
[4/4]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---| (Not sure if the 2s on the A string
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---| are actually power chords, but it
E|---------------------------------| sounds alright that way)
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MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
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Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
[4/4]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---|
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---|
E|---------------------------------|
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Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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BRIDGE
[4/4]
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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Hit these notes hard and choke them off fast.
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-12------17------|
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Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
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Then to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [5] [+] [6] [+] [7] [+] [1] [+][2][+][3][+][4][+]
Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
[4/4]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---|
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---|
E|---------------------------------|
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Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [5] [+] [6] [+] [7] [+] [1] [+][2][+][3][+][4][+]
Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 4 times
7/8 4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
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OUTRO - That's all folks!
[4/4]
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-12----11------------------------|
E|-------------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| (A tiny scratch on the E string to finish it off!)
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Key:
~ Let note ring
\ Slide