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The Day I Tried To Live by Soundgarden
The Day I Tried To Live
TUNING (low to high): E E(down) B(down) B(up) B B(down)
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|---15--14---12-15-14-\-9---9--9-/-12-12-----|
|----0---0----0--0--0---9---9--9-/-12-12--0--|
|-----------------------0---0--0-/--0--0-----|
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intro g1 repeat as necessary
|-------14-\-9--9--9-|-/-12--12-/-14-\-9--9-------9-/-|
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intro g1 w/slide
|--/-12---12-/-14-\-9---9----9--/--|-/-12--12-/-14--14-\12---12-/-|
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intro g1 continued
|--/--22-\--17---17-/-22-\-17--17-/--|--/-22-\-17--17-/-22-\-12---12--|
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intro g1 continued
PM----------------|
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|------5--5--0----12------|
fill into verse
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------12-------------------------------8-----------------5-/-|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-0-10-0-9-0----8-8-8-8-8---7-6-0-5-5-5-5-5-/-|
verses |----no PM last time-------------|
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|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-------10-------9-------|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-------10-------9-------|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9---|
g1
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-------10-------9-------|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-------10-------9-------|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-------10-------9-------|
|--12-12-12-12-12---12-11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
g2
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|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
g1
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--8-8-8-8-8---7--6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
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g2
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|--7--7--7--7---8--8--8--8---12--12-12--12--9--9---9--9---|
|--7--7--7--7---8--8--8--8---12--12-12--12--9--9---9--9---|
|--7--7--7--7---8--8--8--8---12--12-12--12--9--9---9--9---|
|--7--7--7--7---8--8--8--8---12--12-12--12--9--9---9--9---|
g1 chorus (one more time around...)
|--15--14--12--15-14--8--8-8-8--11--11--|
|--15--14--12--15-14--8--8-8-8--11--11--|
|--15--14--12--15-14--8--8-8-8--11--11--|
|--15--14--12--15-14--8--8-8-8--11--11--|
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g2 chorus
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|---12--12--12--12--12--12---7---7--7-7--7---|
|---12--12--12--12--12--12---7---7--7-7--7---|
|---12--12--12--12--12--12---7---7--7-7--7---|
|---12--12--12--12--12--12---7---7--7-7--7---|
g1 chorus end (the day, i tried to.....)
|--15--14--12--15-14---7---7--7--7---10--10----|
|--15--14--12--15-14---7---7--7--7---10--10----|
|--15--14--12--15-14---7---7--7--7---10--10----|
|--15--14--12--15-14---7---7--7--7---10--10----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
g2 chorus end
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|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8-------7-------6--------|
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8-------7-------6--------|
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8--8-8--7--7-7--6--6-6---|
g1 then play this (liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive......)
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8-------7-------6--------|
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8-------7-------6--------|
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8-------7-------6--------|
|---9-9-9-9-9--9--8--8-8--7--7-7--6--6-6---|
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g2
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|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3-------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3-------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3--3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2----|
g1
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3-------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3-------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3-------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---5-5-5-5-5--4--3--3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2----|
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g2
|----------------7---------|
|-------------5------------|
|---0-----------------0----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
g1 interlude repeat as necessary
harmonics
|---12---|
|---12---| play this twice, then play g1 intro part a few times
|---12---|
|---12---|
|---12---|
|--------|
g2 interlude
the rest is just repeats. easy to figure out what goes where.
I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade
And watch the rolling heads
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich
The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
And let the martyrs stretch
Singing
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
Might make it
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
The day I tried to live
Words you say never seem
To live up to the ones
Inside your head
The lives we make
Never seem to ever get us anywhere
But dead
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
I woke the same as any other day you know
I should have stayed in bed
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
And I learned that I was a liar
Just like you
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version 2
[Intro], Guitar 1 (Slight Distortion)
e|-10-9-7-10\4-4-4/7-7---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
[Intro], Guitar 2 (Clear Tone)
Begin halfway through first cycle of guitar 1's riff.
Listen to the song to get the exact rhythm.
e|-10\4--7-9-9\7---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
after 2 cycles of guitar 1, do this instead:
e|-15\10--15\10-15\10-15\7-----------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Bass comes in here. This riff is doubled by one guitar
when the vocals start.
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--7-6-5-4-3-3-3-3-3--3-2--0-0-0-0-0------|
E|----------------------------------------------0----|
Play the above riff until the vocal line before the
chorus, and then do:
e|-----------------------------7-6-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
B|-----------------------------7-6-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------8-7-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------9-8-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-9-8-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------7-6-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
(...and watch the rolling heads)
Now start playing bar chords on the twelfth fret,
loud and distorted.
e|-12-12-12-12-12--12-11-10-9--8--8--8--8--8-----|
B|-12-12-12-12-12--12-11-10-9--8--8--8--8--8-----|
G|-13-13-13-13-13--13-12-11-10-9--9--9--9--9-----|
D|-14-14-14-14-14--14-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10----|
A|-14-14-14-14-14--14-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-12-12-12-12-12--12-11-10-9--8--8--8--8--8-----|
e|-8--7-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|
B|-8--7-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|
G|-9--8-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------|
D|-10-9-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------|
A|-10-9-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------|
E|-8--7-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|
Depending on which verse you are on, the above riff
will repeat either two or four times.
Now, guitar one will play this:
e|-10-9-7-10\4-4-4-6-6---10-9-7-10\5-5-5-7-7-----|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
And guitar two will play this, rather quietly:
e|-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12------------|
B|-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-9--9--9--9--9--13-13-13-13------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-14-14------------|
A|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-14-14------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12------------|
e|-9--9--9--9--9---------------------------------|
B|-9--9--9--9--9---------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10--------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11-11-11--------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-11-11--------------------------------|
E|-9--9--9--9--9---------------------------------|
Repeat twice (...one more time around might do it)
Then this little line, in the same style as the
one above (all the repeats of the first two
chords omitted for brevity):
Guitar 1 joins here
v
e|-12--7--9--9--9--9--9----9--8--7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-12--7--9--9--9--9--9----9--8--7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-13--8--10-10-10-10-10---10-9--8-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-14--9--11-11-11-11-11---11-10-9-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-14--9--11-11-11-11-11---11-10-9-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-12--7--9--9--9--9--9----9--8--7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-|
Go back to the verse riff if you need to, or repeat
the above riff several times for the "I learned that
I was a liar..." part. There are a couple more appearances
of the intro line later in the song, but they are not hard
to figure out.
I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade
And watch the rolling heads
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich
The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
And let the martyrs stretch
Singing
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
Might make it
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
The day I tried to live
Words you say never seem
To live up to the ones
Inside your head
The lives we make
Never seem to ever get us anywhere
But dead
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
I woke the same as any other day you know
I should have stayed in bed
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
And I learned that I was a liar
Just like you
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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version 3
E -> B(down)
B -> B(same)
G -> B(down)
D -> B(down)
A -> E(down)
E -> E(same)
Intro: this is the biggest difference. not only are the doubled notes
important,
but also the low open strings, which create those nice pedal tones you hear
in
the recording, but can't do in standard tuning.
B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-|
B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-|
B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-|
B|-0----0----0--0--0--9---9-9/12-12-0-|
E|--------------------0---0-0----0--0-|
E|------------------------------------|
the slide guitar:
B|-15\9--9-11-11\9--|
B|-20\15--20\15-20\15-20\12--|
Verse:
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-PM.........-12---PM......................-8---PM...............-|
E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11---10---9---8-8-8-8-8---7-6---5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11-0-10-0-9-0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6-0-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
Pre-Chorus: very similar to verse
B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chorus:
B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-|
B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-|
B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-|
B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Post-Chorus:
B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Interlude: there's a long pause, and then you do the intro at double pace
I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade
And watch the rolling heads
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich
The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
And let the martyrs stretch
Singing
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
Might make it
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
The day I tried to live
Words you say never seem
To live up to the ones
Inside your head
The lives we make
Never seem to ever get us anywhere
But dead
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
I woke the same as any other day you know
I should have stayed in bed
The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigs
And I learned that I was a liar
Just like you
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