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Cicada by Silverchair
Cicada
!TUNING!
Standard
!!KEY!!
|*-*|-repeat measure number of times listed
/-slide up
\-slide down
PM-palm mute
x-muffled string
#^(1/2)-half step bend
#^(1)-whole step bend
#^(1/2 or 1)#-bend then release
h-hammer on
p-pull off
hr-harmonic
~~-trill, vibrato whatever...
Intro
E|-----|-----------------------------------|
B|-----|-----------------------------------| play 3x
G|-----|*---------------------------------*| w/slight
D|-----|---2----2------0------0------0-----| variation
A|-----|*--2--2-------------2------4---4--*|
E|-0-0-|---0---------0----3-----/5---------|
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-|
G|-----------------0---2-| play 3x
D|-2---------------0---2-| then play
A|-2---------------X---0-| next riff
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-------3----3/5--|
B|-------3----3/5--|
G|-0--0--0----0-0--|
D|-0--0--2------4--|
A|-------3------5--|
E|-----------------|
Verse 1
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------| play 5x
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------| then
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|
E|------------------|
Verse 2
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------7--7--7--|
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM_____________________________________|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------7--7--7--|
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM_____________________________________|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|
B|------------------|-------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9---7------|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|------------------|----------5--|
Chorus
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-| play 4x
G|-----------------0---2-| then
D|-2---------------0---2-|
A|-2---------------X---0-|
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--5--7--9---7------|
D|--5--7--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--3--5--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|----------------5--|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse 3
"And now that he was in his teens..."
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------| play 6x
D|----------------------------------------------------| then
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM______________________________________________|
E|------------------|-------------|
B|------------------|-------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9---7------|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|------------------|----------5--|
CHORUS (again)
SOLO
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-5^(1/2)--7-5-7--7------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
PM__| ~~~~~~
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----7^(1/2)7------------------------------------|
G|----7^(1)--7---7^(1)--7^(1)-7(1)7p5-------------|
D|--7---------------------------------7--7--7/X\--|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
holdbend____________________
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------20-------------------------------|
G|-19^(1)----19^--19^--19-19^---17h19--17--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------5h6p5---------|
G|-----------------0--0--0--0--2------------7--5--4-|
D|--19p17--19--19\----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
GUITAR 2 plays A5 C5 D5 during the solo
Interlude
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------3------3-3--------4------4-4--------5------5------|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3----|
A|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--3-3-3----X-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
PM___| P M PM--| P M PM--| P M Hr
E|-------------|
B|-3--3--3--3--|
G|-2--2--2--2--|
D|-0--0--0--0--|
A|-0--0--0--0--|
E|-------------|
E|----------------------------|
B|-5----5--5--8----10--10-----|
G|-4----4--4--7--0-9---9--0-0-| play 3x
D|-2----2--2--5--0-7---7--0-0-|
A|-2--------------------------|
E|-0--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------8-8---10--10--10------|
G|-------------------7-7---9---9---9-------|
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-0-7---7---7-------|
A|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------0--0-|
PM_____________|
LAST CHORUS
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-| play 4x
G|-----------------0---2-| then
D|-2---------------0---2-|
A|-2---------------X---0-|
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------2---2------| play 4x
D|------------------------2---2------| then
A|------------------------0---0--x-x-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3p0-------------|
PM______________|
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5----7----9---7------|
D|--5----7----9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--3----5----7-x-5-x-7--|
E|--------------------5--|
When he was just a little boy,
He only had one favourite toy,
And he had nothing on his mind,
He never left anything behind, no, As he got older, things got worse,
Like he had been born under a curse,
Things started to fall apart,
They went like they were at the start,
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
It's like a civil war,
And now that he was in his teens,
He started to learn live of his means,
Probably to stay in here and
They didn't look like disappearin',
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war
---------------
version 2
Tuning = Standard
!!KEY!!
|*-*|-repeat measure number of times listed
/-slide up \-slide down PM-palm mute
x-muffled string #^(1/2)-half step bend
#^(1)-whole step bend #^(1/2 or 1)#-bend then release
h-hammer on p-pull off hr-harmonic
~~-trill, vibrato whatever...
Intro
E|-----|-----------------------------------|
B|-----|-----------------------------------| play 3x
G|-----|*---------------------------------*| w/slight
D|-----|---2----2------0------0------0-----| variation
A|-----|*--2--2-------------2------4---4--*|
E|-0-0-|---0---------0----3-----/5---------|
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-|
G|-----------------0---2-| play 3x
D|-2---------------0---2-| then play
A|-2---------------X---0-| next riff
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-------3----3/5--|
B|-------3----3/5--|
G|-0--0--0----0-0--|
D|-0--0--2------4--|
A|-------3------5--|
E|-----------------|
Verse 1
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------| play 5x
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------| then
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|
E|------------------|
Verse 2
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------7--7--7--|
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM_____________________________________|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------7--7--7--|
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM_____________________________________|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|
B|------------------|-------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9---7------|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|------------------|----------5--|
Chorus
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-| play 4x
G|-----------------0---2-| then
D|-2---------------0---2-|
A|-2---------------X---0-|
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--5--7--9---7------|
D|--5--7--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--3--5--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|----------------5--|
E|-----0------0------------------------|
B|---0------0---0-------3--------------|
G|--------------------2----2----2------|
D|-2------1-------1-0------2--2--------|
A|-------------------------0------0--0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse 3
"And now that he was in his teens..."
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------| play 6x
D|----------------------------------------------------| then
A|--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4-4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
E|--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
PM______________________________________________|
E|------------------|-------------|
B|------------------|-------------|
G|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9---7------|
D|--9-8--7-6--5--7--|--9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--7-6--5-4--3--5--|--7-x-5-x-7--|
E|------------------|----------5--|
CHORUS (again)
SOLO
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-5^(1/2)--7-5-7--7------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
PM__| ~~~~~~
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----7^(1/2)7------------------------------------|
G|----7^(1)--7---7^(1)--7^(1)-7(1)7p5-------------|
D|--7---------------------------------7--7--7/X\--|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
holdbend____________________
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------20-------------------------------|
G|-19^(1)----19^--19^--19-19^---17h19--17--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------5h6p5---------|
G|-----------------0--0--0--0--2------------7--5--4-|
D|--19p17--19--19\----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
Interlude
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------3------3-3--------4------4-4--------5------5------|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3----|
A|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--3-3-3----X-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
PM___| P M PM--| P M PM--| P M Hr
E|-------------|
B|-3--3--3--3--|
G|-2--2--2--2--|
D|-0--0--0--0--|
A|-0--0--0--0--|
E|-------------|
E|----------------------------|
B|-5----5--5--8----10--10-----|
G|-4----4--4--7--0-9---9--0-0-| play 3x
D|-2----2--2--5--0-7---7--0-0-|
A|-2--------------------------|
E|-0--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------8-8---10--10--10------|
G|-------------------7-7---9---9---9-------|
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-0-7---7---7-------|
A|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------0--0-|
PM_____________|
LAST CHORUS
E|-----------------3---0-|
B|-----------------3---0-| play 4x
G|-----------------0---2-| then
D|-2---------------0---2-|
A|-2---------------X---0-|
E|-0---0--0--0--0--3-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------2---2------| play 4x
D|------------------------2---2------| then
A|------------------------0---0--x-x-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3p0-------------|
PM______________|
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5----7----9---7------|
D|--5----7----9-x-7-x-7--|
A|--3----5----7-x-5-x-7--|
E|--------------------5--|
When he was just a little boy,
He only had one favourite toy,
And he had nothing on his mind,
He never left anything behind, no, As he got older, things got worse,
Like he had been born under a curse,
Things started to fall apart,
They went like they were at the start,
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
It's like a civil war,
And now that he was in his teens,
He started to learn live of his means,
Probably to stay in here and
They didn't look like disappearin',
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war
---------------
version 3
Introduction:
E / G A /
Change: C D
Verse:
E F# G A *
Change: E D# D C# C D
* = sometimes these chords are played as a baseline only.
Chorus:
E D A E G A
It's like a civil war ... GROWING UP!
until...
C D E D A
Growing up .......... It's like a civil war.
Solo chords:
A / C D / x 4
Bb / B / C / D / then intro chords.
Solo:
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D--12^--10------------------------------10--|
A-----------12--10--12^---10--10--(12)------|
E-------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D--12^-12^-12^-12^-10----------------------|
A---------------------(12)-10-12-----------|
E------------------------------------------|
E--12^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------|
B--------------------14-12-14--------------|
G-----------------------------14-12-14-----|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D--------------------12-(14)-12------------|
A--10-(12)-10--12---------------14-13^-----|
E------------------------------------------|
When he was just a little boy,
He only had one favourite toy,
And he had nothing on his mind,
He never left anything behind, no, As he got older, things got worse,
Like he had been born under a curse,
Things started to fall apart,
They went like they were at the start,
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
It's like a civil war,
And now that he was in his teens,
He started to learn live of his means,
Probably to stay in here and
They didn't look like disappearin',
No, ohh,
It's like a civil war, growing up,
It's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war,
Don't turn away,
It's something you can't ignore,
Growing up, it's like a civil war
^ = bend
~~ = repeated
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