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Mission by King's X
Mission
Here's an approximate tab for this fantastic tune from the golden years of
King's X (which is to say, their first five albums). I've noticed most
of the King's X tabs available on the net leave much to be desired, and this
one may or may not be much better. I am an amateur guitarist at best, but
I've tried to be as accurate as possible here. That said, there are probably
small differences in phrasing and patterns and Ty seems to change a few notes
here and there in the same riffs as the song goes along
Tuning: (Dropped D) D A D G B E
OPENING RIFF VERSE RIFF (let ring)
e|-------------------------||--------------------------------------------1-||
B|-----------------3-----3-||--------3--3--------3--3--------3-----------3-||
G|-----------------2-----2-||-----2-----------2-----------0-----0-----0----||
D|--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-||--0-------------------------------------------||
A|--0--2--2--2--2-----2----||--------------3-----------2-----------1-------||
D|--0--2--2--2--2-----2----||----------------------------------------------||
x x x x x
PRE-CHORUS RIFF
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------5-----4--------|--------5-----4--------|--------5-----2-----5-----|
D|--3-----------------5--|--5-----------------5--|--3-----------------------|
A|--3--------------------|--5--------------------|--1--1-----1-----1--------|
D|--3--3-----3-----3-----|--5--5-----5-----5-----|--------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----6-----6--|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--5-----5-----5-----5--|--------5-----4--------|--------5-----4-----------|
D|--5-----5-----5-----5--|--5-----------------5--|--3-----------------5-----|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--------------------|--3-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|--5--5-----5-----5-----|--3--3-----3-----3--------|
x x x x x x x x x
e|-----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|
B|-----------------------|--6-----6-----6--6--6--6--||----------------------|
G|--------5-----2-----5--|--5-----5-----5--5--5--5--||----------------------|
D|--3--------------------|--5-----5-----5--5--5--5--||----------------------|
A|--1--1-----1-----1-----|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||----------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|
x x x x x
CHORUS RIFF (let ring)
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3--------3-------|-------3--------3--------3-------------|
G|-----2--------2--------0----------|----2--------2--------0----------------|
D|--0--------2--------3--------5--7-|-0--------2--------3--------5--3-------|
A|--0--------2--------3--------5--7-|-0--------2--------3--------5--3-------|
D|--0--------2--------3--------5--7-|-0--------2--------3--------5--3-------|
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|--5-----5-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|--5--5-----5-----5--5-----5--0--|--2--2--2--2--5--3--5---5--3--5--5--3----|
A|--3--------3--3-----5--5-----0--|--2--2--2--2--5--3--5---5--3--5--5--3----|
D|-----------3--------5--------0--|--2--2--2--2--5--3--5---5--3--5--5--3----|
broken body its joints at war religious vipers sucking
royal blood the price is paid the final score the truth exists even through
pious mud who are these people behind the stained glass windows have they
forgotten just what they came here for was it salvation or "scared of hell" or
an assembly of a social get-together what's the mission of the preacher man?
some are true some do lie what's the mission of the preacher man yeah! yeah!
yeah! a threat of justice the lazy judge the governess teaches his son to scream
adopted child true path to trudge no minor plot to undermine his dream
(_preacher_: bless god! the more i think about it the more i think i was
preaching the truth i went down to the cadillac agency and one hour later i
drove out a new cadillac hallelujah say praise the lord bless god i'm gonna
drive that cadillac down here and get it dusty and dirty and use it for god
hallelujah! thank you jesus
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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