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Serve Your Soul by Ben Harper
Serve Your Soul
Tuning (this tab): Drop D [ D A D G B E ]
tuning: drop d (low e string tuned down one whole step)
intro
e-----------------------|
b-----------------------|
g-----------------------|
d--5-3------5-3---------|
a------5---------5------|
d--------(0)--------(0)-|
the chords for the verse are like this:
e--0-0-0---x--0-0-0--x-|
b--5-3-1---x--5-3-1--x-|
g--5-4-2---x--5-4-2--x-|
d----------x---------x-|
a----------x---------x-|
d----------x---------x-|
"i look into the mirror/and i see that life has taken it's toll"
e-------------------------------|
b-------------------------------|
g-------------------------------| (remember to get into drop d or it won't
d-------------------------------| sound sweet)
a-------------------------------|
d--5/7--7-7-33-3--3/5--5-5-00-0-|
after that it goes:
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------3^----------------------3^--|
g----------------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
d-5/6/7-10--5/6/7-10--3/5-3/0-----5/6/7-10--3/5-3/0--------|
then after he does that after the 2nd verse, i believe, there's this breakdown and solo part
he uses this as a hard-hitting bridge to the breakdown
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------|
g--5-5--5--5-5----------------5-5--5--5-5-------------------|
d--5-5--5--5-5---------3-0----5-5--5--5-5-------------------|
a--3-3--3--3-3---0-3-0--------3-3--3--3-3----0-3-0----------|
d---------------------------------------------------3--0----|
e------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------|
g--5-5--5--5-5----------3-0---5-5--5--5-5--------------|
d--5-5--5--5-5---0-3-0--------5-5--5--5-5--------------| *silence*
a--3-3--3--3-3----------------3-3--3--3-3---0-3-0------|
d--------------------------------------------------3---|
then a lone guitar comes out, very quietly....
e--------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------|
a--5--5--5-5-5-5-5---10--10-10/12-10---10/12-10---repeat-|
d--------------------------------------------------------|
that riff can be done two ways, either as above, or as:
e-------------------------------------------------|
b---3-----3--3-3-3----------------------------3---|
g--0/2----2--2-2-2-----4--4--4--4/5-4--4/5----0/2-|
d---0-----0--0-0-0-----5--5--5---5--5---5-----0---|
a-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
then guitar 2 starts out the solo,still quiet:
e------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------|
g---------10-------------10-------------10/12-10-------|
d---10/12----12----10/12----12----10/12----------12----|
a------------------------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------10----------------------------|
g---------10/12-10-------12--10--10----------------|
d---10/12----------------------------12--10--12----|
a--------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------|
now this is fun to play!
e-----------11-----------|
b------13^^-----13--11---| repeat that riff a couple times
g------------------------|
d------------------------|
a------------------------|
d------------------------|
then:
e------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------|
g--0-2--5--9----0-3-7-7/5--2-----0-2--5--9--9/12/14----|that 12/14 part i
d------------------------------------------------------|just made up, do it
a------------------------------------------------------|if you want to
d------------------------------------------------------|
you can do that riff on any of the strings, try it out.
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version 2
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5p3-----5p3-----5p3-----5p3-----5p3--------------------------------------|
A|------5-------5-------5-------5-------5------------------------------------|
E|--------0-------0-------0---------------0-3/5-5-5-5-3b5r3------------------|
That part repeats for a long time then goes to this once:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5p3---5p3---5p3---5p3----------------------------------------------------|
A|------5-----5-----5-----5--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3/5-5-5-5-3b5r3----------------------------------|
Next comes the verse riff, which repeats throughout the verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-0-0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2-0-0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
Then finally the chorus. There are so many guitars going at this point, so I prefer to
along with the bass: (This part is pretty slow, and for the vibrato, you can use a whammy
but I prefer to just bend and release)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5---5---7---7---3---3---5~~~~~--------------------------------------------|
Then play the verse riff once, then play the chorus fill above again. Next go to the
verse. Then for the chorus, you'll do the same thing, except for the second half of the
play this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------10------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------10------------------------------------------------|
E|-5---5---7---7---3---3---10------------------------------------------------|
Next you go to the bridge:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------3-------3---------------3-------3---------5b7--------------------------|
E|-5-6-7---5-6-7---3h5-3-0--5-6-7---5-6-7---3h5-3-0-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-6-7-10-5-6-7-10-3-5-3-0--5-6-7-10-5-6-7-10-3-5-3-0-3b4------------------|
E|-5-6-7-10-5-6-7-10-3-5-3-0--5-6-7-10-5-6-7-10-3-5-3-0----------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-----0-3-0-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-0-3-------3-3-3-3-0-3---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------0-3-0---------------------------------------|
Then there's a long interlude with a bunch of D and A chords, so I just solo in A and D
end it after the bridge.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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