THE HOLD STEADY

HOT SOFT LIGHT

tabbed by dan (yellowledbetter_69@hotmail.co.uk)


standard tuning

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10--10----9--9---6--6--8--8----10--10----9--9---6--6--8--8----1---|
|----11--11----9--9---7--7--9--9----11--11----9--9---7--7--9--9----2---|
|----11--11----7--7---7--7--9--9----11--11----7--7---7--7--9--9----2---|
|-----9---9-----------5--5--7--7-----9---9-----------5--5--7--7----0---|
intro/verses

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------9---------------9--11b13-11--9---|
|-----9--11-----11-9---9h11-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---9-----------------------------------------|
verses wah guitar  (rough guess, probably wrong)

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------2-x-2-2-2-------------4-x-4-4-4----|
|---4-4-4-4-4--2-x-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-x-4-4-4----|
|---4-4-4-4-4--0-x-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--2-x-2-2-2----|
|---2-2-2-2-2-------------0-0-0-0-0---------------|
chorus

|--0-0-0-5p0-0-4p0-0-0-0---|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
riff bit into verse 2

|------------------------------------|
|--9--9h10-10-9h10-10-9h10-10-9h10---|
|--9--9h11-11-9h11-11-9h11-11-9h11---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
this fill is played just before chorus 2

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---6-6-6---------2-2-2----------------2-2-2----------|
|---6-6-6--6-6-6--2-2-2--2-2-2--4-4-4--2-2-2--2-2-2---|
|---4-4-4--6-6-6--0-0-0--2-2-2--4-4-4--0-0-0--2-2-2---|
|----------4-4-4---------0-0-0--2-2-2---------0-0-0---|
bridge

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---13r11--13r11--13r11--9--8--9-\----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
solo guitar 1  (w/octave effect)

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------9--11--11b13r11-9--------|
|---9-11-9--------------------11-9---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
solo guitar 2   clean tone with wah

|-------------------------------------|
|--14b16---14-14-12-9-10-9------------|
|--------------------------11-9-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
solo guitar 1

|--14-12-----11h12-----12-11----------|
|---------12-------12--------12---12--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
solo guitar 2

|---12-11-9-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-10-9--10-9----9----------------------------|
|-------------------------11---11-9--11b13-11b13--11-9\---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
solo guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------9---9--11-12-13---|
|--9------------9----9-11-9-11--11---------------|
|----7--9h10h11---11-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
solo guitar 2   this bit is probably wrong

|--------12-------12-------12-------12-----14b16-14-12\--|
|--12h14----12h14----12h14----12h14-----12---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
solo guitar 1

|----------------------------|
|--9-10-9--------------------|
|---------9----------9--9\---|
|-----------11--9h11---------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
solo guitar 2

that's about everything.