Song: Coup D'Etat Artist: Refused Album: Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent (Burning Hearts Records) Tab Author: Roland Barzegar - rolandbarzegar@hotmail.com Search Engine: Coup D'Etat guitar tab, Refused guitar tab Date: 26th July 2003 This tab was inspired by a really bad tab of this song I found on the net. Thanks to Edd "Hotcakes" Dawson for introducing me to Refused and providing an excellent tabbing style with which to completely rip off (sorry!). This is ALL MY OWN WORK so I hope I have the intro right but there may be the odd mistake so email me if there is. Any other criticisms will be ignored unless it is extreme abuse which will amuse me. But seriously, send me your comments no matter how trivial! The song is tabbed in order, but the song structure is summarized at the end. The timing of the song can be difficult so listen to it to get it right. It's an easy song to play, because all the main parts are basically the same, but there are subtle differences in the endings and transitions of each riff, which gives the song its character, but makes it more annoying to learn how to play! Notation used in this tab: --------------------------- * = palm mute h = hammer on p = pull off / = slide down Song is tabbed in Dropped D tuning, (DADGBe), simply because I found it much easier to play that way! Intro (0.01) x2 D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------5555--| B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-3333--| e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-------| * * Chorus (a) (0.10) x2 D|----------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|----------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|-----6----------------------|-----6---------------------------------| G|-----4-----------------5555-|-----4-----------------555444-2--------| B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--3333-|-4-2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--333222-0--2-222-| e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-------|-4-2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2------------2-222-| ****** Chorus (b) (0.22) D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| D|-----6---------------------------| G|-----4-----------------5555-5555-| B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--3333-3333-| e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2------------| Verse (0.27) Play 3 times... and end on... D|----------------------||-----------------| A|----------------------||-----------------| D|-----6----------------||-----------------| G|-----4----------------||-555444-2--------| B|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-333222-0--2-222-| e|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-----------2-222-| *** ****** Bridge 1 (0.36) Play 3 times... And end on.... D|---------------||-------| A|---------------||-------| D|---------------||-------| G|---------------||-5-4-2-| B|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-3-2-0-| e|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-------| Verse (0.44) Play 7 times... and end on... D|----------------------||-----------------| A|----------------------||-----------------| D|-----6----------------||-----------------| G|-----4----------------||-555444-2--------| B|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-333222-0--2-222-| e|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-----------2-222-| *** ****** Bridge 2 (1.02) x2 D|-----------|| A|-----------|| D|-----------|| G|-4----2----|| B|-4----2----|| e|-4----2----|| Bridge 1 (1.20) Play 3 times.. and end on... D|---------------||-----------------| A|---------------||-----------------| D|---------------||---------5-------| G|---------------||---------3-------| B|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-2h4-4-2---------| e|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-2h4-4-2---------| Fill 1 (1.29) x4 D|----------------------| A|----------------------| D|----------------------| G|----------------------| B|--h4--h4--h4-222222---| e|-2h4-2h4-2h4-222222---| ****** Fill 2 (1.37) x4 D|----------------------| A|----------------------| D|----------------------| G|--5------5------------| B|--3------3---222222---| e|-------------222222---| ****** [After that there is a short bass break until...] Pre-Chorus (2.02) D|-----------| A|-----------| D|-55555555--| G|-55555555--| B|-33333333--| e|-----------| Chorus (2.03) x8 [on the 8th time play the last two notes for a whole beat instead of a half] D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| D|-----6-----------------| G|-----4-----------------| B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--| e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--| Outro (2.28) x1 D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------5555-----| B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-3333-----| e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22----------| * * Finish on... D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------555-2-2/-| B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-333-0-0/-| e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22----------| * * *** ========================== Intro x2 Chorus (a) x2 Chorus (b) x1 Verse x3 plus ending Bridge 1 x3 plus ending Verse x7 plus ending Bridge 2 x2 Bridge 1 x3 plus ending Fill 1 x4 Fill 2 x4 Pre-Chorus x1 Chorus x8 Outro x1 Outro end x1 ==========================