This has been taken from http://www.cultcentral.com/guitar/SoldierBlue.txt I did not tab this and thank you to Pedro Sousa for tabbing this kik ass song out! Soldier Blue the cult - sonic temple 1989 transcribed by pedro sousa (pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt) here's another great song from the also great sonic temple, in my opinion it's pretty I have doubts about the pre-chorus though. send me any corrections! / - slide ~ - vibratto . - stacatto h - hammer on p - pull off (5) - grace note (slides) º - artificial harmonic b - b brp - bend release pull off ? - when I can't make out the lyrics intro: x4 with some whammy bar effects (try the harmonic at 7th fret second string) 1st/3rd 2nd 4th e-----------------------|-------|------| b-----------------------|-------|------| g---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---| d---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---| a---0--2-----2-----2----|--5~~--|--0---| E-----------------------|-------|------| riff 1 chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5 e----------------------------------------------------------------| b----------------------------------------------------------------| g---9-8-9------9-8-9-/11---11-9-8-9-8-------9-8-------9-7--------| d---------9-9------------9------------9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7----| a----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| e-----------------------------------| b-----------------------------------| g--/11-9-8-9-8--/11-9-8-9-8---------| d---------------------------9-7-9---| a-----------------------------------| E-----------------------------------| verse 1: . . . . chords: B5 B5A5 D5 E5/A5 * *play A5 right after B5 (listen to the song) soldier blue bloodstained red hey people it's gonna bust your head a real bad dream yeah you know it's true kiss his boots or you'll be through out of the night comes a soldier ridin' line you up in his gun sight pre-chorus: slide to A5 only the last time chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5 this is played over the pre chorus e--------------------------------------| b-------------------------------14b-14-| g-2~-4~-5~-7~-9~-11~-12~-14~-16~-------| d--------------------------------------| a--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------| his mind's exploded ego's overloaded hey children started runnin' chorus: same as riff1 x2 soldier blue love is out of season soldier blue yeah ain't fighting for no reason no no verse 2: same as the first but the D5 rings out more and has small slide before it a soldier blue a soldier fried he's gonna bust up everything in sight a real heavy dude in a killing mood pack your bags or you'll be through you'll be through yeah it's guaranteed to shater all your dreams pre-chorus: chorus: interlude: palm muted root notes use this clean bit when necessary in this part e--0-----0-----0------------| b----0-----0-----0----------| g------2-----2-----2--------| d---------------------------| a---------------------------| E---------------------------| B D\A B I see the sunset sea on fire ships burn off the coast of orion G B A dreams of peace wait on the horizon for yee B D\A clouds filled with blood rain on the water B G B A ????? night time fingers clench the last ???? D\B D\A B G B A our sister rides a horse of apocalypse now is the closing during this last phrase play the same thing but strike the chords between the root notes (heavy metal style) play this over it e-----12brp10-12-prebend12rp10--12brp-12~-hold-b--| b--12---------------------------------------------| g-------------------------------------------------| d-------------------------------------------------| a-------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------| solo: part 1 (play the intro) love has no season come on shake it stealer e-------------------------10b-hold-rp7--------------------------------------------------| b---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b----------------10-7-10/(12)~~--º-º----º-º---º-º----------------| g---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7---7-7------9~~-7~~~~-| d-------------------------------------------------------9-----9----9-----9~~------------| a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| part 2: chords: B5 D5 E5 B5 D5 B5 * * end it here the second time e--------------------7--------------------------------------------------| b------------------7---10-7-10brp7--------------------------------------| g--9brp7--9b~~-~9b-----------------9brp7-9-7---------9-7----------------| d--------------------------------------------9~-9~-------9-7------------| a------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5----| E--------------------------------------------------------------------7~-| e----------------------------------7-10p7----7------------7-10p7----7---------------------------| b------------------------10b-10b----------10---10-7--------------10---10-7-º----------10/(12)~~-| g-------------------7h9-----------------------------9brp7------------------9brp7----7-----------| d------------7~~--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-------------| a----5-7/(9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| chorus: the end uses the same chords as riff 1 but the phrasing is different once again you must listen to the song, there's also a solo over it. B5 A5 D5 E5/ suggestions, corrections, comments welcome at pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt