• Song:

    The Clincher

  • Artist:

    Chevelle

  • Album:

    This Type Of Thinking C...

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Artist:  Chevelle
Song:    The Clincher
Album:   This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In
Tuning:  Drop A# (A# F A# D# G C)
Author:  Mike Smith (sublime56@hotmail.com)

New song off the Madden 2005 soundtrack and their new album coming out
Tuesday September 21st (Today).  Enjoy!

Notation Key:

v - Downstroke
^ - Upstroke
h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
* - Natural Harmonic Note
~ - Let Ring
/ - Slide Up
 - Slide Down
x - Muted String
p.m. - Palm Mute


Intro (with Wah):

NOTE:  Hit the harmonics and while letting them ring, roll the wah foward.  Wait
three beats (i.e. count to 3 in your head while you're doing it) then on the 4th,
mute the harmonic on the D# string and turn the wah off.  It'll sound just like 
the real intro.

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---*4.7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---*4.7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Intro (continued):

There is a second guitar oversampled here that hits muted strings while slowly
rocking a wah forward and back.  I only tabbed the main riff.

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------|| 

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |------------------------------------------------------------*4.7~~~~-------||
D#|------------------------------------------------------------*4.7~~~~-------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0----------------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------|| 

C |------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
G |------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
D#|------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||

Verse 1 (Pick scrapes only.  Machine-gun style scrape on the 6th(A#) string):

Pre-Chorus 1 (Clean guitar with thick chorus):

      (These are 13's, 15's and 10's)
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515-1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||

Kick on the distortion on the last open chord and let harmonics ring:

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515----------------------------------------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0~~~~~~~-----------------------*5~~----||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-0~~~~~~~--------------------*5~~~~~----||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0~~~~~~~-------------------------------||

Verse 2 (Palm mutes and harmonics with pick scrapes oversampled):

      (Harmonics are still ringing)
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|------------------------------------------------------0---0--0----*5~~-----||
F |------------------------------------------------------0---0--0-*5~~~~~-----||
A#|------------------------------------------------------0---0--0-------------|| x4
p.m.                                                     .   .  .

Verse 2 Continued:

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7--7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7--7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6--5h6-5---5-5-5--5-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x4

Pre-Chorus 2 (Back to clean):

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515-1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||

Distortion comes in here ("Never would I"):

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------||

Breakdown (Same as intro except it's palm muted and there's an oversample):

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------||
p.m.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No palm muting this time:

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |--------------------------------------------------------------*4.7---------||
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------*4.7---------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0----------------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |--------------------------------------------------------------*4.7---------||
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------*4.7---------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------|| x2

Chorus Riff (Repeat whole chorus 4 times):

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|| x4

Main Riff again:

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------|| x2

Outro:

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------||

C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|------------------------------------------------------------x-x-0----------||
F |------------------------------------------------------------x-x-0----------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-x-x-0----------||

-Fin-
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