• Song:

    Family System

  • Artist:

    Chevelle

  • Album:

    Wonder Whats Next

Author/Artist: Chevelle
Title: Family System
Album: Wonder What's Next
Email: john1645@msu.edu
By: Alpha-Q
Tuning: Down 1 1/2 Steps Drop D, (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#) (Low to High)

PM = palm mute
p = pick up
() = ghost note (still ringing)
<> = natural harmonics
 = slide
x = no note value (mute strings)
~ = let note ring out

Note: I watched the dvd and corrected my intro.

Intro: 
|---------------------------------------------------------0-|
|--------0-------------0---------------0--------------------|
|--4-4-4---4-4-4--4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4--4-4-5-5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|X2
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------0--|
|-------0---0-------0---0--------0---0--------0------|
|-4-4-4---5----4-4-4--5----4-4-4---5----4-4-4---5----|
|----------------------------------------------------|x2
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|



Riff 1
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-0-0----------------------0-0-------------------0-0-0-
|-0-0----------------------0-0-------------------0-0-0-
|-0-0--0-7-3-0-6-3-0-3-6-000-0-(0)-7-3-0-6p3-0h3-0-0-0-
       . . . . . . . . . ..                         

------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
---------------------0-0------------------------|
---------------------0-0------------(ding-ding)-|
-0-7-3-0-6-3-0-3-6-000-0-0-7-3-0-6--------------|
 . . . . . . . . . ..


Riff 2 (sounds best if the x's are muted around the 4th fret)
|---------------------------|----------------x-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------|----------------x-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------|----------------x-x-x-x-|
|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6-3-0-3-6-0---|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6--x-x-x-x-|
|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6-3-0-3-6-0---|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6----------|
|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6-3-0-3-6-0---|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6----------|


Riff 3a: Verse 1

|--------x-x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-x-
|--------x-x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-x-
|--------x-x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-x-

--------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
--------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
--------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
-0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|
-0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|
-0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|




|----------------------------|----------------xxxx-|
|----------------------------|----------------xxxx-|
|----------------------------|----------------xxxx-|
|----------------------------|----------------xxxx-|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-7-3-0-7-3-0-*6-3-0-3-6-000-|-7-3-0-7-3-0-6*------|
  . . . . . .                  . . . . . . 

Riff 3b Verse 2
|--------x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-
|--------x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-
|--------x-x-x---------------------x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-
|-3-3-33-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-0-0-00-x-x-x-


-------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
-------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
-------------------x-x-x-x--------------|
0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|
0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|
0-0-05-5555-3-3-33-x-x-x-x-3-3-35-5555-|


|--------------------------------------------------
|---0---0---0------0---0--0----------0---0---0-----
|-5---4---4------5---4--4----------5---4---4-------
|-------------0---------------------------------0--
|-------------0---------------------------------0--
|-------------0--------------0-0-0--------------0--
                             . . .  

-------------------------------------------------------------------
---0---0---0----------0---0---0------0---0---0-----------0---0---0-
-5---4---4----------5---4---4------5---4---4-----------5---4---4---
--------------0-0-0------------------------------------------------
--------------0-0-0------------------------------------------------
--------------0-0-0--------------0~-------------0-0-0~-------------
               . . .

----------------------------|
------0---0---0---0---0---0-|
----5---4---4---5---4---4---|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
-0~-------------------------|

Riff 5

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0---0---0-----------------------0---0---0-|
|-------------------5---4---4-----------------------5---4---4---|
|-3-3-33-3-3-33-3-3--------------0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0--------------|
|-3-3-33-3-3-33-3-3--------------0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0--------------|
|-3-3-33-3-3-33-3-3--------------0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0--------------|


Play the intro and then riff 1. and end with pick scrapes.
play riff 2 then to riff 6

Riff 6
|-0---------0---------0---------0-----------------|
|-3---------3---------3---------3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2---------2---------2---------2-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-----------------|

Ending Riff
|----------x-x-x-x-----------------|
|----------x-x-x-x-----------------|
|----------x-x-x-x-----------------|
|-3-3-33-3-x-x-x-x-3-3-335-5555-0-|
|-3-3-33-3-x-x-x-x-3-3-335-5555-0-|
|-3-3-33-3-x-x-x-x-3-3-335-5555-0-|
                            .... 
intro riff is the outro

E-mail me any corrections or comments.
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