• Song:

    Voice Like A Nova

  • Artist:

    Sever Your Ties

  • Album:

    Safety In The Sea

Voice like a Nova
Sever your Ties
Safety in the Sea
2008

Tuning: Drop D 

I don’t believe there’s any bass during the intro, but if you find 
yourself itching to play during it, just turn the volume down and 
hammer out sixteenths on the second fret of the low D. 

Verse
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|-2~~-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5---0---2~~-------------0---2---5---0---|x4

Chorus
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1010101010\-----|
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You see that slide down at the end there? Take pride in playing that slide.
It’s the only thing in the song that you play independent of the other
guitars. 

Post-Chorus
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|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-7~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-4~~~~~~-7~~~~~~-|x6

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|-9-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-7h9-0-9-0-0-7-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-9-0-9h12-0-12-0-0-7h9-| 
Pm. * *   * *   *     *   * *   *    * *    * *   *      *    * *   x4

That riff is a bit tricky, but it's good practice. If it's too difficult
for you at this point, drop out the palm muting or nix the opens entirely,
whichever you prefer, and it'll still sound pretty good.

The guitars then play that riff once without bass, then:

Verse
Chorus 
Post-Chorus 

Wait one more beat before hitting this last note
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And that's all.  Rate, comment, and enjoy! Send me a message if you have
any questions or corrections.
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