Song: Fall To Pieces
Band: Velvet Revolver
Album: Contraband
Tabbed by: Kabir
ktaneja@students.latrobe.edu.au
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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Slash'
Gtr 2 (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dave Kushner'
4/4
Gtr I
::Intro - played on clean guitars::
|-3-2---------2-----------------0-------------0------|
|-3---3---------3-------------3---3---------3---3----|
|-------3-0-------0-----0---0-------0---0------------|
|-----------0-------0-0---0-----------0---0----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
::Verse 1 - play with same intro riff::
"It's been a long year
Since you've been gone
I've been alone here
I've grown old
I fall to pieces, I'm falling
Fell to pieces and I'm still falling"
::Chorus - play with below chords::
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------7----|
|-7-----------5------------7----|
|-7-----------5------------5----|
|-5-----------3-----------------|
"Every time I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces"
:: Riff A - what a beauty of a riff, play the riff over the chords below::
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7--------5------------|
|-5--------3-------7----|
|------------------5----|
|-15-14-------------------14b15-14------------------13-12---------------------------|
|-------15-------------------------15---------------------13------------------------|
|----------14--12S11------------------14--12S11--------------12--10-9---------------|
|--------------------12-------------------------12-----------------------9h10S12----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------10------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
::Verse 2 - played with the intro riff only::
"I keep a journal of memories
I'm feeling lonely, I can't breathe
I fall to pieces, I'm falling
Fell to pieces and I'm still falling"
::Chorus played twice - first time play with below chords::
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------7----|
|-7-----------5------------7----|
|-7-----------5------------5----|
|-5-----------3-----------------|
"Every time I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces"
>>Second time play with these chords<<
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7--------5------------|
|-5--------3-------7----|
|------------------5----|
"Every time I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces"
::Bridge - before solo, these are the chords, listen to song for timing::
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4------------4-----2---4---2----|
|-2------2-----2-----0---2---0----|
|--------0------------------------|
"All the years I've tried
With more to go
Will the memories die
I'm waiting
Will I find you
Can I find you
We're falling down
I'm falling"
::Solo - Played by Slash,
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17b19=====17b19====17b19--15-17----15--17b19---19b21---17-19--17b19-17b19--15--13-15-12-13-13-10-11b11.5-|
|---------------------------------16-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-----10-----------10----12b13.5-10h12p10----10--14b16--14-15-12-------12-------------|
|-----12b13-----10--10-12----12------------------12---------------------15b16----15-12-15----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
****(refer bellow)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17pb19r=17--17b19-17b19-17b19---19b20.5--19b20.5---20b22---19-20-19r=19---17b18.5--15-17----15----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>Solo chords<<
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-7---5--------|
|-5---3---7----|
|---------5----|
**** Chords played during that part of solo****
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-2---5---7----|
|-0---3---5----|
::Chorus with Riff A::
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7--------5------------|
|-5--------3-------7----|
|------------------5----|
"Every time I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces"
|-15-14-------------------14b15-14------------------13-12---------------------------|
|-------15-------------------------15---------------------13------------------------|
|----------14--12S11------------------14--12S11--------------12--10-9---------------|
|--------------------12-------------------------12-----------------------9h10S12----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------10------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
::keep playing above riff till song ends as in song..obviously..and finished!::
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
