• Song:

    Simon Says

  • Artist:

    Drain

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From: "levis" 
Subject: d/drain/simon_says.tab
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 9:27:26 -0600


Artist: Drain Sth
Song: Simon Says
Album: Freaks of nature (1999)
By: Jari Levisto (levari@yeayea.com)

 I've tabbed this song in regular tuning, 'cause I have no idea   what
tuning they used on the record. Notes in () produce a        lower sound if
you use them, and it sounds more like on the       record.

 The bass intro/chorus riff, gtr. uses the same riff. 
 Fig.1
     D      C#         D      C#
 G||-----------------|-----------6------||
 D||*-----------5----|--------------5--*||
 A||*-5b6b5--4-------|-5b6b5--4--------*||
 E||-----------------|------------------||


 Verse riff w/clean tone. Chords implied by bass.
 Fig.2
      D          C#            D         C#
 E||------------------------|----------------------||
 B||--------5----------5----|------5----------5----||
 G||*-7--------7----------7-|---------7-----------*||
 D||*----7----------7-------|----7---------7------*||
 A||------------------------|----------------------||
 E||------------------------|----------------------||


 The pre-chorus riff. there's a melody riff played over this one   but I
haven't figured it out.
 Fig.3
      D5     E5        D5     G5          D5     E5
 E||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
 B||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
 G||*-7------9-------|-7------12--------|-7------9-------|
 D||*-7------9-------|-7------12--------|-7------9-------|
 A||--5------7-------|-5------10--------|-5------7-------|
 E||-(5)----(7)------|(5)----(10)-------|(5)----(7)------|

     D5      C#5
 E-|-----------------||
 B-|-----------------||
 G-|-7-------6------*||
 D-|-7-------6------*||
 A-|-5b6b5---4-------||
 E-|(5b6b5)-(4)------||







-

 "Solo"
 w/wah wah (random vibrato & pinch harmonics)
 Fig.4
     (E)(Eb) (D)(C#) (C)
 -E||-----------------|----------------||
 B||-----------------|----------------||
 G||*--7---6---5---4-|-3-------------*||
 D||*--7---6---5---4-|-3-------------*||
 A||-----------------|----------------||
 E||-----------------|----------------||

 Rythm. figure for the gtr. "solo"
 Fig.4b
      E  F#   G   A    E  F#   E   Eb
 E||-----------------|----------------||
 B||-----------------|----------------||
 G||*----------------|---------------*||
 D||*-2---4---5---7--|-2---4---2---1-*||
 A||--2---4---5---7--|-2---4---2---1--||
 E||-(0)-(2)-(3)-(5)-|(0)-(2)-(0)-----||


 Intro	   Fig.1    *2  (bass only)
	   Fig.1    *2  (band enters)
 Verse	   Fig.2    *4
 Pre-chorus Fig.3    *2
 Chorus	   Fig.1    *4
 Verse	   Fig.2    *4
 Pre-chorus Fig.3    *2
 Chorus	   Fig.1    *4
 Solo	   Fig.4&4b *2
 Bridge	   Fig.2    *6  (first 2 times play only first 4 notes)
 Pre-chorus Fig.3	   *2
 Chorus	   Fig.1	   *4
 Fine
 
 As usual correction and praises to (levari@yeayea.com)
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