• Song:

    Next Contestant

  • Artist:

    Nickelback

Nickelback
Next Contestant (track 7 from ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, 2005)
Guitar tab - Drop C tuning, then 1/2 step down 
Tabbed by: LastManGone (bbrasileiro@gmail.com)

/ = slide up
 = slide down
~ = tremolo
h = hammer on
p = pull-off
r = release note (don`t let ring)

Guitar 1 (intro/verses) - Add FLANGER
LIGHT DISTORTION
b |--------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|
E |------7-9---7----7-9-------7-9---7----7-9---|
B |----9-----9----9---------9-----9----9-------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
     |_______________________________________|
                   Palm-muted


Guitar 2 (verse lead) - “They go and ask the DJ…”
LIGHT DISTORTION (ADD REVERB + CHORUS)
b |-----------------------------------------|
Ab|---10/12-8~---10~-10/12-8~--8/10-10~---|
E |-------------9---------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|


(pre-chorus) - “Here comes the next contestant…” 
ELETRONIC EFFECT (???)
b |------------------------|
Ab|------------------------|
E |------------------------|
B |---5-----7--------------|
Gb|---5-----7--------------|
B |---5-----7--------------|


Both guitars (chorus) - “Is that your hand….”
HEAVY DISTORTION
b |-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B |--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|
Gb|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|
B |--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|

“I wish you`d do it again…”
b |-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|   x 2
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
Gb|---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|	

“There goes the next contestant…”
b |-----------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
B |---5-5r---7-7r---------|
Gb|---5-5r---7-7r---------|
B |---5-5r---7-7r---------|

(bridge)
HEAVY DISTORTION
b |-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
B |--0h2h5p2-0h2h5p2—0h2h5p2-0h2h5-7r-5r----|

Then…

b |-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------5----------------|
B |--0h2h5p2-0h2h5p2—0h2h5p2-0h2h5---7-5-2--7-5-2-0-|
				  |________________|
				      Palm-muted

b |-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
B |--0h2h5p2-0h2h5p2—0h2h5p2-0h2h5-7r-5r----|

b |-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------5--------------|
B |--0h2h5p2-0h2h5p2—0h2h5p2-0h2h5---7-5-2--7-5-0-|
			          |______________|
				     Palm-muted

b |--------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------|  
E |--------------------------------------------------|    x 2
B |--------------------------------------------------|  (~) = 2nd time
Gb|--0-2--------0-2-5-7--0-2-----5-------------------|
B |--0-2-/5-2r--0-2-5-7--0-2-/5----7-5-2--7-5-0(~)---|
	       |_______|	|______________|
	       Palm-muted          Palm-muted
					  
     

Both guitars (outro)
HEAVY DISTORTION
b |-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B |--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|
Gb|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|
B |--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0r--7-7r-|--0h2h5-2r--5-5r--0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7----|

“I wish you`d do it again…”
b |-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|   x 2
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
Gb|---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|	

Then…

b |-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|   x 2
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
Gb|---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|
B |---2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--7777-/12121212-----|	


“There goes the next contestant…”
b |-----------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
B |---5-5r---7-7r---------|
Gb|---5-5r---7-7r---------|
B |---5-5r---7-7r---------|


Song structure:

(intro) x 1
(verse) x 8
(verse) x 8 + (verse lead) x 4
(pre-chorus) x 1
(chorus) x 1
(intro) x 2
(verse) x 8 + (verse lead) x 4
(pre-chorus) x 1
(chorus) x 1
(bridge) x 1 
(verse) x 4 + (verse lead) x 2
(pre-chorus) x 1
(outro) x 1

Wow! That was fun! Great song!
Enjoy!
LMG
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