Song: Coup D'Etat
Artist: Refused
Album: Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent (Burning Hearts Records)
Tab Author: Roland Barzegar - rolandbarzegar@hotmail.com
Search Engine: Coup D'Etat guitar tab, Refused guitar tab
Date: 26th July 2003
This tab was inspired by a really bad tab of this song I found on the
net. Thanks to Edd "Hotcakes" Dawson for introducing me to Refused and
providing an excellent tabbing style with which to completely rip off
(sorry!). This is ALL MY OWN WORK so I hope I have the intro right but
there may be the odd mistake so email me if there is. Any other
criticisms will be ignored unless it is extreme abuse which will amuse
me. But seriously, send me your comments no matter how trivial!
The song is tabbed in order, but the song structure is summarized at the
end. The timing of the song can be difficult so listen to it to get it
right. It's an easy song to play, because all the main parts are
basically the same, but there are subtle differences in the endings and
transitions of each riff, which gives the song its character, but makes
it more annoying to learn how to play!
Notation used in this tab:
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* = palm mute
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide down
Song is tabbed in Dropped D tuning, (DADGBe), simply because I found it
much easier to play that way!
Intro (0.01) x2
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------5555--|
B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-3333--|
e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-------|
* *
Chorus (a) (0.10) x2
D|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----6----------------------|-----6---------------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------5555-|-----4-----------------555444-2--------|
B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--3333-|-4-2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--333222-0--2-222-|
e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-------|-4-2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2------------2-222-|
******
Chorus (b) (0.22)
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-----6---------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------5555-5555-|
B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--3333-3333-|
e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2------------|
Verse (0.27)
Play 3 times... and end on...
D|----------------------||-----------------|
A|----------------------||-----------------|
D|-----6----------------||-----------------|
G|-----4----------------||-555444-2--------|
B|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-333222-0--2-222-|
e|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-----------2-222-|
*** ******
Bridge 1 (0.36)
Play 3 times... And end on....
D|---------------||-------|
A|---------------||-------|
D|---------------||-------|
G|---------------||-5-4-2-|
B|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-3-2-0-|
e|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-------|
Verse (0.44)
Play 7 times... and end on...
D|----------------------||-----------------|
A|----------------------||-----------------|
D|-----6----------------||-----------------|
G|-----4----------------||-555444-2--------|
B|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-333222-0--2-222-|
e|-442---2--4-2h4p2-7-2-||-----------2-222-|
*** ******
Bridge 2 (1.02) x2
D|-----------||
A|-----------||
D|-----------||
G|-4----2----||
B|-4----2----||
e|-4----2----||
Bridge 1 (1.20)
Play 3 times.. and end on...
D|---------------||-----------------|
A|---------------||-----------------|
D|---------------||---------5-------|
G|---------------||---------3-------|
B|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-2h4-4-2---------|
e|-2h4-4-2h4-22--||-2h4-4-2---------|
Fill 1 (1.29) x4
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
B|--h4--h4--h4-222222---|
e|-2h4-2h4-2h4-222222---|
******
Fill 2 (1.37) x4
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
G|--5------5------------|
B|--3------3---222222---|
e|-------------222222---|
******
[After that there is a short bass break until...]
Pre-Chorus (2.02)
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-55555555--|
G|-55555555--|
B|-33333333--|
e|-----------|
Chorus (2.03) x8 [on the 8th time play the last two notes for a whole
beat instead of a half]
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
D|-----6-----------------|
G|-----4-----------------|
B|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--|
e|-4p2---2--4-2h4p2-7-2--|
Outro (2.28) x1
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------5555-----|
B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-3333-----|
e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22----------|
* *
Finish on...
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------555-2-2/-|
B|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22-333-0-0/-|
e|-2-2h4-2h4p2h4-22-4444-----2-2h4-2h4p2-22----------|
* * ***
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Intro x2
Chorus (a) x2
Chorus (b) x1
Verse x3 plus ending
Bridge 1 x3 plus ending
Verse x7 plus ending
Bridge 2 x2
Bridge 1 x3 plus ending
Fill 1 x4
Fill 2 x4
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x8
Outro x1
Outro end x1
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