Song: Angel's Son THE RIGHT WAY TO PLAY IT!!!
Group: Sevendust
Album: Animosity
Lyrics: Clink Lowery & Lajon Witherspoon
Music: Sevendust
Transposed by: Thomas Flowers zeke_bard@yahoo.com
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Okay, I have looked at some of the other peoples tablature for this song, and honestly I could
not believe how off they are, even though the authors seem so sure that they're right. Some
people say that the song is played in drop-D tuning with 2 guitars, and other people say that
it's not even detuned. Well, guess what THEY'RE ALL WRONG!! So without further ado, I will show
you how to play the song correctly, and you will sound almost identical to the Clint Lowery on
the Album.
Recommendation: I recommend that you use brand-new earnie-ball strings on an acoustic guitar.
It doesn't matter what type you use, but I prefer to use heavier strings.
Okay, Just to clear something up, to play the song you WILL have to detune your guitar. The song
is played in drop-D flat(b) ex.= Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb. To achieve this you must first detune your
whole guitar down half a step. Then drop the low E-string as you would normally do to put it in
drop-D. The high e string is not played throughtout the whole song so try to avoid hitting it.
And one more thing. From listening to the song, I have heard that the acoustic part is played
by only 1 person, though I guess it can be played by 2 but I'm not sure why anyone would want to.
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Key: ~ = Let ring out
s = slide
X = mute
| = End Verse
} = Stop
K = 10
E = 11
T = 12 (sorry about having to label fret 10,11,12. It's just double digit #'s get
on my nerves >.< )
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Intro:
Eb|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
Bb|-------3-------3-------3-------3---|-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-----3-------3------|
Gb|-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---5---5-------5----|
Db|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------3--------|
Ab|---3-------5-----------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
Db|-------------------3-------5-------|-6---------------6---------------|-0------------------|
Eb|-------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|-------3-------3---|-----3---3---3----3~-~-~-~-~-~-~--|
Gb|-----5---5-------5-|---5---5---5---5--5~-~-~-~-~-~-~--|
Db|-------------3-----|----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------|-3----------------5~-~-~-~-~-~-~--|
Db|---3-----------5---|----------------------------------|
Verse: Play 4x
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------0---3-3--3-3--3---3-----1--1-1--3-3--3-3---|-----3--3-3--3-3---3-3-3-|
Gb|-------4s5---5----4----2-------2----2----0----2s3-|-----3----3----3s5---3---|
Db|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|--0-0----------------------5-5--------------------|-5-5---------------------|
Db|--0-0----------------------4-4--------------------|-5-5---------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
Bb|-----1--1-1--3--3-3-3-|
Gb|-----2----2--0--------|
Db|------------------4---|
Ab|-5-5------------------|
Db|-4-4------------------|
Bridge: Play 2x. You'll have to listen to the song to get the right rhythem. (K=10,E=11,T=12)
Eb|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|--0--0--00--0--00000--0--0--00--0--00000-|-0--0--00--0--00000--0--0--00--0--00000--------|
Gb|--5--5--55--5--55555--7--7--77--7--77777-|-E--E--EE--E--EEEEE--T--T--TT--T--TTTTT--------|
Db|--X--X--XX--X--XXXXX--X--X--XX--X--XXXXX-|-X--X--XX--X--XXXXX--X--X--XX--X--XXXXX--------|
Ab|--3--3--33--3--33333--5--5--55--5--55555-|-9--9--99--9--99999--K--K--KK--K--KKKKK--------|
Db|--0--0--00--0--00000--0--0--00--0--00000-|-0--0--00--0--00000--0--0--00--0--00000--------|
Chorus: Again, you must listen to the song to get the rhythem right. (K=10, E=11, T=12)
Eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-E-EE-EE-EE-ETTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-9-99-99-99-99999-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-TTTTT-|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-T}----|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-K}----|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-9}----|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-0}----|
Verse 1st half: Play 2x
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------0---3-3--3-3--3---3-----1--1-1--3-3--3-3---|-----3--3-3--3-3---3-3-3-|
Gb|-------4s5---5----4----2-------2----2----0----2s3-|-----3----3----3s5---3---|
Db|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|--0-0----------------------5-5--------------------|-5-5---------------------|
Db|--0-0----------------------4-4--------------------|-5-5---------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
Bb|-----1--1-1--3--3-3-3-|
Gb|-----2----2--0--------|
Db|------------------4---|
Ab|-5-5------------------|
Db|-4-4------------------|
Verse 2nd half: Play 2x
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------5-55-55-5555-----7-77-77-7777-|----T-TT-TT-TTTT-----E-EE-EE-EEEE-|
Db|------X-XX-XX-XXXX-----X-XX-XX-XXXX-|----X-XX-XX-XXXX-----X-XX-XX-XXXX-|
Ab|-0-0--3-33-33-3333--55-5-55-55-5555-|-55-K-KK-KK-KKKK--55-9-99-99-9999-|
Db|-0-0--0-00-00-0000--44-0-00-00-0000-|-55-0-00-00-0000--44-0-00-00-0000-|
Chorus 2:Play 2x
Eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-ETTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-9-99-99-99-99999-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-TTTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-T-TT-TT-TT-T~~----|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-K~~----|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-8~~----|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-8~~----|
Outro:
Eb|--------------------------------------||
Bb|------3-------5-----7-----8---8~~~~~~-||
Gb|----5---5---7-----9-----E---E-K~~~~~~-||
Db|------------------------------K~~~~~~-||
Ab|--3-------5-----7-----9-------8~~~~~~-||
Db|------------------------------8~~~~~~-||
