• Song:

    Contra (Level 1)

  • Artist:

    Video Games

Contra 1st level theme from NES.
Tabbed by Jon
 
 
Normal tuning: Low to high: E, A, D, G, B, E
 
 
Beginning:
 
|-13-11-------------------------------------------------|
|-------13-11-13-11-------------------------------------|
|-------------------12-10-12-10-------------------------|
|-------------------------------13-12-13-12-10----------|
|----------------------------------------------13~~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Next Part: (Everyhting kicks in):
 
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8~------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------8~-----------3-------------------6~---|
|-3--------3-1--3/5---6~-----------3---------3-1--3/5--6~---|
|-1--------------------------------1-------------------4~---|  Repeat once more
 
Hits:
 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------8---5--|
|-3-3-3---5-6-6-----5-5-5--6-8-8-6-8-----3-3-3---5-6-6-----5-5-5--6-8--8---5--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------6---3--|
 
Next Part:
 
|-----------3-------------------|
|----3-4--6---6-4-3-------------|
|-5------------------3/5~-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
 
 
2 guitar harmony:
 
 
Guitar 1:                                           Guitar 2:

|---------------------------------8h10--8--|   |----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10h11-----------|   |-----------------------------------10h11--10--|
|-2--2h3--5/7--7h8--10/12------------------|   |---------------------------10h12--------------|
|------------------------------------------|   |-3--3h5--7/8--8h10--12/13---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|   |----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|   |----------------------------------------------|
 
 
The 2 last parts repeat and then lead into the almighty Contra hook:
 
Hook: 2 Guitar harmony:
 
Guitar 1:
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----8h10p8--------|
B|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-10--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-10--8--8--8--8---8h10h11----11----------10----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-8--------------------------------------8--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-11--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13--|
B|---------------------------------------11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Guitar 2:
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----10h11h10-------|
G|-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-10--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-10--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-10--8-8-8-8--8h10h12-----12------------10---|
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-10--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-10--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-13--15-15-15-15--15-15-15-15-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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