5 Seconds of Summer - Try hard
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TRY HARD - 5 Seconds Of Summer
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E-mail: a7xlucas@live.com
Tuning: standard (EADGBe)
***THIS TAB IS THE RE-RECORDED VERSION FROM THEIR DON'T STOP EP (2014).
THE TAB FOR THE 2012 VERSION IS AT THE BOTTOM***
This tab should have all the guitar parts that other versions didn't have. Also check out my
guitar cover for both versions:
Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeLwv-1AGI
Old version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbJogk0Qm4
Guitar 1 - Luke Hemmings
Guitar 2 - Michael Clifford
~ = hold note
. = play note and quickly release your fretting hand
* = palm mute
/ or \ = slide from and to fret
x = mute note
(#) - natural harmonic
Intro:
Guitar 1, 2x Guitar 2, 2x
e|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-***------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-(0)--4---------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-(0)--4--x16-4------6------2------||------4---2-------------1-----------4---2---------------2-1~-|
A|-(0)--2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16-||--2-2---------4~-4--2-4---4~---2~----------x-4~--4--2-4------|
E|-(0)---------2------4------0------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
*** - Do this by picking next to the nut of the guitar, located past the 1st fret
Verse 1:
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------#------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-4-----------------------------4------------------------------------------------------||
D|-4--x16-4------6------2--------4--x16-4------6-----8888-9999-2------6-----8-----2-----||
A|-2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16---2------4--x16-6--x8-8888-9999-2--x16-6--x8-8--x8-2--x8-||
E|--------2------4------0---------------2------4-----6666-7777-0------4-----6-----0-----||
* * * * * * * **** **** * * * *Gradually lift PM
Guitar 2 (comes in at the # above)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------4~---4~---4~---44--------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-(silence)---4~---4~---4~---44---4~---4~---4~---44---6~---8~---2~---2~---2~---2~--(silence)-||
A|-----------222~-222~-222~-2222---4~---4~---4~---44---6~---8~---2~---2~---2~---2~------------||
E|-------------------------------222~-222~-222~-2222-444~-666~-000~-000~-000~-000~------------||
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Chorus:
Guitar 1 V V Slower strums Guitar 2, 2x
e|---------------------------------------------||--------0------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------||-7------7--x16-------------------------||
G|-4~-------------------4----------------------||-8--x16-6------13------12------141414~-||
D|-4~---4~-------2------4--x8-4---------2------||-9------7----------x16-----x12---------||
A|-2~---4~-------2--x32-2-----4--x8-----2--x32-||---------------11------10------121212~-||
E|------2~---/11\0------------2-----/11\0------||---------------------------------------||
Repeat: ^Eleven, not ones ^Eleven, not ones
Intro
Verse - Guitar 2 is different
Verse 2, Guitar 2:
e|-------7~-----------7~----7~---------7~-----------7~----|-7------6------4------7------||
B|-----7------------7----7~----------7------------7-------|----x16----x16----x16----x16-||
G|---8------------9----------------8------------9---------|-4------3------1------4------||
D|-9------------7----------------9------------9-----------|-----------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
The second bar above has some toggle or tremolo effect going on, so these are the notes for it
Verse 2, Guitar 2 cont'd:
e|-------4~--------6~---------7~----7--|| This part is VERY hard to hear. The last
B|---5---------7----------7---------7--|| chord there actually fades in using a toggle
G|-4---4-----6---6------8---8----------|| or tremolo effect, but this works as well
D|----------------------------------9--||
A|----------------------------------.--||
E|-------------------------------------||
Repeat:
Chorus - Guitar 2 is different
Chorus 2, Guitar 2, 2x:
e|--------0--------------------------------------------------||
B|-7------7--x16-----9-12~------9-12~--10p9~-----------------||
G|-8--x16-6--------9----------9--------------12------141414~-||
D|-9------7------9----------9--------------------x12---------||
A|-------------------------------------------10------121212~-||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge:
Guitar 1 V Grad. release PM
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------4~-4~---------------------4--------------------------4~-4~------------||
D|-6~-6~-2~-2~-4~-4~-4~-xxxx-6~-6~-2~-2~-4--x8--(pause)-6~-6~-2~-2~-4~-4~-4~-6\4~-2~-||
A|-6~-6~-2~-2~-2~-2~-4~-xxxx-6~-6~-2~-2~-2--------------6~-6~-2~-2~-2~-2~-4~-6\4~-2~-||
E|-4~-4~-0~-0~-------2~-xxxx-4~-4~-0~-0~----------------4~-4~-0~-0~-------2~-4\2~-0~-||
Guitar 2 (not 100% on this): V Play "1.", repeat, skip "1." then play "2." V
e|----------------------------------------|------1.--------------------------------|--2.-----------||
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------(5.9)***-||
G|-4~-6/8~--4~-6/8~--4/6~-6/8~--8/9999\88-|-33-4~-6/8~--4~-6/8~--4/6~-6/8~---------|---------------||
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------(pause)-|-2~------------||
A|-2~-4/6~--2~-4/6~--2/4~-4/6~--6/7777\66-|-11-2~-4/6~--2~-4/6~--2/4~-4/6~---------|-2~------------||
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-0~------------||
*** - The (5.9) represents the note of the feedback. The".9" next to the number of
the fret is how far up the fret you lay your finger. Think of it has having your
finger about 90% to the LEFT of the fret.
Bridge Pt. 2 (Luke sings the chorus low):
Guitar 1 - all upstrokes, clean guitar
e|-2~---2~---0~-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-4~---2~---0~-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-4~---2~---1~-------------------------------------------------------||
D|------4~---2~-------------------------2-----------------------------||
A|-2~-------------(back to distortion)--2--x16----Gradually lift PM---||
E|--------------------------------------0-----------------------------||
Guitar 2 (VERY hard to hear, not 100%):
Repeat:
Chorus, with Guitar 2 playing the 2nd chorus
Outro ("and again, and again..."):
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------||-12--------11--------12------------------------||
G|-4---------------------------.-.-.-.--4~~\-||-14b16--x8-13b15--x8-14b16--x12--.-.-.-.--4~~\-||
D|-4--x16-4------6------2------2-2-2-2--4~~\-||---------------------------------2-2-2-2--4~~\-||
A|-2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16-2-2-2-2--2~~\-||-------***-----------------------2-2-2-2--2~~\-||
E|--------2------4------0------0-0-0-0-------||---------------------------------0-0-0-0-------||
The bends in the Guitar 2 part release and bend again, but I'm not going to show it,
listen to the song to figure it out.
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OLD VERSION:
Intro:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---------------------------||-4-4-/11---9~--6~--6--x-4-6/8\6~--4~--/11--9~--6--6--x-4-6/9\8~-|
D|-4--x16-4------6------2------||----------------------x------------------------------x----------|
A|-2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16-||-2-2-/9----7~--4~--4--x-2-4/6\4~--2~--/9---7~--4--4--x-2-4/7\6~-|
E|--------2------4------0------||----------------------x------------------------------x----------|
Verse 1:
Guitar 1, 2x Gradually lift Palm Mute V
e|-------------------------------#---------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-4-----------------------------4---------------------------------------------||
D|-4--x16-4------6------2--------4--x16-4------6------2------6-----8-----2-----||
A|-2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16---2------4--x16-6--x16-2--x16-6--x8-8--x8-2--x8-||
E|--------2------4------0---------------2------4------0------4-----6-----0-----||
*
e|-------7~---7~---7----7------5-------5~-9-5~-9-5~-9-5-----|-12----------|-12---------|-12------|| B|-----7----7----7---7~---7------5----------------------5~/-|---12----x5--|---12----x4-|---12----|| G|---8----------------------8~-----6------------------------|-----13------|-----12-----|-----12~-|| D|-9---------------------------------7----------------------|-------------|------------|---------|| A|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|---------|| E|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|---------||Gui
Guitar 2 cont'd
e|---------7~----------7~-------------7~-----7~-------------------|
B|---7-7-----------7------7-----7-7-------------------------------|
G|-8-----8----8~-8---8------8-6-----6----6-6-----(silence)--------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Guitar 1, 2x Guitar 2, 2x
e|---------------------------------||-2~---2~-------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||-4~---2~-------------------------------------||
G|-4~--------9------11111111-9-----||-4~---2~---9------11111111-12121212-14141414-||
D|-4~---4~------x20-------------x8-||------4~------x20----------------------------||
A|-2~---4~---7------9-9-9-9--7-----||-2~---4~---7-------9-9-9-9-10101010-12121212-||
E|------2~---0------0-0-0-0--0-----||------2~-------------------------------------||
Repeat:
Intro
Verse - Guitar 2 plays the whole time, so play the first bar 4x instead of 2x
Chorus
Bridge:
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------/6666-8888-9999-11111111-||
D|---(silence)-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------------------/4444-6666-7777-9-9-9-9--||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------|--------2x---------------|-----------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
G|-11~-11~-9~---8~---6~--|-/13~-13~-9~---8~---6~---|-4~-----/9999-11111111-12121212-14141414-||
D|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
A|-9~--9~--7~---6~---4~--|-/11~-11~-7~---6~---4~---|-2~-----/7777-9-9-9-9--10101010-12121212-||
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
Bridge Pt. 2 (where Luke sings very low):
Guitar 2 ONLY - Acoustic guitar (VERY hard to hear, not 100%)
e|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|-----4--------------4--------------4-----------||
D|---6---6---x4-----4---4---x4-----2---2---x4----||
A|-7--------------6------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------4---------------||
Prechorus:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
e|-------------------------||---------------------------------||
B|-------------------------||---------------------------------||
G|-6666-8888-9999-11111111-||-9999-11111111-12121212-14141414-||
D|-------------------------||---------------------------------||
A|-4444-6666-7777-9-9-9-9--||-7777-9-9-9-9--10101010-12121212-||
E|-------------------------||---------------------------------||
Chorus 3:
Guitar 1, 2x Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------||-2------2----------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------||-4------2----------------------------------------||
G|-4-------------9------11111111-9-----||-4------2------9------11111111-12121212-14141414-||
D|-4--x16-4---------x20-------------x8-||----x16-4--x16----x20----------------------------||
A|-2------4--x16-7------9-9-9-9--7-----||-2------4------7-------9-9-9-9-10101010-12121212-||
E|--------2------0------0-0-0-0--0-----||--------2----------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 cont'd
e|-2------5----------------------------------------------||
B|-4------7----------------------------------------------||
G|-4------6--x16-13------9999-11111111-12121212-14141414-||
D|----x16-7----------x16---------------------------------||
A|-2-------------11------7777--9-9-9-9-10101010-12121212-||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
Repeat:
Intro (as outro)
End on:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
e|--------||-------||
B|--------||-------||
G|-4~~~\--||-4~~~\-||
D|-4~~~\--||-------||
A|-2~~~\--||-------||
E|--------||-------||
Hopefully this helps! If something doesn't quite make sense on how to do, please email or comment. Thanks!
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