Bad Suns - Cardiac arrest

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiac Arrest - Bad Suns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave H Awesome track from the up-and-coming SoCal-based Bad Suns...I'd highly recommend their Transpose EP as well. Pretty sure they play it tuned down half a step to allow for the harmonics at the beginning, but I tabbed it out in standard tuning because I hate alternate tuning and there's an easy way around the harmonics (see below). Enjoy! Tuning: Standard No Capo [Intro] Two options here... play the actual harmonic version, tune the whole guitar down a half step, and add a number to all the notes on this tab or play this in standard and call it good: Guitar 1 palm muted (standard tuning) e|--13-----------13--------13--------13--------------------------------------| B|14----------14--------14--------14----------14-----------------------------| G|----13---------13----------13---------13-----------------------------------| D|------16-----------16--------16----------16--------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 Harmonic Version (1/2 step down) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----7+---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--7+-----12+---------------------------------------------------------------| D|------7+-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 e|---------------------6--6--------------------------------------------------| B|----6--7--7-------6--6--6--------------------------------------------------| G|-6--6--6--6----6--6--------------------------------------------------------| D|-8-------------8-----------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e|-------------------------------9-------------------------------------------| B|--------11~--11-9-----------------------------11---------------------------| G|----10------------10~-\11-11-11--10~-------------10~-----------------------| D|-\11--11-----------------------------\11-11-11-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] 1: "I've been trying to keep my grip, yeah I think I'm over this I can hear it now, oh no Yeah, my tongue, I'll let it slip. Why'd I do those things I did? I can taste it now, oh no" 2: "My innards turn, your eyes, they roll. I'll be there to take the fall I can feel it now, oh no Same old story since day one, but I've got no place to run I can see it now, oh no" Guitar 1 e|---------------------6--6--------------------------------------------------| B|----6--7--7-------6--6--6--------------------------------------------------| G|-6--6--6--6----6--6--------------------------------------------------------| D|-8-------------8-----------clean, soft first time,-------------------------| A|---------------------------then loud and crunchy like the intro------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e|-----16~---16~-------------------------------------------------------------| B|------18~---18~------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----pretty sure this is keyboard in the background,-----------------------| A|-----but here it is tabbed if you want to try on guitar--------------------| E|-----play in conjunction w/ "oh no, oh no..."------------------------------| [Chorus] "I'll try my best. How much do I invest? Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips I'll try my best. How much do I invest? Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss" (This is as close to his strumming pattern as I could make it look; give it a listen or two to try to match the rhythm if you have difficulty. As far as I can tell he's just playing some broken chords derived from the pentatonic scale so improv to whatever you think sounds good) Guitar 1 e|----6-6-6xx-----6-------6---6xx---6-------6---6xx---6----------------9-----| B|----6-6-6xx-----6-6-----6h7-7xx-6-6-6-----6h7-7xx-6-6-6----6h7-7xx---6-6---| G|----6-6-6xx---6---6-----6---7xx-6---6-----6---6xx-6---6----6---6xx-6---6---| D|--------------8--------------------------------------------6h8-8xx-6-------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Same kind of thing here... Guitar 2 e|--------------------------------------------------------------------9-8----| B|--------------11-11--------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------10~---xxxxx---11-11-------------10-10-------6/8xxx---10~-| D|11-xxxxx-----------------------------11~--xxxxx--------11~-----------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Bridge] "Oh Oh Ohhhh, Ohh Oh Ohhh, High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip Oh Oh Ohhhh, Ohh Oh Ohhh, High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip" Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|11-------------------9--------9-------11-------------------9---------------| G|--10------------8/10--10-------10-------10-------------8/10--10------------| D|----11-6/8-11-8-----------8/11-------------11-6/8-11-8----------8~\--------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e|------------------9--------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------9h11--11------------------------------------------------------| G|-------8/10-------------8/10------similar to the verse, there are some ----| D|-/8-11---------------11-----------background arpeggios in here that I -----| A|----------------------------------think are keys---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Repeat once, and add intro riff at the end right before chorus) [Outro] (The outro is played almost the same as the bridge is, but borrows some of the lyrics from the chorus and changes the notes up a bit. Really he's just using the bridge as an outline and adding a little flair; feel free to do the same and improv to make it your own) Song Layout: [Intro] [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus] [Outro] (fade out) ************************************ | x Dead note | h Hammer-on | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato | + harmonic ************************************