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Soundgarden - 'Room a Thousand Years Wide'
Album : 'Badmotorfinger'
Drop-D tuning
tabbed by jjhand
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Riff 1 (Intro & Verses)
D F D Bbmaj9
e|---------------------------|
B|------------1-1-1----------|
G|------------2-2-2----------|
D|------------3-3-3----------|
A|-0----3--0--1-1-1----------|
D|-0----3--0---------0-0-0-0-|
PM*****
Lyrics:
"Listen, hear, he is inside
One who lives while others lie
I close my eyes and walk a thousand years
A thousand years that aren't mine"
Riff 2 (0:52) - lyrics stop
PM*****
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-7----10-----------------------| play 4x
D|-7----10------10-10-10---------|
A|-5----8----0--8--8--8--5-5-5-5-|
D|--------------8--8--8----------|
(1:05) Riff 1 returns for a few with Kim Thayil playing NH's and bends:
e|------------------------------- |------------------------|
B|-----------NH-NH-NH-NH--------- |-4b5_______________r4---|
G|-----------12-12-12-12--------- |------------------------|
D|-----------12-12-12-12--------- |------------------------|
A|------------------------------- |------------------------|
D|-----------------------0-0-0-0- |------------------------|
before lyrics (played 4x) during lyrics**
Lyrics:
"It seems he's near me as I walk
One who loved what love denied
He lives these years that I walk blind
All these years cannot be mine"
(1:43) Chorus
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-2---2-----2--5--5---|-2---2-----2--7--7---|-2---2-----2--5--5---|
D|-3---3-----3--5--5---|-3---3-----3--7--7---|-3---3-----3--5--5---|
A|-1---1-----1--3--3---|-1---1-----1--5--5---|-1---1-----1--3--3---|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
"Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow, Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow, Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow"
Play Riff 1 again with Kim's NH part and bend part
Lyrics:
"A thousand doors a thousand lies
Rooms a thousand years wide
He walks in the cold sun and wind
All these years will not begin"
(2:31) Play Chorus again
(2:42) Play Riff 2 8x, and continue through to ending
(3:07) Ending Part 1 (abstract saxophone part comes in)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| repeat as needed
D|-10-10-10--------10-10-10--------------| (8 beats per bar)
A|-8--8--8--0-0-0--8--8--8--0-0-0--------|
D|-8--8--8--0-0-0--8--8--8--0-0-0--0--0--|
PM*** PM***
Ending Pt 2 (3:41)
play 4x End!
e|-------------------------| -----------------|
B|-------------------------| -----------------|
G|-------------------------| -----------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| --10-10-10-------|
A|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| --8--8--8--0-----|
D|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| --8--8--8--0-----|
(4 beats/bar)
Key:
PM = palm mute
b = bend note
r = release bent note
NH = Natural Harmonic