Stories We Build Stories We Tell Tab

by José González
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author arm86 [a] 68. Last edit on May 3, 2015
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                             Stories We Build, Stories We Tell - Jose Gonzalez
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E-mail: alexmurray86@gmail.com
 
Awesome song off his new record, figured I would share what I've worked out so far. Not 100% accurate, but
this is enough to nail the background rhythm part that drives the song. Keep in mind that
there is a bunch of lead playing that goes over top of this.
 
There are easier ways to play some parts of these riffs, but some of these hammer-ons need to happen to get
it to sound like the recording.
 
Make sure to listen to the song to get the feel of the song down.
Enjoy!
 
Tuning: Drop D, Capo 4th Fret (tab relative to the capo)
 
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3h5---0-3------------3-----------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0---------------0-0--0h7---5-22-0---------------------------------------|
 
After 3x through, it changes to:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------2-0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3h5-------3-5---------3-----------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0---------------0-0--0h7--5-22-0----------------------------------------|
 
 
Verse x4:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3h5---0-3------------3-----------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0---------------0-0--0h7---5-22-0---------------------------------------|
 
After 4x through, it goes to:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-8--5--1--3------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--5--4--2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
After that, it goes on to continue the main progression through the chorus. Listen closely to figure out
where various points at which these riffs come into play, but this is most of the main song. He adds a few
extra notes here and there, but this will get you 90% of the way.
 
Thanks!
 
 
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| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
 
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3 comments
EvilPuppetMaste
I reckon the tuning is actually EADF#BE with a capo on 2. This is a tuning he uses a fair bit. And the main pattern is something more like: Intro: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------0h2---0---0------------0---------------------------------------------| A|--------------2----------0h2---0-------------------------------------------| D|-0-0-----------------0-0---------2-2-0-------------------------------------| There are a few open notes on the higher strings too which I haven't figured out yet.
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7cyrpy2wqx
I'm tuned EADABE (capo on 1) and it also sounds great. It's the tuning I use for Killing for Love
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