An Island Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	C G C F A D
Capo:	no capo
Author mysticguitar77 [a] 6,726. Last edit on Apr 1, 2014
Chevelle: An Island
 
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
 
YouTube Channel: MysticGuitar77
 
Date last modified: March 31, 2014
 
Tuning: Drop C (C,G,C,F,A,D)
 
Note: The guitar track on this song has heavy fuzz.
 
Riff 1
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------| x2
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
 
Riff 2
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------| x3
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
 
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
 
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------| x2
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
 
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6\5-5-5\3-3-|
 
Riff 3   "They said this fun is near the end..."
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-13-x--0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-12-x-|
 
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|----------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
G|----------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
C|-0-0-0-10-0-12-0-0-12-x--x-x-x-x-x-|
 
Play Riff 3 x2   "You've worn out your welcome way too fast..."
 
Riff 4   "I need an island..."
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-12-0-10-0-0-8-x--0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-x-|
 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-5-x-x-5-6-5-3-0-10-0-12-0-0-15-x--0-0-0-12-0-10-0-0-8-x-|
 
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
G|----------------------------------------x--x-x-x-x-x-|
C|-0-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-5-x--0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-x--x-x-x-x-x-|
 
Riff 5
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
C|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
 
D|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
A|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
F|---------------------------2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*----|
C|-----------------------------------------------------\\-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------\\-|
C|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0---------------------------\\-|
 
Riff 5 note: Hard to tab that without looking ugly, but in words, you start
             at around the 2nd fret and gradually glide your finger up,
             hitting the natural harmonics on the way.
 
Riff 6   "To put you on!!"
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
 
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12-|
 
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-|
 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
 
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6\5-5-5\3-3-|
 
Play Riff 3 x4   "Stay there don't move..."
Play Riff 4 x1   "Just an island..."
Play Riff 5 x1
Play Riff 6 x1   "To put you on!!"
 
Riff 7
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
C|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
 
Play Riff 7 x6
 
Riff 8
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
G|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
C|-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0--3-5-6-0-6-5-3-0--6-5-3-0-|
 
Play Riff 8 x2
 
Riff 9   "Some little island..."
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
F|-7-7------7-7-------------|
C|-x-x------x-x--x-x--x-x-x-|
G|-5-5------5-5--x-x--x-x-x-|
C|-0-0------0-0--x-x--x-x-x-|
 
Play Riff 9 x4 (last time play that harmonic slide thing like in Riff 5
                instead of doing those x-x-x string chugs)
 
Riff 10   "To put you on!!"
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------\\-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------\\-|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-\\-|
 
Play Riff 10 x3   "To put you on!!"
 
Ending
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-12--0-10-0-12--12-13-0-0-15-0-13-0-12-|
 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-0-12--12-13-0-12--12-13-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-6--6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|
 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------7-7----------7-7-------------7-7-------------7~-|
C|----------------x-x----------x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-------------x--|
G|----------------5-5----------5-5--x-x--x-x-x-5-5-------------5~-|
C|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0----------0-0--x-x--x-x-x-0-0-------------0~-|
 
Enjoy!! Pretty easy song, just many slight alterations to the same riff.
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Awesome Mystic!!! Thanks for all of the great Chevelle guitar tabs and YouTube videos
wheres the bass tabs?