Animals Tab

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author Hawk987 [a] 91. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Artist: Nickelback
Song: Animals
Album: All the Right Reasons
Me: Hawk987 (Jake)
 
Tuning: Drop D
 
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Into 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7--------5------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7--0-0-3-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5--0-0-3-3-5-5-5------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5------------0-0-3---5-5-5------------------------------------|
 
Verse 1:
 
no guitar until "I'm drivin past your house"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
 
Post chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 2
 
no guitar until "By Now..."
 
(Fade in a little before on D5)
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
 
Post chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge
 
no guitar until "Oh Please"
 
(Fade in a little before on D5)
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
 
Ending
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
 
 [------------]x4
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------/7--------0-------------------------------------------------------|
   ^
fast a lot
of times
 
 
For those of you keeping track, yes there's only three different riffs in the entire song. It's that easy.
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3 comments
That's a bit cheeky. You list this track as being 'novice' level. At least you got your come-uppance through making a fair few mistakes in your tab.
all most but check out jaames in the comments of version 2, he has it right
its a decent tab.