Zombie Tab

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                                 ZOMBIE - Cranberries
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"Zombie" by The Cranberries
Released as a single in September 1994 from the album No Need to Argue
 
Tabbed by: Travis_Morgan           Please RATE this TAB ! Thanks SO much!
 
E-mail: guitarguru@rockandrollmusicschool.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
YouTube song link for this TAB version:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
 
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* I added the lyrics, the YouTube link that corresponds to this TAB version,
time references (for exactly when each section occurs in the song), and
included parts that are found in NONE of the many other versions !!! Enjoy!
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Chord variations: The chords are slight variations that leave out a note or
two from the standard open chord versions that we are all used to, they are
actually easier to play!
 
Chords used:
 
e|----------|---------|---------|------------------||
B|----------|---------|---------|--------------3---||
G|----0-----|----0----|----0----|----0---OR----2---||
D|----2-----|----2----|----0----|----0---------0---||
A|----2-----|----3----|----2----|----0---------0---||
E|----0-----|---------|----3----|----2---------2---||
 
   E Minor    C Major   G Major     G/F#      D/F#
             (minus 1 note: each)
 
TONE TIPS:
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- The Intro and Verses of this song are strummed on an electric guitar with
a clean tone; add a little bit of CHORUS effect if you have one, or even a
light FLANGER effect...
 
- During the Chorus and Solo kick on the distortion/overdrive/fuzz pedal for
a volume boost and some \m/ ROCK power \m/
 
[Intro]
(0:00-0:12) (clean tone electric guitar, loosely strummed)
 
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
B|-------------|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000--||
G|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000--||
D|-2222222-222-|-2222222-222-|-0000000-000-|-0000000-000--||  ONCE
A|-2222222-222-|-3333333-333-|-2222222-222-|-0000000-000--||
E|-0000000-000-|-------------|-3333333-333-|-2222222-222--||
 
   E Minor        C Major        G Major         G/F#
 
Rhythmic counting tip: try counting 123,12,12,(rest),123
Accent on the ONE:
"ONE two three, ONE two, ONE two, (rest), ONE two three"
 
[Chorus 1a]
(0:13)  Electric Guitar with Overdrive/Distortion
 
e|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
B|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
G|-00000000-|-00000000-|-00000000-|-00000000--||
D|-22222222-|-22222222-|-00000000-|-00000000--||
A|-22222222-|-33333333-|-22222222-|-00000000--||
E|-00000000-|----------|-33333333-|-22222222--||
 
   E Minor     C Major    G Major      G/F#     (repeat)
 
These chords are down-strummed eighth-notes.
Count: One Two Three Four, One Two Three Four
 
[Chorus 1b]
Alternate way to play (distorted electric)
e|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
B|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
G|-99999999-|-00000000-|----------|-----------||
D|-99999999-|-22222222-|-00000000-|-00000000--||
A|-77777777-|-33333333-|-22222222-|-00000000--||
E|----------|----------|-33333333-|-22222222--||
   E Minor     C Major    G Major      G/F#     (repeat)
 
While the distorted guitar is doing the heavy chords, this second
guitar is playing a CLEAN rhythm figure where the underlying chords
are accented by some clean chord triads played on the higher strings
giving a nice balance of low and high frequencies.
 
(0:22) GUITAR 2
                                             (sustain)
e|-0---0----|-0---0----|-3---3----|-0---0-0--|--0-----||
B|--0-0-0-0-|--1-1-1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-|--------||
G|---0---0--|---0---0--|---0---0--|---0------|--------||
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------||
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------||
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------||
    E Minor    C Major    G Major    
 
[Breakdown]
(0:37) The 'Breakdown' part before Verse One and Verse Two
where it's just two chords ringing out for some space in
the music, like a little intro before the Verse begins.
 
e|------------------0-------------------------0------||
B|------------------0-------------------------0------||
G|-----0--sustain-------------0-----sustain----------||
D|-----2----------------------2----------------------||
A|-----2----------------------3----------------------||
E|-----0---------------------------------------------||
         E Minor              C Major 
 
[Main Lead Guitar Melody]
(0:43)
 
e|----7h8--5h7--3h5--2h3p2---------------------------||
B|--------------------------3--3--0--(sustain)-------||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------||
 
[Verse 1]
(0:49)
(clean electric guitar)
         Accent      Accent
e|---------0--|---------0--|------------|--0--------0-||
B|---------0--|---------0--|------------|---3-------0-||
G|--0000000---|--0000000---|--00000000--|----0--------||
D|--2222222---|--2222222---|--00000000--|-----0-------||
A|--2222222---|--3333333---|--22222222--|-------------||
E|--0000000---|------------|--33333333--|-------------||  
 
     E Minor     C Major      G Major        G/F#
 
(1:23) subtle difference - no accents
 
e|-------------|-------------|------------|--0--------0-||
B|-------------|-------------|------------|---3-------0-||
G|--00000000---|--00000000---|--00000000--|----0--------||
D|--22222222---|--22222222---|--00000000--|-----0-------||
A|--22222222---|--33333333---|--22222222--|-------------||
E|--00000000---|-------------|--33333333--|-------------||
 
[Verse 1]
Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence.
Who are we mistaken?
 
But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying...
 
[Chorus 2]
(1:35) (with distortion/overdrive on guitar)
e|---------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------00000000----00000000----00000000-----||
D|--22222222----22222222----00000000----00000000-----||
A|--22222222----33333333----22222222----00000000-----||
E|--00000000----------------33333333----22222222-----||
 
[Chorus 2]
In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...
 
[Breakdown]
(2:10)
e|------------------0-------------------------0------||
B|------------------0-------------------------0------||
G|-----0--sustain-------------0-----sustain----------||
D|-----2----------------------2----------------------||
A|-----2----------------------3----------------------||
E|-----0---------------------------------------------||
         E Minor              C Major 
 
[Main Lead Guitar Melody]
(2:16)
e|----7h8--5h7--3h5--2h3p2---------------------------||
B|--------------------------3--3--0--(sustain)-------||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------||
 
[Verse 2]
(2:22) (clean electric guitar)
     E Minor     C Major      G Major        G/F#
 
         Accent      Accent
e|---------0--|---------0--|------------|--0--------0-||
B|---------0--|---------0--|------------|---3-------0-||
G|--0000000---|--0000000---|--00000000--|----0--------||
D|--2222222---|--2222222---|--00000000--|-----0-------||
A|--2222222---|--3333333---|--22222222--|-------------||
E|--0000000---|------------|--33333333--|-------------|| (three times)
 
  fourth time - no accents
e|-------------|-------------|------------|--0--------0-||
B|-------------|-------------|------------|---3-------0-||
G|--00000000---|--00000000---|--00000000--|----0--------||
D|--22222222---|--22222222---|--00000000--|-----0-------||
A|--22222222---|--33333333---|--22222222--|-------------||
E|--00000000---|-------------|--33333333--|-------------||
 
[Verse 2]
Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.
 
It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying...
 
[Chorus 3]
(3:08)
e|---------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------00000000----00000000----00000000-----||
D|--22222222----22222222----00000000----00000000-----||
A|--22222222----33333333----22222222----00000000-----||
E|--00000000----------------33333333----22222222-----||
 
[Chorus 3]
In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...
 
[Breakdown]
(3:53) the guitar rests for a few measures then
re-enters with the...
 
[Guitar solo]
(based upon the E minor scale)
Begin with single notes and then switch to single-finger sliding "double-stops"
 
    (4:03)    (4:04)          (4:12)            (4:15)        (4:19)     (4:23)
 
e|--7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7-7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7--7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7-|-7\(5)-5--||
B|--------|----------------|-----------7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7-7-7-|-7h8--5h7-|-7\(5)-5--||
G|--turn--|----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------|----------||
D|-volume-|----------------|-----------double|---double-----|--double--|--slide---||
A|knob-up-|--=-------------|------------stops|---stops------|--stops---|---down---||
E|--------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------|----------||
   Once     Three Times          Once           Two Times      Once        Once
 
 
    (4:25)             (4:28)                (4:30)               (4:34)
e|-7---10-10/(12)-12-|\10--10--10/(12)-12--|--10--10--10\(7)-7--|--7\(5)-5-/7---7--||
B|-7---10-10/(12)-12-|\10--10--10/(12)-12--|--10--10--10\(7)-7--|--7\(5)-5-/7---7--||
G|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------||
D|--------double-----|------double---------|-------double-------|-----double-------||
A|--------stops------|-------stops---------|-------stops--------|-----stops--------||
E|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------||
         Once                Once                  Once                 Once
 
    (4:37)           (4:42)       (4:45)     (4:48)
e|--7h8--5h7-7-7--|--7h8--5h7--|--7\5---5--|---7---||  At the end of this guitar
B|--7h8--5h7-7-7--|--7h8--5h7--|--7\5---5--|-------||  solo, only the drums and
G|----------------|------------|-----------|-------||  bass guitar remain playing.
D|----double------|---double---|--double---|-------||  The guitar rests; until the
A|----stops-------|---stops----|---stops---|-------||  very end where it has just
E|----------------|------------|-----------|-------||  a bit of feedback.
     Two Times       Once          Once        Once         
 
 
At the (5:00) mark just before the very end of the song there is a feedback swell
on guitar that sounds like:
e|------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------10------(sustain)------------------------||     INSERT
G|------------------------------------------------------||        APPLAUSE
D|------------------------------------------------------||             HERE
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||
 
 
That's it!  If you prefer to play your own lead guitar over this rhythm use the
E natural minor scale, the E pentatonic minor scale, or the E blues scale to come
up with your own leads!
 
If you aren't familiar with some of these scales check out some of the lessons
I'll be posting regarding scales and other topics.
 
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
 
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