Substitution Chords & Tabs
Band: Silversun Pickups
Song: Substitution
Album: Swoon
Year: 2009
Version 1.0 - 05/31/2009
Transcribed By: kristoff
Email: kristoff@gmx.net
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - slight bend ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tunning E A D G B E (standard)
Intro (3x): Mute the A string with your middle finger
(which is on fret 3 /low E-string)
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|--2--4---4*--2----2-2--4---4*--2----2-2--4---4*--2-----------------|
|--0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-----------------|
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|--2-2--4---6*--4-2-0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0---0---0-0-0-----------------------------------------------|
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|--3-3--3---5---5-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
Verse
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-3-----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-----2-2-2-2-2--4---4*--2----2-2--4---4*--2-------------|
|---------4-4-----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------|
|---------2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
Bm D Gadd9
"There's a vulture.."
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|--------3-3-3----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|--------4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2--4---4*--2----2-2--4---4*--2-------------|
|--------4-4-4----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------| 2x
|--------2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
Bm D Gadd9
Pre-Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------777~--------|
|--------3-3-3----7-7-7----8-8-8-----------------------888~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----6-6-6--------------777~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----7-7-7--------------------------|
|--------2-2-2----5-5-5----7-7-7----7-7-7--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|
Bm D Em A G
"It's so easy to see, everyone can agree, stop listening... I know
you've heard it be-..
Chorus (2x) (G Bm D A)
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|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
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|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
..-fore."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silversun_pickups/substitution_tab.html ]
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|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
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"..enough."
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
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"..be held back from the substitu-
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|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
..-tion"
_______________________
Interlude 1 (E5 F#5 G5)
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|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--0---0--------2---3-----------------------------------------------|
"..sorry....."
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
Interlude 2:
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|------------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---2------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0--------2---2------------------------------------------------|
"..sorry.."
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|-----------------3-3-3-----------------4-4~~~----------------------|
|--5-5-5---2------3-3-3---4-----2-2-2-2-4-4~~~----------------------|4x
|--5-5-5---2------0-0-0---4-----2-2-2-2-2-2~~~----------------------|
|--3-3-3---0--------------2-----0-0-0-0-2-2~~~----------------------|
"..when the voices start spinning"
Figure 1: 2x
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|----7-----7-----7-----7------7----7---7----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|--7-----7-----7-----7------7--------9----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|------9-----9-----9------9------9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
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|----5---5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7--5|
|------7----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
|--7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------------------|
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Figure 2: (E5 F#5 G5 A)
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|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------0-----------------------------------|
|--0-----0------2--------3------------------------------------------|
"It's a great downfall.."
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
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