Secret Crowds Chords & Tabs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Secret Crowds – Angels And Airwaves
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I was fed up with seeing tabs of this song on bass where you
started off at the A# (1st fret) on the a string and you
slide all the way down to the 17th fret. It just didn’t make
any sense. Most of this tab is actually copied off the guitar
part of this song and basically follows the rhythm of the guitar.
I play in a band where we cover this song so I transcribed a
lot of the synth tracks onto bass and I use some strumming during
the pre-chorus. I can guarantee you 100% that Matt Wachter does
NOT play this exactly how I do but this is how I play it so
Tabbed By : Roy Mitchell
e-mail: kabloo_hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Intro: 0:00 - 0:31 (not played on bass but is some keyboard
thing I believe, listen for timing and changes in notes) 0:00 - 0:31
G|-14--12--11--9--------|
D|----------------------| x 10
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Riff 1: 00:31 – 00:56
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x 8
A|---9\55555\444\55-----------------|
E|----------------------------------|
The 1st Verse is the intro repeated: 00:56 – 01:21
G|-14--12--11--9--------|
D|----------------------| x 8
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
For the pre-chorus I just do up and down strumming on the D
and G on their respective notes and I don’t play the A and E
strings. Consistent 8th notes if you will. In essence I follow
the guitar to this part of the song which looks very similar
to how i see the guitar is played in guitar tabs for this song
that I’ve seen. Switch ‘chords’ when you hear the guitar change
chords in the background:
Pre-Chorus: 01:21 – 01:45
G|----11----9----11----12--------------|
D|----9-----7----9-----10--------------| x 2
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/angels_and_airwaves/secret_crowds_btab_ver_2.html ]
Notes for the chorus everytime it sounds like Tom kinda
forces a vocal note out. Listen to “CARRY you, HIGHER” for instance
Chorus: 01:45 – 02:10
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------| x 4
A|-555555555555555555555555------------------------|
E|---------------------------555555555--333333-----|
Let me feel you , Carry You, Higher
Watch your words spread , Hope Like, Fire
Secret Crowds rise , Up and , Gather
Hear your voices , Sing back, Louder
Riff 1 repeated immediately after chorus 1 02:10 – 02:23
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x 4
A|---9/55555-444-55-----------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Verse 2: Same as verse 1: 02:23 – 02:34
G|-14--12--11--9--------|
D|----------------------| x 4
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
I don’t know why. But AVA decided here to have a pre
pre-chorus to the pre-chorus. It doesn’t make much sense
and all you really do is just strum up and down on the bottom
two strings
Pre Pre-chorus 02:35 – 02:47
G|--11---|
D|--9----|
A|-------|
E|-------|
Pre-Chorus repeated: 02:47 – 03:12
G|----11----9----11----12--------------|
D|----9-----7----9-----10--------------| x 2
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Chorus 2: 03:12 – 03:37
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------| x 4
A|-555555555555555555555555------------------------|
E|---------------------------555555555--333333-----|
Let me feel you , Carry You, Higher
Watch your words spread , Hope Like, Fire
Secret Crowds rise , Up and , Gather
Hear your voices , Sing back, Louder
The Chorus is repeated throughtout the rest of the song
but there is a part where only the drums are playing so
just clap to follow along with the beat. Just listen and
you’ll know when to clap.
Thanks everybody! Peace,
Roy
AVA and NIN freakin rule!!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
===============================================================================