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/ Audioslave / I think this song is about getting on with something that is stuck.
/ Set It Off / Cornell probably wrote it with the feeling of being trapped in a
/ Audioslave / situation, and then was just aching to move on. This could be a
/_____________/ society or a relationship being stuck; it's about aching to move on.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Overdriven (left speaker)
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Overdriven (right speaker)
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - w/Wah pedal and Tremolo effect equal to 32nd parts
Pre-Intro:
Q=80 bpm
4/4
Gtr III
E E E S S E E E E 4x
||-----------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------0---o||
||----------4---5p4-------------0----||
||----------5---5-------3------------||
||o-----5---------------------------o||
||--5---------------3-------3--------||
E s s S S E E s s S S e
||------0-0-----0-------0-0-----0----||
||o-----0-0-----3-------0-0-----3---o||
||--------------3---------------3----||
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||--0---------0-----0---------0------||
7/8
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---|-----------------------------|
|---------4---5p4-------------0---|---------4---5p4-------------|
|---------5---5-------3-----------|---------5---5-------3-------|
|-----5---------------------------|-----5-----------------------|
|-5---------------3-------3-------|-5---------------3-------3---|
Free Time
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Let all guitars feed and squeal in the free time
Intro:
Gtrs I, II
E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-------||o--------------------|--------------------|
|-------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-------||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
|-------||o----*/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
|-0-2-0-||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|
slide from somewhere
around the 4th fret
1. 2.
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|--------------------|------------------o||------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||-----/9---7-------|
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||-2------------5---|
1st Verse:
Gtr I
F#m A
S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S e S S S S E
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|---2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|
|
|Gtr II
| W W
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-(10)------------------------------|-(10)------------------------------|
||---11-------------------------------|---9-------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(the notes in brackets are strummed softer)
C#m E
S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S Q Q
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------/7---------------o||
|--2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|--2p0-2---x-x-2p0----------5--------||
|
| W W
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-(5)------------------------------|-(5)-------------------------------o||
|--6-------------------------------|--4---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
1st Chorus:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +S S S S E E Q E E +S S S S E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||---------7-(7)-----------|--------7-(7)-----------|
||o-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|
||--2----------------9-----|-2----------------9-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/audioslave/set_it_off_tab_ver_6.html ]
Q E E +S S S S E E Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-----------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2----------------9-----|-2------------5----||
2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse
2nd Chorus:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +S S S S E E Q E E +S S S S E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||---------7-(7)-----------|--------7-(7)-----------|
||o-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|
||--2----------------9-----|-2----------------9-----|
1. 2.
Q E E +S S S S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|------------------------|------------------||------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|------------------------|------------------||------------------|
|--------7-(7)-----------|------------------||------------------|
|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----9---7-------o||-----/9---7-------|
|-2----------------9-----|-2-----------5----||-2----------0-2-0-|
Interlude:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
||o-----/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||
Bridge:
Gtrs I, II
E +E H. W W W
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-(2)\-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gtr II
F#7(no3)
Q H. 3x Q H.
||--------------------||---------------------|
||o-17---------------o||-17------------------|
||--18----------------||-16b18---------------|
||--16----------------||---------------------|
||o------------------o||---------------------|
||--------------------||---------------------|
Gtrs I, II (switch off the overdrive)
G G A
W H H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-4-------6-------|
|-5---------------|-5-------7-------|
|-5---------------|-5-------7-------|
|-3---------------|-3-------5-------|
F#m E5 E
PM------------|
W E E E E E E E E H Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-1-----------------|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-2-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-----------------|
|-2---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------12\-|
(switch on the overdrive while palm muting, then produce
a clean E and turn it back on again for the final slide)
3rd Chorus:
similar to 2nd Chorus
Outro:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
||o-----/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|
1.
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||
2.
Q Q Q Q +W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------5---|-(5)-------------|-(5)-------------|
He was standing at the rock
Gathering the flock
And getting there with no directions
And underneath the arch
It turned into a march
And there he found the spark to set this fucker off
Set it off, set it off now children
Set it right
Set it off, set it off now children
Set a fire
Suddenly a shot
Ripped into his heart
He lay in need of some attention
And there he played his card
Going into shock
The last thing that he said was set this fucker off
Jesus at the back door
Everything is all right
All we need is some direction
Every time the wind blows
Everything you don't know
Turns into a revelation
And it all ends up inside your head
Time is wasting
- 2nd /May /06
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