Mellow Tone Chords & Tabs
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Mellow Tone by Carbon Leaf
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Album: Echo Echo
Transcribed by: Ali Hong
Email: southparksaurez@gmail.com <-- email me with comments or suggestions!
This song is by a great little-known band called Carbon Leaf.
They have a lot of talent, so spread the word and help them get noticed.
TUNING: STANDARD
Intro:
e|-----4-------------4-------|
B|-----4-------------4-------|
G|-3/5---3\1-1---3/5---3\1-1-|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Verse: Play this after the intro riff, and until the three interjecting chords
e|-------------------------------------------4---------------|
B|--------2-2-1-1-----------------2-2-1-1------4-------------|
G|--------1-1-1-1-----------------1-1-1-1--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------3-6-6-----------------------3-----------|
E|-6-4-4-----------6-------6-4-4-----------4-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carbon_leaf/mellow_tone_tab.html ]
e|-------4------------------------------4--------------------|
B|-------4-------------------2-2-1-1------4------------------|
G|-8--7--5-------------------1-1-1-1-------------(continue---|
D|-8--8--6--6-------------------------------------the riff)--|
A|-6--5--6--6----3-6-6----------------------3----------------|
E|-------4--4--6-------6-4-4----------4----------------------|
^
^ some kinda weird effect for this one...
While this is going on, another guitar comes in and plays the intro (faster)
once and then this:
e|------8-|
B|-14\4---|
Chorus:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--8--8--7--8-----| Play
D|--8--8--8--8-----| 2x
A|--6--6--5--6-----|
E|-----------------|
More weird effects throughout the chorus
Verse: play again (there are some different chords played over this with more effects,
they're not too hard to figure out)
Chorus: play again
Solo:
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------| Play twice
D|---6-5-----------6-5-------3------| play the D# only the 2nd time
A|-3-----6-5-6---3-----6-5-6---(6)--|
E|-------------6--------------------|
Verse: play again
Another guitar comes in and plays this over top:
e|----16------8---8-9-8-------------|
B|-16---------9---9-9-9-------------|
G|----------8---8-------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Chorus: play four times; don't play the first two chords the 1st time through, or the
two chords the 4th time through
End playing the verse riff and then the first two notes of the second guitar's part