The guitar is tuned half a step down and in drop D.
Intro
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--4--7--7--11--6--7\4----4--7--7--11--2--4----|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--5--9-----12--7----5--5----9-----------------|
D|--------9-----------------------9--0---0--5---|
Guitar 2
You mainly stay on the first on and just alternate pick between each and when you hear
it change in the song move to the next. It continues through the verse.
E|---------------------------------|
B|-----7-----5-----7-----10----7---|
G|--7-----6-----7-----7-----7------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--7--11--7--6-6--|
D|-----------------|
A|--9------9--5-5--|
D|------0----------|
"I'm wasted, losing time..."
Guitar 2
E|---------------------|
B|-----7-----10-----7--|
G|--7-----7------7-----|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
x4 x4 x4 x4
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--4--7--6--4--2--4----|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
D|--5--9--7--5--0--5----|
"I want all that is not mine..."
Guitar 2
x4 x4 x4 (this part is double the speed) x4
E|------------------------------2--|
B|-----10-----7-----5-----3--------|
G|--7------9-----6-----4-----4-----|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
x4 x3
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--7--6--2-4--|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
D|--9--7--4-5--|
"And they will all agree..."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/daughter/smother_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar 2
x4 x4 Carries on until "I should go now..."
E|-----------5-----------9-----------5--|
B|-----7-----------7-----------7--------|
G|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--4--7--7--11--6--4---|
D|----------------------|
A|--5--9----------------|
D|--------9---0--7--5---|
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|--7--11--2--4--|
D|---------------|
A|--9------------|
D|-----0---0--5--|
"I should go now quietly..."
x4 x2 x2
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--4--7--6-----| X4
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
D|--5--9--7-----|
"Where all my layers..."
Guitar 2
x4 x2 x2
E|-----------5-----------2-----------0--|
B|-----7-----------3-----------2--------|
G|--7-----7-----4-----4-----2-----2-----|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
x4 x2 x2
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7--2--4--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|--9--0--5--|
"In the darkness..."
Play the last chord over and over when she sings "suffocator."
Work out the strumming patterns for these parts by playing along.
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--4--2--2--2--4--|
D|--5--4--0--4--5--|
A|--5--4--0--4--5--|
D|--5--4--0--4--5--|
"I'm sorry if I smothered you..."
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--7--6--4--2--4--2--4--|
D|--9--7--5--4--5--4--5--|
A|--9--7--5--4--5--4--5--|
D|--9--7--5--4--5--4--5--|
"I sometimes wish i'd stayed inside..."
x8 x4 x4
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--4--7--6----|
D|--5--9--7----|
A|--5--9--7----|
D|--5--9--7----|
"Never to come out."
Ends on the 9997 chord.
