Rough Day
Days of the New
This is a cool song to play, except there are a few parts where there is no guitar,
just bass or percussion, and since I haven't tabbed the bass for guitar...it works best
if you are playing with a band. If not, figure out some kind of improvisation to fill
the quiet spots. The song structure is included below, and the tuning is NOT half a step
down as in a usual `days of the new' song.
There is also a second guitar playing something over top of Riff B, that I haven't tabbed out.
It's a similar melody played an octave higher, (I think), it has a very similar tone to and
electric guitar. Listen to the acoustic toned guitar to hear what I have tabbed.
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MAIN RIFF
---|---------------------------------------------------||----------------|
B---|---------------------------------------------------||---------------|
G---|--------------------------------------------------*||---------------|
D---|--0--x-----0--0--h--7--7-----6--6--p--0-----0--3--*||---------------|
A---|--0--x-----0--0--h--7--7-----6--6--p--0-----0--3---||---------------|
D---|--0--x-----0--0--h--7--7-----6--6--p--0-----0--3---||---------------|
------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D---0--0--0--|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A---0--0--0--|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D---0--0--0--|-----------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF B
---------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
A---------5--0--5--0--------------------------------------------|--------|
D---0-----------------6-----0--0--0h5h7-----0--0--0--0--0h9h10--|--------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
A--------5^--0--3/5--0---------------------------------------------|-----|
D---0-------------------6~~~----0--0--0h5h7----0--0--0h9--9h10h12--|-----|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------5^--0--3/5--0---------------------------------------------8-------|
D---0-----------------6~~~-----0--0--0h5h7-----0-----0-----7-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/days_of_the_new/rough_day_tab.html ]
-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
D----------------------------------------------------------3--|----------|
A------5^--0--3/5--0---------------------------------------3--|----------|
D---0-----------------6~~~-----0--0--0h5h7-----0-----0-----3--|----------|
BRIDGE
-------------------------------------------------------||----------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------||---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------*||---------------|
D---0-----0-----0--0--6-----6--6--7--7--7--6--3--3--3--*||---------------|
A---0-----0-----0--0--6-----6--6--7--7--7--6--3--3--3---||---------------|
D---0-----0-----0--0--6-----6--6--7--7--7--6--3--3--3---||---------------|
RIFF C
------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B------------3-----------------------------------||----------------------|
G------2--------2-----0-------------------------*||----------------------|
D---0-----0--------0--------------7\3-----3--0--*||----------------------|
A---0--------------0-----------0-----------------||----------------------|
D---0--------------0-------------------0---------||----------------------|
END CHORDS
------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
B------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|
G------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|
D---0-----3-----0-----------6--|--0--3--0-----------------|--------------|
A---0-----3-----0-----------6--|--0--3--0-----------------|--------------|
D---0-----3-----0-----------6--|--0--3--0-----------------|--------------|
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
D---0--3--0--------------------6--------------0--3--|--------------------|
A---0--3--0--------------------6--------------0--3--|--------------------|
D---0--3--0--------------------6--------------0--3--|--------------------|
RIFF C #2
------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
B------------1-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
G------2--------2-----0--------------------------|-----------------------|
D---------0-----------------------0-----0--------|-----------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
D---0--------------0--------0--5-----3-----3--0--|-----------------------|
7x
-------------------------------------------------||----------------------|
B------------3------------------------------------||---------------------|
G------2--------2-----0--------------------------*||---------------------|
D---------0-----------------------0-----0--------*||---------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------||---------------------|
D---0--------------0--------0--5-----3-----3--0---||---------------------|
Song Structure:
Percussion Intro
Main Riff 2x
Riff B
Main Riff 2x
Riff B
Main Riff 4x
Riff B
Bridge 4x
Bass and percussion
Riff C 2x
More percussion
Main Riff 4x
End Chords
Riff C #2 7 or 8 times until fade out