Gustavo Cerati - La Excepcion Chords & Tabs

 

La Excepcion Chords & Tabs

Gustavo Cerati Chords & Tabs

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La Excepcion Tab

Setup:
 Fender Telecaster or Stratocaster. Bridge pickup.
 High Gain on Amp (or moderate distortion).
 Flanger on some riffs.

The song is comprised of several patterns outlined below.
The sequence/order of these easy to decipher.


PATTERN 1 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)
Note: These are rather odd chords played by Cerati. They are correct,
and can be clearly seen in the Vina del Mar DVD.

E||--7----(0)-----------|x3  4th time: |--7----(0)-----------(0)----|
B||--7-----9-----(7)----|              |--7-----9-----(7)-----9-----|
G||--8-----9------7-----|              |--8-----9------7------9-----|
D||--9-----9------7-----|              |--9-----9------7------9-----|
A||--9----11------9-----|              |--9----11------9-----11-----|
E||--7----(0)-----x-----|              |--7----(0)-----x-----(0)----|


Use these fills for Pattern 1 above:

  1st Time       2nd Time     3rd Time
|-------------|--12--------|----------------------|
|--(9)--9b~---|--15b~------|--7-----8-----9----10-|
|-------------|------------|--9b---10b---11b---12b|
|-------------|------------|----------------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------------|

PATTERN 2 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)
Note:
 -Strum mostly on the EAD strings, not so much on the GBe strings.
 -On repeats #5,6,7 there are variants to the strum pattern.
 -Release the PM for the last two chords on last repeat.

Quiero ser...
   PM   PM   PM
|--7----2----5----| x8 or x4
|--7----2----5----|
|--8----3----6----|
|--9----4----7----|
|--9----4----7----|
|--7----2----5----|


PATTERN 3 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)
(w/ slight Flanger effect)

Y que nos vuele...           Un espacio...
Este tiempo...               Todo acaba...
|--4----3----4----3----|--4----3----2--0----0----|
|--4----3----4----3----|--4----3----3--3----0----|
|--4----4----4----4----|--4----4----2--2----1----|
|--6----5----6----5----|--6----5----0--0----2----|
|--6----5----6----5----|--6----5------------2----|
|--4----3----4----3----|--4----3------------0----|


PATTERN 4 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)

    Hoy hagamos...          tanto hambre sin...
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----5----5----0----|
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----7----5----0----|
|--8----4----6----1----|--4----7----6----1----|
|--9----5----7----2----|--6----7----7----2----|
|--9----5----7----2----|--6----5----7----2----|
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----5----5----0----|

    Hoy hagamos...         y que durar sea...
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----3----2----4----|
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----3----2----4----|
|--8----4----6----1----|--4----4----2----4----|
|--9----5----7----2----|--6----5----4----6----|
|--9----5----7----2----|--6----5----4----6----|
|--7----3----5----0----|--4----3----2----4----|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gustavo_cerati/la_excepcion_tab.html ]
PATTERN 5 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)
Note: There are various simple fill-ins while this plays.

|--0----0----3----| x4
|--0----2----3----|
|--1----2----0----|
|--2----2----0----|
|--2----0----2----|
|--0---------3----|


PATTERN 6 (Positions shown, listen to track for proper strum pattern)

Mecanismos...                                Es impostor...
|--(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----2----4----|
|---3------0------3------0------3------0-----2----4----|
|---2------1------2------1------2------1-----2----4----|
|---0------2------0------2------0------2-----4----6----|
|---0------2------0------2------0------2-----4----6----|
|----------0-------------0-------------0-----2----4----|


PATTERN 7

Guitar 1 plays

|--7----3----5----0----|
|--7----3----5----0----|
|--8----4----6----1----|
|--9----5----7----2----|
|--9----5----7----2----|
|--7----3----5----0----|

While Guitar2 plays

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|

----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-|
--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-|


PATTERN 8 (Outro)

Guitar 1 plays

|--4--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
|--4--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
|--4--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
|--6--------4--------6--------4--------6--------4--------|
|--6--------4--------6--------4--------6--------4--------|
|--4--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|

While Guitar2 plays 'solo' style...

|------------------------|------------------------|
|--20b~--------20br~-----|--20br--------20b--r~---|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


|--20b--------20~\-------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|


|--2--------------2----0---------0----| On a Strat, keep volume of Neck PU
|--3----3---------3----3---------0----| at zero and toggle switch rapidly for
|--2---------2----2----2---------1----| on/off effect at the end of song.
|--0--------------0----0---------2----|
|--------------------------------2----|
|-------------------------------------|