The Common Good Chords & Tabs
This is The Common Good by I the Breather, it's in Drop C tunning.
This song is not tabbed or covered anywhere, so I had to
listen to this song and figure it out myself.
This song is tabbed by Brad Runevitch.
Key:
b = bend
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
s = slide
~ = let note ring
* = palm mute
Intro (Guitar 1, in background)
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|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--|
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--|
*** *** ***** ***** ******* * *
Intro (both guitars)
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|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--| x2
|-111-111-11111--11111-1111111-1-1--|
*** *** ***** ***** ******* * *
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--| x2
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--|
*** *** ***** ***** ******* * *
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-000~-000~-00000~--00000~-0000000~-0~-0~--| x2
|-000~-000~-00000~--00000~-0000000~-0~-0~--|
*** *** ***** ***** ******* * *
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--| x2
|-000-000-00000--00000-0000000-0-0--|
*** *** ***** ***** ******* * *
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- <-|
|-5-------------5-----1-4-1-0-<5><5><5><5>-5-------------5-----7~---7~ |
|---3-0~-0000-3---3-0------------------------3-0~-0000-3---3-0-8~-0-8~ |
**** **** * |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- |x2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- <-|
|-5-------------5-----1-4-1-0-<7><7><7><7>-5-------------5-----7~---7~
|---3-0~-0000-3---3-0------------------------3-0~-0000-3---3-0-8~-0-8~
**** **** *
(Guitar in background)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-00-00-0-00-00-|
* * * *
(Both guitars)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-0-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-1111-0-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-1b--|
* * * * *** * * * * * * * * *** * * *
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5s1---1s4-------1s4---4s7-------5s1---1s4-------1---------|
|-00000-----0-----000-0-----0-----00000-----0-----000-0---3-2-1-0-|
**** * ** * * **** * ** *
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5s1---1s4-------1s4---4s7-------5s1---1s4---------------|
|-00000-----0-----000-0-----0-----00000-----0-----000-0-0-2b-1b-|
**** * ** * * **** * ** *
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------------3---------| x2
|-2b-1b-0---1-0~-2b-0-2b-1b-0---1-0~-0~-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-000-0--00-0-0-000-0-| x2
|-1-1-1-111-1--11-1-1-111-1-|
* * * *** * ** * * *** *
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/i_the_breather/the_common_good_tab.html ]
(Guitar 1 plays this)
|----------------------------------|
|------------------14b-------------|
|-10-9-------14-15-----15-14-------|
|------11-12-----------------15-11-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
(Guitar 2 plays this over Guitar 1's riff above)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-000-0--00-0-0-000-0-|
|-0-0-0-000-0--00-0-0-000-0-|
* * * *** * ** * * *** *
(Both guitars play this after riff)
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|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0~-0~-0~-000~-0~--00~-0~-0~-000~-0~-|
|-0~-0~-0~-000~-0~--00~-0~-0~-000~-0~-|
* * * *** * ** * * *** *
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7----7-8-11-| x4
|-121212-0-8-11-0-121212-0-8-11---11--------|
^ ^
those are 12's
(Guitar in background)
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|------------------------------|
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|------------------------------|
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-0000-|
*** * * *** * * * ****
(Both guitars)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| x3
|------------------------------|
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-0000-|
*** * * *** * * * ****
(Play this the 4th time)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-|
*** * * *** * * *
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-0000-| x2
|-1111-1-11--1111-1-11-11-1111-|
**** * ** **** * ** ** ****
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-0000-| x2
|-0000-0-00--0000-0-00-00-0000-|
**** * ** **** * ** ** ****
(Guitar 1 plays this)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------9h10-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------------|
|-----0---0----0---0-10h12---------0---0----0---0------10h12-|
|-------------------------------------------------10h12------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
|------------------------------------------------------------15h17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------17h18------|
|-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------9h10-10p0-9p0-------9h10-14h15-----------|
|-----0---0----0---0-10h12---------0---0-10h12---------------------| x2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * *
(Guitar 2 plays this over Guitar 1's riff above)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000-88888888-77777777-| x4
|-0000000000000000-88888888-77777777-|
|-0000000000000000-88888888-77777777-|
(Guitar 1 plays this again)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------9h10-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------------|
|-----0---0----0---0-10h12---------0---0----0---0------10h12-|
|-------------------------------------------------10h12------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
|------------------------------------------------------------15h17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------17h18------|
|-10p0-9p0-10p0-9p0-------9h10-10p0-9p0-------9h10-14h15-----------|
|-----0---0----0---0-10h12---------0---0-10h12---------------------| x2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * *
(Guitar 2 plays this over Guitar 1's riff again until the end of the song)
|---------------------------------------- |--------------|
|---------------------------------------- |--------------|
|---------------------------------------- |--------------| (add this on
|---------------------------------------- |--------------| to the end
|-0-00000-000-0000000-000000000-000-0000- x5 |-0-00000-0000-| of the 5th
|-0-00000-000-0000000-000000000-000-0000- |-0-00000-0000-| time through)
* ***** *** ******* ********* *** **** * ***** ****
(Guitar 1 ends on this note)
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-12~~~-|
|-------|
|-------|
(Guitar 2 ends on this note)
|------|
|------|
|------|
|-0~~~-|
|-0~~~-|
|-0~~~-|
Well that's it. Again, I figured this song out by ear, so help me out if you know
anything is wrong. Enjoy!
