Sovereignty Chords & Tabs
Band: Japandroids
Song: Sovereignty
Album: Post-Nothing
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe)
Effects: Dual Amplifiers - Fuzz Distortion (Recommended: Big Muff Pi) on one amp, Clean
Chorus on the other amp.
This song starts out with a single power chord riff that remains there for the entire
While on the album the main chords are overdubbed, you can start off with this riff and
go directly into the main riff.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/japandroids/sovereignty_tab.html ]
Opening Riff:
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| x16
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Main Chords:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-9------7-----11-----2-----|
|-9-x16--7-x8--11-x8--2-x32-|
|-7------5-----9------0-----|
|-7------5-----9------0-----|
This pattern repeats until the very end of the song, where each chord is simply
This is done only once through.