Lordi - Shotgun Divorce Chords & Tabs

Song: Shotgun Divorce
Band: Lordi
Tabbed by: unspeakable.elvis@gmail.com

Tuning: D standard (low to high: D G C F A D)

Legend:

.       palm mute
h       hammer on
p       pull off
/       slide up to note
\       slide down from note
7b9     bend 7th fret major second up
9r7     release previous bend
x       dead note
~       vibrato



Intro (play x2)
~~~~~

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7h8-----------7h8---------------7h8-----------7h8-------|
|-7---7-------6h7-------------6---6h7-7-------6h7-------------6---| Lead
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Two
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| (very soft)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7h9-----------7h9---------------7h9-----------7h9-------| Lead
|-9---9-------7h9-------------7---7h9-9-------7h9-------------7---| One
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4----------4-----------4----------------------------------------| Rhythm
|-4----------4-----------4--------5----------5-----------5--------|
|-2---2---2--0h2--4---4--0h2--2---5----------5-----------5--------|
|---------------------------------3---3---3--2h3--3---3--2h3--3---|
      .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .       .


|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|/10-----8---7---8---7---5----------------7h8---------------------|
|----------------------------6---7---7--------6h7~~~~-------------| Lead
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Two
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|/11------9---7---9---7---6---------------7h9---------------------| Lead
|-----------------------------7---9---9-------7h9~~~~-------------| One
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------3---------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2--------------------4-----------4------------------| Rhythm
|-0---0---0---0---2-----------2----4-----------4------7---7-------|
|-----------------0---0---0---0--0h2--2---2--0h2--x-x-5---4---0---|
|-------------------------------------------------x-x-------------|
      .   .           .   .           .   .


Verse (play x2)
~~~~~
 "early morning, she was already up..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-------------------------0--------------------2--|


 "the plants were watered, her bags were packed..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2-----------4-----------------------|
|-5-----------2-----------4-----------------------|
|-5-----------0-----------2-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------|

                          "12 guage wack..."
                         |-------------------------------|
                         |-------------------------------|
              Lead fill  |---------------2----------2~~~~|
             going into  |------------------2--2h0-------|
                 Bridge  |-------------------------------|
                         |-------------------------------|
        


Bridge
~~~~~~
 "stranglehold of fear..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Both
|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--------------| Guitars
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------------3--3--3--3--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

 "stronger, and still he's watching her..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2-----5p4h5~~~----5p4h5~~~-| One
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|
| .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .           .           |
|                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2-----2p0h2~~~----2p0h2~~~-| Two
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .           .

 "again she's leaving home..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Both
|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--4--4--4-2---------------| Guitars
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2-0---5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------------3--3--3--3--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        .  .  .

 "again she knows, exactly..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|-------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

 "like with the others before..."
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4--4--4--4-----------0--|
|-2--2--2--2--0--2--3-----|
  loose p.m.


Chorus
~~~~~~
 "this time around..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "ride 'till you fall, then the shotgun divorce..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
|-------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----0-x-x-0--2-----2--x-4---|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----0-x-x----2-----2--x-2---|
|-3-----3--------------------------0-----0--x-2---|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lordi/shotgun_divorce_tab_ver_7.html ]
 "it's her way out -  - and she can't deny, she loves to -"
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "kill and she kills for..."
|-------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----|
|-------------2-----2-----|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----------------|



Straight back to Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, then:


After Second Chorus:
                                     "she's living scared..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Play
|-------------------------------------------------| x3
|/4-----4-----4-----2h4---2--2--2p0-------------0-|
|-----------------------------------2----2--0h2---|


   "he's gone - his head blown off..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------4-----------------------------------|
|-2-----2-----4-----2-----4-----2--4--------------|
|-0-----2-----2-----2-----4-----0--4--------------|
|-------0-----------0-----2--------2--------------|


Solo
~~~~

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12----------------10----------------10----------|
|----------11-------------12~~--11h12----12-11h12-| Lead
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------| (+ reverb!)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | 
|                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Rhythm
|-4--------7-------/11----9-----------------------|
|-2--------5-------/9-----7-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|/14~~----\9~~-----/12----11~~----9h11-12-11-9\7--| Lead
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | 
|                                                 | 
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Rhythm
|-2--------6-------/9-----7-----------------------|
|-0--------4-------/7-----5-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------/9--------12----11h9--7h9---------------| Lead
|-------------------------------------9~~~--------| Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | 
|                                                 | 
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------4-----------------------| Rhythm
|-5-----------------------4-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-------12----11~~--------------------|
|/12----------------------------------------------| Lead
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | 
|                                                 | 
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Rhythm
|-2-----------------------4-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------4-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------2-----------------------|



|-------------------12------14~~~~----------------|
|-12-14-15----14-15-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| Lead
|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 
|                                                 
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------2-----------| Rhythm goes straight
|-5-----------2-----------| into Bridge again
|-5-----------0-----------|      ~~~~~~
|-3-----------------------|


After Post-solo Bridge:


Chorus 2
~~~~~~~~
 "this time around..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "ride 'till you fall, then the shotgun divorce..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
|-------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----0-x-x-0--2-----2--x-4---|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----0-x-x----2-----2--x-2---|
|-3-----3--------------------------0-----0--x-2---|


 "it's her way out -  - and she can't deny, she loves to -"
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "kill and she kills for love..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0--------2p0h2----------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0--------------------------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------0-----------0--2--3-----|


 "this time around..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "ride 'till you fall, then the shotgun divorce..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
|-------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----0-x-x-0--2-----2--x-4---|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----0-x-x----2-----2--x-2---|
|-3-----3--------------------------0-----0--x-2---|


 "it's her way out -  - and she can't deny, she loves to -"
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----2--0-----2-----------0--|
|-3-----3-----------------------3--0-----2--3-----|


 "kill and she kills for..."
|-------------------------|
|-------------3-----3-----|
|-------------2-----2-----|
|-5-----5-----0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----------------|


Back to Intro, which repeats while fading out until...

End.