Terra Firma Chords & Tabs
Song: Terra Firma
Band: MyChildren MyBride
Album: Lost Boys
... - palm mute
/ - slide
7. - staccato (don't let note ring)
() - one guitar plays notes
~ - let notes ring
This should be 100% correct. I did most of this by ear and had a little help on a
couple parts from Dan Alvarado (one of
MCMB's guitarists).
Intro fades in...
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-5-01-4-01-8-7.--|
|-3-01-2-01-6-5.--|
.. ..
IN DEATH WE WILL ASCEND!
x2
|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-(22-22-22)-22-22-22-(22-22-22-22-2222-22-22)-22-22 2-|---------------|
|-(11-11-11)-11-11-11-(11-11-11-11-1111-11-11)-11-11-1-|-5-01-4-01-8-7-|
|-(22-22-22)-22-22-22-(22-22-22-22-2222-22-22)-22-22-2-|-3-01-2-01-6-5-|
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. . .. ..
Next, guitar plays previous riff x1, while guitar 2 only plays whats in the () and the ending
Then, both guitars only play whats in the (), and....
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----------4---------|
|-5-0-2-1-0-2-3-0-----|
|-3-0-2-1-0---3-0-----|
. . . . . .
x2
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-7-5--0000-0000--10-8-7-5--0000-0000-------|
|-3-2-5-3--0000-0000--8--7-5-3--0000-0000-------|
.... .... .... ....
x4
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------5-------------------------|
|-5-0000-4---578-875--10-0000-8-----5-7h8-|
|-3-0000-2--8----------8-0000-6--578------|
.... ........ .... ....
x4
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------7777------------8888---|
|-5-0000-4-4444--10-0000-8-5555---|
|-3-0000-2-------8--0000-6--------|
.... ....
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-----5-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-4.--|
|-3-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2.--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
x4
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--| 1's not 11
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--|
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mychildren_mybride/terra_firma_tab_ver_2.html ]
x1 x2
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|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5-0-0-4.---0-00-000-000--5-0-0-4.--0-00--0-00-000-000-|-5-0-0-4.--0-00--0-00-000-000-|
|-3-0-0-2.---0-00-000-000--3-0-0-2.--0-00--0-00-000-000-|-3-0-0-2.--0-00--0-00-000-000-|
. . . .. ... ... . . . .. . .. ... ... . . . .. . .. ... ...
back to... x2
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|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-7-5--0000-0000--10-8-7-5--0000-0000-------|
|-3-2-5-3--0000-0000--8--7-5-3--0000-0000-------|
.... .... .... ....
x4
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
|-5-0-0-4-5-0-0-0-0-4-5-0-0-0-4-5-7-0-0-5-7-0-4-0-0-5-7-0-4-0-4-5-|
|-3-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-2-3-5-0-0-3-5-0-2-0-0-3-5-0-2-0-2-3-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
back to...
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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-----5-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-4.--|
|-3-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2.--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and... x4
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|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--| again 1's not 11
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--|
|-88888-33-/6-5555555--00000-11-/6-5555555--|
Ending breakdown:
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|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-0~-0000000~-00~-00~-000~-000~-0~-0000000~-0000000.-|
|-0~-0000000~-00~-00~-000~-000~-0~-0000000~-0000000.-|
|-0~-0000000~-00~-00~-000~-000~-0~-0000000~-0000000.-|
. ....... .. .. ... ... . ....... .......
repeat with |-2- chord from intro x1
|-1-
|-2-
Then back to open B chord again
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|----------------------------------------------------|
|-0.-0000.-000.-0000000.-00000.-0000.-000.-0000000.--|
|-0.-0000.-000.-0000000.-00000.-0000.-000.-0000000.--|
|-0.-0000.-000.-0000000.-00000.-0000.-000.-0000000.--|
Thats it! Feel free to ask any questions or comment or criticize.
