Artist: Nickelback
Song: Animals
Album: All the Right Reasons
Me: Hawk987 (Jake)
Tuning: Drop D
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
Into 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7--------5------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7--0-0-3-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5--0-0-3-3-5-5-5------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5------------0-0-3---5-5-5------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
no guitar until "I'm drivin past your house"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
Post chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2
no guitar until "By Now..."
(Fade in a little before on D5)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nickelback/animals_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
Post chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
no guitar until "Oh Please"
(Fade in a little before on D5)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5----------------------|x2
A|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3----------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0h5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
Ending
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7---5--------3-3/5-5/7--7-7---5-------3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-3-5-5-5-5--3-3/5-5/7--7-7-3-5-5-5-5-3-3/5-5/7-------------------------|x2
A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--1-1/3-3/5--5-5-3-3-5-5-5-1-1/3-3/5-------------------------|
D|-0-0-3---5-5-5-------------0-0-3---5-5-5-----------------------------------|
[------------]x4
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------/7--------0-------------------------------------------------------|
^
fast a lot
of times
For those of you keeping track, yes there's only three different riffs in the entire song. It's that easy.
