Band: Operation Ivy
Song: The Crowd
Album: Energy (1989)
Tuning: Standart E A D G B E
Okay, this is a very special song from Operation Ivy, one of their very best I've to say!
Regular Version (E-Guitar)
Chords - Well, just simply powerchords...
| Verse | Chorus |
| F# D A E F# C# G# E |
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|---11----7---------9---|--------6-------------|
D|---11----7----7----9---|---4----6----6----2---|
A|---9-----5----7----7---|---4----4----6----2---|
E|--------------5--------|---2---------4----0---|
Intro - Okay, before you start the Intro you wait till the drum kick in
and you slide to the F# Powerchord and starts to play the intro two times
and afterwards you play the brigde two times, too...
| 1x | Intro Pt.#1 2x |
e|--------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------|--------------------------------------------|
G|--4/11--|--11111111111111-7777777---------9999999----|
D|--4/11--|--11111111111111-7777777-7777777-9999999----|
A|--2/9---|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5555555-7777777-7777777----|
E|--------|-------------------------5555555------------|
| Bridge 2x |
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---111111-9-777-9-------9999999----------------------|
D|---111111-9-777-9-77777-9999999----------------------|
A|---9-9-9--7-555-7-77777-7777777----------------------|
E|------------------55555------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/operation_ivy/the_crowd_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse - Also here are several parts: The first part of the verse is completely palm muted.
The first part is played one time. So the second part is played two time.
The second part is basically palm muted, only at the beginning the first two chords are played....
After the second part you just do a little slide and play the bridge tice...
| Verse Pt.#1 (Palm Muted) 1x |
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--111111111111111-77777777----------99999999----------|
D|--111111111111111-77777777-77777777-99999999----------|
A|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-55555555-77777777-77777777----------|
E|----------------------------55555555------------------|
P.M.|------------------------------------------|
| Verse Pt.#2 (Palm Muted) 2x | Slide |
e|-----------------------------------------|------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|------------|
G|--1111--1111111111111111111111111111111--|---4/11-----|
D|--1111--1111111111111111111111111111111--|---4/11-----|
A|--9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|---2/9------|
E|-----------------------------------------|------------|
P.M. |------------------------------|
Chorus - Well, the chorus is quiet simply... fast and hard!
| Chorus 4x | "We need a gathering instead" |
e|---------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------666-----------|--------------------------------|
D|---444-666-666-2222--|---2~~--------------------------|
A|---444-444-666-2222--|---2~~--------------------------|
E|---222-----444-0000--|---0~~--------------------------|
Solo - The solo is kinda easy to play after a bit of practice...
| 1x | 2x |
e|-----|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----|------------------------------------------------|
A|--2/-|-9-9-9-9--7-7--5-5-5-5--7-7--0-0-0-0--2-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----|------------------------------------------------|
Outro - Just hammer on your strings and end it up!
| "We need a gathering instread..." 1x |
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|----222222222222--------------------------------------|
A|----222222222222--------------------------------------|
E|----000000000000--------------------------------------|
P.M. |
Order: Intro - Bridge - Verse - Bridge - Chorus - Bridge
Verse - Bridge - Chorus - Solo - Chorus
Well, yeah.. that's it! After a little time of practice you can play that great song!
The only thing that's a bit hard to play is maybe the Solo which is a bit fast
But you can also play just the Bridge which is kinda the same...
Well, you just have to practice.. like Timmy ;)
If you have any question or just wanna talk about Operation Ivy or other shit send me a mail:
My Name Is Joko - suburbiabomb@web.de
