Emotion Sickness Chords & Tabs
T1: Andrew Johns, johns@silverchairmail.zzn.com, Silverchair, Emotion
Sickness, this year 1999
S1: i'm not sure when neon ballroom came out, Some sites might have
this song tabbed already, but I know they’re wrong
this is as real as it get for this song!!!!
ok, this song isn’t a single yet but I think it’s the best song on
Neon Ballroom which includes a video for this song.
Band- Silverchair
Album- Neon Ballroom
Song- Emotion Sickness
Transcribed by- Andrew Johns (johns@danieljohns.zzn.com) or
(johns@silverchairmail.zzn.com)
You might think I’m shitting you when I tell you the tuning, but I’m
not, just try it.
Tuning: Open C#m (from highest to lowest) C#, G#, E, C#, G#, C#
Intro. w/distortion
|-----------------------------------------
|---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---3-3-3---3-3-3--------- X2
|---0-0-0---x-x-x---1-1-1---0-0-0---------
|---0-0-0---3-3-3-------------------------
Verse (Clean)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------3-----------3----------3----------3-----------3----------3----------0---------0--------------
|-------0----0------0----0------0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----0----0----0-------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------1-----------0-----------1---------1----------1---------1---------------------
|---0------------3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Erupt again ignore the pill
and I
2. Sacrifice the tortures
3. Increase delete escape defeat it’s all that
matters to you
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------3-----------3-----------3----------3----------3-----------3----------3---------3------
|-------0----0------0----0------0----0-----0----0------0----0-----0----0-----0----0--------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----2---
|----------------------------1-----------0-----------1----------1----------3---------3-----------
|---0------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
won’t let it
show
orchestral tear
cash flow (Intro. bit x1)
cotton case for an iron
pill
|----------2-------------2--------------0-------------0---------------------------------5-----
|-------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0--------4--------------4------4-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-----
|------2-------------2--------------2-------------2------------2-----2-------2-----2----2-----
|---0-------------0--------------0-------------0-------------0-------------0------------0-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distorted eyes when
everything is clearly dying
Pre Chorus (Clean)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------12-----------13------------13------------12-----------12---------12-------12----------12-----------
|---12-----12-----11-----11-----14-----14-----12-----12----11---11----11---11------------------------------
|-0-------------0------------0-------------0-------------0-----------0----------11---11----11----11--------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0----------0-----------------
|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(go
through once before words)
Burn my knees and.... X3
w/Distortion on
|-------------------------------------------------
|------------12--------------------12------------
|--------------------------------9---------------
|--------11-----11-----------11-----------------
|-----0-------------------0---------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silverchair/emotion_sickness_tab_ver_5.html ]
Chorus (Clean)
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--------
|---12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--------
1. emotion sickness
2. addict with no
3. emotion sickness
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--------
|---10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--------
2. heroine
(Then the "distorted eyes" bit)
Half-Time Feel w/distortion on
|--------------------------------------------------------0---------------0--0------
|--------------------------------------------------------0---------------0--0------
|--------------------------------------------------------4---------------4--4------
|---7-------------7-----7------------7\-----5------------5-----5---------5--5------
X2
|---5-------------5-----5------------5\-----3---3--3--3--3-----3---3--3--3--3------
|-------0--0--0------------0--0--0-------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---7------------7------------3--3-3-3--4--4-4-4---- X4
|---5---3--3-2---5---3--3-2---1--1-1-1--2--2-2-2----
|-------0--0-0-------0--0-0-------------------------
Pre Chorus (as before)
burn my knees and….
burn my knees and pray
burn my knees and….
burn my knees and pray
Bridge is just chorus chords w/distortion on
Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up
Get up, Get up, Get up, won’t you starve my
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---3-3-3---3-3-3-----0-0-0---0-0-0---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------
|---0-0-0---x-x-x---1-1-1---0-0-0-----0-0-0---x-x-x---1-1-1---3-3-3----------
|---0-0-0---3-3-3------------------------0-0-0---3-3-3------------------------
brain
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5---3--3-3-----------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0--0-0-----------
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5---2--2-2-----------
|---0-0-0---x-x-x---1-1-1---0-0-0---1-1-1---3-3-3---3--3-3----------
|---0-0-0---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------
End bit (clean)
|-----------------8---------10--------8---------0-----------------------------------------------------0-----
|----------12------12---------12-------12-------12-0-----------------------------------------------------11-
|------12----12-------12--------12-------12---------------------------9----------------------11--------------
|---0------------------------------------------------------------11-----11--------------10-----10------------X3
|--------------------------------------------------------------9-----------9----------8-----------8---------
|-----------------------------------------------------------9-------9--------------8------8-----------------
Slow Chorus
Emotion sickness
addict with no heroine
good things will pass (it helps with excess access)
lessons learnt
emotion sickness
lessons learnt, earnt
|-----------------8---------10--------8---------0----------------------------------------------------------
|----------12------12---------12-------12-------12-0-------------------------------------------------------
|------12----12-------12--------12-------12---------------------------11-------------------9--------------
|---0------------------------------------------------------------10-----10------------10----10-----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------8-----------8--------9----------9---------
|-----------------------------------------------------------8-------8-------------9------9---------------
|-----------------8---------10--------8---------0----------------------------------------------
|----------12------12---------12-------12-------12-0-----------------------------------------
|------12----12-------12--------12-------12--------------------------11---------------------
|---0------------------------------------------------------------10----10------11------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------8----------8-----9------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------8-------8-----------9------------
Phew!, at last that’s it
Have fun!
