Silverchair
The Lever
Diorama Track 9
Note : this song is played with the guitars tuning dropped to C..
I think i hav the notes correct.. my tuner is broke, i just know its
in C and so tuned my guitar accordingly uses the frets.
Most of this song is palm muted so i will
just write above each part if there is palm
muting involved indicated by a *
Verse 1 (play this section twice!)
(play this 3 times)
* ** * * *
c |-------------------------
G |-------------------------
D# |----------------------4--
B |-2-22--4--2-2-2-------2--
F |-2-22--4--2-2-2----------
C |-0-00--2--0-0-0--2h3-----
(then this for the 4th)
* ** * * *
e |--------------------------
B |---------------------3-5--
G |-----------------2-4------
D |-2-22--4--2-2-2-----------
A |-2-22--4--2-2-2-----------
E |-0-00--2--0-0-0-----------
Bridge Part
e |-----------------------------------
B |-----------------------------------
G |-----------------------------------
D |-----------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------
E |-5p0-0--5p0-0--5p0-0--5p0-0---5p0--
Pre-chorus
e |------------------------
B |------------------------
G |------------------------
D |-2-2-5--2---5555--3333--
A |-2-2-5--2---5555--3333--
E |-0-0-3--0---3333--1111--
Chorus
e |-----------------------------------------------------
B |-----------------------------------------------------
G |-13-1313-\-11-/-13/14------13-1313-\-11-/-13/14------
D |-x--x-x--\-x--/-x-/x---5---x--x-x--\-x--/-x-/x---12--
A |-11-1111-\-9--/-11/12--5---11-1111-\-9--/-11/12--12--
E |-----------------------3-------------------------10--
e |--------------------------
B |--------------------------
G |-13-1313-\-11-/-13/14-----
D |-x--x-x--\-x--/-x-/x---3--
A |-11-1111-\-9--/-11/12--3--
E |-----------------------1--
Pre-verse2 riff (played with slow phaser)
* ** * **
e |--------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------
G |--------------------------------------
D |--------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------
E |-1/12~--0-00-2~--0-00-3^(whole tone)--
Verse 2 (is slighty different with the lead riff this time)
(play this 3 times)
* ** * * *
e |-------------------------
B |-------------------------
G |----------------------4--
D |-2-22--4--2-2-2-------2--
A |-2-22--4--2-2-2----------
E |-0-00--2--0-0-0--2h3-----
(then this for the 4th)
* ** *
e |-------------7p5-3h5p3-----
B |-----------------------5---
G |---------------------------
D |-2-22--4--2----------------
A |-2-22--4--2----------------
E |-0-00--2--0----------------
(play this 3 times)
* ** * * *
e |-------------------------
B |-------------------------
G |----------------------4--
D |-2-22--4--2-2-2-------2--
A |-2-22--4--2-2-2----------
E |-0-00--2--0-0-0--2h3-----
(then this for the 4th)
* ** * * *
e |--------------------------
B |---------------------3-5--
G |-----------------2-4------
D |-2-22--4--2-2-2-----------
A |-2-22--4--2-2-2-----------
E |-0-00--2--0-0-0-----------
Bridge (play twice second time round pm it)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silverchair/the_lever_tab.html ]
e |--------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------
G |--------------------------------------
D |--------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------
E |-5p0-0--5p0-0--5p0-0--5p0-0--5p0-7p0--
then play...
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Heavy Riff (guitar1)
e |-xx---------------------------------
B |-xx---------------------------------
G |-xx----------------43---------------
D |-xx--2-2-4-5-5-2---21--4-2-4-5-4-3--
A |-xx--2-2-4-5-4-2-------4-2-4-5-4-3--
E |-xx--0-0-2-3-2-0-------2-0-2-3-2-1--
Lead guitar over heavy riff (play this 3times)
e |-------------------------------
B |-15-14-13---11/13--8-9-10------
G |-------------------------------
D |-------------------------------
A |-------------------------------
E |-------------------------------
then... (this bit is not very accurate but sounds ok)
|-----------------------------10-12-13-15-12-13-10----12-10-12/13-12-10--
|-15-14-13---11/13--8-9-10-----------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
then quickly play...
¬this is a pre-bend
e |-----------------------------------------
B |--7--------------------------------------
G |--9b11~------9b11r7~---10b12-10b12--7~---
D |-----------------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------------
play this 4times
* * * *
e |--------12-1212---------------12--
B |--------12-1212---------------12--
G |--------12-1212---------------12--
D |--------12-1212---------------12--
A |-14-14-----------14-14-12h14------
E |-0--0------------0--0--0----------
then this...
* * * *
e |-------12-1212-------------------------------------------------
B |-------12-1212-------------3h5---------------------------------
G |-------12-1212---------2h4-------------------------------------
D |-------12-1212-------------------------------------------------
A |-14-14----------14-14------------------------------------------
E |-0--0-----------0--0------------8p0-0-8p0-0-8p0-0-8p0-0-8p0-0--
bak into chorus played twice..
then into the heavy riff with loadsa distortion palm muted played 9 times
after first 5 times bring in lead gtr with vocals..then play
this variation on (do you need a little more)
e |-------------------------------
B |-------------------------------
G |-------------------------------
D |-2-2-4-5-8-5-7-4--4-2-4-5-4-3--
A |-2-2-4-5-8-5-7-4--4-2-4-5-4-3--
E |-0-0-2-3-6-3-5-2--2-0-2-3-2-1--
e |-----------------------------
B |-----------------------------
G |-----------------------------
D |-2-777--666--5--4-2-4-5-4-3--
A |-2-777--666--5--4-2-4-5-4-3--
E |-0-555--444--3--2-0-2-3-2-1--
and end with...
e |----------------------------------
B |----------------------------------
G |-----------------43---------------
D |---2-2-4-5-5-2---21--4-2-4-5-4-3--
A |---2-2-4-5-4-2-------4-2-4-5-4-3--
E |---0-0-2-3-2-0-------2-0-2-3-2-1--
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any comments/corrections/questions welcome..
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