Black Saturday Chords & Tabs
Soundgarden - 'Black Saturday'
From the album 'King Animal'
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand
Cool number with acoustic guitar in there as well. This was tabbed from the album and
live footage. Please rate or comment.
Acoustic Intro - played 4x
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-11---11-11-11---11-11-11-11-12--|
E|-0----0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0---|
Acoustic Verse Riff - play these 3 bars 4x
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-12--11--12--11--12--11-----|
A|-11-11-12--13--14______________-|-0---0---0---0---0---0--12--|
E|-0--0--0---0---0----0---0---0---|------------------------0---|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-11-11-12--13--14______________-|
E|-0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0---|
Chorus - Acoustic and Electric with mild distortion
play 3x
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9--|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11----11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-9-----9-----9--9--9--|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
e|-0-----0-----0--0-------------------------|
B|-0-----0-----0--0-------------------------|
G|-9-----9-----9--9-------------------------|
D|-9-----9-----9--9--9--10----10---10-10-10-|
A|-7-----7-----7--7--9--10----10---10-10-10-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--7--8-----8----8--8--8--|
Chorus Ending Part 1
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--------------------------|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11-11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
Chorus Ending Part 2:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------| 6/4 time (6 beats per bar, this line only)
E|-0---0-4---5--0--0--4-5-|
Electric Guitar Starts playing Acoustic Verse Riff
Play Verse Riff on both guitars
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/soundgarden/black_saturday_tab.html ]
Play Chorus again on both guitars
Play Chorus Ending 4x
Bridge - played 4x
Acoustic
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| continue
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| below
E|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
|
| Electric
e|-17------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------16------|-17------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Acoustic
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|
| Electric
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-16------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Final Chorus - 2x
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9--|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11----11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-9-----9-----9--9--9--|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9-|
D|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9-|
A|-7-----7-----7--7--7--7-----7-----7--7--7-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
After 2x through this way, play chorus riff from earlier 1x
Repeat the chorus ending to end song (listen for number of repeats).
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| __ Hold out note (underline after number)
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