Tesla - Wonderful World Chords & Tabs

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From: SPARC@delphi.com

Wonderful World
by: Tesla (This band rocks!)  off of Bust a Nut

Transcription by: Scott Ettinger (Sparc@delphi.com) 4/27/95 1:30 A.M.


  I heard this song the other day and it blew me away, so I had to figure it
out.


Intro:  Acoustic with electric a la Tesla

E-|----------5--0-----------9--------7--------5-----\3------------------------|
B-|-------7--------7-----7-----7--------7--------7--\5------------------------|
G-|----7--------------7-----------7--------7----------------------------------|
D-|-0------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E-|----------3--0-----------7--------5--------3-----\1------------------------|
B-|-------5--------5-----5-----5--------5--------5--\3------------------------|
G-|----5--------------5-----------5--------5----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E-|----------1--0--------------------1--0-------------------------------------|
B-|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3----------------------------|
G-|----3--------------3--------3--------------3-------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E-|----------3-p2---------!7!-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------3-------3-------!7!-------------------------------------------------|
G-|----2-------------2----!7!-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-0---------------------!7!-------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:  Acoustic and vocals only

E-|--------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------2-h3p2-----------3-\2-------2h3-2------2-----------------------------|
G-|-----2------------------------------------------4p2------------------------|
D-|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------4-----------3-----------2---------------------------------|


E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-4b(5)u4--2-----2-----------2-----------4----------------------------------|
D-|-------------------3-----------3-----------5-------------------------------|
A-|----------------------3-----------3-----------5----------------------------|
E-|-1-----------1-----------1----------/3-------------------------------------|

Repeat  4 times

    You may ask "how the heck is it possible to play this?"  I personally
think that Skeoch has evolved an extra finger to play this stuff.  The way
I do it is to make use of my thumb to fret the low E string on the G and
F#, then do a painful bend with my pinky along with the F base note.


Transition Riff 1:  Acoustic and electric sound again

E-|----------5--0--------------------3--0--------------------1--0-------------|
B-|-------7--------7--------------5--------5--------------3--------3----------|
G-|----7--------------7--------5--------------5--------3--------------3-------|
D-|-0--------------------0--0--------------------0--0--------------------0----|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E-|first:----3-p2-----------second:---------3---------------------------------|
B-|-------3--------3-----3---------------3------------------------------------|
G-|----2--------------2---------------2---------------------------------------|
D-|-0------------------------------0------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeats twice

Next, play verse 2 times again (Acoustic only)


Verse 2
 guitar 1: (on first 1.5 times through, both acoustic and clean electric,
            then just the acoustic)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tesla/wonderful_world_tab_ver_2.html ]
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------1-----------0-----------1-----------0----------------------------|
G-|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------------------------------|
D-|----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------------------------|
A-|-0-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------2-----------2-------------------------------------|

E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------2-----------0-----------2-----------0----------------------------|
D-|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------------------------|
A-|----3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------------------------------|
E-|-1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------------------------------------|

Play this a total of 6 times (twice before lyrics and guitar 2 come in)


  guitar 2:  switch to killer distortion

lead in riff:
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------8--8--8~~~~-------------------------|
G-|-(12)\5~~~~----5--7b(9)--7~~~~--(7)/9--9--9--9~~~~-------------------------|
D-|------------7--------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

rhythm:
    Am          Who knows    F            Am             ?        F       G
E-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0------1------------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----1-----------|
B-|-1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1------1------------1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1-----1-------3---|
G-|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2------2-let ring.--2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-------4---|
D-|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2------3--a while---2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----3-------5---|
A-|-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3------3------------0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-----3-------5---|
E-|-------------2-2-2-2------1------------------------2-2-2-2-----1-------3---|
                ^
                Nasty eh? ( you can get away with omitting the A string...)
                          do some creative thumb work again.
                          ( hell to transcribe )
Repeat this twice


Transition 2:

guitar 1: (both guitars now electric distortion - tough on stage! )

    C           D           F           G          Bfl          A     C#   D
E-|-------------------------1-----1-----3-----3-------------------------------|
B-|-5-----5-----7-----7-----1-----1-----3-----3-----3-----3-----2-----6----7--|
G-|-5-----5-----7-----7-----2-----2-----4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----6----7--|
D-|-5-----5-----7-----7-----3-----3-----5-----5-----3-----3-----2-----6----7--|
A-|-3-----3-----5-----5-----3-----3-----5-----5-----1-----1-----0-----4----5--|
E-|-------------------------1-----1-----3-----3-------------------------------|

guitar 2: (still rockin distortion)

E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-5-----5-----7-----------------------------------3-------------------------|
G-|-5-----5-----7-----------------------------------3-------------------------|
D-|-5-----5-----7-----------------------------------3-------------------------|
A-|-3-----3-----5-----------------------------5~----1----3b5u3 1 0----4---/5--|
E-|------------------(10)\--1~----3-3/5-3~5/7---------------------------------|
                     ^slow slide  ^this part is real hard to hear
                                   so I may have gotten a little creative

Verse 3 (Actually same pattern as transition 1)

both guitars: (acoustic electric combo)
E-|----------5--0--------------------3--0--------------------1--0-------------|
B-|-------7--------7--------------5--------5--------------3--------3----------|
G-|----7--------------7--------5--------------5--------3--------------3-------|
D-|-0--------------------0--0--------------------0--0--------------------0----|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-|1st-4th---3-p2-----------fifth:----------3---------------------------------|
B-|-------3--------3-----3---------------3------------------------------------|
G-|----2--------------2---------------2---------------------------------------|
D-|-0------------------------------0------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

repeat 5 times


Verse 3 intro Riff: heavy distortion

E-|---------------------------------10---------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------10b(11)-----(11)u10------------------------------------|
G-|--------7~~-(10)u9-7~~~---------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--6b(7)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


After this, play verse 1 pattern on acoustic 3 times with a little crescendo
at the end.

Explanation of Transcription:

\x      slide down to fret x
/x      slide up to fret x
hx      hammer on to fret x
px      pull off to fret x
!x!     harmonic at fret x
bx      bend up to equiv of fret x
ux      unbend down to fret x
x~      vibrato at fret x

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                                                (Scott Ettinger)