THE VERB - The Swell Season
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Tabbed by: taylor2714
Tuning: Drop D
Verse progression is a changing bass note over a common chord, picking is 16th notes in
time.
Verse (x4)
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------|
D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------|
D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0|
A|2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--|
Verse ends on this chord for one measure:
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-2--------|
D|-2--------|
A|-0--------|
D|-4--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_swell_season/the_verb_tab.html ]
Chorus(x2) Difficult timing to count 16ths, you'll hear it in the song
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------4---4-----4-----4-------4-------5---5-----5-----5-------5|
A|------------5-----------5---5---------------5-------5---5---5--|
D|0---0---------------0-----------5---5--------------------------|
"I'm tired of fighting..." "Your words just rattle..."
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------2---2-------2---2-------2-------0---0-------0---0-------0|
A|4---4-------4---4-------4---4----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5---5-------5---5-------5---5--|
"All joy escapes..." "And I can't make this..."
The second half of the chorus changes the picking a bit, but the notes are the same...
get a nice upbeat rhythym and it will sound fine.
The break after the chorus uses the first two finger positions of the verse, but with a
upbeat picking pattern.
This should serve as a good starting point to the song, now you just need a someone like
to sing it with...
