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Shambala - Three Dog Night
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standard tuning
tabbed by Robb Anagnostis 4-16-14
This entire song is comprised of RIFF 1 and RIFF 2 (shown tabbed below).
RIFF 1 is the acoustic guitar that is the dominant rhythm instrument
(which is tabbed incorrectly elsewhere).
A distorted electric plays root notes under RIFF 1, almost like
a bass line. Another guitar joins from the 2nd verse on with E, D and A chords.
RIFF 2 is played by both acoustic and electric on the Chorus.
There might seem a bit of a clash when RIFF 1 hits open G (like an Em) and the
other rhythm instruments are hitting G# (playing E Major), but surprising
as it is, that IS how it is played. Please see the CHORD VOICING chart below.
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intro
E||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|
D||--------------------0--2--|
A||-----------------4--------|
E||--------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[VERSES] ("RIFF 1" - see song structure below)
E5 Em7/D A/C# A E5 Dsus9 A ("L"= held note)
e||--0---0-----0-----|-----------------|-----0-------0---|------------------||
B||--0-----------3---|-----------------|-----------3-----|---2---2----------||
G||*-4-----0-------0-|-----2-2---------|---4-----2-------|---2---2---------*||
D||*-2-------0-------|---2---2-----0-1-|-2-----0-------2-|-L-2---2-----0-2-*||
A||------------------|-4-----0---4-----|---------------0-|-L---------4------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[CHORUS] ("RIFF 2" - see song structure below)
A D/A A D A
e||------------------|---------------2-|-L-2---2---2-----|------------------||
B||------2---------3-|-L-2-------2-2-3-|-L-3---3---3---2-|---2-2---2--------||
G||*-----2---------2-|-L-2-------2-2-2-|-L-2---2---2---2-|---2-2---2-------*||
D||*-----2---------4-|-L-2-------2-2-0-|-L-0---0---0---2-|---2-2---2-------*||
A||--0---0---------0-|-L-0-------0-0---|---------------0-|---0-0---0--------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
How ... light shine in.... of Sham-ba- la? tell me...
SONG STRUCTURE
[INTRO] RIFF 1 2x
[VERSE 1] RIFF 1 4x
[VERSE 2] RIFF 1 4x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x ("How does your light shine...")
[SOLO] RIFF 1 1x
[VERSE 3] RIFF 1 4x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x
[OUTRO] RIFF 1 6x (and fade out)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/three_dog_night/shambala_tab_ver_2.html ]
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CHORD VOICINGS
E5 xx2400
Em7/D xx0030 (use 2nd finger to make transition to A/C# easier)
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x (barred 2nd fret)
Dsus9 xx0230
D xx0232
D/A x0423x (or "A6sus4")
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(Additional GUITAR) - enters on 2nd verse
E D A/C# A E D A
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
G||------------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
D||--6-------4-------|---2---2---6-4---|-6-------4-----2-|-L-2---2---6-4---||
A||--7-------5-------|-4-----0-------7-|-7-----5-------0-|-L-------------7-||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
GUITAR #2 CHORDS (enters on 2nd verse)
E x76xxx
D x54xxx
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x
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Shambala - Three Dog Night
[INTRO]
[VERSE 1]
A E D A
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
E D A
with the rain in Sham-bala
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
with the rain in Sham-bala
E D A
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
E D A
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[VERSE 2]
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
on the road to Shambala
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind,
on the road to Shambala
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[CHORUS]
A A6sus4 A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
[GUITAR SOLO]
[VERSE 3]
I can tell my sister, by the flowers in her eyes,
on the road to Shambala.
I can tell my brother, by the flowers in his eyes,
on the road to Shambala
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[CHORUS] (play 2x)
[OUTRO] (repeats 6x and fades out)
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
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