Honourosis
transcribed with Gabe Abbe
pre-intro
guitar (play these notes very loosely)
|-----|
|-0-0-|
|-4-4-|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
bass
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-|
s = slide up to the note
intro and verse
guitar
|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|
|-4p0-----------------------------|
|-----0-2---4---4---4-4-4-4-2-2-0-|
|-----3-3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|
lyric: "today's different..."
p = play the first note and pull off to the next
bass
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-|
chorus - Gabe and I came up with two ways of playing it
guitar - the way i heard it at first
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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----8-----8---7-----7~--7-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3--s7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7---|
lyric: "i can't honour you..."
~ = bend the note a little bit
guitar - gabe's way, which sounds more accurate to me
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3-----3---2-----2~--2~--0-|
|-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3---------------------------------|
bass
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-2s3-3-3-3-3---3s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
interlude
guitar
|---------------------------------|
|-------3p0-------------3p0-------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5p4p0-----------5p4p0-----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
bass
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-2s3-3-3-3-3---3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/unwound/honourosis_tab.html ]
loud part (play this four times)
guitar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
"look at me right now"
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|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-3-3---0-3-3---0-3-3---0-3-3---0-|
bass
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------| i absolutely cannot hear the
|---------------------------------| bass during this part at all,
|---------------------------------| <-------------------
|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-| so this is just a guess
loud part continued (play this twice)
even though those 9's and 11's don't line up with each other,
pretend that they do.
guitar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
lyric: "right now"
|-8-8-7-7-------------------------|
|---------8-8-7-7-------------7-7-|
|-----------------7-7-6-6-7-7-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
bass
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------| this measure here is a guess
|---------------------------------| <---------------
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|
order
pre-intro, intro (quiet), chorus (quiet, no singing), verse (noisy),
chorus (noisy), interlude, chorus (quiet), loud part, verse (noisy),
interlude.
note: you can play the verse without ever moving your hand if you
put your middle finger on the A string, 3rd fret and use your third
finger or pinkie to play on the fourth fret and your first finger
to play on the second fret.
A tip from Nat: "I just wanted to let you know that the first way you heard
Honourosis is correct. I saw Unwound play in Long Beach a couple weeks
ago, and I ended up so close to the tiny stage, that justin almost
smacked me in the face with the headstock of his guitar. Anyway, that
song is one of my favorite unwound songs, and they played it that
night. I paid attention to how he played it, and you were right."
