Soldier Blue

The Cult

Tom: A

This has been taken from http://*
I did not tab this and thank you to Pedro Sousa for tabbing this kik ass song out!



transcribed by pedro sousa (*)

here's another great song from the also great sonic temple, in my opinion it's pretty 
I have doubts about the pre-chorus though. send me any corrections!

 /       - slide
 ~       - vibratto
 .       - stacatto
 h       - hammer on
 p       - pull off
 b       - b
 brp     - bend release pull off
 ?       - when I can't make out the lyrics

intro: x4 with some whammy bar effects (try the harmonic at 7th fret second string)


  1st/3rd                2nd     4th
e-----------------------|-------|------|
b-----------------------|-------|------|
g---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---|
d---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---|
a---0--2-----2-----2----|--5~~--|--0---|
E-----------------------|-------|------|


riff 1
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5


e----------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------|
g---9-8-9------9-8-9-/11---11-9-8-9-8-------9-8-------9-7--------|
d---------9-9------------9------------9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7----|
a----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|



e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g--/11-9-8-9-8--/11-9-8-9-8---------|
d---------------------------9-7-9---|
a-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|


verse 1:
        .  . .  .
chords: B5 B5A5 D5 E5/A5
           *

*play A5 right after B5 (listen to the song)

 soldier blue bloodstained red
 hey people it's gonna bust your head
 a real bad dream yeah you know it's true
 kiss his boots or you'll be through
 out of the night comes a soldier ridin'
 line you up in his gun sight

pre-chorus:
                   slide to A5 only the last time
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5

this is played over the pre chorus

e--------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------14b-14-|
g-2~-4~-5~-7~-9~-11~-12~-14~-16~-------|
d--------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|


 his mind's exploded ego's overloaded
 hey children started runnin'

chorus: same as riff1 x2

 soldier blue love is out of season
 soldier blue yeah ain't fighting for no reason no no

verse 2: same as the first but the D5 rings out more and has small slide before it

 a soldier blue a soldier fried
 he's gonna bust up everything in sight
 a real heavy dude in a killing mood
 pack your bags or you'll be through
 you'll be through yeah
 it's guaranteed to shater all your dreams

pre-chorus:

chorus:

interlude: palm muted root notes

use this clean  bit when necessary in this part

e--0-----0-----0------------|
b----0-----0-----0----------|
g------2-----2-----2--------|
d---------------------------|
a---------------------------|
E---------------------------|


B                            D\A                             B
 I see the sunset sea on fire  ships burn off the coast of orion
G                             B A
 dreams of peace wait on the horizon for yee
B                           D\A
 clouds filled with blood rain on the water
  B G                                       B A
 ????? night time fingers clench the last ????

D\B                D\A                 B G                 B A
  our sister rides a horse of apocalypse now is the closing

during this last phrase
play the same thing but strike the chords between the root notes (heavy metal style)

play this over it


e-----12brp10-12-prebend12rp10--12brp-12~-hold-b--|
b--12---------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|


solo:

part 1 (play the intro)

                          love has no season                          come on shake it stealer
e-------------------------10b-hold-rp7--------------------------------------------------|
b---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b----------------10-7-10/(12)~~--º-º----º-º---º-º----------------|
g---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7---7-7------9~~-7~~~~-|
d-------------------------------------------------------9-----9----9-----9~~------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


part 2:

chords: B5 D5 E5 B5 D5 B5
                 *

* end it here the second time


e--------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
b------------------7---10-7-10brp7--------------------------------------|
g--9brp7--9b~~-~9b-----------------9brp7-9-7---------9-7----------------|
d--------------------------------------------9~-9~-------9-7------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5----|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------7~-|



e----------------------------------7-10p7----7------------7-10p7----7---------------------------|
b------------------------10b-10b----------10---10-7--------------10---10-7-º----------10/(12)~~-|
g-------------------7h9-----------------------------9brp7------------------9brp7----7-----------|
d------------7~~--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-------------|
a----5-7/(9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


chorus:

the end uses the same chords as riff 1 but the phrasing is different
once again you must listen to the song, there's also a solo over it.

 B5 A5 D5 E5/

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