What, no Neurosis tabs?! Well, their chords are sometimes hard to figure
out--they don't use pure power chords most of the time. Here's Under the
Surface from the Times of Grace album. It took me about 2 hours to figure it
out and type it up. Enjoy.
Neurosis - Under the Surface
Natural harmonics on 14th fret:
(Part A)e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|*------------------------------------------------*|D|*------------------------------------------------*|A|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . (dots represent 1/8 notes) ^^ ^^ ^^
The ^ are accents. Play these notes a bit louder than the rest. This part
has a ton of distortion, so these harmonics ring well.
These chords fall on the accents above (keep playing part A):
(Part B)|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||*-7-----------------------------------7----------| Gtr. 1|*-7-----------------------------------7----------||--5----------------------------------------------||--6----------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . || ||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||*-7-----------------------------------7----------| Gtr. 2|*-7-----------------------------------7----------||--5-----------------------------------5----------||--6-----------------------------------6----------| . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-(7)---------------------------------------------| Gtr. 1|-(7)---------------------------------------------| (held from|-------------------------------------------------| previous measure)|-------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . || ||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--3------------------3----------------3----------| Gtr. 2|--5------------------5----------------5----------||--5------------------5----------------5----------||--3------------------3----------------3----------| . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--6------------------6----------------6----------| Gtr. 1 & 2|--7------------------7----------------7----------||--7------------------7----------------7----------||--5------------------5----------------5----------| . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--10-----------------10---------------10--------*| Gtr. 1 & 2|--7------------------7----------------7---------*||--8------------------8----------------8----------||-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
Part B plays 4 times, then:
(with part A):
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||*------------------------------------------------||*------------------------------------------------||-/8~~~-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-/10~~~----------------------------------------\-||-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . (slide down to next note)
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-4~~~--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------*||------------------------------------------------*||-5~~~--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
Play that 4 times, then part B again 4 times, then:
(Part C)e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|*-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|D|*-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^^ ^^ ^^
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|D|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^^ ^^ ^^
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^ ^ ^
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-*|D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-*|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^ ^ ^
Repeat that 4 times, then this at a slower tempo (-1077945912s an eighth rest):
(Part D)e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| D|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| E|--6-----------------------6-----6-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--3-----------------------3-----3-----| D|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| A|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| E|--3-----------------------3-----3-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--6-----------------------6-----6-----| D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--10----------------------10---------------------*|D|--7-----------------------7----------------------*|A|--8-----------------------8-----------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
That repeats 8 times, then all instruments cut out except for a single
guitar playing heavily distorted and reverbed "volume swell" notes, and a
sparse bass drum. If you really care, the notes are a freestyle mix of A, F,
and D (string 2 fret 10, string 3 fret 10, and string 1 fret 10,
respectively). After a while, play part C and double it an octave lower with
Gtr. 2 ("Your shell is hollow / Your shell is hollow / So am I / The rest
will follow / The rest will follow / So will I / So will I"). Then the
outro:
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|*-------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3)D|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3)D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3)D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1 & 2)D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----|
| . . . . . . . . | | |e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--3-----------------------3----------------------*| (Gtr. 3)D|--5-----------------------5----------------------*|A|--5-----------------------5-----------------------|E|--3-----------------------3-----------------------| . . . . . . . .
Repeat 8 times, then end with:
e|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3)D|--7-----------------------------------------------| (hold for severalA|--7-----------------------------------------------| measures)E|--5-----------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .
