Tonic - Queen
From the Album "Sugar"
standard Tuning, capo 1st Fret
tabbed by jjhand
Note that all tab positions written treat first fret Capo as 0 (open string).
Intro - Guitar 1 (Clean) Bbm7 Ebe|--------------------------|----------------------5-|-0---------0--------------|B|----------1---------1-----|----3-------3-----------|-5-3\1-------1------------|G|------------0-------------|--------------0---0-----|--------------------0-----|D|-------2------0h2-----2/4-|-(4)----4-------4-------|---------------0h2----2/4-|A|-0------------------------|------0-----------------|--------------------------|E|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
e|----------------------5-|B|----3-------3-----------|G|--------------0---0-----|D|-(4)----4-------4-------|A|------0-----------------|E|------------------------|
Verse - Guitar 1, play 4xe|-0---------0--------------|----------------------5-| <- do not play last note B|-5-3\1-------1------------|----3-------3-----------| on fourth timeG|--------0-----------0-----|--------------0---0-----|D|---------------0h2----2/4-|-(4)----4-------4-------|A|--------------------------|------0-----------------|E|--------------------------|------------------------|
Chorus - play 3x
Guitar 2 (Distortion) Both (after 3x)e|----------3----------|-0--------------| --------3-------|B|-5--------0----------|-0h1------------| --5-----0-------|G|-5--------0----------|-0h2------------| --5-----0-------|D|-5--------0----------|-0h2------------| --5-----0-------|A|-3--------2----------|-0--------------| --3-----2-------| E|-3--------3----------|----------------| --3-----3-------|
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| Guitar 1 (Distortion) e|------3---3----------|---------0------| B|-5--------0----------|-----1-----1----| G|-5--------0----------|-2-----------2--| D|-5--------0----------|-2--------------| A|-3--------2----------|-0--------------| E|-3--------3----------|----------------|
Guitar 2 play Intro, Guitar 1 plays:e|-0--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|B|-1--------------|-----------pb9r7-|-7b9----------|--------------|G|-2--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|D|-2--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|A|-0--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|E|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
Verse is played again on Guitar 1, while Guitar 2 continues:e|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|B|-8b10----------|--------------|---------------|-------------|G|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|D|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|A|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|E|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
e|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|B|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|G|---------------|--------------|--7v9----------|-(b9)r7------|D|-5/7-----------|--------------|---------------|-(b7)r5------| <- this noteA|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------| rings when tremE|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------| bar returns
Add heavier gain:e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|-------------5------|D|-------------5------|A|-5-5-3qb--0___------| <- the 5th fret notes are actually E|--------------------| in last beat of previous bar
Guitar 1 continues playing random bends until Chorus 2.
Chorus 2 is same as earlier Chorus
Interlude (One Guitar): Distortion Cleane|-2-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-3-----------|B|-3-------------|---------------1-----1---|-----------------------|-1-----------|G|-2-------------|-------0-----0---------0-|-----4p0-0-5p0-0-4---0-|-0-----------|D|-0-------------|---0h2---0h2-------2-----|-----------------------|-2-----------|A|---------------|-3-----------------------|-2---------------------|-3-----------|E|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
Solo Rhythm (first 2 notes are before solo starts):e|-----||------------------------|-------------------------||B|-----||------------------------|-------------------------||G|-----||--------5-----5-5---5---|-5--5---5-----5--5-------||D|-----||--------5-----5-5---5---|-5--5---5-----5--5-------|| play part betweenA|-5-5-||-3qb-0___---------0__---|------0__----------0-5-5-|| double bars 4xE|-----||------------------------|-------------------------||
Soloe|---------------------|---------------|--------5-5-----5-|-8__b9-5---5-5~------|B|----5----------------|---------------|--------------8---|---------8-----------|G|----7b9-----7b9r7-5~-|-(5~)----------|----7b9-----------|---------------------|D|---------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------------|A|---------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------------|E|---------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------------|
e|-------5-----5-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|------------------------------|B|-----5-------5-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|----10-10-10-10-8/10--8~~-----|G|-7b9-----7b9-----7b9-----7-7-|-7b8r7-----------|----9--9--9--9----------------|D|-----------------------------|----------5--7-7-|------------------------------|A|-----------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------|E|-----------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
e|-11~--9h11p9---------------------|B|-------------11---9-11-11~---11\-|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
Play all of Chorus again 2x on both guitars
Outro Riff for Rhythm Guitar:e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|G|-------5---5-5-------5---5-5-|-------7---7-7-----------|D|-x-x---5---5-5-x-x---5---5-5-|-x-x---7---7-7-x-x-------|A|-x-x-0__-------x-x-0__-------|-x-x-0__-------x-x-0-5-5-|E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
play this line 5x, with added muted string strokes here and theree|-----------------------------|-------------------------|B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|G|-------5---5-5-------5---5-5-|-------7---7-7-----------|D|-------5---5-5-x-x---5---5-5-|-x-x---7---7-7-x-x-------|A|-3qb-0__-------x-x-0__-------|-x-x-0__-------x-x-0-5-5-|E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
During that repeated line, the lead plays:e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|G|----7b9-b9-b9-7-5------------|-------------------------|D|------------------7~---------|-(7~)--------------------|A|-----------------------------|-------------------------|E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|B|-----5-5-5-5----------------|-5-----------------------|G|-----5-5-5-5----------------|-5-----------------------|D|-------------5-7-7~---------|-----7---5h7~~~~~~~~~\---|A|----------------------------|-------------------------|E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
e|--------5-5------5-5---------|-------------------------|B|--------5-5------5-5-5-8b10~-|-(b10~)------------------|G|----7b9------7b9-------------|-------------------------|D|-----------------------------|-------------------------|A|-----------------------------|-------------------------|E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|-------------------------|G|-----------5-5-----------|-5qb---------------------|D|-------7-7-----7~---7--7-|-------------------------|A|-------------------------|-------------------------|E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------|------------------------------|B|-------------------------|------------------------------|G|-------------------------|-5qb----------7b8r7-5---------|D|-------7-7---7-7----7--7-|----------------------7---5-7-|A|-------------------------|------------------------------|E|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Ending Chord (Rhythm Guitar)e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-2-----------------------|D|-2-----------------------|A|-0-----------------------|E|-------------------------|
Once the Distorted chord fades out, a clean part plays the intro again with a
slightly different rhythm, so just modify the previous Intro as needed to end the song.
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| PM palm mute
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| * harmonic
| x Mute note (or rake)
| b bend (bends with vibrato bar indicated)
| r release bend
| qb quarter bend (raise pitch slightly)
