Song: Angel’s Son THE RIGHT WAY TO PLAY IT!!!
Group: Sevendust
Album: Animosity
Lyrics: Clink Lowery & Lajon Witherspoon
Music: Sevendust
Transposed by: Thomas Flowers [email protected]
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Okay, I have looked at some of the other peoples tablature for this song, and honestly I could
not believe how off they are, even though the authors seem so sure that they’re right. Some
people say that the song is played in drop-D tuning with 2 guitars, and other people say that
it’s not even detuned. Well, guess what THEY’RE ALL WRONG!! So without further ado, I will show
you how to play the song correctly, and you will sound almost identical to the Clint Lowery on
the Album.
Recommendation: I recommend that you use brand-new earnie-ball strings on an acoustic guitar.
It doesn’t matter what type you use, but I prefer to use heavier strings.
Okay, Just to clear something up, to play the song you WILL have to detune your guitar. The song
is played in drop-D flat(b) ex.= Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb. To achieve this you must first detune your
whole guitar down half a step. Then drop the low E-string as you would normally do to put it in
drop-D. The high e string is not played throughtout the whole song so try to avoid hitting it.
And one more thing. From listening to the song, I have heard that the acoustic part is played
by only 1 person, though I guess it can be played by 2 but I’m not sure why anyone would want to.
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Key: ~ = Let ring out
s = slide
X = mute
| = End Verse
} = Stop
K = 10
E = 11
T = 12 (sorry about having to label fret 10,11,12. It’s just double digit #’s get
on my nerves >.< )
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Intro:
Eb|————————————|———————————|———————|
Bb|——-3——-3——-3——-3—|——3—3—3——-3—3—3—|——3——-3——|
Gb|——5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5-|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5-|—5—5——-5—-|
Db|————————————|———————————|————3———|
Ab|—3——-5————————|———————————|———————|
Db|——————-3——-5——-|-6—————6—————|-0——————|
Eb|——————-|———————————-|
Bb|——-3——-3—|——3—3—3—-3~-~-~-~-~-~-~—|
Gb|——5—5——-5-|—5—5—5—5—5~-~-~-~-~-~-~—|
Db|————-3——|———————————-|
Ab|——————-|-3—————-5~-~-~-~-~-~-~—|
Db|—3————5—|———————————-|
Verse: Play 4x
Eb|—————————————————|————————-|
Bb|——-0—3-3—3-3—3—3——1—1-1—3-3—3-3—|——3—3-3—3-3—3-3-3-|
Gb|——-4s5—5—-4—-2——-2—-2—-0—-2s3-|——3—-3—-3s5—3—|
Db|—————————————————|————————-|
Ab|—0-0———————-5-5———————|-5-5———————|
Db|—0-0———————-4-4———————|-5-5———————|
Eb|———————-|
Bb|——1—1-1—3—3-3-3-|
Gb|——2—-2—0———|
Db|——————4—|
Ab|-5-5——————|
Db|-4-4——————|
Bridge: Play 2x. You’ll have to listen to the song to get the right rhythem. (K=10,E=11,T=12)
Eb|——————————————|————————————————|
Bb|—0—0—00—0—00000—0—0—00—0—00000-|-0—0—00—0—00000—0—0—00—0—00000———|
Gb|—5—5—55—5—55555—7—7—77—7—77777-|-E—E—EE—E—EEEEE—T—T—TT—T—TTTTT———|
Db|—X—X—XX—X—XXXXX—X—X—XX—X—XXXXX-|-X—X—XX—X—XXXXX—X—X—XX—X—XXXXX———|
Ab|—3—3—33—3—33333—5—5—55—5—55555-|-9—9—99—9—99999—K—K—KK—K—KKKKK———|
Db|—0—0—00—0—00000—0—0—00—0—00000-|-0—0—00—0—00000—0—0—00—0—00000———|
Chorus: Again, you must listen to the song to get the rhythem right. (K=10, E=11, T=12)
Eb|————————————|————————————|
Bb|————————————|————————————|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-E-EE-EE-EE-ETTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-9-99-99-99-99999-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Eb|————————————|————————————|
Bb|————————————|————————————|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-TTTTT-|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-T}—-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-K}—-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-9}—-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-0}—-|
Verse 1st half: Play 2x
Eb|—————————————————|————————-|
Bb|——-0—3-3—3-3—3—3——1—1-1—3-3—3-3—|——3—3-3—3-3—3-3-3-|
Gb|——-4s5—5—-4—-2——-2—-2—-0—-2s3-|——3—-3—-3s5—3—|
Db|—————————————————|————————-|
Ab|—0-0———————-5-5———————|-5-5———————|
Db|—0-0———————-4-4———————|-5-5———————|
Eb|———————-|
Bb|——1—1-1—3—3-3-3-|
Gb|——2—-2—0———|
Db|——————4—|
Ab|-5-5——————|
Db|-4-4——————|
Verse 2nd half: Play 2x
Eb|————————————|———————————-|
Bb|————————————|———————————-|
Gb|——5-55-55-5555——7-77-77-7777-|—-T-TT-TT-TTTT——E-EE-EE-EEEE-|
Db|——X-XX-XX-XXXX——X-XX-XX-XXXX-|—-X-XX-XX-XXXX——X-XX-XX-XXXX-|
Ab|-0-0—3-33-33-3333—55-5-55-55-5555-|-55-K-KK-KK-KKKK—55-9-99-99-9999-|
Db|-0-0—0-00-00-0000—44-0-00-00-0000-|-55-0-00-00-0000—44-0-00-00-0000-|
Chorus 2:Play 2x
Eb|————————————|————————————|
Bb|————————————|————————————|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-ETTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-9-99-99-99-99999-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-88888-|
Eb|————————————|————————————|
Bb|————————————|————————————|
Gb|-E-EE-EE-EE-EEEEE-T-TT-TT-TT-TTTTT-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-T-TT-TT-TT-T~~—-|
Db|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-|-K-KK-KK-KK-KKKKK-K-KK-KK-KK-K~~—-|
Ab|-9-99-99-99-99999-9-99-99-99-99999-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-8~~—-|
Db|-0-00-00-00-00000-0-00-00-00-00000-|-8-88-88-88-88888-8-88-88-88-8~~—-|
Outro:
Eb|—————————————||
Bb|——3——-5——7——8—8~~~~~~-||
Gb|—-5—5—7——9——E—E-K~~~~~~-||
Db|——————————K~~~~~~-||
Ab|—3——-5——7——9——-8~~~~~~-||
Db|——————————8~~~~~~-||
