Greetings and salutations!
This is a transcription of Soundgarden’s Fresh Deadly Roses. Its only
available on some import my DJ roommate in college had, but it’s a very
cool song if you can find it (Ultramega OK??? I’m not sure). Very simple
guitar, but very cool. The intro and verse are played with a bright, half-
distorted guitar sound, letting the chords and intervals ring.
Slides and hammerons are denoted by the underscores between notes on the
TAB (a la —9_10—- ).
Intro and verse:
{ 2 times } s ( 4 times )
1———————————————9——9———8————
2—5———5———-4———4—————9——9—9——8—8——
3—-5-5-5—-5-5-5——5-5-5——5-5-5—5_6——6——6———5——-
4—————————————————————————
5—————————————————————————
6—————————————————————————
{ heavy vibrato }
Kim goes through that pattern a few times, and before the chorus he changes
into this nifty little atonal type thing:
Change into chorus:
h
1———8—————8—————8————————————
2—-8——8—8—-8——8—8—-8——8—8—-8————————
3——5——5———5——5———5——5———5—5_7——————
4—7—————6—————7—————6———-6—————
5————————————————————5————-
6—————————————————————————
The chorus is played with the Seattle super grunge mud-o-riffic beef sound.
Chorus:
( 4 times )
1—————————————————————————
2—————————————————————————
3————_7————————————————————-
4—————6———————————————————-
5—2—2-2-2——-5———————————————————
6—0—0-0-0—————————————————————-
This verse-chorus sequence is repeated twice. Then they go into the bridge,
once again in that super-thud distortiom. It’s just chords, here’s the chart.
Bridge:
A G A G A G F# G D C D C D C B C
/ // / / // / / // / / // / / // / / // / / // / / // /
Hope you can find this song, or someone can turn you on to it. It’s a grunge
classic.
Scare the neighbors,
Brian Smith
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