From: [email protected] (John Fitzpatrick)
Subject: TAB: SOUNDGARDEN «Head Down»
Having discovered this beautiful open tuning through the
guitar wizardry of the legendary Jimmy Page ( ‘Friends,’ ‘Hats
off to Roy Harper,’ and ‘Bron-Y-Aur.’) I was pleased to
discover that the mighty Chris Cornell and his fellow
Soundgardeners have used open C on ‘Head Down’ from
‘Superunknown.’ Anyway this is my first posting so don’t bite
my head off if the transcription isn’t 100% accurate.
tuning (low to high) : CACGCE
fig 1 fig 2 fig 3
E—1/21p0-0—-1/21p0-0- |——————|-12xx12-12-12-|
C———-0————0- | —7-6b-0-5-5h7-0-|-12xx12-12-12-|
G—1/21p0-0—-1/21p0-0- | ——————|-12xx12-12-12-|
C—————————|——————|—————|
A—————————|——————|—————|
C—————————|-0—————-|—————|
fig 4 fig 5
E————————— | —————- |
C————————— | —————- |
G—5-7-8-7h8-8-7-1-1h3p1-0—| —————- |
C————————— | —————- |
A————————— | —3333-33-333— |
C————————— | —5555-55-555— |
^^^^ ^^ ^v^
repeat figs 2,3 & 4 three times then play fig 5 to lead into
vocals
( fig 5 can also be played as an F in standard tuning)
fig 6
I see that smile . . .
E———————————————————|
C———————————————————|
G———————————————0-00-0-0000—|
C-333-3-3333—-222-2-2222—-555-5-5555-7-8 -00-0-0000—|
A-xxx-x-xxxx—-xxx-x-xxxx—-xxx-x-xxxx-x-x-3-33-3-3333—|
C-333-3-3333—-222-2-2222—-555-5-5555-7-8 -00-0-0000—|
^^^ ^ ^v^^
play fig 6 twice then return to fig 2 and 3 and play twice
return to fig 6 for «I see you laugh . . . » play six times
fig 7
Bow down . . .
E——————————————|
C——————————————|
G-8~——-7~——-5~——-3-2-3p2p0——|
C——————————————|
A——————————————|
C——————————————|
play fig 7 twice over fig 6
fig 8
Head high . . .
E——————————————|
C——————————————|
G-13~——12~——10~——8-7-5———-|
C——————————————|
A——————————————|
E——————————————|
play fig 8 twice over fig 6 then return to fig 1 and play
twice
fig 9
E———————-|
C———————-|
G———————-|
C—023—578—000-000—|
A—3xx—xxx—333-333—|
C—023—578—000-000—|
repeat fig 9 four times
fig 10
E————————- |
C————————- |
G-9-12-9—7~—7-10-7-5~— |
C————————- |
A————————- |
E—————————|
return to figures 2 to 4 play twice then fig 5 followed by
fig 6 four times with figs 7 and 8 overdubbing
fig 11 fig 12
E———5-5——-0-0-|——————|
C————————|——————|
G—0-2-3/5-5-5-3p2-0-0—|—3-2-0-2-3bp2p0—|
C————————|——————|
A————————|——————|
C————————|——————|
fade out with figs 11 and 12
Sorry I don’t know the part that goes under these riffs.
Well that’s about it. Post me at the addresses below if you have any
additions or changes or if you have any other Soundgarden songs
transcribed.
I’m outta here, Enjoy !
Anthony.
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