Artist: Kyuss
Song: Hurricane
Album: …And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
Tuning: C-F-Bb-Eb
Notes: A short but awesome song. This is a very fun song to play and add your own
touches to.
~ — Let Ring
h — Hammer-On
p — Pull-Off
— Slide Down
/ — Slide Up
(-3-) — Triplet
Verse: Main riff |End fill| Every 4th time
Eb|——————————|-7-7-9—|-10-10-9—|
Bb|——————————|———|———-|
F |-(16/)-4—4-7-4-4-7-4-4-7-4-4-|———|———-|
C |——————————|———|———-| (x20)
Chorus:
Eb|—————————-/6h8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
Bb|——————————————————|
F |-4—4-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—————————|
C |——————————————————|
Chorus Variations: There are more but these are the most obvious
Eb|—————————-/6h8-8-8—8—7—6—8—7—6—8-7-6-8-7-6-|
Bb|———————————————————————|
F |-4—4-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6——————————————|
C |———————————————————————|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
Eb|—————————-/6h8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7—|
Bb|———————————————————-|
F |-4—4-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6——————————-|
C |———————————————————-|
Verse: (x10) Play the Eb|-10-10-9-| fill on the second time
Chorus with variations: (x4)
Outro:
Eb|———————————————————————|
Bb|———————————————————————|
F |-15-15-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-|
C |-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-9—9—8—8—7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1-0-0-|
Slow down as you descend then then keep decsending by detuning your C-string
and just make random noise
You can also do what Kyuss did live which is just descend into chaos or a less
structured version of the above
STANDARD TUNING
Verse: Main riff | End fill | Every 4th time
G|——————————|———-|———-|
D|——————————|-8-8-10—|-11-11-10-|
A|-(12/)-0—0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|———-|———-|
E|——————————|———-|———-| (x20)
Chorus:
G|—————————————————-|
D|—————————-/7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8—|
A|-0—0-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2————————-|
E|—————————————————-|
Chorus Variations: There are more but these are the most obvious
G|—————————————————————|
D|—————————-/7h9-9—8—7—9—8—7-9-8-7-9-8-7-|
A|-0—0-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2————————————|
E|—————————————————————|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
G|————————————————————-|
D|—————————-/7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-|
A|-0—0-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2———————————-|
E|————————————————————-|
Verse: (x10)
Chorus with variations: (x4)
Outro:
G|—————————————-|
D|—————————————-|
A|-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2—|
E|-8—8—7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1-0-0—|