Chevelle - The Clincher guitar tab
Artist: Chevelle
Song: The Clincher
Album: This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In
Tuning: Drop A# (A# F A# D# G C)
Author: Mike Smith (sublime56@hotmail.com)
New song off the Madden 2005 soundtrack and their new album coming out
Tuesday September 21st (Today). Enjoy!
Notation Key:
v - Downstroke
^ - Upstroke
h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
* - Natural Harmonic Note
~ - Let Ring
/ - Slide Up
- Slide Down
x - Muted String
p.m. - Palm Mute
Intro (Following the feedback at the very beginning):
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------|| x2
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
C |------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
G |------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
D#|------------------------------------------------------------x-x------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-x-x------------||
Verse 1 (Pick scrapes only. Machine-gun style scrape on the 6th(A#) string):
Pre-Chorus 1 (Clean guitar with thick chorus):
(These are 13's, 15's and 10's)
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515-1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
Kick on the distortion on the last open chord and let harmonics ring:
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515----------------------------------------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0~~~~~~~-----------------------*5~~----||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-0~~~~~~~--------------------*5~~~~~----||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0~~~~~~~-------------------------------||
Verse 2 (Palm mutes and harmonics with pick scrapes oversampled):
(Harmonics are still ringing)
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|------------------------------------------------------0---0--0----*5~~-----||
F |------------------------------------------------------0---0--0-*5~~~~~-----||
A#|------------------------------------------------------0---0--0-------------|| x4
p.m. . . .
Verse 2 Continued:
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7--7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7--7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6--5h6-5---5-5-5--5-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x4
Pre-Chorus 2 (Back to clean):
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---15151515151515151515151515151515-1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---13131313131313131313131313131313-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
Distortion comes in here ("Never would I"):
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------||
Breakdown (Same as intro except it's palm muted and there's an oversample):
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No palm muting this time:
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |--------------------------------------------------------------*4.5---------||
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------*4.5---------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0----------------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |--------------------------------------------------------------*4.5---------||
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------*4.5---------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0----------------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------|| x2
Chorus Riff (Repeat whole chorus 4 times):
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1010101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------||
F |---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
A#|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------||
F |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------||
A#|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|| x4
Main Riff again:
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
F |---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------||
A#|---3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0--------|| x2
Outro:
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--------||
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A#|------------------------------------------------------------0~-------------||
F |------------------------------------------------------------0~-------------||
A#|---3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0h2h3p0--3p2p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-5p3p0-0~-------------||
-Fin-