Skyclad - Helium guitar tab
SKYCLAD
'Helium'
from the album 'The Answer Machine'
transcribed by
Nick Ricioppo (n.ricioppo@selc.hull.ac.uk)
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This is one of my favourite tracks from the Answer Machine
It has cool riffs, lyrics with attitude, pounding bass line and
great production
Steve's playing some pretty laid back riffs and
there's even quite a groove in there.
Yet the song still remains ironic and subtly agressive
You will notice as a result that there is no palm muting and
plenty of hammer ons and pull offs
NOTES:
x - muted, unfretted string
~ - vibrato
p - pull off
h - hammer on
^ - bend up (semitone)
Bass Guitar intro: (9 bars)
After 2nd bar
Martin "Pray for my poor melancholy soul.."
Enter drums, fiddle and guitar:
Riff 1: (4 times)
e||-----------------------------------------------|| [part a]
B||-------------------------------------------p---||
G||-------------0----------------2--2--4--4--2--0-||
D||-2----2--4------4--2--0----0-------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
e||-----------------------------------------------|| [part b]
B||-------------------------------------p---------||
G||-------------0----------------4--4--2--0-------||
D||-2----2--4------4--2--0----0--------------4--4-||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
Riff 2: (twice)
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-0----0--0--5--3--2--0----0----0----3--5--3--2-||
Riff 3: (twice)
Martin "This is your man in the street.."
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------p-------------------||
D||--------------------------2--0---p--p----------||
A||--------------------------------2--1--0--p--p--||
E||-0----0--0--5--3--2--0------------------3--2--0||
Riff 4:
Martin "Is that a regular guy is on a ledge up high"
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-5----5--5--5--3--0----5----5--5--5--5---3--0--||
Riff 5:
"He's had enough of an irregular lot"
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------h---p-----------------------||
D||------------------0--2----1---h--h--p--p-------||
A||-----------------------------0--1--2--1--0-----||
E||-5----5--5--5--3----------------------------3--||
then:
Riff 3 (twice)
Martin "And in a world exclusive.."
Riff 2 (twice)
Martin "The last thing that.."
CHORUS:
Riff 1 (4 times)
Martin "He says - I'm lighter than air"
END OF CHORUS
Martin "Spread my wings and fly.."
VIOLIN MELODY
BRIDGE:
e||-12~~ring--------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------15---13---12~~~||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
(twice)
e||-12~~~-----------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------12--------||
G||--------------------------------14--------12~~~||
D||-----------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
(twice)
e||----------------|| e||------12---13~~~||
B||------12---13~~~|| B||----------------||
G||-14-------------|| G||-14-------------||
D||----------------|| D||----------------||
A||----------------|| A||----------------||
E||----------------|| E||----------------||
(twice)
e||------12---13~~~|| e||------12---12~~~||
B||-14-------------|| B||-15-------------||
G||----------------|| G||----------------||
D||----------------|| D||----------------||
A||----------------|| A||----------------||
E||----------------|| E||----------------||
(twice)
e||-12-------------|| e||----------------||
B||------15---12~~~|| B||-12~~~----------||
G||----------------|| G||----------------||
D||----------------|| D||----------------||
A||----------------|| A||----------------||
E||----------------|| E||----------------||
Bass Riff (from intro)
4 times
Martin "Should I look..
Riff 1: (4 times)
Martin "Falling out of love with life.."
Riff 2: (twice)
Riff 3: (twice)
Martin "Here's the latest news flash update.."
Riff 4
Riff 5
then:
Riff 3 (twice)
Martin "It's a lyric he just wrote.."
Riff 2 (twice)
Martin "Thirty years under the weather.."
CHORUS
END
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------2--0-------------------||
A||------------------------------2--1-------------||
E||-0----0--0--5--3--2--0--------------3^4--0-----||
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