The Cult - Sacred Life guitar tab
"Sacred Life"
From the Album "The Cult"
Released 1994
As Performed by The Cult
Written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy
Transcribed by Derek Wilkie (culttabs@shaw.ca)
Guitar is tuned normally
e
B
G
D
A
E
Legend: / - slide up
- slide down
X - strings muted with "pick" hand
~ - vibrato
* - do not let string ring
) - bend ---> if a Q appears to the right of this, indicates a 1/4 bend.
Hence, 4)Q means a string om the 4th fret is
bending by 1/4; 4)H means a string on the 4th fret is bending
by 1/2; 9)F means a Full bend on a string on the 9th fret.
( - bring back -->bring the string back to original tone. For example,
if you see 4)H( this meansbend the string on the 4th fret by 1/2
then bring the string back to original tone.
h - hammer the string
p - pull the string
[*#] - play a certain riff a certain number of times (located right after the riff; used
because of the lack of space on the tab)
*NOTE: This song mainly cosists of strumming chords.
To make things easier, and less repetative, I've added which chords to strum.
The riffs are also included.
Em
|0-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|0-----------------|
^------>Strum this first then,
C
|0-----------------|
|1-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|3-----------------|
|------------------|
^------>strum this.
The above is carried out 4 times. Then...
F
|1---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5h7---5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Em
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5-h7-p5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Am
|0---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4----|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5-7-------|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
D
|2---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5h7---5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
F
|1---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5h7---5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Em
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5-h7-p5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Am
|0---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
^---->strum less frequently
At this point, you will pretty much start at the beginning. However, the play is
a little extended. The once-strum echoing-delay sound is the same as the strummed
chords played at the same time. Then we get to the bridge:
C
|0-----------------|
|1-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|3-----------------|
|------------------|
^------>strum this slowly once with delay
D
|2-----------------|
|3-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
^------>strum this slowly once with delay
Em
|0-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|0-----------------|
^------>strum this slowly once with delay
C
|0-----------------|
|1-----------------|
|0-----------------|
|2-----------------|
|3-----------------|
|------------------|
^------>strum this slowly once with delay
Repeat these above four chords 3 times along with acoustic strumming of the same chords.
Then...
F
|1---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5h7---5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Em
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5-h7-p5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Am
|0---------------------------------|
|1---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4----|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5-7-------|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
D
|2---------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|^---->strum this |
| |
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5h7--5-----5h7--5-----5h7---5---|
|----------7----------7------------|
|----------------------------------|
Continue the above four chords and riffs until song fades out.
