The Cult - Soldier Blue guitar tab
Soldier Blue
the cult - sonic temple 1989
transcribed by pedro sousa (pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt)
here's another great song from the also great sonic temple, in my opinion it's pretty close, I have
doubts about the pre-chorus though. send me any corrections!
/ - slide
~ - vibratto
. - stacatto
h - hammer on
p - pull off
(5) - grace note (slides)
º - artificial harmonic
b - b
brp - bend release pull off
? - when I can't make out the lyrics
intro: x4 with some whammy bar effects (try the harmonic at 7th fret second string)
1st/3rd 2nd 4th
e-----------------------|-------|------
b-----------------------|-------|------
g---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---
d---2--4p(2)-4p(2)-4----|--7~~--|--2---
a---0--2-----2-----2----|--5~~--|--0---
E-----------------------|-------|------
riff 1
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5
e----------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------
g---9-8-9------9-8-9-/11---11-9-8-9-8-------9-8-------9-7--------
d---------9-9------------9------------9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7----
a----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------
b-----------------------------------
g--/11-9-8-9-8--/11-9-8-9-8---------
d---------------------------9-7-9---
a-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------
verse 1:
. . . .
chords: B5 B5A5 D5 E5/A5
*
*play A5 right after B5 (listen to the song)
soldier blue bloodstained red
hey people it's gonna bust your head
a real bad dream yeah you know it's true
kiss his boots or you'll be through
out of the night comes a soldier ridin'
line you up in his gun sight
pre-chorus:
slide to A5 only the last time
chords: B5 A5 D5 E5/A5
this is played over the pre chorus
e--------------------------------------
b-------------------------------14b-14-
g-2~-4~-5~-7~-9~-11~-12~-14~-16~-------
d--------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
his mind's exploded ego's overloaded
hey children started runnin'
chorus: same as riff1 x2
soldier blue love is out of season
soldier blue yeah ain't fighting for no reason no no
verse 2: same as the first but the D5 rings out more and has small slide before it
a soldier blue a soldier fried
he's gonna bust up everything in sight
a real heavy dude in a killing mood
pack your bags or you'll be through
you'll be through yeah
it's guaranteed to shater all your dreams
pre-chorus:
chorus:
interlude: palm muted root notes
use this clean bit when necessary in this part
e--0-----0-----0------------
b----0-----0-----0----------
g------2-----2-----2--------
d---------------------------
a---------------------------
E---------------------------
B DA B
I see the sunset sea on fire ships burn off the coast of orion
G B A
dreams of peace wait on the horizon for yee
B DA
clouds filled with blood rain on the water
B G B A
????? night time fingers clench the last ????
DB DA B G B A
our sister rides a horse of apocalypse now is the closing
during this last phrase
play the same thing but strike the chords between the root notes (heavy metal style)
play this over it
e-----12brp10-12-prebend12rp10--12brp-12~-hold-b--
b--12---------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
solo:
part 1 (play the intro)
love has no season come on shake it stealer
e-------------------------10b-hold-rp7--------------------------------------------------
b---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b----------------10-7-10/(12)~~--º-º----º-º---º-º----------------
g---9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7---7-7------9~~-7~~~~-
d-------------------------------------------------------9-----9----9-----9~~------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
part 2:
chords: B5 D5 E5 B5 D5 B5
*
* end it here the second time
e--------------------7--------------------------------------------------
b------------------7---10-7-10brp7--------------------------------------
g--9brp7--9b~~-~9b-----------------9brp7-9-7---------9-7----------------
d--------------------------------------------9~-9~-------9-7------------
a------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5----
E--------------------------------------------------------------------7~-
e----------------------------------7-10p7----7------------7-10p7----7---------------------------
b------------------------10b-10b----------10---10-7--------------10---10-7-º----------10/(12)~~-
g-------------------7h9-----------------------------9brp7------------------9brp7----7-----------
d------------7~~--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-------------
a----5-7/(9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
chorus:
the end uses the same chords as riff 1 but the phrasing is different
once again you must listen to the song, there's also a solo over it.
B5 A5 D5 E5/
suggestions, corrections, comments welcome at pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt
