STEREO SANCTITY

Guitar tab by Chris Lawrence

TUNING: G G D D Eb Eb

This tab is mainly for the RIGHT speaker. Occasionally it drifts to what
the left speaker is doing, but it's more or less the right's tab.

At the start, there's a bunch of goofing around, plucking behind the 
bridge, nut, etc. Some slides and trem bar effects, but I didn't tab it.

This is the chord that the song officially starts on:

Eb-0---
Eb-0---
D--0---
D--0---
G--7---
G--7--- strum that furiously, then:

Verse:

Eb-22-22-22-22-22-22-etc.---0-----
Eb-22-22-22-22-22-22--------0-----
D--22-22-22-22-22-22-----------0--
D--22-22-22-22-22-22-----------0--
G---0--------------------0--------
G---0--------------------0--------

Chorus:

Eb--15-15-15-15-19-15--15-15-19-15-- etc. it goes on for longer,  
Eb--15-15-15-15-19-15--15-15-19-15-- but you get the idea.
D---15-15-15-15-19-15--15-15-19-15--
D---15-15-15-15-19-15--15-15-19-15--
G-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------

Eb-------12-12-12-12--13-12--13\- That's the end of the chorus RIFF. The
Eb-------12-12-12-12--13-12--13\- ending to that riff is different every
D----0---12-12-12-12--13-12--13\- time, but that's the first one. Ad-lib.
D----0---12-12-12-12--13-12--13\-
G----0---------------------------
G----0---------------------------

After the 2nd chorus, I think, there's a break, which is the same as
the intro. Then, it goes to this bridge:

Eb-----12-13-12--
Eb-----12-13-12--
D------12-13-12--
D------12-13-12-- 
G---0------------
G---0------------

Then to this part (ALL HARMONICS):

Eb----7--
Eb----7-- REPEAT OVER AND OVER. The left speaker guitar plays something
D--7----- else, similar to what the right speaker guitar plays after the
D--7----- harmonic part.
G--------
G--------

THEN (not harmonics):

The next part can be played two ways, so pick:

FIRST WAY:

Eb------------------------------
Eb------------------------------
D---12---14\7--7---7-8---8\4---- After that, play the same thing, but with
D---12---14\7--7---7-8---8\4---- your finger barring the same frets on the
G------------------------------- Eb strings as well.
G-------------------------------

SECOND WAY:

Eb----------------------------
Eb----------------------------
D-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
G---7---9\2--2---2-3---3\0----
G---7---9\2--2---2-3---3\0----

If you're playing with two guitars, have one guitarist play the first way,
and one play the second way. That'll sound cool.

After that, it's a bunch of higher ad-lib stuff, around the 19th fret,
then to the 12th, 15th, etc. Pointless to tab.

Then, after all that ends, hit the low G strings, and slide back from
any given point on the fretboard, while picking furiously on the note.
Easy to improvise.

The ending is just a mimic of the noise at the very beginning of the song.

Chris Lawrence

last updated: 5/25/97

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