WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Soundgarden - Black Saturday Tabs | Ver. 1
Soundgarden - 'Black Saturday'
Standard Tuning
Cool number with acoustic guitar in there as well. This was tabbed from the album and
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Acoustic Intro - played 4x
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-11---11-11-11---11-11-11-11-12--|
E|-0----0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0---|
Acoustic Verse Riff - play these 3 bars 4x
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-12--11--12--11--12--11-----|
A|-11-11-12--13--14______________-|-0---0---0---0---0---0--12--|
E|-0--0--0---0---0----0---0---0---|------------------------0---|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-11-11-12--13--14______________-|
E|-0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0---|
Chorus - Acoustic and Electric with mild distortion
play 3x
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9--|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11----11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-9-----9-----9--9--9--|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
e|-0-----0-----0--0-------------------------|
B|-0-----0-----0--0-------------------------|
G|-9-----9-----9--9-------------------------|
D|-9-----9-----9--9--9--10----10---10-10-10-|
A|-7-----7-----7--7--9--10----10---10-10-10-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--7--8-----8----8--8--8--|
Chorus Ending Part 1
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--------------------------|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11-11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------------|
Chorus Ending Part 2:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------| 6/4 time (6 beats per bar, this line only)
E|-0---0-4---5--0--0--4-5-|
Electric Guitar Starts playing Acoustic Verse Riff
Play Verse Riff on both guitars
Play Chorus again on both guitars
Play Chorus Ending 4x
Bridge - played 4x
Acoustic
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| continue
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| below
E|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
|
| Electric
e|-17------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------16------|-17------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Acoustic
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|
| Electric
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-16------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Final Chorus - 2x
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9--|
D|-11----11----11-11-11-11----11----11-11-11-|
A|-10----10----10-10-10-9-----9-----9--9--9--|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--|
e|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
B|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
G|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9-|
D|-9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9-----9--9--9-|
A|-7-----7-----7--7--7--7-----7-----7--7--7-|
E|-0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0-|
After 2x through this way, play chorus riff from earlier 1x
Repeat the chorus ending to end song (listen for number of repeats).
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| __ Hold out note (underline after number)
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