Alien Ant Farm- Death Day
From the Album "Anthology"
Standard Tuning
There is so few albums that sound as awesome as this one did. I've seen
this song tabbed wrong several times so I thought I'd take a stab at it.
This is a one guitar band but 2 plays this song best.
Repeated Intro/Verse bar Before Chorus
e-----------------------|------------------------|---2------------
B--0---0--0--0--0-0--0--|-----------------------o|---2---(11\)----
G--4---4--4--4--4-4--4--|---4--4--4-4-4---4-6----|---3---(11\)----
D--2---2--2--1--1-1--1--|------------------------|---4------------
A--4---4--4--2--2-2--2--|---1--1--1-1-2---2-4---o|---4------------
E-----------------------|---2--2--2-2-4---4-6----|---2------------
Notes in parenthesis are a slow downward slide on guitar 2 (overdub part)
Chorus - Guitar 1
e--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
B--------------------|--7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--|--------------------|
G--------------------|--8---8-8---8-8-8---8-8-8--|--------------------|
D-4--4-4--/8p6-8-8-8-|--9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9--|--4--4-4--/8-6-8-8--|
A-4--4-4--/8p6-8-8-8-|--9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9--|--4--4-4--/8-6-8-8--|
E-2--2-2--/6---6-6-6-|--7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--|--2--2-2--/6-6-6-6--|
e-----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
b--7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|---------------|---------4--4-4--4--4--|
G--8---8-8---9-9-9---9-8-7-8--|------------6--|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4--|
D--9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-9--|--4--4-4-2--6--|--4--4-4-6--6-6--6--6--|
A--9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-9--|--4--4-4-2--4--|--2--2-2-6--6-6--6--6--|
E--7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|--2--2-2-0-----|---------4--4-4--4--4--|
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| Guitar 2 w/ flange, tremelo, and comp (sounds like organ)
e--------------7---------6----|--6------------|-----------------------|
b------------------7---7---7--|-----7--5------|-----7----7------------|
G----------8-9---9---9--------|-----------6---|--6b8--6b8-------------|
D-----------------------------|---------------|-------------6---------|
A-----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
E-----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
Gtr. 1
e----------------------|-----------|
b----------------------|--7--------|
G----------------------|--8--------|
D--4--4-4-/8p6-8-8-8---|--9--------|
A--4--4-4-/8p6-8-8-8---|--9--------|
E--2--2-2-/6---6-6-6---|--7--------|
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| Gtr. 2
e----------------------|-----------|
b----------------------|-----------|
G-----6b8r6---4p3-4p3--|-----------|
D--4--------4----4---4-|--6--------|
B----------------------|-----------|
E----------------------|-----------|
2nd Verse and Chorus are same, except last 2 bars repeat in chorus
Play verse riff during solo as well
Solo1 (2 parts written as one) Guitar 1 plays verse riff
e---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
B---------------------|----------------------|--------------------12-|-11~---------|
G---------------------|----------------------|--------9-----11-9-----|-------------|
D-------------------9-|-8~-------------------|----9-11--11------11---|-------11----|
A--7--9b10r9--7-8-----|----9-7-9b10r9--7---7-|-/11-------------------|-------------|
E-----------------7---|------------------9---|-----------------------|-------------|
* add Tremelo
Solo1 (cont)
e---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------
G-----13-14-13--------------------------|------------------------------------------------
D--(9)----------15-13-12-------------12-|-13-12----------12-13-12----------12-13-12------
A-----------------------15-13--13-15----|-------15-13-15----------15-13-15----------15-13
E---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------
() - faint note from overlapping guitar parts
Solo1 (cont)
e---------------------------------------|--------------|
B---------------------------------------|-9-12-11~-----|
G-16\15-15-15\13-13-13\11-11-11\10-10\8-|--------------|
D---------------------------------------|--------------|
A---------------------------------------|--------------|
E---------------------------------------|--------------|
Verse 3 and Chorus 3 are same as before
Outro Solo (as Chorus repeats, vocals during 'empty' bars)
e-----|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-----|-------17-----17-----17-----17~--------------|-----------------|
G-----|--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18-----16-14-------|-----------------|
D-----|---------------------------------------16-14-|--16~------------|
A-----|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|
E-----|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|
e---------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-----------14--------------------------------------|-----------------|
G-----------14-----------14-16-14-------------------|-----------------|
D---------------16-14-16----------16-14-------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------16-15-14-12-|-----------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|--14~------------|
e-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
G----14b16r14--------14b16r14--------14b16r14---|--16b17r16-14~---|
D------------16-14-16--------16-14-16-----------|-----------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
e--------14--------------------------|---------|
B--17b19~--17-14-----14--------------|---------|
G---------------16b18---16-14--------|---------|
D-----------------------------16~----|---------|
A------------------------------------|---------|
E------------------------------------|---------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-------17-----17-----17-----17-----17-----17-----17-----17-|
G--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18--16/18---|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------|--17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19-14----14----------------|
b-----------------17b19r17-14--|-----------------------------17----17-15-14-------|
G--16b18r16-14-----------------|--------------------------------------------16-14-|
D------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
END (Hope you like the solos, they took a while to hear correctly)
Key:
b - bend
r - release bend
/ - slide up neck
\ - slide down
p - pull off
~ - 'shake' note (vibrato)