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Artist: Stone Sour
Title: Bother
Album: Self-titled
Equipment: Honestly, you could pull it off with any electric into a clean
amp. In this case a Marshall or Bogner would be preferred over a Fender
to get that "clank" in the top end (but that's just my opinion). A deep
(non-spring) reverb is also used in the solo.
Legend: p - pull off
h - hammer on
^ - bend note
/ or \ - slide
x - mute
Intro
e-|----------------------------------6----------------------------6-------|
B-|--6h7-----6------6h7p6------------7-----------6h7p6------------7-------|
G-|--6h8-----6------------8--6-------8----6------------6--8-------8----6--|
D-|--6h8-----6------------------8----8----6------------------8----8----6--|
A-|--6--------------------------6----------------------------6------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|-------------------6-----------|
B-|--6h7p6------------7-----------|
G-|--------8--6-------8----6------|
D-|--------------8----8----6------|
A-|--------------6----------------|
E-|-------------------------------|
Verse ("Wish I was...")
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--6h7------6----------6h7------6---------------------------------------|
G-|--6h8------6----------6h8------6-----------6------6------6-6-x-x-------|
D-|--6h8------6----------6h8------6-----------6------6------6-6-x-x-------|
A-|--6-------------------6--------------------4------4------4-4-x-x-------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--7--------6----6h7p6--------------------6-------------6h7-----6-------|
G-|--8--------6----------8--6---------------6-------------6h8-----6-------|
D-|--8--------6-------------------8---8-----6-------------6h8-----6-------|
A-|--6-------------------------6------6-------------------6---------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus ("Masochist...")
e-|----------------------2---2-2-2------------------|
B-|----------------------2---2-2-2------------------|
G-|--6------6------6-6---3---3-3-3---6----6--6------|
D-|--6------6------6-6---4---4-4-4---6----6--6------|
A-|--4------4------4-4---4---4-4-4---4----4--4------|
E-|----------------------2---2-2-2------------------|
Chorus ("You don't need to bother...")
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--7----------7---6--------------7----------x-x----------------(7h9)----|
G-|--8----------8---6--------------8----------x-x--7----7----7------------|
D-|--8----------8---6--------------8----------x-x--8----8----8------------|
A-|--6-----------------------------6----------x-x--8----8----8------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------6----6----6------------|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--7-------7--7---6-----------------------------------------------------|
G-|--8-------8--8---6-----------------------------------------------------|
D-|--8-------8--8---6--------------9-----9-----9-9--------11---11---11----|
A-|--6-----------------------------9-----9-----9-9--------11---11---11----|
E-|--------------------------------7-----7-----7-7---------9----9----9----|
Bridge ("I wish I had a reason...")
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--7----7---7-7---------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--8----8---8-8----7----7---7-7-----------------------------------------|
D-|--8----8---8-8----8----8---8-8----9----9---9-9-----11---11--11-11------|
A-|--6---------------8----8---8-8----9----9---9-9-----11---11--11-11------|
E-|------------------6---------------7----7---7-7------9----9---9--9------|
Solo (with lots of reverb)
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---9p7p6--7~-----------6h7--6~-----------------------------------------|
G-|------------------6h8------------8~--------8~------------6-------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------6h8--------6h8~-----|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------9^11^9----7--9p7-----9p7-----------|
G-|---------------------------6h8~----------------------8~------8~---6h8~-|
D-|---\6p4h6p4--------4h6/8-----------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------4h6------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Song Structure*
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
Solo
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus x 2
Intro, with a final D#/Eb minor chord