#-----------------------------------------------------------------------# # Please Note: This file is the author's own work and represents their # # interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private # # study, scholarship, or research. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------# ** "GRACE" COMPLETE TAB ** Some parts of "Grace" have been already tabbed out in some detail, especially the intro. The version of the intro below is my own, but it differs only in minor ways (if at all) from the versions tabbed by John Pollock and by Nate. The rest is pretty much "all my own work". As with "Mojo", the dropped-D tuning is CRUCIAL to the correct playing of the song. OK folks, the ride starts here. *Introduction (Part1): E-------------1------------------|-------1-----3^1-------- B----------1----3^1--------------|-----1---3^1----3^1-------- G-------1-----------3^1--3^1--3^1|---1----------------3^1----- D----3---------------------------|-3---------------------- A--------------------------------|------------------------ D--------------------------------|------------------------------- E-----------3-------------------|--------3-----5^3--------------0- B--------3----5^3---------------|------3---5^3----5^3-----------0- G-----3------------5^3--5^3--5^3|---3-----------------5^3-------0-- D--5----------------------------|-5-----------------------------2 A-------------------------------|-------------------------------2-- D-------------------------------|-------------------------------2-- Remember, the ^ denotes a pull-off or hammer-on. *Introduction (Part 2): E-----X------X-----X-------X--|--X------17----15----X----X----- B----14^15--14----14^15---14--|-14^15---15----14---17---14-------- G----14-----14----14------14--|-14------14----14---14---14-- D----14^16--14----14^16---14--|-14^16---16---------14---14------ A-----0------0-----0-------0--|--0----------------------- D-----0------0-----0-------0--|--0----------------------- Repeat as above 3 times, then on the final (4th) pass play: E-----X------X-----X-------X--|---X------------- B----14^15--14----14^15---14--|--15------------ G----14-----14----14------14--|--14--- D----14^16--14----14^16---14--|--16--- A---- 0------0-----0-------0--|---0------------- D-----0------0-----0-------0--|---0------------ Use your own discretion about those bottom notes (i.e. how often you wanna hit them...) *Verse (Part 1): This is the tab of the picked guitar line you can hear on the album version ("There's the moon asking to stay..."). How to play the appropriate chords should become clear as you work through this. E-------------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0----------0---- D-------2--2------2--2------3--3------2--2------1--1------1---1---- A-----2------2--2-----2---3------3--2------2--1------1--1------1-- D---2----------2--------3----------2---------1---------1--------- E------------------------------------------------------------ B--------------------------------------------------------- G---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0--- D-------3--3------2--2------1--1------1--1------2--2------2--2--- A-----3------3--2------2--1------1--1------1--2------2--2------2-- D---3----------2---------1---------1---------2---------2-------- Each sequence of 6 notes is a bar length -- I'm not gonna tab all the bars! *Verse (Part 2) This is the ascending part ("My fading voice sings....")... E----0-----X--|--X-----X---|---X--|--X--|--0---|---0---------- B----0-----4--|--5-----7---|---7--|--7--|--0---|---0------- G----0-----2--|--4-----6---|---7--|--6--|--0---|---0------- D----2-----4--|--5-----7---|---9--|--7--|--2---|---2---------- A----2-----X--|--X-----X---|---X--|--X--|--2---|---2--------- D----2-----4--|--5-----7---|---9--|--7--|--2---|---2-------- E----0-----X--|--X-----X---|---X--|--X--|--0---|---0---------- B----0-----4--|--5-----7---|--10--|--7--|--0---|---0------- G----0-----2--|--4-----6---|---7--|--6--|--0---|---0------- D----2-----4--|--5-----7---|---9--|--7--|--2---|---2---------- A----2-----X--|--X-----X---|---X--|--X--|--2---|---2--------- D----2-----4--|--5-----7---|---9--|--7--|--2---|---2-------- or.... An alternative version is (without the bars): E----0------X----X-----X------X-------X-----0--------- B----0------4----0-----0------0-------0-----0-------------- G----0------2----4-----6------7-------6-----0------------- D----2------4----5-----7------9-------7-----2------------ A----2------X----5-----7------9-------7-----2--------- D----2------4----5-----7------9-------7-----2------------- Live (e.g. the Australian "Grace" e.p.) he does tend to mess around with this chord sequence a little. *Chorus ...this bit should seem pretty obvious by now...... E----X----X----X----X----X-----X-----X------X-----X------X--- B----0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0------0-----0------0---- G----0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0------0-----0------0--- D----3----2----1----1----3-----2-----1------1-----2------2---- A----3----2----1----1----3-----2-----1------1-----2------2--- D----3----2----1----1----3-----2-----1------1-----2------2---- ..the thing is to bash those open strings now (but avoiding the top E if you can).... ....and note that each chord here is one bar length. Then from here, repeat the intro, verse and chorus before proceeding to..... *Middle 8 (Instrumental Section): E---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|----------|--- B---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|----------|--- G------0--|--2--|--4--|--4--|--3--|---2--|--0--|--0--|----------|--- D------1--|--3--|--5--|--5--|--4--|---3--|--1--|--2--|--2>5>7>9-|--- A------1--|--3--|--5--|--5--|--4--|---3--|--2--|--2--|--2>5>7>9-|--- D------1--|--3--|--5--|--5--|--4--|---3--|--2--|--2--|--2>5>7>9-|--- where ">" is a slide (but pick each part). (You could also play this section like E---------------------------------------------------------------- B------4----6----8---8---7-----6------------------------------------ G------3----5----7---7---6-----5----0----0--------------------- D------1----3----5---5---4-----3----1----2----2>5>7>9----- A------1----3----5---5---4-----3----2----2----2>5>7>9-------- D------1----3----5---5---4-----3----2----2----2>5>7>9------- because it's really pretty hard to tell exactly what the hell the guitars are doing right at this point. Again, each chord's a bar.) Then repeat part 2 of the verse pattern (play 3 times), back into the full intro, then part 1 of the verse, only now bash the chords like you do in the chorus, and then go straight to the chorus (still playing the same chords) and scream your tiny head off. A suggested embellishment as you careen for the last time between the first and second parts of the introduction, before ploughing into the final climactic verse -- try sticking two fingers on the two bottom strings at the 5th fret and bashing a few strings (on the way up to that 14th fret stuff). Listen to the CD and you'll see what I'm getting at. Last thing -- on the "Grace" e.p. live version (and the Selinas etc. versions), you'll here a guitar doing an ascending sequence during the song's climax. I've done the notes purely by ear (i.e. look ma, no guitar) while at the terminal, so if I'm wrong, tough bananas, but they are (I'm pretty sure) F - A - B - D - Eb. Now go away. Play until your fingers bleed. (My quote of the day from the Ted Nugent Book of Philosophy.) michael