Angels & Airwaves – Mercenaries (Guitar Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Angels and Airwaves
Mercenaries (The Dream Walker, 2014)
My cover of this song is available by following the link:
(Guitar comes in at 0:52)
Verse (whole section repeated twice):
Palm-muted (I like to play a couple of open palm mutes on the A string halfway through): E|-----| B|-----| G|-----| D|-----| A|-5---| (x64) D|-----| E|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|-4--7--4--4----------| D|-x--x--x--x--4/5-5~--| A|-2--5--2--2--4/5-5~--| D|-------------4/5-5~--| (x2)
Pre-chorus (all palm-muted):
E|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-5(x16)--9(x16)--12(x16)--2(x4)—4(x4)—5(x8)-------| D|--------------------------------------------------| (x2)
Chorus:
E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-4--4--4~------------------7~--------4~-| D|-4--4--4~--0--0--0~--5--5--5~--2--2--2~-| A|-2--2--2~--0--0--0~--5--5--5~--2--2--2~-| D|-----------0--0--0~--5--5--5~--2--2--2~-| (x2)
Post-chorus:
E|------------| B|------------| G|-7~~----7~~-| D|-x------x---| A|-5~~----5~~-| D|------------|
Repeat Verse
Repeat Pre-chorus
Repeat Chorus
Bridge (all notes indicate natural harmonics):
E|-----------------------------------------| B|--7*--------7*--7*-----7*--------7*--7*--| G|-----7*--5*--------7*-----7*--5*---------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| (x6)
Repeat Chorus (4 repetitions instead of 2)
End on:
E|-----| B|-----| G|-7~~-| D|-5~~-| A|-5~~-| D|-----|