Animal Collective – For Reverend Green (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

I'm not entirely sure this is 100% correct because I usually tab with help from live videos, but there aren't many good videos of AnCo playing it. If you don't feel like putting too much pressure on your strings, you could tune it to Open G and put a capo on the second fret. [Intro]

Guitar 1 (Deakin):
E |--5----------|
C#|--3----------|
A |--4----------| Let this chord ring out with tremolo, fuzz and another effect that I haven't identified yet.
E |--0----------| Maybe auto-wah? Flanger?
A |--0----------|
E |-------------|

Guitar 2 (Avey):
E |--------------------------------------|
C#|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----12----|
A |--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-11-12-11-| Repeat with some variation until the chord-changes.
E |--------------------------------------| No idea which effects are used apart from delay.
A |--------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------|

[Verse]

Guitar 1:
I'm not sure how to strum this due to the very heavy tremolo, so I'll just write out the chords.
E |--5------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--3------------------------------|--7------------------------------|
A |--4------------------------------|--9------------------------------|
E |--0------------------------------|--9------------------------------|
A |--0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--5------------------------------|--7------------------------------|
A |--5------------------------------|--7------------------------------|
E |--7------------------------------|--9------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--12--12--12------12--12--12-12/-|--17--17--17------17--17--17-17--|
A |--12--12--12------12--12--12-12/-|--16--16--16------16--16--16-16--|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--17--17--17------17--17--17-17/-|--19--19--19------19--19--19-19--|
A |--17--17--17------17--17--17-17/-|--19--19--19------19--19--19-19--|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Chorus] "Ooooh..."

Guitar 1:
E |--5------------------------------|
C#|--3------------------------------|
A |--4------------------------------| Repeat
E |--0------------------------------|
A |--0------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |---------------------------------|
C#|--12--12--12------12--12--12-12--|
A |--12--12--12------12--12--12-12--| Repeat
E |---0---0---0-------0---0---0--0--|
A |---0---0---0-------0---0---0--0--|
E |---------------------------------|

"A running child's..."

Guitar 1:
E |--7------------------------------|
C#|--7------------------------------|
A |--7------------------------------| Repeat
E |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |--4------------------------------|
C#|--3------------------------------|
A |--2------------------------------| Repeat
E |--0------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|

Guitar 1 & 2:
E |--0------------------------------|
C#|--0------------------------------|
A |--0------------------------------|
E |--0------------------------------|
A |--0------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|

Then you repeat the verse and chorus. Then, you play this. This is around 4:40 in the song: This whole thing is repeated throughout the "For Reverend Green..." part.

Guitar 1: 
Not sure if Deakin picks or strums this.
E |------------------0---------------|
C#|--------------3-------3-----------|
A |----------2---------------2-------| x2
E |------0-----------------------0---|
A |----------------------------------|
E |--0-------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |----------------------------------|
C#|--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|
A |--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--11--| x2
E |----------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
E |------------------5---------------|
C#|--------------3-------3-----------|
A |----------4---------------4-------| x2
E |------0-----------------------0---|
A |--0-------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |----------------------------------|
C#|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
A |--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--11--| x2
E |----------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Guitar 1: 
E |------------------0---------------|
C#|--------------3-------3-----------|
A |----------2---------------2-------| x2
E |------0-----------------------0---|
A |----------------------------------|
E |--0-------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |----------------------------------|
C#|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---|
A |--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---| x2
E |----------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
E |------------------5---------------|
C#|--------------3-------3-----------|
A |----------4---------------4-------| x2
E |------0-----------------------0---|
A |--0-------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
E |----------------------------------|
C#|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
A |--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--11--| x2
E |----------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Then you repeat the first part of the chorus until the end.