Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
Intro:
Guitar 1: e|------------------------------------------------------| b|------------------------------------------------------| g|---0-0-------0-0-0---0-0-0------0-0-0-----------------| d|--4-4-4-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----4-4-4-4----------------| a|-5-----5-/10-------10--------/5-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Guitar 1:
D: x57775
G: 355433
The pattern in the chorus (and verse) is D to G to D.
Guitar 2:
e|-10-10-12/14/12- 10------10------10----------10--| b|-10-10----------12----12------12------12---------| g|-11-11----------12--12------12------12----11--11-| x2 d|-------------------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------| e|-10-10-12/14/12-15-14-12-14-12-10-10---10h12p10-14-14-14-12-10-12p10-10-| b|-10-10------------------------------------------------------------------| g|-11-11------------------------------------------------------------------| d|------------------------------------------------------------------------| a|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-10-10-12/14/12- 10------10------10----------10--| b|-10-10----------12----12------12------12---------| g|-11-11----------12--12------12------12----11--11-| d|-------------------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Both guitars do the D to G to D pattern, with the rhythm doing the
above chords and the lead doing
D: 10 12 12 11 10 10
G: 10 10 12 12 12 x
Repeat the verse twice, then comes the bridge.
Bridge chords:
G: 355433
A: 577655
F# 244322
The bridge goes:
Some things never change
F#-----------------D
Nothing's gonna change that
G----------------------D
Some things you can't explain
F#---------------------D
Like why we're all embracing conventional wisdom in a world...
------A-----------------------------------------------G
Jam section A:
Chord progression switches to straight up D and C.
Guitar 1:
e|-----2-------2-------2-------2---- 0-------------------------| b|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-- 1-------------------------| g|-2-------2-------2-------2-------- 0 (strum the c 4 times---| d|-----------------------------------2-------------------------| a|-----------------------------------3-------------------------| e|-----------------------------------3 ------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|----------------------------------------(you can----| b|--7-7-7-7-7--8-----7-7-7-7-7--8---------improvise---| g|---9-9-9-9------7---9-9-9-9------7---/5--here-if----| d|-----------------------------------------you-want)--| a|----------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------|
Jam section B:
Guitar 1:
e|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---| b|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-| g|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------| d|-----------------------------------------------------------------| a|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|--10-12-10------10-12-10--10-12-14--10-12-10------10-12-10--10-12-14--8-10-8----| b|------------10--------------------------------10------------------------------8-| g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-8-10-8--8-10-12--8-10-8-----8-10-8--8-10-12--| b|--------------------------8-------------------| g|----------------------------------------------| d|----------------------------------------------| a|----------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------|
Repeat these riffs twice.
Jam section C:
Guitar 1: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-12/10/9--7--12/10/9--9/10/12--12/10/9--7--12/10/9--9/10/12--12/14/12--10--| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|12/14/12--12/17--12/14/12--10--12/14/12--12/17-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
Next section:
Guitar 1:
(do these notes faster, without rhythm) e|-----2-------2-------2-------2---- 0---------------- | b|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-- 1---------------- | g|-2-------2-------2-------2-------- 0 ----------------| d|-----------------------------------2-----------------| a|-----------------------------------3-----------------| e|-----------------------------------3 --------------- |
Guitar 2:
With distortion:
e|-x----------------------------------0----------------| b|-7----------------------------------1----------------| g|-7----------------------------------0----------------| d|-7----------------------------------2----------------| a|-5----------------------------------3----------------| e|-x----------------------------------3----------------|
Next part:
Guitar 1 switches to lead, and Guitar 2 starts playing the chords as written above for
For that reason, I will just list the lead parts for this section.
Lead part 1: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| b|-8/7-8/10-8/7-5-7-8/7-8/7-8/7-5/3-3/1-0-1-/5--3--1-0-1-0(whammy)-| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------| d|-----------------------------------------------------------------| a|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Lead part 2: e|------------------------------------------------------------| b|-8/7-8/10-8/7-5-7-8/7-8/7-8/7-5/3-3/1-0-1-/5--3-1-3-5-3-5b6-| g|------------------------------------------------------------| d|------------------------------------------------------------| a|------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------| Lead part 3: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-8/7-8/10-12-10-12-15-17-15-17-15-20-19--/8--7-5-3-5-3--/8--7-3-5-3-5b-| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Lead part 4: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-8/7-8/10-8/7-5-7-8-7-5-3-5-7-5--3-1(whammy)-3(whammy)-5(whammy)-8-------|(whammy) g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the rhythm strikes dead notes and increases in volume, and the lead switches tone
plays:
e|------------------------------------------------------| b|-7/5-3/2-3/5/7--7/5-3/2-3/5/7-------------------------| g|------------------------------9/7-5/4-5-0--9/7-5/4/5-0| d|------------------------------------------------------| a|------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------| This lead part repeats twice, then switches to: e|------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-7-7--8--10-10-----7-7--8--10-10----8-8--7--5-5----8-8--7--5-5----| g|------------------------------------------------------------------| d|------------------------------------------------------------------| a|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------|