Collective Soul – Precious Declaration (Guitar Tab)

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Artist: Collective Soul Song: Precious Declaration Tabbed by: Zuka ([email protected]) Well, it is kind of sad that everyone seems to tab this wrong. A few have come very close, however. -->Tune your guitars down half a step, boys and girls. Legend: / = slide up to + = Let ring \ = slide down to b = bend string r = release bend * = palm mute h = hammer on p = pull off X = scratch ~ = vibrato Intro:

Guitar 1:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------| X4
D|---------------------|
A|-------5p0-----------|
E|-0-5/7-----0-3-0-0-0-|

(Guitar 2 comes in 3rd time) Verse:

Both Guitars:
(Mute the strings totally, until last few chords)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
(Hitched a ride to the...)

(Main riff) -The whole verse is played twice- Pre-Chorus:

Both Guitars:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-/4~-2-0-/5-4~-2-0-/5-4~-2-0--/9-7-7-9-4-2-0-|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
(I cant crash now...)

Chorus:

Guitar 1:
(The strumming pattern isnt included, but 
 its so easy to understand anyways)
e|--------|-----|
B|--------|-----|
G|-----5--|--8--| <--(Second time)
D|-5---5--|--6--|
A|-5---3--|--6--|
E|-3------|-----|
(Precious Declaration says...)

Guitar 2:
(This is totally random with these 4 notes,
 but basically follow this riff)
e|-----------------8-------------------------8-------|
B|-10-8-8-12-10-10---12-8-10-10-12-8-8-10-12---12-12-|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
(This is also played very fast, so hammer on and pull off
 when possible)

(Back to verse) (Back to chorus) Interlude:

Guitar 1:
(Once again the strumming pattern is not stated)
e|--------|-----|
B|--------|-----|
G|--------|-----|
D|-7---9--|--5--|<--Second time
A|-7---9--|--5--|
E|-5---7--|--3--|

Guitar 2:
e|-2---4--|--0--|
B|-2---4--|--0--|
G|-2---4--|--0--|
D|--------|-----|
A|--------|-----|
E|--------|-----|
(Think for about 3 seconds and you'll recognize
 how and when this is played)

(Main riff, cut back by one note) Bridge: (Guitar 1 plays Pre-Chorus)

e|------------------------------------------------------12-10-10-12--------|
B|----------------------------8~-7-8-7-8~--10-12-12~-8--------------12-10-8|
G|-/4~-2-0-/4-5~-7-9-9~-9~-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Listen so you know when to play and when NOT to...)

(Chorus) (Verse) And thats all. Joel plays the Pre-Chorus with only a one-note difference than what Ross used to, just in case you were wondering. Road map: -Intro -Verse -Chorus -Verse -Chorus -Interlude (Easy space for a drum solo here) -Bridge -Chorus -Outro (Same as intro) Enjoy.