The Cult – True Believers (Guitar Tab)

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Song: "True Believers" Artist: The Cult Album: Beyond Good and Evil Intro: Riff A chord diagramAA (Regular Tuning)
        Dsus2 chord diagramDsus2Dsus2                 G5 chord diagramG5G5               
 Bb6 chord diagramBb6Bb6      Csus2 chord diagramCsus2Csus2
|-------0-------|-------3-------|---------|---------|
|-----3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-|-----3---|-----3---|
|---2-------2---|---0-------0---|---0---0-|---0---0-|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|-1-------|-3-------|
|---------------|-3-------------|---------|---------|

          D chord diagramDD              Dsus2 chord diagramDsus2Dsus2            G5 chord diagramG5G5
|-------2---3-2-|-------0-------|-------3-------|
|-----3---3-----|-----3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-|
|---2-----------|---2-------2---|---0-------0---|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|

      Bb6 chord diagramBb6Bb6   Csus2 chord diagramCsus2Csus2      D chord diagramDD
|-------3--------|-------2---3-2--|
|-----3---3----3-|-----3---3------|
|---0------------|---2------------|
|----------------|-0--------------|
|-1-----------3--|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
Mini solo in intro: with or without slide, preferably with a slide
|-10---10/3--3/5--5/6/5--5--1--3----|
|---------------------------------3-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
play this another time, except end on 10 on the e string instead of 3 on
the
B chord diagramBB string

The strumming part after the intro:
Riff B chord diagramBB
|-0----|-3----|------|------|-0----|-2----|
|-3----|-3----|-3----|-3----|-3----|-3----|
|-2-x9-|-0-x9-|-0-x4-|-0-x4-|-2-x4-|-2-x4-|  Play twice
|-0----|-0----|------|------|-0----|-0----|
|------|------|-1----|-3----|------|------|
|------|-3----|------|------|------|------|

:49 "caught up in the moment..."
Riff C chord diagramCC
|-3-------------------|-2-|
|-3-play this chord---|-3-|
|-0-a bunch of times,-|-2-|
|-0-then end on ----->|-0-|
|---------------------|---|
|---------------------|---|
***From now on, Guitars are Dopped D chord diagramDD Tunned*** Chorus: Riff D chord diagramDD
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2---|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3--0-|
|----------------|------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3--0-|
             ^              ^   ^              ^
            PM              PM PM             PM

Chorus:
Riff E chord diagramEE
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------5-7-7-7-5-|--------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2---|-5--5-5-5-----------|--------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3--3-3-3-3/5-5-5/3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3--0-|
|----------------|--------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3--0-|
           ^                                                 ^
          PM                                    PM

-2--2-2-2h3p2-0h2p0-0-| play this    |-2--2-2--------------------|
-3--3-3-3-----3-----3-| part again,  |-3--3-3--------------------|
-2--2-2-2-----2-----2-| but instead  |-2--2-2-9/12-12/14-14------|
-0--0-0-0-----0-----0-| the ending   |-0--0-0--------------------|
----------------------| goes like    |--------7/10-10/12-12------|
----------------------| this    ------> |------------------------|

Verse:
Riff F chord diagramFF
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8--8-8-8-8h10-10-10-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8--8-8-8-8h10-10-10-|
           ^   ^              ^   ^
             PM   PM            PM   PM

-------|---------------------------|
-------|---------------------------|
-------|---------------------------|
-------|---------------------------|
-10-10-|-12--12-12-12-X-X-12-X-12/-|
-10-10-|-12--12-12-12-X-X-12-X-12/-|

Part before second chorus:
Riff G chord diagramGG
|-----------------------| Repeat     |-2-|
|-----------------------| a bunch    |-3-|
|-----------------------| of times,  |-2-|
|-----------------------| and end    |-0-|
|-5-X--X-X--X-X-5-X-5-X-| on-------> |---|
|-5-X--X-X--X-X-5-X-5-X-|            |---|

Part before solo:
Riff H chord diagramHH
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| Repeat a bunch of times
|-----------------------|
|-3h5-5-0-3h5-5-0-3h5-5-|
|-3h5-5-0-3h5-5-0-3h5-5-|

Backround Part in the part before the solo:
Riff I
|----------|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-7--5--3--|-7--5--3--|-7--8---10--|-7--5--3--|-7--5--3--|
|-9^-7^-5^-|-9^-7^-5^-|-9^-10^-12^-|-9^-7^-5^-|-9^-7^-5^-|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|----------|

|------------|-------------|
|-7--8---10--|-7--5--7--3--|
|-9^-10^-12^-|-9^-7^-9^-5^-|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|

Solo:
Play Riff D chord diagramDD During the solo
(Full Bend)
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----5-5-5-------------|--------------------8-8-8-8-8--/10-|
|-4^.......4v--2b4-2~~-|-2-2-2/4-4/5-5/7----7-7-7-7-7--/11-|
|----------------------|--------------------5-5-5-5-5------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------5----------------|

     (Full Bend)
-------|----5-------5----------------------------------------|
-8-7~~-|-8^---8----5--8--------------5--5-5--/10-/10-/10-/10-|
-9-7~~-|--------7^------76^v7p5-7-5--5--5-5--/11-/11-/11-/11-|
-------|---------------------------7-------------------------|
-------|-----------------------------------------------------|
-------|-----------------------------------------------------|

-------------|
-/10/8-------|
-/11/9-7h9-7-|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

Part after solo:
Riff J
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-5p3-0-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-|-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-|-8-X-X-|
|-5p3-0-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-|-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-|-8-X-X-|

------------------------------|
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------------------------------| play twice
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-8-X-X-8-X-X-8h10-10-10-10-10-|
-8-X-X-8-X-X-8h10-10-10-10-10-|
The first time you play this part, play the first part three times, and the second time play the first part twice... you'll figure it out. Legend: /:Slide PM: Palm Mute h: hammeron p: pull-off X: Strike Muted Strings ^: Bend Up (Full Bends are Labels Above Given Note) v: Bend Back Down ~: Wiggle Note