The Hives – Countdown To Shutdown (Guitar Tab)
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From the soon-to-be award-winning album - "The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons".
It seems to be alright, not sure about the timing, play with the record to get the idea.
By the way, Magnus Krepper does a stunning job in the music video.
[Intro]
Vigilante Carlstroem: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---| G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--| D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nicholaus Arson: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-2-2--/5-5-4-4--/8--8--7-7--/10-10-9--9---/12-12-11-11--/15-15-14-14--/17-17-16-16--/20-20-19-19--| G|--4-4-3-3--/6-6-5-5--/9--9--8-8--/11-11-10-10--/13-13-12-12--/16-16-15-15--/18-18-17-17--/21-21-20-20--| D|--5-5-4-4--/7-7-6-6--/10-10-9-9--/12-12-11-11--/14-14-13-13--/17-17-16-16--/19-19-18-18--/22-22-21-21--| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
The whole verse is bass, except for a part during- "Well you can't see the bottom of the stairs":
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7-7-5-5--| D|--7-7-5-5--| A|--5-5-3-3--| E|-----------|
Once again during - "Til they can't figure out what to do":
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7-7-5-5--| D|--7-7-5-5--| A|--5-5-3-3--| E|-----------|
[Pre-Chorus]
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|--9-9-9-9-12-| D|--9-9-9-9-12-| A|--7-7-7-7-10-| E|-------------|
[Chorus]
Both guitars: e|---------------------------------| x2 B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------| G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------| D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------| A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------| E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------| e|--------------------------------| x2 B|--------------------------------| G|--10-10-9-9-7-7--9---9-8-8-6-6--| D|--10-10-9-9-7-7--10-10-9-9-7-7--| A|--8--8--7-7-5-5--10-10-9-9-7-7--| E|-----------------8--8--7-7-5-5--|
Repeat both parts twice.
[Verse 2]
Throw some dead strings, Nicholaus does some at the beginning of the fretboard in the first part of verse
After - "Some are bald one is a billionaire":
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7-7-5-5--| D|--7-7-5-5--| A|--5-5-3-3--| E|-----------|
Vigilante joins opposite of him with dead strings at the end of the fretboard,
to create that low/high dynamics.
"But with all of them you disagree":
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7-7-5-5--| D|--7-7-5-5--| A|--5-5-3-3--| E|-----------|
[Pre-Chorus]
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|--9-9-9-9-12-| D|--9-9-9-9-12-| A|--7-7-7-7-10-| E|-------------|
[Chorus]
Both guitars: e|---------------------------------| x2 B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------| G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------| D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------| A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------| E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------| e|--------------------------------| x2 B|--------------------------------| G|--10-10-9-9-7-7--9---9-8-8-6-6--| D|--10-10-9-9-7-7--10-10-9-9-7-7--| A|--8--8--7-7-5-5--10-10-9-9-7-7--| E|-----------------8--8--7-7-5-5--|
[Bridge]
Same as intro
Vigilante Carlstroem: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---| G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--| D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nicholaus Arson: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---\12-12-11-11--\15-15-14-14--\17-17-16-16--\20-20-19-19--| G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--\13-13-12-12--\16-16-15-15--\18-18-17-17--\21-21-20-20--| D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--\14-14-13-13--\17-17-16-16--\19-19-18-18--\22-22-21-21--| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
The first part of the chorus with different timing and strumming:
e|----------------------------------------------------| x4 B|------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------| G|--6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--| D|--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| A|--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--| E|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--------------------------5-5-5-5--| Both guitars (repeat until the end): e|---------------------------------| x2 B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------| G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------| D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------| A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------| E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------|
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