(The Church) Transcribed by Brian Smith Sealine: Verse: Bm D Em Fmaj7 C G Am (rpt) Chorus: E D C Bm A G D/F# E (rpt) Fairly straightforward, but I'm particularly impressed by the chorus' chords (that first E is actually an E5 "power chord"first time round on the record, with no minor OR major 3rd being played, but acoustically they play it as E major). Look at those chords - it's a descending "reverse alphabetical order" run of chords until the second last one. The bass appears to just play the root note of each chord, except the second D in the chorus.
(The Church) Transcribed by Brian Smith Opening: F#m D Rest of the Song: A D9 (change on "they SAY..."), F#m (on "CAN'T spend..") D (D9 = D with the high E string left open) You can hear that even while that loooong A chord is being played, that wonderfully ragged bass-line keeping popping down to G. Simulate that by lifting two fingers off the A chord (I think it sounds best when the 3rd and 4th strings are let go, and the 2nd string's C# remains held). Stefan Horlitz adds: Analogically, you can rev up the D9 chord by making it oscillate between D7 and D9. Do D7 but leave out the F# on the E-string - just with index and middle & use the ring to do the D9. just in case you haven't a second guitarist to play those wonderfully out-of-metrum high notes.
(The Church) Transcribed by Jens Berke Bm Em (7th fret)
(The Church) Contributors to this transcription: Jens Berke Brian Smith This songs uses the same 4 chords all the way through the song: Bm D D/F# G
(The Church) Transcribed by Jens Berke Verse: F Am C E Chorus: Am Em
(The Church) Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz Little addition by Jens Berke OK. This actually works on e-guitar only. this is one of those ultimate textured e guitar songs, and you will have to improv a little to make it work on acoustic guitar. the main trick is to let ring and accidentally, randomly hit some of the open strings intro riff - something like e minor with the F played...you can randomly add the open G, B and e for a little more chordal blubber. e------------------------------------------------ b------------------------------------------------ g------------------------------------------------ d-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2------2------2 a-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2------2------2 E---1---1-------1---1-------0---0------0------0-- the stinging, devilish descending riff is very simple: e--12----10--8--7----5--3-- b--12----10--8--7----5--3-- g---9-----7--5--4----2--0-- d---9-----7--5--4----2--0-- a-------------------------- E-------------------------- if you play solo, why not hit the deep E in between, to fake a bass note, the G also works! now for the "verses" (this song has no verse-chorus structure), i.e. the singing bits, your best choice might be the classic power chords. bang bang chugg chugg!! think smells like teen spirit and play really really angry!! e------------------------------------------------------------- b------------------------------------------------------------- g------------------------------------------------------------- d--2-2-2-2-2----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-- a--2-2-2-2-2----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-- E--0-0-0-0-0----5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-- this is it, enjoy!