Soundgarden - "A Thousand Days Before" From "King Animal" Album Tuning CGCGGE tabbed by jjhand Nice song in the C tuning they used in 'Down on the Upside' with good guitar part layering and nice lead guitar added in. Please rate/comment on the tab. Clean Intro - played 2x, note in () is first time only E|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| G|---5---5-----5-----|-3---3-----3-----|-----3-----------|------0------------| G|---------0-----0---|-------------0---|---0-------0-----|-----0-------------| C|-----0-----------0-|-------0-------0-|-3-----2---------|----0---------0----| G|-------------------|---3-------------|---------------3-|-/5---------0------| C|(0)----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------3-------0--| Lead Guitar - Before Verse Riff |------------------------------| |-12h15-12h15-17TP--15TP-12TP--| |-------------17TP--15TP-12TP--| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| Verse Riff, played 5x |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-----0-----------0----0--|-----0-----------------| |-4h5----5p4-0------------|-4h5----5p4-0----------| |---------------5----3----|---------------5-------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-----0-----------0----0--|-----0-----------------| |-4h5----5p4-0------------|-4h5----5p4-0----------| |---------------5----3----|---------------3-------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| Chorus |-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-10-15--17TP-----|-------------------------| |-------------------------|--------17TP-----|-------------------------| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-----------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-----------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-----------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| Guitar play 4x |----------------------------| |-10h12p0--9~---7h9-7h9-5----| |-10h12p0--9~---7h9-7h9-5----| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| Play Verse and Chorus again, Chorus changes at 1:39 |-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-10-15--17TP--15TP-12-|-------------------------| |-------------------------|--------17TP--15TP-12-|-------------------------| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|----------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|----------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|----------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| Solo (1:54) - part 1 is clean w/ octave up pedal |------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |-10TP--9--7-5-7-5-|-7b9r--5h7p5TP------|--------------------|------------------| |-10TP-------------|--TP----------------|-7--9--10-12TP---14-|-15TP--14TP--12TP-| |------------------|------------------9-|--------------------|------------------| |------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| Octave off, use distortion and short delay here: |----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-9b10r9---------|-7TP---------5TP---|--------------3TP----|-----------------| |-9b10r9---7--5--|-7TP----5-3--5TP---|-2h3--2h3-2h3-3TP-p0-|-----------------| |--TP------------|-------------------|---------------------|-3b--0---0-------| |----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------3---------| |----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------| Play Chorus Again, then singing resumes with no guitar (2:44) Lead Guitar |------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------| |------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------| |-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-5TP___-5~~~----|-12TP----15TP-----| |------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------| |-10---------------|-(10)---------------|----------------|------------------| |------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------| (2:52) Rhythm Guitar |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-0---------------|-------------------| |-5-------2h3p2p0-|--------0-----2h3p0| |-3---------------|------3-----3------| |-----------------|-5-----------------| Ending Riff (repeated 2:55-3:37) - Rhythm Guitar |-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------------| |-------0---------|-------0----------|----------------|-----------------------| |-----0----2h3p2p0|-----0----2h3p2p0-|-------0--------|-3--3--3--3--0--2h3p2p0| |-5---------------|-3----------------|-----3----------|-3--3--3--3--0---------| |-----------------|------------------|-5--------------|-3--3--3--3--0---------| Lead (3:20) |----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------------| |----------------|---------------|--------------|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-| |-0h5-7~~~-------|-/12~~~~-------|-15/17~~~-----|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-| |----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------------| |----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------------| |----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------| |-20\17-20\17-20-15\14/15TP--17p15\12-|-12~~~~------12\-|-5~~-------| hold until end |-20\17-20\17-20-15\14/15TP--17p15\12-|-12~~~~------12\-|-5~~-------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------| Ending (3:45)- similar to this 2x |-----0-----------|------------0------| |-----0----0--0---|-0--0-------0------| |-0--------2--3---|-2--2h3p2p0--------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| KEY ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | TP tremelo picking | x Mute note | b Bend | r Bend release ************************************
