xBand: Sun Kil Moon Song: Tonight The Sky Album: April Year: 2008 Version 1.1 - 05/30/2007 Transcribed By: kristoff Email: [email protected] . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - Bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap f - full bend h - half bend ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend * - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend , - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note " - tremolo note <> - Trill Tunning D A D G A D capo on 2nd fret (tab relative to capo) Intro: |---------0---------0----------------0------------------------------| |-------------------0-------------------0-0-------------------------| |---------------------------------------0-0-------------0/2---------| |-----5h7----0--3~----5h7p5p3h5-------------------------0-----------| |-----5------0--3~----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-0-----------| |--0----------------------------/5~--.7-.7--------------------------| Verse: (basically the same, just strumm more strings) |---------0---------0----------------0--0-0-------------------------| |---------0---------0----------------0--0-0-------------------------| |-------------------0----------------0--0-0--------------0/2--------| |-----5h7----0--3~----5h7p5p3h5--------------------------0----------| |-----5------0--3~-------------------5--5-5----3-3-3-3-3-0----------| |--0----------------------------/5~--.7-.7--------------(0)---------| The following chords are not actually being played but the whole riff revolves around those chords, look at them as a simplified version of the verse. |--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------| |--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------| |--0------------0----------------0----------------------------------| |--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------| |--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------| |--0------------3---------------/5----------------------------------| Pre-Chorus |--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------| |--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------| |--0-----------0------------0----------0----------------------------|3x |--0-----------5------------0----------7----------------------------| |--2-----------3------------5----------5----------------------------| |--2------------------------5---------------------------------------| "I hear my sleeping sister..." Chorus |--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------| |--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------| |--0---------------0--------0---------------------------------------|4x |--1---------------0--------0---------------------------------------| |--3---------------5--------5---------------------------------------| |------------------5--------4---------------------------------------| "Tonight.. the skye.. will Open for you.." Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Interlude: |--0-------0-----0--------------------------0--0--..----------------| |--0-------0-----0--------------------------0--0--..----------------| |--0-------0-----0-----after the 8th time:--9--9--..----------------| |--3-------5-----7--------------------------7--7--..----------------| |--1-------3-----5--------------------------7--7--..----------------| |-------------------------------------------7--7--..----------------| "I woke up every morning.." B "Solo" (part 1) |--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------| |----------5-5-5-5~--------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------5p4h5----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------5/7-5~-----------------------------/7| |-------------------------------------------7~--p5-h7--8-7h8p7p5h8---| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5--5--5---5/7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--8-----12-12-12-12--10-9-9---\3-3/5-5-5| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| The noisy part that comes now is basically them improvising on the riff from the verse, no need to tab it out imo. Pre-Chorus Chorus B B B B ..E Feel free to rate or comment this tab. To make the Verse sound smooth I have only one advice: listen to the song and practice. END
