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BOTHER - Stone Sour (acoustic arrangement)
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Tabbed by: donGiorgio (G. Kuhn) for Ultimate-Guitar
Email: gkuhn@hotmail.de
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This is an easy to play but beautiful moving song. If you can't play the fast
hammer-ons/pull-offs just go with the chords, it still sounds great!
Stone Sour usually play half step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) tuned guitars.
This is a transcription to standard tuning.
Theres lots of half accurate tabs for this song already but I wasn't satisfied
so I had to put up my acoustic version.
I did not add any solo, the original solo is just some D# minor pentatonic
stuff. Be creative ;)
Just listen to the song for the strumming/chord voicing.
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords:
D#m C#/D# C# F# B A#
e|-(6)-| e|-(6)-| e|-(4)-| e|-(2)-| e|-(2)-| e|-(6)-|
B|--7--| B|--6--| B|--6--| B|--2--| B|--4--| B|--6--|
G|--8--| G|--6--| G|--6--| G|--3--| G|--4--| G|--7--|
D|--8--| D|--6--| D|--6--| D|--4--| D|--4--| D|--8--|
A|--6--| A|--6--| A|--4--| A|--4--| A|--2--| A|--8--|
E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|--2--| E|-----| E|--6--|
Intro/Lick I
e|-----------------------|
B|--7-----6----6h7p6-----|
G|--8-----6---------8p6--| X 4
D|--8-----6--------------|
A|--6-----6--------------|
E|-----------------------|
Verse 1:
D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D# C# D#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7------6------6h7-----6-------6---------------7-----6h7p6----------------|
G|--8------6------6h8-----6-------6---------------8----------8p6-------------|
D|--8------6------6h8-----6-------6---------------8-------------8p6----------|
A|--6------6------6-------6-------4---------------6--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Wish I was to dead to cry, my self affliction fades
D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D# C# F# C#
e|---------------------------------------------(2)---------------------------|
B|--7--------6--------6h7----6-----6------------2-------6--------------------|
G|--8--------6--------6h8----6-----6------------3-------6--------------------|
D|--8--------6--------6h8----6-----6------------4-------6--------------------|
A|--6--------6--------6------6-----4------------4-------4--------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------2----------------------------|
Stones to throw at my creator - masochist to which I cater
Chorus:
D#m C#/D# D#m A# D#m C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
B C#
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
A|-----2-----------------4-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
But once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds
[--- Lick I ----] x 4
Verse 2:
Wish I was
too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had
a voice to protest
So you fed me s**t to digest
Bridge:
D#m A# B
e|-6---------------------6-------------------------2-------------------------|
B|-7---------------------6-------------------------4-------------------------|
G|-8---------------------7-------------------------4-------------------------|
D|-8---------------------8-------------------------4-------------------------|
A|-6---------------------8-------------------------2-------------------------|
E|-----------------------6---------------------------------------------------|
I wish I had a reason; my flaws are open season, for this I gave up trying
C#
e|-6-------------------------------|
B|-6-------------------------------|
G|-6-------------------------------|
D|-6-------------------------------|
A|-4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
one good turn deserves my dying
[--- Chorus --- ]
[--- Solo ---]
[--- Lick I---] x 4 (this time with high e string)
Verse 3:
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
with its memories
Diaries left
with cryptic entries
[--- Chorus ---]
Outro Chorus:
D#m C#/D# D#m A# D#m C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
B C#
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4---------------------------6-----------------------------------------|
G|-----4---------------------------6--let------------------------------------|
D|-----4---------------------------6--ring-----------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
but once I hold on (once I hold on)... I'll never live down my deceit
[--- Lick I ---] x4
End with a slow upstroke followed by a downstroke on the D#m Chord.
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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