Tsunami Bomb- Say It If You Mean It
Tabbed by Oscar Payan
e-mail: x0xloser_kidx0x@yahoo.com
Intro Riff- (2 times) This is basically the way it goes.
There might be variations in the way he palm mutes, scratches the
strings (those that are marked by x’s), and how many times he hits each chord, but
this is basically it.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------x-7--7--77--x-------------|
D|--9-------7777------x-7--7--77--x-7--7--77-x--|
A|--9--9999------777--x-5--5--55--x-7--7--77-x--|
E|--7-------------------------------5--5--55-x--|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------x-7--7--77--x--9--9---9\7--|
D|--9-------7777------x-7--7--77--x--9--9---9\7--|
A|--9--9999------777--x-5--5--55--x—-7--7---7\5--|
E|--7--------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff: (2 times) again, the amount of times each chord
is hit probably isn’t right, but listen to it and you’ll
know how to play it.
“Don’t walk on eggshells for me...”
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--------------7--77777-------------|
D|--9--9999999--7--77777-77-55-4h5p4-|
A|--9--9999999--5--55555-------------|
E|--7--7777777-----------------------|
|-Palm muted-|
“stop making your words fancy...”
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--7-7777777--5-555555--7-777777-|
A|--7-7777777--5-555555--7-777777-|
E|--5-5555555--3-333333--5-555555-|
Chorus Riff: (2 times) the chords are the same, except that
they are hit continuously. Listen to the song to know how
many times each is hit.
“really mean...”
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------77777777----------------------------|
D|--99999999--77777777--77777777--555555--777777--|
A|--99999999--55555555--77777777--555555--777777--|
E|--77777777------------55555555--333333--555555--|
After the chorus is played the second time, the song goes
into the intro again. The Intro Riff is played once through, and then you
continue with the Verse Riff. The Chorus Riff is played again, and then
the rhythm changes, and you play this.
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------77-xx—-x77--xx-x-------------------|
D|--55-xx—-x55--xx--x--77-xx—-x77--xx-x--77-xx—-x77--xx-x-|
A|--55-xx—-x55--xx--x--55-xx—-x55--xx-x--77-xx—-x77--xx-x-|
E|--33-xx—-x33--xx--x--------------------55-xx—-x55--xx-x-|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--99-xx-x--77-xx-x-|
A|--99-xx-x--77-xx-x-|
E|--77-xx-x--55-xx-x-|
In this little guitar interlude, each note is hit a lot
of times, i didn’t count them or write them in correctly,
but you should get the idea.
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|--999999999999999\7777/99999999999\7777--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
After the interlude, this is played palm muted and
at a calm pace and volume. Repeat this riff four times. The fourth
time, the last two chords are hit only twice and without palm muting.
“Mean what you say...”
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------77777777------------------7777--|
D|--99999999--77777777--77777777--2222--7777--|
A|--99999999--55555555--77777777--2222--5555--|
E|--77777777------------55555555--0000--------|
After this riff, the Chorus is played six times and then the
song finishes like this-
e|---------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------|------------------------------------|
G|---------------|----------77-xx-x-------------------|
D|--555555—(14)\-|-55-xx-x--77-xx-x--99-xx-x-99-xx-x--|
A|--555555—(14)\-|-55-xx-x--55-xx-x--99-xx-x-99-xx-x--|
E|--333333—(12)\-|-33-xx-x-----------77-xx-x-77-xx-x--|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|----------77-xx-x---------------|
D|-55-xx-x--77-xx-x--99-xx-x-99\--|
A|-55-xx-x--55-xx-x--99-xx-x-99\--|
E|-33-xx-x-----------77-xx-x-77\--|
I love this song. It’s easier to play that to tab, though.
So I hope it helps at least a little. The chord progressions are correct,
so all you basically need to figure out are the rhythms.