'Spawn Again' by Silverchair - Guitar Tutorial

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         Title : Spawn Again
        Artist : Silverchair
         Album : Neon Ballroom
Transcribed by : Tim Murphy ([email protected])
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Legend
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 h  = hammer-on
 p  = pull-off
 b  = bend
 r  = bend release
 /  = slide up/down
 = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
 ~  = vibrato
 tr = trill

 *  = replace these notes with rests after the first time played through (listen to the album if you don't get it)


Tuning
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Eb/Dropped D (see tab notation below)

And you better turn the distortion all the way up for this one.
Just about all the chord forms here have slight palm muting, so experiment with what sounds best.

The first riff:

Eb|-------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------
Gb|-------------------------------------    play 3x
Db|-------------------------------------
Ab|---6-5--5b6r5----5b6r5--5b6r5--0-6p0-
Db|-0-----------0-0-------0-------0-6p0-
    *

then play this riff as the band starts up

Eb|-------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------
Gb|-------------------------------------
Db|-------------------------------------
Ab|---6-5-5b6r5-0-0-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-----
Db|-------------0-0-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-----

Here's the main riff of the song.

Eb|----------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------
Gb|----------------------------------
Db|-----7-7--------------------------
Ab|-----5-5-0-0-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0------
Db|---0-----0-0-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0------

Before the first verse, repeat this A octave over the main riff with guitar 2 (clean for now):

Eb|------
Bb|------
Gb|-14~--
Db|-xx---
Ab|-12~--
Db|------

Let the bass play for awhile, then break in for 2 main riffs, pause again, play riff again...

The bass starts a new pattern here. On measures 3 and 4, Guitar 1 plays this:

Eb|--------------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------------
Gb|-/18-18-18-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-18-18-
Db|-/xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-
Ab|-/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15-15-16-16-16-16-
Db|--------------------------------------------------

The next riff goes is just two chords:

Eb|----------------------
Bb|----------------------
Gb|----------------------
Db|----------------------
Ab|-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-
Db|-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-
    *

This section ends like this:

Eb|-----------------------
Bb|-----------------------
Gb|-----------------------
Db|-----------------------
Ab|-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-12-
Db|-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-12-

After a short rest this starts up:

Eb|------------------
Bb|------------------
Gb|------------------   
Db|------------------
Ab|------------------
Db|-3-0-00-4h6-0-1-0-

For the 3rd and 4th time, Guitar 2 (now distorted) octaves it:

Eb|------------------
Bb|------------------
Gb|------------------
Db|-3-0-00-4h6-0-1-0-
Ab|------------------
Db|------------------

THen Guitar 1 plays this similar figure for awhile:

Eb|------------------
Bb|------------------
Gb|------------------
Db|------------------
Ab|-3-0-XX-4h6-0-1-0-
Db|-3-0-XX-4h6-0-1-0-

Guitar 2 then tremelo picks these octaves over the above riff:

Eb|----------------------
Bb|-15----16--13----16---
Gb|-xx----xx--xx----xx---
Db|-12----13--10----13---
Ab|----------------------
Db|----------------------
              

At the end of that section tremelo pick these octaves:

Eb|----------------------
Bb|-15----18--20----16---
Gb|-xx----xx--xx----xx---
Db|-12----15--17----13---
Ab|----------------------
Db|----------------------
              

Then back to the main riff and you're finished!

There's lots of weird keyboard overdubs in this song, so it's not exact, but I'm sure it'll sound great as it is.

Give me some feedback at [email protected]