Intro
This is a very interpretive version of Silver Bells.. While the
chorus is what it is and is true to form with the traditional melody of the
song, the verse portion of the original song has been transformed into a
VH'ized arpeggio riff with spots of neo-classical influence.. This was
done to make this song more interesting and of course add a JFRocks
originality to it...
This verse section is used as the intro, verse, and outro of the song...
However, it is altered each time it comes around.. It was also played
with two guitars at the same time to add depth to it...
The solo is also over this verse chord pattern.. Speaking of the chord
pattern, the chords of the root rhythm are written in Blue over the tabs
themselves... What is tabbed is a classic JFRocks style "one guitar in
a live setting" transcription.. In other words the main guitar part..
With the tabs below you should be able to play along with the MP3 no
problem, and even create your own version to go with the provided Jam
Tracks...
There IS NOW A VIDEO Lesson
for this track thanks to your votes... Many of you wanted help
translating the tabs so we produced a short video to help you do just
that...
It's a tricky song in spots with some cool harmonic tricks and arpeggio
riffs, enjoy it, and even if you can't play it to speed yet, use it as a
slow practice exercise.. Either way you slice it, it's a hell of a
lesson...
**
NO EFFECTS used for this part... Take note of the equipment photos
above the song sections to see when certain effects are used....
Rhythm Chords Diagram - Names above the tabs match
chords written out below.
C5 C
F5/C F
G5/D G7/D C7
Dm D7 E
G13 - Final song ending chord
E______________________________________________ 12____
B_______________10_________________6___________ 12____
G__5___0________10________0___3____7___5___9___ 10____
D__5___2____3___10____5___3___2____7___4___9____9____
A__3___3____3___ 8____ 5___5___3____5___5___7___ 10____
E_____________________________________________________
Song Intro - 3/4 Time
*With slight palm mute
C
C7
F
Dm
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_________5---6-5-6---8~_________5---6~---5~____________________________6____________
G_____5_4_________________5_3__________________3-2-0__________________7_5________
D___________________________________________________3__________3_7______________
A__3____________________3_____________________________3______5__________________
E___________________________________________1____________1_5____________________
G7
C
E__________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________5-6-5-6---8~____
G__________________________________________________5_______________
D_________3~__2-3-2-0___________3~__2-3-2-0________5_________________
A_____2_5____________5_____2_5____________2__2--3___________________
E___3____________________3_________________________________________
G7
E_______________________________________________7_10__8---13_12__________10___7_______
B_____________________________________________8________________13---6__8____7___8--6___
G________________________________________4_7_________________________________________
D_________________________2-3-2-0_2_3_3---5_____________________________________________
A_______2-3-2-0_2_3_3---5~______________________________________________________________
E__1---3_______________________________________________________________________________
C5
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B____8_6---4_____4~~~~with slight 1/4 step bend~~~_________________________________________
G__7________4___________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________0w.b>>*with
bar depressed vibrato slightly~~~___
Secondary Kick in
This prelude to the drum kick in is over the actual song's chorus part with
a slightly altered ending for drama purposes... The rhythm guitar is using
the MXR Stereo Flanger in a spin from left to right through the speakers..
It's doing the chords that are written above the tabs in Blue... The main
guitar 1 part is tabbed for you below...
C5
F5/C
E________________________5_____7____8w.b~~~_____________
B________________________8^1__10^1__11^1w.b~~~__________
G__7---9~__12__14w.b~____________________________________
D______________________________________________________
A__5---7~__10__12w.b~____________________________________
E_______________________________________________________
G7
C5
E___7_____7____8_____ 10_______ 8___ 7______8____15w.b~~~_____
B__10^1__10^1__11^1___13^1_____11^1_10^1___11^1__18^1w.b~~~___
G___________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________
G5/D
C5
E___7____ 7_____8_____10____12___ 13____15w.b~~~~~~______________
B__10^1__10^1__11^1___13^1__15^1__16^1__18^1w.b~~~~~~____________
G________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________
Main Kick in and Verse part
This part is similar to our intro however it is done by 2 guitars playing at the
same time... It again is simply the actual "Silver Bells" song's verse
chord pattern, made into a cool Vh style arpeggio riff... You could easily
sing the song's verse part over this... Remember to apply a slight palm
mute to this...
*With slight palm mute
C
C7
F5/C
Dm
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_________5---6-5-6---8~_________5---6~---5~____________________________6____________
G_____5_4_________________5_3__________________3-2-0__________________7_5________
D___________________________________________________3__________3_7______________
A__3____________________3_____________________________3______5__________________
E___________________________________________1____________1_5____________________
G7
E______________________________________7_10__8----13_12____________
B____________________________________8________________13---6______
G_______________________________4_7______________________________
D_____________________2-3-2-0__5__________________________________
A_________2-3-2-0__3_5____________________________________________
E__1---3_5________________________________________________________
C
G7
E_____________________________________________
B________5-6-5-6---8~___5---6--5--3~_3---5---3-0______
G______5______________________________________
D____5________________________________________
A__3__________________________________________
E_____________________________________________
C
C7
F5/C
Dm
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_________5-6-5-6---8~___________5---6~---5~____________________________6___________
G_____5_4_________________5_3__________________3-2-0__________________7_5________
D___________________________________________________3__________3_7______________
A__3____________________3_____________________________3______5__________________
E___________________________________________1____________1_5____________________
G5/D
G7
C
E______________________________________7_10__8----13_12_____________7________________________
B____________________________________8________________13---6___8______6~~^1/4~______________
G_______________________________4_7_____________________________7_______________>>into
chorus_
D_____________________2-3-2-0__5_____________________________________________________________
A_________2-3-2-0__3_5_______________________________________________________________________
E__1---3_5___________________________________________________________________________________
Chorus
This is done with the actual melody from "Silver bells" however I've mixed
in some VH style harmonics to match certain pitches... There are some very
very tricky harmonic touches in this and it's part of what gives it the vibe it
has...
We've only transcribed the guitar 1 part... Guitar 2 does an echo effect
on what guitar 1 is playing and while it differs in some cases it's not the most
important part of the song so rather than confuse the tabs it's easier to give
this as I said in the intro text in a one guitar in a live setting type of
thing... I suggest using delay with the jam track to mimic the second
guitar part, that would be really cool I think....
*Be sure to keep your finger on
the 5th fret 3rd string or the tap harmonic h(17) will die out... It must ring
out...
C
F5/C
E
E______________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________
G_<<w.b into<<9~~__10_12~~_________2~__4_5~__h(17)_5^1>release_5__^^bend
again_5^1>release_5~___
D______________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________
** 5 h(17) etc.... means a
tap harmonic... If you don't know how to do these please either get into some of
the Vin Heuton Vh style lessons on the JFRocks website, or look for the mailbag
on harmonics on the mailbag archives page... which is located via link from the
main mailbag page...
G5/D
C5
E___7_____7____ 8_____10______________________________________________________________
B__10^1__10^1__11^1___13^1____________________________________________________________
G________________________________5 h(17)_4 h(16)_5 h(17)~__5 h(10)^1>release_5__5^1
h(21)~____
D_____________________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________
C
E__12_____13___ 15~~~~~____________________
B__15^1___16^1__18^1w.b~~~~~________________
G___________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________
////// = Trem or speed picking...
F5/C
E
E_17//////__19////_20////_19////_20////_19////_20////_19////_20////__17////
19////_20////_17_19_20_20^1~
B_20^1//////_______________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________________
G7
E___7____ 7_____8____10______ 7_____8_______ 7____ 7_____8____ 10_____ 12____10________
B__10^1__10^1__11^1__13^1____10^1__11^1_____10^1__10^1__11^1__13^1____15^1__13^1______
G___________________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________
C5
G7
E_________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________
G_<<w.b into the harmonic<<5h^^pull up on
w.b slightly and vibrato lightly_______5^1a.h scream~~w.b~~___
D_________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________
SOLO
The solo is over the Verse chord pattern slightly altered with an extra G7
added at the end of the chord pattern as a turnaround... It has
more changes, and more chord changes are almost always better for any kind of VH
style or even neo-classical style lead....
The solo is divided into its individual phrasing sections for ease of reading
and following along.
** Notes in (parenthesis) mean to
TAP the pitch...
C
C7
E_______________________________________________________________________
B__8^1>release_8__8--10______________________________________________________
G__________________9~~___(14)-9-12_(14)-9-12_(14)^1-9---5^1_h(12)>release
bend>5~__
D_______________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________
F
Dm
E____________________7h_______________________
B__(11)-6---11-(18)~_____________________________
G________________________7h~~w.b~~____________
D_____________________________________________
A_____________________________________________
E_____________________________________________
G7
E__________________________________________7_10__8---13_12_____________
B________________________________________8________________13---6_______
G____________________________________4_7______________________________
D_________________________2_2-3-2-0__5_________________________________
A_________2_2-3-2-0__3---5_5____________________________________________
E__1---3_5_____________________________________________________________
C
G7
E____10____7____________________________________________________________________________________
B__8_________8---6__5_6_8-6-5__5_6_8-6-5___________________________________________________________
G_______7_____________________________4_5_7-5-4__4_5_7-5-4__4-5-4_5________________________________
D________________________________________________________________7_6_5__________________________
A______________________________________________________________________7_6_5~~---sl
dwn--___________
E______________________________________________________________________________________0*w.b
depressed_
C
F
Dm
E___________________5h~w.b~_________________________________________________________
B__(10)-5----10-(17)~_____________(11)-6---11-(18)~_______________________________________
G_____________________________________________5 h(12)^grad bend^1_h(10)__h(12)>release
bend>5___
D__________________________________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________________________
** Remember multiple dashes
---- mean to slide into a note, and a single dash - between notes is either
a hammer on or pull off depending on the direction the pitches are going,
either up or down...
G7
C
E___7____ 7______ 8____ 10_________________________________________________________________
B__10^1__10^1____11^1__13^1_______________________________________________________________
G____________________________5-7-5-7-5--6-8-6--7-9-7--8-10-8--9-11-9--10-12-10-12----5^3/4~~___5h~w.b~__
D________________________________________________________________________________5h~w.b~__
A________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________
Outro Chorus
Again transcribed for 1 guitar in a live setting...
E_________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________
G__7---9~__12__14w.b~__14///---16////----17////---19////---21///~~_______
D_________________________________________________________________
A__5---7~__10__12w.b~_______________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
E__5_____7____ 8_______ 10____12___10______ 7_____7_____ 8_____
10_______8____7____ 15w.b~~~____
B__8^1__10^1__11^1~____13^1__15^1_13^1____10^1__10^1___11^1___13^1_____11^1_10^1__18^1
w.b~~~__
G____________________________________________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
Outro and Final Ending
The outro is similar to our Verse and Intro but with slight variation especially
at the end of it over the G7 chord.... We also use the Flanger for it
on a non-stereo standard setting... See settings page for this lesson..
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_________5_5-6---8~____________5---6~---5~____________________________6____________
G_____5_4_________________5_3__________________3-2-0__________________7_5________
D___________________________________________________3__________3_7______________
A__3____________________3_____________________________3______5__________________
E___________________________________________1____________1_5____________________
E_________________________________________________________7_10__8---13_12________
B_______________________________________________________8________________13---6__
G__________________________________________________4_7__________________________
D_______________________________________2_2-3-2-0__5_____________________________
A_________2_2-3-2-0__2~_3_5_3-5-3-0__5~_5_________________________________________
E__1---3_5_______________________________________________________________________
E____10____7_________________________________________________________________________3h~w.b~__
B__8_________8--6____6___6___6___6___6____6____6____6>w.b
down>___________________________________
G_______7_________8___8___7___6___4____3____2____1___________0~~wide
w.b vibrato~~______3h__________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Final
chord of the rhythm
This is the chord that guitar 2 is doing over the final open 3rd string w.b
vibrato above.. It's the final chord in the song and is allowed to
ring out.. But you should apply some Whammy bar vibrato to the chord, very
lightly though...
G13
E____12_____________________________________
B____12_____________________________________
G___ 10_____________________________________
D____ 9____~~w.b light vibrato on chord~~________________
A___ 10_____________________________________
E____________________________________________
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