A Certain Shade of Green Tabs & Lyrics by Incubus
A Certain Shade of Green
guitar tabs lyrics
A CERTAIN SHADE OF GREEN
As recorded by Incubus
(From the 1997 Album S.C.I.E.N.C.E)
Words and Music by Incubus
Arranged by Incubus
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Eignzer'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Eignzer'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8---|
||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8---|
||o-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6---|
||--------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Chorus
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S E S S E H Q Q
|--------------------------||-||-----------------0---|
|-------------------------o||-||o--------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||-||---------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||-||---------------------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---o||-||o--------------------|
|--------------------------||-||---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E E E H
|--------------------------||-||---------------------|
|-------------------------o||-||o--------------------|
|--------------------------||-||---------2-----------|
|--------------------------||-||---------0--4--------|
|-------------------------o||-||o--2--5-----2--------|
|--------------------------||-||---0--3--------------|
+W 7x
|-(0)----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S E 7x
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2---o||
|--------------------------------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
H Q Q +W W
|------------0--|-(0)--------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E H W S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----2---------|------------||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|
|-----0-4-------|------------||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|
|-2-5---2-------|------------||o-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|
|-0-3-----------|------------||------------------------------|
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Verse
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S E S S E H Q Q
|--------------------------||-||----------------0--|
|-------------------------o||-||o------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||-||-------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||-||-------------------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---o||-||o------------------|
|--------------------------||-||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E E E H
|--------------------------||-||-------------------|
|-------------------------o||-||o------------------|
|--------------------------||-||--------2----------|
|--------------------------||-||--------0--4-------|
|-------------------------o||-||o-2--5-----2-------|
|--------------------------||-||--0--3-------------|
+W 7x
|-(0)---------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S E 7x
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2--o||
|-------------------------------------||
Chorus
H Q Q +W W
|------------0--|-(0)--------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H W S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------|------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----2---------|------------||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|
|-----0-4-------|------------||--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|
|-2-5---2-------|------------||o-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|
|-0-3-----------|------------||------------------------------|
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bridge
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------o||--17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-17-x-|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||--16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-16-x-|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----||--17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-17-x-|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---o||----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17-x-x-17-17-x-x-x-17-17-17-17-|
|-16-16-16-x-x-16-16-x-x-x-16-16-16-16-|
|-17-17-17-x-x-17-17-x-x-x-17-17-17-17-|
|------------x-------x-x-x-------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-17-x---|
|-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-16-x---|
|-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-17-x---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-17--17-17-x-x-17-17-x-x-x-17-17-17-17-|
|-16--16-16-x-x-16-16-x-x-x-16-16-16-16-|
|-17--17-17-x-x-17-17-x-x-x-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------x-------x-x-x-------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H. Q
|----------------------------0----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
W
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-------------12-12-13-13---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------14-14-14-14---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------12-12-12-12-------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-12-12-12-------------12-12-13-13--||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-12-12-12-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-12-12-12-------------12-12-13-13---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-12-12-12-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-12-12-12-------------12-12-13-13---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Outro
Gtr II
W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S E. E. E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10--8------7----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10--8------7----|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--6------5----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W H E. S +E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------10--8--(8)-7----|
|-----------------------------|---------------10--8--(8)-7----|
|-----------------------------|----------------8--6--(6)-5----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-8-(8)-8-7-|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5---5-5--8--8--8-6-(6)-6-5-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|
|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
|
| Gtr II
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|
|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|--------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|--------------------------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------------*|
|----------------------------*|
|----------------------------*|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8------*|
|-8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8------*|
|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
