Behind the Sun Tabs & Lyrics by Living Colour

Behind the Sun

guitar tabs lyrics

Living Colour

Behind The Sun - Living Colour
Tabbed by Sean Lewis

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This is pretty much going off what is played in this version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDiHo5KXqno
It's simialr to the album version and the critical riffs are the same.
Rather than do a full blown in depth tab, I am simply providing you the key elements of
the song.

Some of the riffs are very good rut-busters for guitar players.
This is just MY approach to the song and hopefully it helps someone better than me to
tab it propperly... maybe make a guitar pro tab.

I've included the fingering for players new to tapping. It's transcribed for rightys.
If your a lefty, simply chnage the Left Hand (LH) to Right Hand (RH) and vice-versa.

A QUICK GUITAR TIP/LESSON:
When playing anything (especially tap), make sure your fretting fingers lay relaxed
across the strings to deaden any unwanted noise.
Your fretting hand should then take care of any unwanted noise on the strings below the
ones fretted. For all the strings above, use
your palm or thumb bone of your picking hand the same way. This should minimize the risk
of letting an open string ring. Which is
difficult to achieve otherwise with complete tap riffs.

[Riff 1] (ALL TAPPED!!!!!) KEEP ALL YOUR NOTES EVENLY SPREAD!
LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 3 2 2 2 2
e]--------------------------------------------]
b]--------------------------------------------]
g]---10------10-17------10------10------10----]
d]------17---------17------17--------------17-]
a]-8-------8----------8-------8----17-8-------]
e]--------------------------------------------]

LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 3 2 2 2 2 2
e]--------------------------------------------]
b]--------------------------------------------]
g]---10-17------10------10------10------10----]
d]---------17------17--------------17---------]
a]-8----------8-------8----17-8-------8----17-]
e]--------------------------------------------]

LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 3 2 2 2 2
e]---------------------------------------]
b]---------------------------------------]
g]---7------7-17------7------7------7----]
d]-----17--------17-----17------------17-]
a]-5------5---------5------5---17-5------]
e]---------------------------------------]

LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 3 2 2 2 2 2
e]----------------------------------------]
b]----------------------------------------]
g]---7-17------7------7------7------7-----]
d]--------17-----17------------17---------]
a]-5---------5------5---17-5------5---17--]
e]----------------------------------------]





[Riff 2] (Strummed/Picked)

Gtr 1
*Slight Vibrato
e]----------------------------------]
b]----------------------------------]
g]----------------------------------]
d]--8-7----8-5----7-3----3-3/5-5/7--]
a]--8-7----8-5----7-3----3-3/5-5/7--]
e]--6-5----6-3----5-1----1-1/3-3/5--]


-------------------------------------

Gtr 1
*Slight Vibrato
e]----------------------------------]
b]----------------------------------]
g]------------------------7--7-7-7--]
d]--8-7----8-5----7-3-----7--7-7-7--]
a]--8-7----8-5----7-3-----5--5-5-5--]
e]--6-5----6-3----5-1---------------]

Gtr 2 (Slides can be done with fingers or whammy bar)
* Vibrato
e]-----------------]
b]-----------------]
g]-/12\--/12\-/14--]
d]-----------------]
a]-----------------]
e]-----------------]


-------------------------------------

Gtr 1
*Slight Vibrato
e]----------------------------------]
b]----------------------------------]
g]----------------------------------]
d]--8-7----8-5----7-3----3-3/5-5/7--]
a]--8-7----8-5----7-3----3-3/5-5/7--]
e]--6-5----6-3----5-1----1-1/3-3/5--]


-------------------------------------

Gtr 1
*Slight Vibrato
e]---------------------]
b]---------------------]
g]---------------------]
d]--8-7----8-5----10---]
a]--8-7----8-5----10---]
e]--6-5----6-3-----8---]

Gtr 2 (Slides can be done with fingers or whammy bar)
* Vibrato
e]-----------------]
b]-----------------]
g]-/12\--/12\-/17--]
d]-----------------]
a]-----------------]
e]-----------------]




[Riff 3] 2:20 (Outro Tap)


LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 3 2 2 2 2
e]--------------------------------------------]
b]--------------------------------------------]
g]---10------10-17------10------10------10----]
d]------17---------17------17--------------17-]
a]-8-------8----------8-------8----17-8-------]
e]--------------------------------------------]


LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 2 3 2 2 2
e]---------------------------------------]
b]---------------------------------------]
g]---7------7------7-17------7------7----]
d]------------17--------17-----17--------]
a]-5---17-5------5---------5------5---17-]
e]---------------------------------------]


LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 2 3 2 2 2
e]---------------------------------------]
b]---------------------------------------]
g]---5------5------5-17------5------5----]
d]------------17--------17-----17--------]
a]-3---17-3------3---------3------3---17-]
e]---------------------------------------]

LH 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
RH 2 2 3 2 2 2
e]---------------------------------------]
b]---------------------------------------]
g]---3------3------3-17------3------3----]
d]------------17--------17-----17--------]
a]-1---17-1------1---------1------1---17-]
e]---------------------------------------]


Notice at the end that the 4 bar root notes for the outro were: F D C A#?
That's pretty much the chord structure of the outro so I'll leave the rest of it upto you.
Hope this sparks some interest in Vernon's style.
Let's get some more Living Colour on this site please!!!