Storm Tabs & Lyrics by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Storm
guitar tabs lyrics
This tab is divided into two separate songs, for the first two movements in "Storm"
Each song is divided into sections that are comprised of various guitar parts
played either simultaneously or parallel to one another
One guitar part is divided into smaller sections to accurately show the playing
order and repetition
The movements after "Gathering Storm" are omitted, as they are made of piano and
ambient samples, and do not feature guitar compositions
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�����Lift�Yr.�Skinny�Fists,�Like�Antennas�to�Heaven�-�Godspeed�You�Black�Emperor!
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Tuning:�Standard
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Intro
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Guitar Part 1:
This is played very gently
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3-------3---0-------0------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------1-------1---0-------0------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3-------3---0-------0------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------1-------1---0-------0------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------3-------3------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Main Section
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Guitar Part 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3---3---3---0---0---0------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------1---1---1---0---0---0------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3---3---3---0---0---0------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------1---1---1---0---0---0------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------3---3---3------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2:
This measure is repeated various amounts of times
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-5-----5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-5-----5-5-5-7-----7-7-7-8-----8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-10--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|10-10-10-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 3:
e|6---6---6---3---3---3------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------4---4---6---3---3---3------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|6---6---6---3---3---3------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------4---4---6---3---3---3------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------5---5---5------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 4:
Played with distortion and tremolo picking
e|6---------------8-------10------11--------------13------15-----------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 5:
Played very quickly
e|8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6-8-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-11-10-11-10-11-10-11-10|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|11-10-11-10-11-10-11-10-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 6:
Played the same as Guitar Part 5
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-7-8-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Coda
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This section is only a single note for guitar parts
Each part here is played by multiple guitars, depending on which note begins their
respective parts in the Main Section of the song
Guitar Part 1:
e|6--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Gathering Storm - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
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Tuning: Standard
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Intro
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Play this gently
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5-----------3-3-3-----------0------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|6-----------6-----------6---------------6----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
D|----3-----------5-----------------------5---3------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|6-------6---6-----------6--------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----6-------------------3---4-----------3----------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------------------3--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|6-----------6--------------------------------------------------------------|
This is repeated until the next section
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Section 1
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All parts use distortion and tremolo picking here
Guitar Part 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|6---------------3---4-----------3------------------------------------------|
G|--------5-------------------3----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|6---------------3---4-------3----------------------------------------------|
G|--------5-----------------------3------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2:
x4
e|13--------------10--11----------10-----------------------------------------|
B|--------13------------------11---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
e|13------------------16------11--10-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 3 (divided into sections):
SECTION 1
e|13--------------10--11------10--13-----------------------------------------|
B|--------13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SECTION 2
e|13--------------------------11--16-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SECTION 3 (played twice)
e|13-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|13------------------16----------13-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Transition
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Also with distortion and tremolo picking
Guitar Part 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|11-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Section 2
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All parts have distortion
Guitar Part 1 (played twice):
This one uses tremolo picking like before
e|--------11----------13------11--10-----------------------------------------|
B|11-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|13--------------------------11--16-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2 (played twice):
This part does not use tremolo picking
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-------------------6-------4---3------------------------------------------|
G|--------3------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3----------------------------------------------------------|
G|3-------5-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Section 3
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This part appears to use the screwdriver techniques that GYBE employ.
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Fadeout
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Both parts are repeated until the song ends, and use tremolo picking
Guitar Part 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|14------------------------------13-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Part 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|7-------------------------------6------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
