The Ballad of Solomon Eagle Tabs & Lyrics by Orange Goblin

The Ballad of Solomon Eagle

guitar tabs lyrics

Orange Goblin

Not perfect, but it works, I'll probably add the solo later. Its in E pentatonic
and easy to improvise with.





4/4
Gtr I

intro (also used as transition throughout song)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1 3X
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------4-------------7----|
|----------2-0-2-0-2-0-2-5----|
|-5S4-4-2---------------------|
|-3-2-2-0---------------------|

4th time
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7----5-5-5-------------|
|-------6--------4----4------|
|-------------------3---3----|

Riff 2 3x
|-----------------------------|
|-8---------------------------|
|---9-7-9---------------------|
|----------7-8-9--9p7---------|
|---------------------10p7----|
|-----------------------------|

4th time
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------7--------9--------------|
|-7-8-9----7-8-9----9p7---------|
|-----------------------10p7----|
|-------------------------------|

Riff 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----9------------7S9-7-----------9------------7-9S7--7--8--|
|-2--7--7-8-9--5--5-7S5-7-8-5--2--7--7-8-9--5--5S7-5--5--6--|
|-0-----5-6-7--3--------5-6-3--0-----5-6-7--3---------------|


Rhythm for solo
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9--9-9-9--9-9--6--6--6-6-6--6-6--5--5--5-5-5--5-5----|
|-7--7--7-7-7--7-7--4--4--4-4-4--4-4--3--3--3-3-3--3-3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7--7-7----|
|-5--5--5-5-5--5-5----|

Outro 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5-4-------------------7-7-7-7-6----|
|-3-0--0-3-0--0-3-0--0-3-0--0-----0-3-5-0-3-3-0-3-5-5-5-5-5-4----|

outro 2 this last part repeats a bunch
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-6----------------------------7-7-7-7-6--7-7-7-7-6----|
|-5-5-5-5-4--3-0--0-3-0--0-3-0--0-3-0--5-5-5-5-4--5-5-5-5-4----|

Order of song
-
intro 1x
riff 1 4x
riff 2 1x
riff 1 2x
riff 3 2x
transition 1x
riff 1 2x
riff 2 1x
riff 3 2x
solo rhythm 8x
riff 3 2x
outro 1 4x
outro 2 listen to the song




Tablature Legend
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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