Under The Surface


What, no Neurosis tabs?! Well, their chords are sometimes hard to figure out--they don't use pure power chords most of the time. Here's Under the Surface from the Times of Grace album. It took me about 2 hours to figure it out and type it up. Enjoy. Neurosis - Under the Surface Natural harmonics on 14th fret: (Part A) e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|*------------------------------------------------*| D|*------------------------------------------------*| A|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . (dots represent 1/8 notes) ^^ ^^ ^^ The ^ are accents. Play these notes a bit louder than the rest. This part has a ton of distortion, so these harmonics ring well. These chords fall on the accents above (keep playing part A): (Part B) |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |*-7-----------------------------------7----------| Gtr. 1 |*-7-----------------------------------7----------| |--5----------------------------------------------| |--6----------------------------------------------| | . . . . . . . . | | | |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |*-7-----------------------------------7----------| Gtr. 2 |*-7-----------------------------------7----------| |--5-----------------------------------5----------| |--6-----------------------------------6----------| . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-(7)---------------------------------------------| Gtr. 1 |-(7)---------------------------------------------| (held from |-------------------------------------------------| previous measure) |-------------------------------------------------| | . . . . . . . . | | | |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--3------------------3----------------3----------| Gtr. 2 |--5------------------5----------------5----------| |--5------------------5----------------5----------| |--3------------------3----------------3----------| . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--6------------------6----------------6----------| Gtr. 1 & 2 |--7------------------7----------------7----------| |--7------------------7----------------7----------| |--5------------------5----------------5----------| . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--10-----------------10---------------10--------*| Gtr. 1 & 2 |--7------------------7----------------7---------*| |--8------------------8----------------8----------| |-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . Part B plays 4 times, then: (with part A): |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |*------------------------------------------------| |*------------------------------------------------| |-/8~~~-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-/10~~~----------------------------------------\-| |-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . (slide down to next note) |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-4~~~--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------*| |------------------------------------------------*| |-5~~~--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . Play that 4 times, then part B again 4 times, then: (Part C) e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|*-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| D|*-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^^ ^^ ^^ e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^^ ^^ ^^ e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^ ^ ^ e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-*| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-*| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . ^ ^ ^ Repeat that 4 times, then this at a slower tempo (-1077945912s an eighth rest): (Part D) e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| D|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| E|--6-----------------------6-----6-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--3-----------------------3-----3-----| D|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| A|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| E|--3-----------------------3-----3-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--6-----------------------6-----6-----| D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----5-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--10----------------------10---------------------*| D|--7-----------------------7----------------------*| A|--8-----------------------8-----------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . That repeats 8 times, then all instruments cut out except for a single guitar playing heavily distorted and reverbed "volume swell" notes, and a sparse bass drum. If you really care, the notes are a freestyle mix of A, F, and D (string 2 fret 10, string 3 fret 10, and string 1 fret 10, respectively). After a while, play part C and double it an octave lower with Gtr. 2 ("Your shell is hollow / Your shell is hollow / So am I / The rest will follow / The rest will follow / So will I / So will I"). Then the outro: e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|*-------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3) D|*-7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3) D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3) D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| . . . . . . . . e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1 & 2) D|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| A|--7-----------------------7-----7-----| E|--5-----------------------5-----6-----| | . . . . . . . . | | | e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--3-----------------------3----------------------*| (Gtr. 3) D|--5-----------------------5----------------------*| A|--5-----------------------5-----------------------| E|--3-----------------------3-----------------------| . . . . . . . . Repeat 8 times, then end with: e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| (Gtr. 1, 2 & 3) D|--7-----------------------------------------------| (hold for several A|--7-----------------------------------------------| measures) E|--5-----------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . .