----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The City of the Sun - Kevin Gilbert ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : Sean Pierce e-mail: piedude12@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard A very fun song to play. About as accurate as I can get. Kinda complicated to write out but I'll try my best. To help with confusion of the order of the song, I will put the complete order at the end. KEY: ^ ==> slight bend / ==> slide up x ==> mute string Crank up the volume and the tone and have fun! INTRO: G|----------------------------| D|-----3-------3-----3-5^-----| A|-3-5---3-3h5---3-5------3-5-| E|----------------------------| x2 VERSE: G|----------------------------| D|-----3-------3-----3-5^-----| A|-3-5---3-3h5---3-5------3-5-| E|----------------------------| x2 G|----------------------------| D|-----6-------6-----6-8^-----| A|-6-8---6-6h8---6-8------6-8-| E|----------------------------| x2 G|-----------------------------------------| D|-------10----------10-------10-12^-------| A|-10-12----10-10h12----10-12--------10-12-| E|-----------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------10----------10-------10-12-10-12-14-| A|-10-12----10-10h12----10-12----------------| E|-------------------------------------------| on the first verse you play through this twice but on the second play through the end looks like this: G|----------------------------------------14| D|-------10----------10-------10-12^--------| A|-10-12----10-10h12----10-12--------10-12--| E|------------------------------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------10----------| A|-10-12----10-10h12-| E|-------------------| This leads right into the chorus ==> CHORUS pt1: G|-----------------------------11-9-----------------------------------| D|-------------7--------------------11--------------------------------| A|-10-10-9-7-9---7-9-7-10-10-9---------9-xxx--------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| (it will occasionally change back and forth between 10-10-9 and 7-7-9-| listen for it) CHORUS pt2: G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------11-9------11-------11-9-------9-7-----9-----------------| A|-10-10------11---------------------------9-----6/7/8/9/10-10-9-| E|---------------9----12-13------12-11-------7-------------------| (once again order will be at the end) BRIDGE: Before this part there will be a moment of just Kevin and Guitar. Hang tight and listen to the greatness that is Kevin Gilbert until the drums build up. G|-----6--------4------------------------| D|-----------------------4------------5--| A|-4-4--4-4-2-2--2-2---------------------| E|-------------------2-2--2-2/3-3-3-3--3-| (Played like this the first time) G|-----6------4-------------------------| D|---------------------4------------5---| A|-2/4--4-2-2--2-2----------------------| E|-----------------2-2--2-2/3-3-3-3--3--| (Then played like this with that slide in the beginning three times) And on the last play through you'll do this: G|--------------------| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5--| Which will lead right back into the verse and there you go SONG ORDER: once again to help with confusion here's the order the parts are played 1) Intro 2) Verse 3) Verse (different ending) 4) chorus pt1 x2 5) chorus pt2 x1 6) chorus pt1 x4 7) chorus pt2 x1 8) chorus pt1 x1 9) chorus pt2 x1 10) -no bass- 11) Bridge 12) Verse (different ending) 13) Chorus pt1 x2 14) Chorus pt2 x1 15) Chorus pt1 x2 16) A cappella part 17) Chorus pt1 x1 18) Chorus pt2 x1 19) -no bass- end Sorry if this is at all confusing. But hey, this is Kevin Gilbert. Did you think it would be easy ;)? If you listen to the song you should have no problem figuring out what to play when, mainly I just didn't want to write out all the repeating parts. If you love Kevin Gilbert and want to learn more, here are some great sites: http://www.kevingilbert.com/index.htm <== official Kevin Gilbert website http://www.johnmorrell.de/Kevin%20Gilbert%20Music%20Page.htm <== many more guitar tabs and video guides for Kevin Gilbert songs If you have any changes or requests, feel free to comment or email me and I'll see what I can do.