Song: Miles
Band: Sponge
Album: Rotting Piņata (1994)
Tabbed by: Abelardo Duarte and Alex Pedraza
Display this on notepad otherwise it will look weird.
This is definitely one of the most complicated songs of the album
musicwise, it uses a strange tonality and the bassline totally
rocks!!!!!!
First of all there are only two guitars used in this song. You
have to tune the guitars 1/2 step down and drop Db the 6th string.
Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb
This part uses a high tone chorus
(Guitar 1)
Main Riff(repeat several times-all through the song)...
|---------3------------3--------------------------
|---------3------------3--------------4--6--4-----
|------4-----------4--------4-------5----------5--
|--5---5-------5---5--------5----5----------------
|--5-----------5------------5---------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
(Guitar 1)
At the end play this...
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------7--7--------
|--------4---------6--------7---------------7-----
|-----5---------5--------5---------5-----------5--
|--5---------5---------5--------5--------------5--
|-------------------------------------------------
^
^At this point you might want to change the position of your fingers.
This song is mostly postioning your fingers on chords and arpegiatting
through the strings.
After the last riff is played once this other guitar comes in playing
on top of the first riff. We think the effect may be a chorus, with
light distortion, and with the mic.'s up to the lowest.
(Guitar 2)
This riff is played over the main riff.
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|---------5--------5----------3--------1--0------------
|------6---------6---------6---------------------------
|---5----------5------0--3----------0------------------
(Guitar 2)
This is the end of the last riff.
|------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------4--4--4--5--4--------
|------------------------------------------------5-----
|--------6---------6---------6-------------------------
|-----6---------6---------6----------------------------
|--6---------6---------6-------------------------------
Now for the pre-chorus. This is played a few times before the chorus.
(Both Guitars)
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|----------0---------0-----------0--------0------------
|-------3---------3-----------3--------3---------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-0--1---------1---------0--3-------3----------0-------
The chorus are two guitars using distortion at the beggining playing
the following chords. We didn't tab out the guitar strokes but they
are easy to catch just by listening to the song.
(Guitar 1)
D5 F#5 E5 D5 G5
|------- |----------------------- |-----------
|------- |----------------------- |-----------
|------- |----------------------- |-----------
|--1---- |--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
|--1---- |--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
|--1---- |--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
Play this chord The main chorus uses After this 4 measures
several times to this three chords in play this chord
enter chorus this order for 4
measures
You'll have to listen to the song to see what we mean.
But that's not it!!
Also play this octaves during the chorus(Guitar2)
|----------------------------------- |---------------
|----------------------------------- |---------------
|-----2---------3-----5------------- |-------6-------
|----------------------------------- |---------------
|-----2---------3-----5------------- |-------6-------
|----------------------------------- |---------------
Play this during the F#5-E5-D5 chords Play with the G5
Chord
The solo is divided into 2 verses and guitar one changes little
into:
F#5 E5 C#5 G5
|----------------------- |-----------
|----------------------- |-----------
|----------------------- |-----------
|--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
|--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
|--5---3---1------------ |---6-------
Now for the solo at the end of the chorus, this should be played
by the guitar that was playing the octaves, the other guitar just
plays the normal chorus.
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12---14-14-14---15-15-15-15-15-------
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12---14-14-14---15-15-15-15-15-------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-......-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-......-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
End in this octave although this sounds a little weird, this
solo is doubled by the guitars, there may be some other ghost
notes around but these ones re there for sure. This is the
second part of the solo:
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--16-16-16-16-16-16-16---17-17-17---19-19-19-19-19-------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14---15-15-15---17-17-17-17-17-------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--...............(21?)......................-------------
|--20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-......-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|--18-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-......-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
End in this octave. The (21?) i don't know
The Chorus is finished with one guitar just leaving the distortion
to die out on the G5 chord.
The second verse just plays the main riff again while Vinnie sings,
but note that the other riff that went on top is not played here.
Do the pre-chorus part again, and into the chorus but this time,
at the end the guitars simply stroke the G5 chords until the
song finishes. That's it.
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