SIMPLE by Collective Soul
Transcribed by Jared Toth using TabMaster
email- jatoth@telusplanet.net
This is my first transcription, so I might have missed a few things when
sticking it on the computer. I have broken the song up into the different
parts, and I'll put the order, and how many times to play it at the
bottom.
This song sounds harder than it really is- I'm not sayin that this song
is no good, I love it. The timing is the only tricky part, really. Once
you get the timing down, its fairly easy to impress someone with this
song. Almost all the chords used in this song are power chords- they give
the chunky, heavy sound to the song. I have put the names of the chords
above them, so if you wanted to know what they are. I dont really have
the timing written out- the best way to learn the song is to slap in the
disc, and play along with it.
X=Muted Strings
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Intro (part 1)
e:12-12-------9-10-X--------------9-10-X-------------9-10-X-----------9-10-|
B:12-12--7/9--9-10-X--8-9-X-X-7/9-9-10-X-8-9-X-X-7/9-9-10-X-8-9-X-X---9-10-|
G:-------7/9----------8-9-X-X-7/9--------8-9-X-X-7/9--------8-9-X-X--------|
D:------------------------------------------------------------------0------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Part 2
e:------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------5-|
A:------7p0---5p0-7p0-0-----5-----7p0---5p0-7p0-0-------|
E:--0-0-----7-----------5h7---0-0-----7-----------5h7---|
Part 2A Part 2B
This part comes in when they This part comes after they sing
sing "hey, hey, Can't you see" it the second time, going into the chorus
the first time
e:----------------------------|------------------------------|
B:----------------------------|------------------------------|
G:----------------------------|------------------------------|
D:----------------------------|------------------------------|
A:------7p0---5p0-7p0-0-------|------7p0---5p0-7p0-0---------|
E:--0-0-----7-----------7p0-5-|--0-0-----7-----------7p0-5p0-|
Part 3 (the next 2 lines)
G / / / / / / / A / / / / / / /
e:-----------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------|
D:--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A:--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E:--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E / E A E E / E A E
e:------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------2-----------------------2-------|
D:-X-X--2-2-2p0-------2-2-2-----2-2-2p0-------2-2-2-X-X-|
A:-X-X--2-2-----------2-0-2-X-X-2-2-----------2-0-2-X-X-|
E:-X-X--0-0-----0-3p0-0---0-X-X-0-0-----0-3p0-0---0-X-X-|
Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
D A E / E / / D A G D
e:---------------------------------|-----3-2-|-------------|
B:-3-------------------------------|-3---3-3-|-------------|
G:-2-2-----------------------------|-2-2-0-2-|-------------|
D:-0-2-----2-2-X-X-X-2-2-2-X-X-X-X-|-0-2-0-0-|-----2p0---0-|
A:---0-----2-2-X-X-X-2-2-2-X-X-X-X-|---0-2---|---------2---|
E:-----3b4-0-0-X-X-X-0-0-0-X-X-X-X-|-----3---|-0-0---------|
Part 7 Part 7A GT.1
GT.2
e:---------------------------|---------------------------|-----|-----|
B:---------------------------|---------------------------|-----|-----|
G:---------------------------|-----9p7--------9p7--------|-----|-9-9-|
D:-2-2-2p0-------2p0---------|---------9----------9p7----|-2-2-|-9-9-|
A:-2-2-----2---------2p0-----|-7-7-------10p7---------10-|-2-2-|-7-7-|
E:-0-0-------3p0---------3p0-|---------------------------|-0-0-|-----|
Arrangement:
(1)X3,(2)X6,(3)X2,(2)X6,(3)X2,(4)X2,(5)X1,(6)X8,(2)X2,(3)X1.5,(7)X11
Part 7A is the second guitar. Its the only time you really hear him.
He plays that at the same time part 7 is played, and the same rhythum.
GT.1, and GT.2 are just the chords they end on. they are both E chords.
one is just an octave. If you like how I did this transcription, or
whatever, send me some mail.
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