Chords for soundgarden the day I tried to live instructional
Tempo:
105 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
B
Bb
Ab
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is Sam Gordon's The Day I Tried to Live.
First thing to get right is the tuning.
Its first string stays standard E.
The A goes down to E.
G goes down [Bb] to B.
I'm sorry, D goes down to B.
G goes down to B.
[Eb] B stays [Bb] the same.
E goes down to B.
[Eb] So it's an open tuning.
Strumming them all together.
[F] First thing is the intro.
[Gb] B string 15th fret.
[F] That's 12.
[Bb] 15th fret.
[G]
[Dbm]
[G] 10, [Ebm] 14, 12.
[D] 15, 14, [Ebm] 9, 12.
[Bb]
[Ebm]
[Bb]
[Ebm]
You can do that with open chords.
[Eb] Then the verse.
Verse part is pretty easy.
I played it for you once.
[Db] [B]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] I'm supposed to palm mute it.
[F]
Basically play the whole thing from the one string, the E string.
It's five strums on the 12th fret.
Again, everything is off the E [Eb] string.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Then [D] 12, 11.
[Eb]
Open, 12, 11, open.
10, open.
9, open.
Then five strums [B] on 8.
[Bb] [N] Then 3, muted strum.
[Eb]
7, 6.
Then on the 5th fret, [Ab] five strokes again.
[Eb] Then you slide it up back to 12.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
[B] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[B]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [N] That's the whole verse part.
Then the chorus, which is the D I tried to live.
I stole a thousand beggars change.
It's the exact same strumming [Eb] pattern,
[B] [Bb] [Ab]
[F] except you can hold them in any variation.
You can do the bottom four strings, the bottom five strings, and it just plays the same.
[B] [Bb]
[Eb]
[B] [Bb] [Ab]
[N] Here's that last part.
This is the one more time around part.
He starts [Bbm] on 7 [B] to 8, [Ebm] 12 [C] to 9.
[Bbm] One more [B] time around, I [Ebm] do it.
One more [C] time around, I [Bbm] make it.
One more time around, [Eb] I do it.
[C] 7 [Ebm] to 8, 12 to 9.
7 to 8, [C] 12 to 9.
[D] It sounds like this.
This is the [Bbm] strumming pattern.
[B] [Eb]
[C] [Bbm]
[B] [Eb]
[C] Then he does the ending of this piece.
It's a little bit different.
It goes straight up [Eb] to 12.
The D I [Bbm] tried to 7 to [Db] live slides up to 9.
Five strokes like we did in the verse.
[C] [Ebm]
[A] [Eb] It's 9, 8, open, 7, open, 6, open.
Five strums on [Ab] 5.
[G] Then [Eb] 4, open, 3, open, and then five strums on 2.
[Ebm]
Then he slides up to 12 and starts it again.
[Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [F]
That bridge, or second chorus, whatever you want to call it.
7, [Bb]
[B] 8, [Eb] 12,
[C] 9, [Bb] [B] 7, [Eb] 12, [C] 9,
[Eb] 12, [Bb] 7, [C] 9.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb]
Then you do a harmonic on all 12.
You can hit it again.
Then he goes into the
First thing to get right is the tuning.
Its first string stays standard E.
The A goes down to E.
G goes down [Bb] to B.
I'm sorry, D goes down to B.
G goes down to B.
[Eb] B stays [Bb] the same.
E goes down to B.
[Eb] So it's an open tuning.
Strumming them all together.
[F] First thing is the intro.
[Gb] B string 15th fret.
[F] That's 12.
[Bb] 15th fret.
[G]
[Dbm]
[G] 10, [Ebm] 14, 12.
[D] 15, 14, [Ebm] 9, 12.
[Bb]
[Ebm]
[Bb]
[Ebm]
You can do that with open chords.
[Eb] Then the verse.
Verse part is pretty easy.
I played it for you once.
[Db] [B]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] I'm supposed to palm mute it.
[F]
Basically play the whole thing from the one string, the E string.
It's five strums on the 12th fret.
Again, everything is off the E [Eb] string.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Then [D] 12, 11.
[Eb]
Open, 12, 11, open.
10, open.
9, open.
Then five strums [B] on 8.
[Bb] [N] Then 3, muted strum.
[Eb]
7, 6.
Then on the 5th fret, [Ab] five strokes again.
[Eb] Then you slide it up back to 12.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
[B] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[B]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [N] That's the whole verse part.
Then the chorus, which is the D I tried to live.
I stole a thousand beggars change.
It's the exact same strumming [Eb] pattern,
[B] [Bb] [Ab]
[F] except you can hold them in any variation.
You can do the bottom four strings, the bottom five strings, and it just plays the same.
[B] [Bb]
[Eb]
[B] [Bb] [Ab]
[N] Here's that last part.
This is the one more time around part.
He starts [Bbm] on 7 [B] to 8, [Ebm] 12 [C] to 9.
[Bbm] One more [B] time around, I [Ebm] do it.
One more [C] time around, I [Bbm] make it.
One more time around, [Eb] I do it.
[C] 7 [Ebm] to 8, 12 to 9.
7 to 8, [C] 12 to 9.
[D] It sounds like this.
This is the [Bbm] strumming pattern.
[B] [Eb]
[C] [Bbm]
[B] [Eb]
[C] Then he does the ending of this piece.
It's a little bit different.
It goes straight up [Eb] to 12.
The D I [Bbm] tried to 7 to [Db] live slides up to 9.
Five strokes like we did in the verse.
[C] [Ebm]
[A] [Eb] It's 9, 8, open, 7, open, 6, open.
Five strums on [Ab] 5.
[G] Then [Eb] 4, open, 3, open, and then five strums on 2.
[Ebm]
Then he slides up to 12 and starts it again.
[Eb]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [F]
That bridge, or second chorus, whatever you want to call it.
7, [Bb]
[B] 8, [Eb] 12,
[C] 9, [Bb] [B] 7, [Eb] 12, [C] 9,
[Eb] 12, [Bb] 7, [C] 9.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb]
Then you do a harmonic on all 12.
You can hit it again.
Then he goes into the
Key:
Eb
B
Bb
Ab
Ebm
Eb
B
Bb
This is Sam Gordon's The Day I Tried to Live.
First thing to get right is the tuning.
Its first string stays standard E.
_ _ The A goes down to E. _ _
_ _ G goes down [Bb] to B. _ _ _
I'm sorry, D goes down to B.
_ G goes down to B.
[Eb] _ B stays [Bb] the same.
E goes down to B.
_ [Eb] So it's an open tuning.
Strumming them all together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] First thing is the intro.
_ [Gb] B string 15th fret. _
_ _ _ [F] _ That's 12.
[Bb] 15th fret.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[G] 10, [Ebm] 14, 12.
[D] 15, 14, _ [Ebm] 9, _ 12.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You can do that with open chords.
[Eb] Then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the verse.
Verse part is pretty easy.
I played it for you once.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ I'm supposed to palm mute it.
[F] _
Basically play the whole thing from the one string, the E string. _ _ _
It's five strums on the 12th fret.
Again, everything is off the E [Eb] string.
_ _ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Then [D] 12, 11.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Open, 12, 11, open. _ _
10, open.
9, open.
Then five strums [B] on 8.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [N] Then 3, muted strum.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
7, 6.
_ Then on the 5th fret, [Ab] five strokes again.
_ _ _ [Eb] Then you slide it up back to 12.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [N] That's the whole verse part.
Then the chorus, _ which is _ _ _ the D I tried to live. _ _ _
I stole a thousand beggars change.
It's the exact same strumming [Eb] pattern, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] except you can hold them in any variation.
You can do the bottom _ four strings, the bottom _ five strings, and it just plays the same. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [N] _ Here's that last part. _
This is the _ _ one more time around part.
He starts [Bbm] on _ _ 7 [B] to 8, _ [Ebm] _ 12 [C] to 9.
_ [Bbm] One more [B] time around, I [Ebm] do it.
One more [C] time around, I [Bbm] make it.
One more time around, [Eb] I do it.
[C] _ _ 7 [Ebm] to 8, 12 to 9.
7 to 8, [C] 12 to 9.
[D] It sounds like this.
This is the [Bbm] strumming pattern.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Then he does the ending of this piece.
It's a little bit different.
It goes straight up [Eb] to 12.
The D _ I [Bbm] tried to 7 to [Db] live slides up to 9.
Five strokes like we did in the verse.
[C] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[A] [Eb] It's 9, 8, open, 7, open, 6, open.
Five strums on [Ab] 5.
_ _ [G] Then [Eb] 4, open, 3, open, and then five strums on 2.
_ [Ebm]
Then he slides up to 12 and starts it again.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [F] _
That bridge, or second chorus, whatever you want to call it.
7, [Bb] _
_ _ [B] 8, _ [Eb] 12, _
[C] 9, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] 7, _ _ [Eb] 12, _ [C] 9, _
[Eb] 12, _ _ [Bb] 7, [C] 9.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ Then you do a harmonic on all 12.
You can hit it again.
_ Then he goes into the_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
First thing to get right is the tuning.
Its first string stays standard E.
_ _ The A goes down to E. _ _
_ _ G goes down [Bb] to B. _ _ _
I'm sorry, D goes down to B.
_ G goes down to B.
[Eb] _ B stays [Bb] the same.
E goes down to B.
_ [Eb] So it's an open tuning.
Strumming them all together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] First thing is the intro.
_ [Gb] B string 15th fret. _
_ _ _ [F] _ That's 12.
[Bb] 15th fret.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[G] 10, [Ebm] 14, 12.
[D] 15, 14, _ [Ebm] 9, _ 12.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You can do that with open chords.
[Eb] Then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the verse.
Verse part is pretty easy.
I played it for you once.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ I'm supposed to palm mute it.
[F] _
Basically play the whole thing from the one string, the E string. _ _ _
It's five strums on the 12th fret.
Again, everything is off the E [Eb] string.
_ _ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Then [D] 12, 11.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Open, 12, 11, open. _ _
10, open.
9, open.
Then five strums [B] on 8.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [N] Then 3, muted strum.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
7, 6.
_ Then on the 5th fret, [Ab] five strokes again.
_ _ _ [Eb] Then you slide it up back to 12.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [N] That's the whole verse part.
Then the chorus, _ which is _ _ _ the D I tried to live. _ _ _
I stole a thousand beggars change.
It's the exact same strumming [Eb] pattern, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] except you can hold them in any variation.
You can do the bottom _ four strings, the bottom _ five strings, and it just plays the same. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [N] _ Here's that last part. _
This is the _ _ one more time around part.
He starts [Bbm] on _ _ 7 [B] to 8, _ [Ebm] _ 12 [C] to 9.
_ [Bbm] One more [B] time around, I [Ebm] do it.
One more [C] time around, I [Bbm] make it.
One more time around, [Eb] I do it.
[C] _ _ 7 [Ebm] to 8, 12 to 9.
7 to 8, [C] 12 to 9.
[D] It sounds like this.
This is the [Bbm] strumming pattern.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Then he does the ending of this piece.
It's a little bit different.
It goes straight up [Eb] to 12.
The D _ I [Bbm] tried to 7 to [Db] live slides up to 9.
Five strokes like we did in the verse.
[C] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[A] [Eb] It's 9, 8, open, 7, open, 6, open.
Five strums on [Ab] 5.
_ _ [G] Then [Eb] 4, open, 3, open, and then five strums on 2.
_ [Ebm]
Then he slides up to 12 and starts it again.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [F] _
That bridge, or second chorus, whatever you want to call it.
7, [Bb] _
_ _ [B] 8, _ [Eb] 12, _
[C] 9, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] 7, _ _ [Eb] 12, _ [C] 9, _
[Eb] 12, _ _ [Bb] 7, [C] 9.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ Then you do a harmonic on all 12.
You can hit it again.
_ Then he goes into the_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _