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Ben | Nate Carter | Adam Jenkins (possible correction) | Matt Marchain (bass) | Mike Wiegand

Tabbed By Ben <bennin@tca.net>

KILLED BY AN ANGEL - By Sunny Day Real Estate
From the album The Rising Tide

Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)

Chords:

Bsus2: [x24422]
Csus2: [x35533]
Asus2: [x02200]

Intro/Chorus:

|-----------------------------2--x--555-------------------------------
|---------8-------------------2--x--555-------------------------------
|---------7-------------------4--x--222-------------------------------
|---------6-------------0-----4--x--222-------------------------------
|---------7-------0-0-2---2-2-2--x--000-------------------------------
|-\0---0----0-2-3-----------------------------------------------------

Verse (Arpeggiate):

Bsus2 Csus2 Asus2 Asus2

Bridge ("...Long Gone..."):
                         Fill 1: Fill 2:
|----xxxx---xxxx---xxxx-|-------|-------------------------------------
|----xxxx---xxxx-2-xxxx-|-------|-------------------------------------
|--4-xxxx---xxxx-2-xxxx-|-4--2--|---4--4--4--4------------------------
|--4-xxxx---xxxx-2-xxxx-|-4--2--|--4--4--4--4-------------------------
|--2-xxxx-2-xxxx-0-xxxx-|-2--0--|-2--0--------------------------------
|----xxxx-0-xxxx---xxxx-|-------|-------3--2----0---------------------
Play 3x Repeat 4x^

Play it with fill 1 3 times then with fill 2.

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Killed by an Angel
by Nate Carter

After figuring out what I could on the album, I saw them live and studied
what they played. Here's Killed By Angel. Not as hard as you thought.

Opening riff/Chorus
Dan's part/Jeremy's part

E---0--0---0--0-2-3-------------0-----0-----------------
A---2--2---10--------0-0-2---2--10----12----------------
D---2--2---X--------------0-----X-----X-----------------
G----------12-------------------12----14----------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------

Jeremy's part is simply octave chords from G Gb G A
On A string 10 11 10 12

Jeremy's Verse Part

E---------------------------------------------
A--14--14--14--14--9--10--10--10--9--7--------
D--X---X-------X---X--X---X---X---X--X--------
G--16--16--16--16--11-12--12--12--11-9--------

He plays the octave chords in harmony with his vocals.

As far as the break is concerned it's pretty simple and it looks like the
other tabs have it.

E----------------------------------------7---5--
A--2--2-X---7-7--7--7-X--10--9---7--5----X---X--
D--4--4-X---9-9--9--9-X--X---X---X--X----9---7--
G--4--4-X---9-9--9--9-X--12--11--9--7-----------

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Possible correction
by Adam Jenkins

on the INTRO to KBA, i noticed that the first real chord is wrong. it should be an E-7. it's tabbed as an E-7 with a major third. the octave is what gives it the chorus-type sound .. not a minor second interval.
i believe it should appear as such ....

----------------
-----8----------
-----7----------
-----5----------
-----7----------
-0--------------


great site!

sincerely,
adam jenkins

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Killed by an Angel (Bass)
Tabbed by Matt Marchain (DirectR3@aol.com)

A wonderful song.

Legend
------
h,p:hammer on, pull off
/,\:slide up, slide down

Kick-ass opening/ chorus 1st 2nd (x2)
G|-------------------------7-----------|7-7-7-6h7p6----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|
D|------------------7--7-9---9-9-9-9-9-|------------7--|----------------|
A|-----10--10--9-10--------------------|---------------|----------------|
E|-0-0---------------------------------|---------------|----------------|

Verse (x8)
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------7--7/9/10\9\5*|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-7--7-----------8--8------------5-5----------------|
Welcome to the lonely world of Abel *sometimes played.

then the chorus

then back to the verses

Chorus

Interlude (x4)
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9--9--9--------------7-7--7--7-------------|
A|------------7-7--7--7--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------7-----5--|
The way the sea reflects the sun... long gone

G|-------------------|---------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------|---------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------|---------|---------------------------------|
E|--7---5----3---2---|-7-5-3-2-|-7---5----3----2-----0=========--|
one last long sigh gone... one last long sigh gone

Verse then Chorus
End.

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Killed By An Angel
tabbed by Mike “skinnyness” Wiegand (starihs7@mindspring.com)
from “The Rising Tide” by Sunny Day Real Estate

note to guitarists:
since ya probably don’t have another guitarist with you to sit there
and play the second part...i combined the two guitar riffs on all the
parts as well as i could...email me with any corrections or just if
you think you tabbed it better than me send it to me and i will
ponder my mistakes...i don’t liked to be upstaged so i’ll see to
it that my mistakes are few and far between...

intro/chorus riff 1 (heavy overdrive with lots of lows and mids, probably
Dan’s Matchless...
with reverb and possibly a light chorus)
Em7- - Em7- D- - - -
e---------3-----------------------------3----5------------/
b---------3-----------------------------3----3------------/
g---------0-----------------------------0----0------------/
d---------2---------------------------- 2----4------------/
a---------2-----------0-0-2-5-2-2--2---- 5-----------/
e--0-0--0---0-2-3------------------ 0----x------------/ play through 4 times

verse riff (clean, probably Jeremy’s Vox combined with Dan’s Marshall
overdriven slightly...
might be some slight delay on it, but reverb for sure)
B5 C2 A5 A5
e---------------------------------------0-----------/
b-------0--------3---------0------------0---------/
g--4-4--------0---------2---------2---------------/
d--4--------2---------2------2--2----------------/
a--2--------3---------0------0-------------------/
e---------------------------------------------------/ play through 8 times on
first verse, 4 times on 2nd,
welcome to the lonesome world of abel... and 4 times on 3rd verse...

bridge (same tones as on the chorus...sounds like Dan switches to the
Marshall overdrive
for a more mid range tone while doing the octaves)
note: this is where i did alot of combining of parts...i play the first half
with jeremy’s part, then i go up to Dan’s octaves, and then back down
into the chord progression.

B5- - E- - B5 A5
e---0--------------------------------------------------------------/
b---0--------------------------------------------------0----------/
g---4------9-----12- 11---9---7-------4-------4--------------/
d---4------x------x----x---x---x------4------2---------------/
a---2------7-----10-- 9-- 7---5----2------0-------------------/
e---x------0-------------------------------------------------------/
the way the sea reflects the sun, long gone....
and all the miracles of love, long gone...
you hold your heart out in your hand...

e-------------------------------------------/
b-------------------------------------------/
g------4-----4------4------4-------------/
d----4-----2------4------4---------------/
a--2-----0-------------------------0------/
e----------------3------2-------3-----(0)-/
one last long sigh
one last long sigh...gone last note in parentheses is played the
second time through...

that’s pretty much it...here’s the arrangment:

intro (chorus)
verse 1
chorus
verse 2
chorus
bridge
verse 3
double chorus (out)