Brad's Note: Hands down the most accurate Polvo tab I've yet seen. Colin's done a remarkable job (again) of applying the alternate tunings (way till you see how almost out of tune the guitar sounds) to the tab, especially Virtual Cold, my favorite Polvo song. I do have one problem with the tab, and this should not undermine Colin's effort in any way, and that is that I think part 4, the killer end riff, is wrong. Then again, I could be wrong so please email me your thoughts on that last part.
Tune you guitar to G# (low), G# (octave higher), C, C, C, E (
Where the 3rd
and 4th string C's are in unison and the 2nd string C is an octave
higher
than the other C's). Got it!
E---------------(1)------------------
C---------------(2)------------------
C---------------(3)------------------
C---------------(4)------------------
G#-------------(5)------------------
G#-------------(6)------------------
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
^ = bend up
Hm = harmonic
(1)
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----10----8---------10----10--10--10----\----5--5--5----/---(8)--\--(7)----7--7----\----5-------
----7------9--------12----12--12--12----\----7--7--7----/---(9)------------9--9----\----7-------
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Repeat a couple of times then:
(2a)
----3--------3----------------4--------4-------------------------4------------------------------------------------------
----5--------------5----------7--------------7-------------7----------7------------------------------------------------
----0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----0--------------------------5-----------------------------------------------7----7--7--7----5--7--8--8--8--------
----------------------------------------------------0----5---------------------4----4--4--4----2--4--5--5--5--------
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(2b)
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----7----7--7--7------5--7-----5---5---5---x---x-------------------7(Hm)---------------------
----0----0--0--0------0--0-----5---5---5---x---x------5(Hm)-----------------7(Hm)--------
---------------------------------5---5---5---x---x------------------------------------------------
Repeat (2a) again
(3)
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----5----/----(10)--10--10--10----\----5--5--5--/----(8)--\--(7)--7--7---\-----(5)--5--5------
----7----/----(12)--12--12--12----\----7--7--7--/----(9)----------9--9---\----(7)---7--7-----
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Repeat a couple of times then play:
(4)
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---------------------------------------------------------------17--^--(19)--(17)----------------------------------9--^--(10)
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----7----/----(15)--15--15--15--h--(17)--p--(15)-----------------------------5--/--(7)--7--h--(8)--7-------------------
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Repeat. The rest of the end is just a variation of this part.