Search tabs:
Browse artists: 0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
/ Silverchair / Neon Ballroom (1999) / Ana's Song (Open Fire) guitar tab

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                    TRANSCRIPTION BY MIKE STRAMAGLIO
                         (mike_s@prodigy.net)
             http://pages.prodigy.net/mike_s/index.htm  [C.A.S.T]
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Song-Ana's Song (Open Fire)
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Transcribed by Mike Stramaglio

TUNING - Standard (EADGBE)

KEY
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
x - muted string
<#> - harmonic
* - special info pertaining to part

[Verse] - (two guitars arranged for one - clean)
|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Guitar 3 (clean)
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------4--------3-------3----|
|------8----------5----3---3-------3--|
|----8---8----5-----------------------|
|--6--------3-------------------------|
|--------------------3-------3--------|

|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------||--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1--3-3-3--|
|---------1-1-1--|

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|


|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[Verse]

Rhythm Guitar (distortion thick)
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Lead Guitar (distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--<5>------||----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|------<5>--||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|

Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

Rhythm Guitar (thick distortion)
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|---  rest  ---||---  rest  ---||--8-8--8--8----------------|
|--------------||--------------||--8-8--8--8--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Sandpaper tears corrode the filth

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--3--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------3--|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--2--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2-2--2--|
|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7--1--||--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2--1--|
|--------------------------||------------------0-0-----|

|--------------------------||-------------------------0--|
|--------------------------||-----------------------0----|
|--5-5-5-5--------------3--||------3---------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2--2--||----3---3-----3-------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--1--||--1---------3---3----2------|
|----------1-1-1-1-0-0-----||----------1--------0--------|
                               * distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[Bridge 2] (distortion)

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
                                    * let ring
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
                                    * let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Transcribed by Denis Bourdon (denbourdon@aol.com)
http://members.aol.com/denbourdon/silverbsides.htm
--------------------------------------------------

Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Standard tuning

[0:00] Verse
acoustic guitar (2 guitars actually)
       D#      Cm      Gm
e||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
B||----8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
G||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3-3--o-||
D||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--o-||
A||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5----||
E||--------------------3-3-3-3---3-2-3----||
electric guitar (clean tone)
       D#      Cm      Gm
e||------6-------3-------3-------3--------||
B||--------8-------4-------3-------3------||
G||-o--------8-------5-------3-------3--o-||
D||-o------------------5----------------o-||
A||----6-------3--------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------||
Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

[0:23] Prechorus
lead guitar
||---------------------------|| x2
||---------------------------||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
||---------------------------||
And I need you now somehow (x2)

[0:36] Chorus
  A#5     F5        E  F#m A     E  F#m A     E  F#m A
|-----------------|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0-|
|-----------------|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3---------|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2-|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0-|
|---------1-1-1-1-|-0---2------|-0---2------|-0---2----|
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[1:00] Bridge
rhythm guitar
  D#5     C       G                    D#5 C   G
|--------------------------------||---------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o--8---5----------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o--8---5---5------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----6---3---5--------||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||------------3--------||

lead guitar
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-----------------h5-------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|----------------------h5--------||-o-----------------------o-||
|--------------------------------||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||

[1:12] Verse (guitars out)
Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

[1:24] Prechorus
  D#5     C       G
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o-----------------------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||---------------------------||
Sandpaper tears corrode the filth
And I need you now somehow(x2)

[1:42] Chorus
  A#5             F5                    E  F#m A  Am   C5 G5
|---------------------------------||----0---2--0--0--|---------|| x2
|---------------------------------||----0---2--2--1--|---------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||----1---2--2--2--|-5-----o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--2--2--|-5--5--o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--0--0--|-3--5----||
|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||----0---2--------|----3----||
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[2:12] Break
    C5/G D5/A B5 A#5   x2 C5/G F5 B5  A#5   A#5      F5      E5
||---------------------||-----------------|------------------------0--|
||---------------------||-----------------|----------------------0----|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5-------4---3--|------3--------------------|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5---3---4---3--|----3---3-----3------------|
||----3---5---2---1----||--3---3---2---1--|--1---------3---3---2------|
||----3---5------------||--3---1----------|----------1-------0--------|
                                          |-> distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[2:36] Prechorus (guitars out)
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

[2:44] Chorus - end
      C5 G5   E  F#m A  Am   x2    C5 G5   E  F#m A       x2
||----------|--0--2--0--0----||----------|--0--2--0-------||
||----------|--0--2--2--1----||----------|--0--2--2-------||
||-o--5-----|--1--2--2--2--o-||-o--5-----|--1--2--2-----o-||
||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2--2--o-||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2-----o-||
||----3--5--|--2--4--0--0----||----3--5--|--2--4--0-------||
||-------3--|--0--2----------||-------3--|--0--2----------||
                                                 |-> let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you


Silverchair albums
2002 Diorama
1999 Neon Ballroom
1997 Freak Show
1995 Frogstomp
Neon Ballroom tabs
01Emotion Sickness tabbass tab
02Anthem For The Year 2000 tabbass tab
03Ana's Song (Open Fire) tabbass tab
04Spawn Again tabbass tab
05Miss You Love tabbass tab
06Dearest Helpless tabbass tab
07Do You Feel The Same tabbass tab
08Black Tangled Heart tabbass tab
09Point Of View tabbass tab
10Satin Sheets tabbass tab
11Paint Pastel Princess tabbass tab
12Steam Will Rise tabbass tab

 

1