Spoonman Tabs & Lyrics by Soundgarden
Spoonman
guitar tabs lyrics
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/ Soundgarden / The inspiration for this song came from the weird musician called
/ Spoonman / Artis the Spoonman, which Cornell met once. He literally played with
/ Superunknown / spoons on strings. The background ticking in the Interlude is actually
/_______________/ spoons! But I really don't what this song is about deeper than that.
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Gtr I - Distorted (lead, left speaker)
Gtr II - Distorted (lead, right speaker)
Gtr III - Lightly Overdriven (pre-solo)
Gtr IV - Distorted (solo)
Intro:
Q=90 bpm
7/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--|
S S S S e S S +S S a E S a E S a E S S S S S S S S E 4x
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0----||
||o-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0---o||
||--10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0----||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
1st Verse:
4/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S e S S +S S Q. +H +Q. +E
||--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||--10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
||o-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
||--10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
...feel the rhythm with your hands...
7/4
PM--|
S S S S e S S +S S a E S a E S a E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0----||
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0---o||
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12p10S7---10p7S5---7p5S3---0-0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0----||
Rhy Fig 1 x1
Chorus:
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S E 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||------------------------5p3----------||
||o---------------------------5p3-0---o||
||--5p3-5p3-5p3-0-5-(5)-3--------------||
||-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
|
|Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S +S S e Q 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||--5p3-5p3-5p3-0-5-(5)-3-5------------||
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
...spoonman, come together with your hands...
Rhy Fig 1 x2
2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse
Chorus:
Rhy Fig 2 x4
Rhy Fig 1 x4
C'mon-Interlude:
4/4
W 4x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
...come on, come on, come on...
Pre-Solo:
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S +W
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-5p3-5p3-5p3-0-3-|-(3)-----------------------------------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr III
| H S S S E +S S S S S Q.
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------10----------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------12b14r(12)-10h12--------------------|
|-----------------|-10h12--------------------10h12--------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------10-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S +W
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--5p3-5p3-5p3-0---|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------5-|-(5)-----------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr III
| ~~~~
| +H S S S E +S S S S S Q.
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------10---------------10h13-13b15--------|
|------------------|---------12b14r(12)-10h12--------------------|
|------------------|-10h12---------------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr IV
| ~~~
| H H E Q.
|------------------|--------------------------------10-----------|
|------------------|--------------------------------13-----------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Solo:
w/Rhy Fig 1 x4 (I've split the 7/4 bars to let you assess the situation)
4/4
Gtr III
~~~
Q Q H
|--10\-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13\-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~
| |-------6-------|
| +E. T T E +S +S +S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
|-(10)------10h13-13b15=(13)r(13)-(13)-13p10-13-10-----------------------------|
|-(13)b15------------------------------------------13-10h13p10h13p10-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------12-10h12p=|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3/4
Gtr IV
T T T T S +T S T T T T T T T T T T T T +T T T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------13----------13--------13--------13--------13--------13--------------------------|
|-10----10-10-12b14=(12)------12pb14----12pb14----12pb14----12pb14----12pb14----12pb14-12pb14r(12)-12-10-|
|----12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------6------|
T T Q T T T T T T T T T T S +E +E. +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-10-10----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-12-10-12-12-10-------10-10-12-(12)b14=(12)r(12)-|
|----------------------------------12-12----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
3/4
T T T T E. +E +T +T +T +T T T T T S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------10-10-12b14=(12)-(12)r(12)b14r(12)b14=(12)r-12-12-10-10-12b14-|
|-12-12---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
+S E. Q +S Q E T T
|---------------13----------(13)-----13-------13b15---13p10-|
|----------13---13b15-------(13)pb15-----------x------------|
|-(12)pb14------------------------------------13b14---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
3/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S +E +S +S
|-13p10------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------13-13p10----10-13p10-10------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-------------12p10-12p10-12-12b13r=(12)b13=(12)-(12)\-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
~~~
|-------6-------| |----3----|
S T T S S S S S S T T T T S S E E Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-7-14-[14]-14-14-12p11h14-14p12p11h14-14p12p11---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------12--10-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
3/4
S S E E +E T T +E.
|--------------------------------10--------------|
|----12b13-13------13---------------13-(13)b17---|
|-10-------12b14---12pb14r(12)-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
3/4
Gtr IV
+E +S +S H H. 7x
|-------------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-(13)pb17r(13)-(13)\-----------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||---------------------------||
4/4
W 8x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|| (bass goes on here)
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
W 3x H. E. S
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------||-------------------------------0-|
...come on, we like it all...
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S E 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||----------------5-(5)-3--------------||
||o-5p3-5p3-5p3-0---------5p3---------o||
||----------------------------5p3-0----||
Chorus:
similar to previous
Outro:
4/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S e S S +S S Q. +H +Q. +E
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
|-10h12-12-12-12---x-10-(10)-12-5-----------|-(5)---------------(5)-----------(5)/---|
...feel the rhythm with your hands...
S S S S E +E H
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12---(12)\-------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12---(12)\-------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12---(12)\-------------------|
...spoonman...
Feel the rhythm with your hands
Steal the rhythm while you can
Spoonman
Speak the rhythm on your own
Speak the rhythm all alone
Spoonman
Spoonman
Come together with your hands - save me
I'm together with your plan - save me
All my friends are indians
All my friends are brown and red
Spoonman
All my friends are skeletons
They beat the rhythm with their bones
Spoonman
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, we like it all
- 17th /April /06
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
