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Birth Ritual
My tab is most likely not perfect but it should get you started...
Opening riff after backwards feedback
E------------------------------------------3-----5-----0----------------
G------------------------------------------5-----7-----2----------------
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A---0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0-----3-----5-----0----------------
D---0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0-----3-----5-----0----------------
at 1:28 'Ritual...ritual..."
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------10-----12--12-----12--10--12----------------------------------
G---------10-----12--12-----12--10--12----------------------------------
D---------8------10--10-----10--8---10----------------------------------
A---------8------10--10-----10--8---10----------------------------------
D---------8------10--10-----10--8---10----------------------------------
back to opening riff "riff 2" at 2:09
E------------------------------------------6-----8---8-------8----------
G------------------------------------------8-----10--10--10--10---------
G------------------------------------------8-----10--10--10--10---------
D------------------------------------------6-----8---8---8---8----------
A------------------------------------------6-----8---8---8---8----------
D------------------------------------------6-----8---8---8---8----------
E------8---8---8---8---------6-----10--------10--10--10--10-------------
G------10--10--10--10--------8-----12--------12--12--12--12-------------
G------10--10--10--10--------8-----12--------12--12--12--12-------------
D------8---8---8---8---------6-----10--------10--10--10--10-------------
A------8---8---8---8---------6-----10--------10--10--10--10-------------
D------8---8---8---8---------6-----10--------10--10--10--10-------------
E---10--10--10--10--------8------12--12--12--12--12--13--13--13--13-----
G---12--12--12--12--------10-----14--14--14--14--14--15--15--15--15-----
G---12--12--12--12--------10-----14--14--14--14--14--15--15--15--15-----
D---10--10--10--10--------8------12--12--12--12--12--13--13--13--13-----
A---10--10--10--10--------8------12--12--12--12--12--13--13--13--13-----
D---10--10--10--10--------8------12--12--12--12--12--13--13--13--13-----
E---12--10--12-----7-----8---8------------------------------------------
G---14--12--14-----9-----10--10-----------------------------------------
G---14--12--14-----9-----10--10-----------------------------------------
D---12--10--12-----7-----8---8------------------------------------------
A---12--10--12-----7-----8---8------0--0--0--0--------------------------
D---12--10--12-----7-----8---8------0--0--0--0--------------------------
back to main riff again "Riff 3" at 3:49
E---------------------------------------------0-------------------------
G---------------------------------------------2-------------------------
G---------------------------------------------2-------------------------
D---------------------------------------------0-------------------------
A------------------------------------------------2-----2--3--3--3-------
D------------------------------------------------2-----2--3--3--3-------
SOLO
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G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3--5--5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------
D---3--5--5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------
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Yeah right, I don't have that much time
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"riff 3" at 5:10
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G------------------------------/--5--7--5--7^--5-----2--|---------------
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Sent by Cameron Straatsma (tooll@primenet.com).
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ryan Average |
#1 by Ryan Jones at Dec 13, 1971 at 10:34 PM EST |
| I have just read the lyrincs for the first time even though Ive heard the song many times and man are the lyrics graphic. Yeah his voice is really high but it seems like that in most of soundgardens songs. Like he is screaming into the microphone but the actual strength of his voice is masked by the surrounding instruments. | |
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#2 by Fat Man Goz at Jun 17, 1977 at 6:52 AM EST |
| I promise a reward to anyone who finds a coherent concrete meaning of this song!!! (and no generic interpretations like "sex", "drugs" or "free mind flow") | |
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dylan Average |
#3 by dylan pesino at Dec 6, 1979 at 5:35 AM EST |
| quite hard to say what its about but it has some outrageous singing and the lyrics are awesome. cornell's voice is so high on this i knew hardly any of the lyrics until now! | |
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Erik Lead Player |
#4 by Erik StJimmy at Jan 7, 1980 at 9:21 PM EST |
| this song is heavy, nasty, sick, etc... | |
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duncan_player Wanna Be |
#5 by duncan_player at Mar 3, 1985 at 7:18 AM EST |
| I think this song might be about pagans calling on the natural world. | |
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Speed Demon Professional |
#6 by Speed Demon at Jun 13, 1991 at 3:16 AM EST |
| "I took the drug To make me stay And now everything Dies in shyness" I always thought this verse said: "I took the drug, to make me see, now everything is doubt and shadow" I kind of like that better | |
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duncan_player Wanna Be |
#7 by duncan_player at Jun 5, 1996 at 7:04 PM EST |
| I too have wondered what the f**k this song is about. I found this website with a detailed interpretation by another SG fan, and found it rather interesting (see below) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pit/2648/ritual.html | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#8 by jessie sinanan at Jul 13, 2007 at 12:55 AM EST |
| sorry mate but i am not getting much from this i think it may be a personal joke or personal phrase, i think he is talking about sex as a birth ritual and he is describing our culture in a disturbing way. i hate to say it but lines like 'you can drive my tail' and 'Euphoric rush', I'm sputtering it really suggests sex and then saying that we are just tools(Like cold machines) in reproduction when all that is going to happen to us is death 'And good strives for heart ache Marked for the death ritual, ritual, ritual" it seems purposely clear as mud i don't think it is made for an easy or linear interpretation | |
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