Set It Off Audioslave backing track and tabs

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

by:josh
band:Audioslave
album:Audioslave
song:Set It Off
tuning:E A D G B E
date:December 17, 2002

im positive this is correct so save the bad ratings....

intro : with som effect
i have no idea what tom is doin in this intro maybe somebody
can figure it out and put it on corrects or something

preverse : heavy distortion
E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D---------4-/-7---------4-/-7---------4-/-7---------4----2-
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2--------

post preverse : heavy distortion
E------------
B------------
G------------
D------------
A-----0------
E------------

verse : heavy distortion and palm muted
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----
E-2-0-x-x-2-0-2-0-5-2-0--2-0-2-x-x-2-0-5-2-0--2-0-2-x-x-2-0-5-2-0--2-0-2-x-x-2-0-----5-

chorus : heavy distortion
E--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D-------7------------
A----9-----9-7---7-9-
E-2------------9-----

post chorus :
heavy distortion
E---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D---------------
A-----9---7---0-
E-2-------------

prebreakdown :
heavy distortion
E---------
B---------
G---------
D---------
A---------
E-0-2-0-2-

breakdown 1 : heavy distortion and wah wah
on this part all you do is turn on the wah-wah pedal
and press it down and then pull the electrical chord
out of the guitar and touch the tip of it to the pickup
that you are using

breakdown 2 : clean
E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D-5---5---7---4--------------------------------
A-5---5---7---4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------
E-3---3---5---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------12/-

outro : heavy distortion
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D---------4-/-7---------4-/-7---------4-/-7---------4----2------
A-------------------------------------------------------------0-
E-0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2-------0-2-0-2-------------

order:
intro
preverse 2x
postpreverse 1x
verse 2x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
verse 2x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
preverse 2x
prebreakdown 1x
breakdown1 4x
breakdown2 1x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
chorus 3x
postchorus 1x
preverse 1x
outro 1x

Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)

Set It Off-Intro/Bridge/Outro/Main Riff

E|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------
B|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------
G|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------
D|---------------|---------7------------------7------------------------
A|---------------|-----/9-----------------/9---------------------9----7
E|-------0--2--0-|--2---------0--2--0--2---------0--2--0----2----------

--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------|------9---7--------------9---7-----------------------|
------0--2--0-|--2-----------5------2-----------0--2--0-------------|

Verse Riff

|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----2-0-2-X-X-2-2-2-2-0-5-2-0--2-0-2-X-X-2-2-2-2-0-5-2-0--

----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|Reapeat
----------------------------------------------|
2-0-2-X-X-2-2-2-2-0-5-2-0--2-0-2-X-X-2-0/12--5|

Chorus Riff

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------7----------------|-------7----------------|-------7----------------
|----/9-----9-7-----7-9--|----/9-----9-7-----7-9--|----/9-----9-7-----7-9--
|--2-------------9-------|--2-------------9-------|--2-------------9-------

|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------
|-----9--7----|-----9--7---------------------------------------------------
|--2---------5|--2-------0-2-0---------------------------------------------

Middle Section
3 Bar Rest x4
|------------------|----------|-----------|--------------------------------
|------------------|--17------|-----------|--------------------------------
|------------------|--18------|--4--------|--4-----x-6---2-----------------
|------------------|--16------|--5--------|--5-----x-7---4-----------------
|------------------|----------|--5--------|--5-----x-7---4-----------------
|--2---------------|----------|--3--------|--3-----x-5---2-----------------

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------0----------------------------------------
|--2------------------------------1----------------------------------------
|--4-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2----------------------------------------
|--4-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2----------------------------------------
|--2-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0--------------------------------12\-----

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

I didnt try to tab the intro. I would probably make a fool of myself

BRIDGE 2x

e/--------------------/--------------------/------------------/
b/--------------------/--------------------/------------------/
g/--------------------/--------------------/------------------/
d/-----------------7--/-----------------7--/-----------------7/
a/--------------9-----/--------------9-----/--------------9---/
E/--0--2--0--2--------/--0--2--0--2--------/--0--2--0--2------/

e/--------------------/---/
b/--------------------/---/
g/--------------------/---/
d/--------------------/---/ 0nly play the open A
a/--------------9--7--/-0-/ on the last time around
E/--0--2--0--2--------/---/

On the verse there are two guitars playing. One plays the main riff and the other plays the high notes

GUITAR #1 (MAIN RIFF)2x -WITH DIST0RTION

e/-----------------------------------/-----------------------------------/
b/-----------------------------------/-----------------------------------/
g/-----------------------------------/-----------------------------------/
d/-----------------------------------/-----------------------------------/
a/-----------------------------------/-----------------------------------/
E/--2--0--2xx2--0--2--2--0--5--2--0--/--2--0--2xx2--0--2--2--0--5--2--0--/

/-----------------------------------/-----------------------/
/-----------------------------------/-----------------------/
/-----------------------------------/-----------------------/
/-----------------------------------/-----------------------/
/-----------------------------------/-----------------7--0--/
/--2--0--2xx2--0--2--2--0--5--2--0--/--2--0--2xx2--0--------/

GUITAR #2 2x

e/-----------------------------------------------/
b/-----------------------------------------------/
g/-----------------------------------------------/
d/--------16--------14--------11--------9--------/
a/-----------------------------------------------/
E/-----------------------------------------------/

CHORUS 2x

e/--------------------------/--------------------------/
b/--------------------------/--------------------------/
g/--------------------------/--------------------------/
d/--------7-----------------/--------7-----------------/
a/-----9-----9--7-----7--9--/-----9-----9--7-----7--9--/
E/--2--------------9--------/--2--------------9--------/

/--------------------------/--------------------------/
/--------------------------/--------------------------/
/--------------------------/--------------------------/
/--------7-----------------/--------------------------/
/-----9-----9--7-----7--9--/--------9-----7------0----/
/--2--------------9--------/----2---------------------/

BRIDGE #2

e/----19----19---18---19---/----3----3----5----2----/
b/----18----18---17---18---/----3----3----5----2----/
g/----17----17---16---17---/----4----4----6----3----/
d/-------------------------/----5----5----7----4----/
a/-------------------------/----5----5----7----4----/
E/-------------------------/----3----3----5----2----/

/-----------------/--2--------------/
/-----------------/--2--------------/
/-----------------/--3--------------/
/-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-/--4--------------/
/-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-/--4--------------/
/-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-/--2--------------/

IN ORDER

1.INTRO (NOT TABBED)
2.BRIDGE
3.VERSE-(BOTH GUITARS)
4.CHORUS
5.VERSE-(BOTH GUITARS)
6.CHORUS
7.BRIDGE
8.BRIDGE #2
9.CHORUS

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

______________
/ Audioslave / I think this song is about getting on with something that is stuck.
/ Set It Off / Cornell probably wrote it with the feeling of being trapped in a
/ Audioslave / situation, and then was just aching to move on. This could be a
/_____________/ society or a relationship being stuck; it's about aching to move on.

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Overdriven (left speaker)
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Overdriven (right speaker)
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - w/Wah pedal and Tremolo effect equal to 32nd parts

Pre-Intro:
Q=80 bpm
4/4
Gtr III
E E E S S E E E E 4x
||-----------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------0---o||
||----------4---5p4-------------0----||
||----------5---5-------3------------||
||o-----5---------------------------o||
||--5---------------3-------3--------||

E s s S S E E s s S S e
||------0-0-----0-------0-0-----0----||
||o-----0-0-----3-------0-0-----3---o||
||--------------3---------------3----||
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||--0---------0-----0---------0------||

7/8
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---|-----------------------------|
|---------4---5p4-------------0---|---------4---5p4-------------|
|---------5---5-------3-----------|---------5---5-------3-------|
|-----5---------------------------|-----5-----------------------|
|-5---------------3-------3-------|-5---------------3-------3---|

Free Time
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Let all guitars feed and squeal in the free time

Intro:
Gtrs I, II
E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-------||o--------------------|--------------------|
|-------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-------||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
|-------||o----*/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
|-0-2-0-||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|
slide from somewhere
around the 4th fret

1. 2.
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|--------------------|------------------o||------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||-----/9---7-------|
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||-2------------5---|

1st Verse:
Gtr I
F#m A
S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S e S S S S E
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|---2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|
|
|Gtr II
| W W
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-(10)------------------------------|-(10)------------------------------|
||---11-------------------------------|---9-------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(the notes in brackets are strummed softer)

C#m E
S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S Q Q
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------/7---------------o||
|--2p0-2---x-x-2p0-2---2p0-5-2-0---|--2p0-2---x-x-2p0----------5--------||
|
| W W
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-(5)------------------------------|-(5)-------------------------------o||
|--6-------------------------------|--4---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

1st Chorus:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +S S S S E E Q E E +S S S S E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||---------7-(7)-----------|--------7-(7)-----------|
||o-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|
||--2----------------9-----|-2----------------9-----|

Q E E +S S S S E E Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-----------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2----------------9-----|-2------------5----||

2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse

2nd Chorus:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +S S S S E E Q E E +S S S S E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||---------7-(7)-----------|--------7-(7)-----------|
||o-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|
||--2----------------9-----|-2----------------9-----|

1. 2.
Q E E +S S S S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|------------------------|------------------||------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|------------------------|------------------||------------------|
|--------7-(7)-----------|------------------||------------------|
|-----/9-------9-7---7-9-|-----9---7-------o||-----/9---7-------|
|-2----------------9-----|-2-----------5----||-2----------0-2-0-|

Interlude:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
||o-----/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|

Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||

Bridge:
Gtrs I, II
E +E H. W W W
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-(2)\-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Gtr II
F#7(no3)
Q H. 3x Q H.
||--------------------||---------------------|
||o-17---------------o||-17------------------|
||--18----------------||-16b18---------------|
||--16----------------||---------------------|
||o------------------o||---------------------|
||--------------------||---------------------|

Gtrs I, II (switch off the overdrive)
G G A
W H H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-4-------6-------|
|-5---------------|-5-------7-------|
|-5---------------|-5-------7-------|
|-3---------------|-3-------5-------|

F#m E5 E
PM------------|
W E E E E E E E E H Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-1-----------------|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-2-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-----------------|
|-2---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------12\-|
(switch on the overdrive while palm muting, then produce
a clean E and turn it back on again for the final slide)

3rd Chorus:
similar to 2nd Chorus

Outro:
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------7-(7)-------|--------7-(7)-------|
||o-----/9-------------|-----/9-------------|
||--2------------0-2-0-|-2------------0-2-0-|

1.
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------7-(7)-------|-------------------||
|-----/9-------------|-----/9---7-------o||
|-2------------0-2-0-|-2----------0-2-0--||

2.
Q Q Q Q +W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------5---|-(5)-------------|-(5)-------------|

He was standing at the rock
Gathering the flock
And getting there with no directions
And underneath the arch
It turned into a march
And there he found the spark to set this fucker off

Set it off, set it off now children
Set it right
Set it off, set it off now children
Set a fire

Suddenly a shot
Ripped into his heart
He lay in need of some attention
And there he played his card
Going into shock
The last thing that he said was set this fucker off

Jesus at the back door
Everything is all right
All we need is some direction
Every time the wind blows
Everything you don't know
Turns into a revelation
And it all ends up inside your head
Time is wasting

- 2nd /May /06
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