The Sunday Song: Holidays

 Posted by (Visited 7293 times)  Music
Dec 202009
 

Another guitar instrumental… it’s in open D, capo IV. I sorta-tabbed it, after the break.

download “Holidays”

Open d
Capo 4

Intro: noodle around the bass riff:

Bass riff:
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#---------------------0-------------------------------------------------------
D-------0----------0-----0--------0--------0h2s4p0-----------------------------
A---0h2--------0h2------------0h2------0h2-------------------------------------
D-0----------0--------------0--------0-----------------------------------------

Verse:

---0------7-0---------0---4-----4------0------4-----2--------------------------
-----5--------5--4-4--4---5-----5--------2------0------4-2-0---2-4-5-4-2-------
-------0-----------------------------------0------0------------3-3-3-3-s-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------0-----------------------------------0-----0--------------------------
-0---------------0--------5-----0----0---------------------0--3-3-3-3--s-------

--------------------------
--------------------------
--1h3p1p0p1s3p0-----------
---------p2s4p0---0h2s4p0-
--------------------------
----------------0---------

Then to bass riff second half

Then repeat verse, then right into chorus.

Chorus:

---5---4---2---4-0---5---4---2-0-2-0---5---4---2---4-0---5---4---2---------12*-
---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---------12*-
---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------0h2s5-----
-5---4---2---0-4-0-5---4---2---0-4-0-5---4---2---0-4-0-5---4---2---0-----------

Then into bass riff 2x

Then verse 1x

Chorus but end this way

------5*-----
------5*-----
------5*-----
-------------
--0h2s5------
0------------

Bridge

---0-----7*-------0-----7*-------0- ---5*------0h2-0-----4------------------
-----0------7*------0------7*------0------5*---------0------------------------
-------0--------------0--------------0-----------------0---------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5----------5---4----------4---3----------3----2---------2---------------------
---------0--------------0--------------0-----------0------------------------

Bass riff 2x, verse, then bass riff, bridge, then outro (harmonics on 12th fret)

  4 Responses to “The Sunday Song: Holidays”

  1. I quite like it. Adding it to the holiday playlist at home. **J

  2. Bits of it reminded me of August Rush. The part that sounds like the Bari Improv. 🙂

  3. Merry Christmas! I made my Christmas card for my mates. I hope it suits and brings good cheer to all friends here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZi3WnlQQJg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzbblOu8Kx8

  4. […] The fact that Metaplace founder and gamedesign-legend Raph Koster was very active both as a builder and socializer helped too. Oh, and also the fact he’s a wicked folk-guitarist. […]

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.