Artist: Oleander
Song: Why I’m Here
Ok, this is a very easy one. I know it’s a very old song, but here is the right
transcription. I will guarantee it is correct.
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb eb (in other words: tune down Ѕ step and drop that Eb to Db)
Riff 1:
Gtr1 semi-clean: (Right channel)
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|—-2—-5—-2—————————————–
Db|—2-2–5-5–2——-2———————————-
Ab|–0—-3—-0——-2———————————–
Db|—————-0–2–0———————————
Gtr 2 semi-clean:
Lead Part 1st time:
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|5-/9-9-10-9-/12-10—————————-12b-r—–
Db|——————-10-12b12.5r12-10-9-10——12b-r—–
Ab|—————————————-10-12——-12–
Db|——————————————————–
Verse 1: (Riff 1)
It’s a reason, for my pain, in a season, to celebrate. I don’t wanna be
full of hate, for anybody, but it’s too late…
Gtr 3: dist (Left channel)
Riff 2:
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|——————————————————–
Db|–x-x-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5—
Ab|–x-x-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3—
Db|——————————————————–
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|——————————————————–
Db|——————————————————–
Ab|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2—————————————-
Db|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2—————————————-
Verse 2: (Riff 1)
Everyone has been in my face, telling me that I’m a disgrace. Showing me
things, that I must face, telling me that they need their space…
Gtr 3 plays riff 2.
Gtr 3 and 4 dist (Right channel): strumming not shown
Chorus:
Eb|——————————————————
Bb|——————————————————
Gb|——————————————————
Db|—–3—5–0—0—3—5—————————–
Ab|–x–3—5–0—0—3—5—————————–
Db|–x–3—5–0—0—3—5—————————–
Pm-|
I can’t love you anymore,
I’m scared of the sound of it.
Gtr 1 plays riff 1
Gtr 2:
2nd lead part:
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|—5 /9-9-10-9-/12-10————————-12b-12.5–
Db|———————10-12b12.5r12-10-9—–9-12b——-
Ab|—————————————9-/11————
Db|——————————————————–
Eb|——————————————————–
Bb|——————————————————–
Gb|-12.5r————————————————–
Db|-12.5r————————————————–
Ab|——————————————————–
Db|——————————————————–
Verse 3:
Gtr 1 plays riff 1
It’s the reason, why I’m down. I’m beaten, and pushed around.
Hit the ceiling without a sound, everyone I know considers me a clown…
Gtr 3 plays riff 2
Play chours 2 times.
I can’t love you anymore,
I’m scared of the sound of it.
And woman, I just wanted more.
Gtr 5 dist
Solo:
Eb|——————————————————-
Bb|——————————————————-
Gb|–9h10p9–9-9h10p9—9h10p9-9b————————-
Db|——–12———12———————————-
Ab|——————————————————-
Db|——————————————————-
I’m not going to tab anymore of it, because I’m lazy, just play a
pentatonic scale in this position.
End on:
Eb|——————————————————-
Bb|–5—————————————————-
Gb|–2—————————————————-
Db|–2—————————————————-
Ab|–0—————————————————-
Db|——————————————————-
