Mission Tab

Chris Cornell - 'Mission'
From "Euphoria Morning" (1999)
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand
 
Some of the sounds are made with a guitar with a whammy bar. Enjoy and rate me.
 
[Main Riff]
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------1-0----|
B|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------3--|
G|-------------3b4~|-------------3b4~|--------------0-|-----0-2h3--------|
D|----0h2----0-----|----0h2----0-----|----0h2-----3---|---2--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-0----------------|
E|-0------0h3------|-0------0h3------|-0------0-3-----|------------------|
 
 
[Prechorus Riff 1]
 
  (play 2x)
e|-----------------|-----------1-0----|
B|-----------------|---------------3--|
G|---------------0-|-----0-2-3--------|
D|-----0h2-----3---|---2--------------|
A|-----------------|-0----------------|
E|-0-------0-3-----|------------------|
"I'm gonna climb ..."
 
 
[Prechorus Riff Ending]
 
e|-----------------|---3-2-----------|
B|-----------------|-------4---------|
G|---------------0-|---------4-----0-|
D|-----0h2-----4---|-----------------|
A|-----------5-----|-2---------1-0---|
E|-0-------6-------|-----------------|
“Tear all your temples down”
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 Play Main Riff 2x and second guitar plays this (w/ warm overdrive pedal):
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|
E|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|
 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|---0-5-0-5-7--------------------|
E|-------------0-------3~--3~-----|-------------3~------5~--5~-----|
 
 
[Interlude 1]
   with overdrive
e|-12-----12-11-10-|-(10)---------------|---------------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|---------10b11r10-8-|-10b11--8--------8---|--------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------|----------9--7h9---9-|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-8~-----------|
A|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------x--x-x-|
E|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------x--x-x-|
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   Guitar 2 (acoustic sound)           Guitar 1 (on 4th & 8th bar of verse 2)
e|-------------------|               |-----------1-0----|
B|----------------3--|               |---------------3--|
G|-----------3b4-----|               |-----0-2-3--------|
D|-----0h2-----------|               |------------------|
A|-------------------| play 8x       |------------------|
E|-0-0-----0---------|               |------------------|
 
 
Before second Chorus, play Prechorus again
 
Play Chorus again
 
 
 
[Break]
                                        * hit strings hard and use whammy bar
e|--6-----------|--3-------/--|-----------|---------------------------------|
B|--6-----------|--3-------/--|--18-------|--18--18--18--18--18--18--18--18-|
G|--7-----------|--4-------/--|--16-------|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
D|--8-----------|--5-------/--|--15-------|--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15-|
A|--8-----------|--5-------/--|--16-------|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
E|--6-----------|--3-------/--|-----------|---------------------------------|
  "I have nothing, but then the have is not as good as the want!"
 
 
Play Interlude 1 again
 
Verse 3 - No Guitar
 
Play Prechorus ending before Playing chorus the third time.
 
Play Chorus a third time
 
Play Interlude 1, then this verison below:
 
[Interlude 2]
 
e|-12-----12-11-14b15-|-(b15)------------------|--------------------|--------|
B|--------------------|-----------10b(11)r10-8-|10b11-p8--------8---|--------|
G|--------------------|------------------------|----------9-7h9---9-|--------|
D|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-8~-----|
A|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------|
 
 
Play Break to finish song
 
 
 
KEY:
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| PM palm mute
| TP tremelo picked
| b  string bend
| r  release of bent string
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