Barrel of a Gun Guster
Song: Barrel of a Gun
Artist: Guster
Tabbed by: Ari Mihaltses
Email: modulater@aol.com
Tuning: Standard Tune, Capo on first fret
This was tabbed by listening to the CD and also watching Ryan's hands from when they
played this song on Conan, I think its pretty right. Mostly, this is what Ryan plays,
I added little parts (that Adam plays on his guitar) that make it sound more complete.
Listen to song for strumming patterns.
**Note, tabbing is NOT relative to capo, it is the actual frets, so if you see a "1" it
means to leave the string open because the capo has it covered ;) I debated about which
format to use to write it down and this is the least confusing in my mind.
**Also, the lyrics I have provided above each section are for being specific about which
part I am referring to and in no way match up with the chord progression underneath.
Listen to the song for the changes.
INTRO:
[A#m]
e|---6--6--6--6---| B|---6--6--6--6---| G|---6--6--6--6---| D|---8--8--8--6---| A|---8--8--8--6---| E|---6--6--6--6---| (4x)
VERSE:
"I know a movie star..."
[A#] [C#] [A#] [D#sus2]
e|-6---9----6----1------------| B|-6---9----6----4------------| G|-7---10---7----3------------| D|-8---11---8----0------------| A|-8---11---8----0-----4--3---| E|-6---9----6-----------------|
"She's perfect as she seems..."
-> same as above, only strum the A# and C# like the intro.
PRE-CHORUS:
e|--1----------------| B|--4------4-4-4-6---| G|--3------1-1-1-1---| D|--0------x-x-x-x---| A|--0------4-3-4-6---| E|-------------------|
CHORUS:
"Four, three, two, one..."
[F#] [C#] [G#m] [Bsus2]
e|--2-----1-----4-----2-----| B|--2-----2-----4-----2-----| G|--3-----1-----4-----4-----| D|--4-----3-----6-----4-----| A|--4-----4-----6-----2-----| E|--2-----------4-----------|
Play INTRO again and then this little fill Ryan plays before second verse:
e|--13-----------------------------| B|------11-------------------------| G|----------10--------------15-----| D|---------------8----------15-----| A|-------------------8------13-----| E|-----------------------6/--------|
SECOND VERSE:
"Lie back and fast asleep..."
e|-------| B|-------|
G|--15---|
D|--15---|
A|--13---|
E|-------|
"If you could see what I could see..."
e|--9-----------------6---------| B|--9-----------------6---------| G|--10----------------7------15-| D|--11----------------8------15-| A|--11----------------8------13-| E|--9-------9-9--8-8--6---------|
Play the second half of the second verse just as the second half of the first.
Next comes the PRE-CHORUS, then CHORUS, and after that the...
BRIDGE:
"She will be sweet..."
[A#] [G#] [D#] [F]
e|--1-----4----3----1---| B|--3-----4----4----1---| G|--3-----1----3----2---| D|--3-----1----1----3---| A|--1-----3---------3---| E|--------4---------1---|
Play the CHORUS one more time and at the end let an F# chord (tabbed above) ring out...
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