Introduction:
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary. Four-piece band "The Cult" featured the 6-string skills of Billy Duffy And, in their long career, they wrote many great songs including the classic droning riff in She Sells Sanctuary (familiar to players of Dave Mira's Pro BMX 2 as "That song what always comes on in the swampy level"). The riff is based on a simple motif running down the G string with underlying open notes on D. This creates that famous pedal sound.
Techniques:
Fingering technique is a matter of taste here, but I would recommend the index finger for the most part and the anular for the hammer ons to the 7th fret. You will need to practice the rhythm, probably from listening to the song or the audio below until the rhythm is firmly stuck in your head.
Gear Info:
The guitar here is most definately a Gretsch hollowbody, a marshall stack and a fair whack of reverb. Set gain at around 4 for a little crunch and reverb to about 7 or 8.
And to get in to sound exactly right? Play a D5 powerchord on a keyboard with your toes...
Audio & Tab:
140bpm
E||-----|--------------------------|
B||-----|--------------------------|
G||-----|--14-------12-------11----|
D||--0--|--------0--------0--------|
A||-----|--------------------------|
E||-----|--------------------------|
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-----7-------5h-7--5h-7--|--5h-7-----7-------2----|
--0-------0--------------|--------0-------0-------|
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-------------------|--14-------12-------16----|
----------------0--|--------0--------0--------|
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------------------------------|-------------12-------15----|
-----14-------12h-14--12h-14--|--12h-14--------------------|
--0--------0------------------|----------0--------0--------|
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------------------|--14----14--12----12--11----|
------------------|--0-----0---0-----0---0-----|
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--12--11--7----7----7--7--|--5----5--7----7--2----|
--0---0---0----0----0--0--|--0----0--0----0--0----|
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--12--11--7----7--------|--14----14--12----12--11----|
--0---0---0----0--------|--0-----0---0-----0---0-----|
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--12--11--7----7----7--7--|--5----5--7----7--2----|
--0---0---0----0----0--0--|--0----0--0----0--0----|
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--12--11--7----7--------||
--0---0---0----0--------||
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Use this link to get a
midi for the tab above!