Proud To Be Tab

Smile Empty Soul - Proud to Be
Guitar Tablature

Transcribed by Ian Marquis
marquisij@gmail.com
www.jespin.com


This song isn't very difficult, but the main arpeggio is a bit fast.  Just play with it 
you get the rhythm down.

Alternate picking is pretty essential if you want to play it smoothly.

Tuning (low to high): Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (drop D, half step down)


Main riff:
(acoustic guitar, layered with clean electric with barely any distortion.)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0--------|
|------4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4------|
|----4---4-----4-----4-----4-----0---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----|
|--2-------------0-------------0---------------------------------0--|
|------------------4-----0---------2-------------2------------------|


Chorus:
(Acoustic strummed, with some tremelo chords for texture - ignore them.)
(Note: the chords are just Db and Eb.  Play them however you like.  This is what I play.)

|--0----------0----------|
|--0----------0----------|
|--7----------9----------|
|--7-(strum)--9-(strum)--|
|--5----------7----------|
|--X----------X----------|


(The main riff comes in once before the second verse)


Second Verse:
(same root chords as the main riff, only with palm-muted power chords.)

First Time:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2X--0-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2X--0-2-2-2-2--|
|------------------4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2x--0-2-2-2-2--|

Other Times:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2X--0-2-0------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2x--0-2-0------|
|------------------4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2X--0-2-0------|


Second Chorus:
(Electric, full distortion, same chords as first chorus)

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--7---------------------|
|--7-(strum)--2----------|
|--5----------2-(strum)--|
|--5----------2----------|


Bridge:
(Acoustic, strummed)
(These aren't the actual chords Sean plays, but the corresponding power chords.)

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------2-------------------------------------------|
|--4-(strum)--2-(strum)--5----------2----------4----------|
|--2----------0----------5-(strum)--2-(strum)--4-(strum)--|
|------------------------5----------2----------4----------|


And then, you play the second chorus again.

That's it.

Not too difficult, right?