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Soundgarden - "Let Me Drown", with solos!
from "Superunknown" Album
Drop-D Tuning (DADGBE)
tabbed by jjhand

This is one awesome song. Probably my favorite off Superunknown. Has pretty fast picking
in Kim Thayil's solos (all included!!). Check it out and rate my tab please!

Intro (Notes on A-string played by Guitar 2):
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|--0/1/2--------------------------------|
D|--3b5--0--3b---0--3b---0--3b---3b--0-0-|--3/4/5--0--3b---0--3b---0--3b---3b--0-|


E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|--3/4/5-----------------------------------|--0/1/2----------------------------------|
D|--5/6/7---0--3b---0--3b---0--3b---3b--0-0-|--3/4/5--0--3b---0--3b---0--3b---3b--0-0-|

dist overtones are heard at end of intro


Verses (top notes are Guitar 2 again)
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--3h4h5----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
D|--3h4h5--0--3b---0--3b---0--3b---3b--0-0-|


Chorus:
  play this 2x
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--7-----7----7-------7--------7-----|-----------------------------|
D|--7-----7----7-------7--------7-----|----------5-------------5----|
A|--5-----5----5-------5--------5-----|--0-3-5-0-3--0-3--5--0--3----|
D|----6b7---------6b7-------6b7---6b7-|--0-3-5-0----0-3--5--0-------|


Chorus Riff 1
  play this 3x:                                 Ending (same for both parts)
E|--------------------------------------|         -------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|         -------------------|
G|--5/7-7-7-7-7-5-----/10-10-10-10-10\5-|         -------------------|
D|--5/7-7-7-7-7-5-----/10-10-10-10-10\5-|         -------------------|
A|--3/5-5-5-5-5-3-0---/8--8--8--8--8\-3-|         ----3qb---3qb------|
D|--------------------------------------|         --5-----5-----5--3-|


Play Intro, Verse, then Chorus again


Bridge (1:52)
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--3-5-5-5-5-3-0--------3p0-|-3-5-5-5-5-3p0--------3p0-|-3-5-5-5-5-3p0--------3p0-|
D|----------------3~---5-----|---------------3~---5-----|---------------3~---5-----|

E|---------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------|--8--------------------|
G|---------------------------|--7--------------------|
D|---------------------------|--5--------------------| hold last chord for 4 bars while
A|--3-5-5-5-5-3-0--------3-5-|--5--------------------| flipping pickup toggle switch
D|----------------3~--3-5----|--5--------------------| randomly (2 guitars arranged for 1)

Bridge, Part II (2:14)
  Both guitars are shown here. let notes ring & play 2x
E|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|---3---------|---3----------|--------------|--------------|
G|-3-----------|-2------------|---2----------|---2----------|
D|---0---------|---0----------|-3------------|-1------------|
A|-1-----------|-0------------|---0----------|---0----------|
D|-------------|--------------|-3------------|-1------------|


Solo 1 (2:33) Notes with TP are Tremelo Picked, so listen to see how long to pick the note
E|---------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--13-----13----|--13----13--------10--|--------------------------10-|
G|--12b14--12b14-|--12b14-12b14r12--10--|--------------------------10-|
D|---------------|----------------------|-10h12TP-------10-12-10-12---|
A|---------------|----------------------|---------10-12---------------|
D|---------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------13p10-13b15----10h13p10--10h13p10--------------|-13b15-b15TP--10h13p10--10----------10-|
G|--12b14--------------12--------12--------12-10-12p10TP-|-----------------------12--12-10--10---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------12-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|-13b15-b15-b15--10h13p10-------------------------------|-------15b17-b17-b17-b17r15-13---13-13-|
B|------------------------10-13-13p10-10-10-10-10-13-13--|-13/15---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|-13b15r13-10-----10---------------------------|
B|--------------13----13b15--10h13p10-----------|
G|------------------------------------12-10\----|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|


Rhythm during solo (Chris Cornell's part), Play 8 times
E||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||o----------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-o||
D||o-3/12-0------------------------o||
A||--3/12-0---12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
D||--3/12-0-------------------------||
     slide to 12th fret then immediately pull off to pick open strings

String Mute Rhythm before final Chorus (done 5x):
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-----x-x---x-x---x---x--|
A|--x-x-x-x-x-----x-x---x-x---x---x--|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-----x-x---x-x---x---x--|

Play Chorus 1x through while lead plays Solo 2:

  Solo 2
E|-----20b22----|-15b17____r15-13-15-13-------|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------|-----------------------15-13-|-15-15p13h15~----------13h15p13---------|
G|--------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------14p12h14-|
D|--------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|--------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-15p13~~\-----------------12b14r12-|-10~~~-----------|-10~~------------|--10~~----------|
G|-------------------10h12TP---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

Both Guitars:
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------3-5p0----|
A|----3qb---3qb----3qb------------|
D|--5-----5-----5------5-------3~-|

   Outro Solo
E|--------------------|---------------------------------------|-15b17---------------------------15-|
B|-12b13--12~--10-----|--12b13r12-10-12-10--12b13r12-10-10\---|-------13-10-13-10h13p10------------|
G|-12b13--12~--10-----|--12b13r12-10-12-10--12b13r12-10-10\---|------------------------12p10-10----|
D|--------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


E|-15b17r_______15-------|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13-10-13p10---10----|
B|-----------------13-13-|------------------------------------13b|
G|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|


E|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|13b15-13-10h13p10-10--10----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------12--12-10-12-10-----------------------|-----------12p10~--12-10-12b13--12--10|
D|-----------------------------------12-10h12p10------------|-----12p10----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------10h12p10-8~-|-/12----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

                                                          ending
E|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-12b13-12-10h12p10--12-12-12-12b13-12-10h12p10--12-12-|--12NH--------|
D|------------------12--------------------------12------|--------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|


Rhythm Guitar during Outro solo plays "Chorus Riff 1" 8x until end. The last bar ends 
the 8th fret
F chord to the last heavy drum beats before the instruments cut out.


|Key:
===================
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| PH pinch harmonic
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| NH natural harmonic
| TP tremelo pick
| x  Mute note (or rake)
| b  bend (bends with vibrato bar indicated)
| r  release bend

I got a little help from a tab at the url below, but this was mostly my work:
http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/soundgarden/superunknown/let_me_drown.txt
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