Seven Cities of Gold: Tablature

By internetexplore

Excerpted from Ultimate Guitar.

This is a first draft, and some of the chords aren’t quite right. Thanks!

Opening blues lead

|——————————|———————————-|
|——————————|———————————-|
|——————————|———————————-|
|—-5-7-8^(1/2)-5^(1/2)–5—-|———————————-|
|-5s7——————-7—7–|–5-7—————————–|
|——————————|7—–7-5-3-5-3v——————|

Verse
The second chord is sometimes strummed to accent the drums

“A man can lose his past, in a country like this …”

|——————————|
|———-2——————-|
|7———2——————-|
|7———2——————-|
|5———0——————-|
|5—————————–|

“Wandering aimless, parched and nameless …”

Can strum the G in sections ala “Witch Hunt”s opening riff
|———-(3)——————-|
|———-(3)——————-|
|6———-4——————–|
|6———-5——————–|
|4———-5——————–|
|4———-3——————–|

“Searching through a grim eternity
Sculpted by a prehistoric sea”

Strum Strum
|——————————–|
|5————–7—————-|
|5————–7—————-|
|3————–5—————-|
|3————–5—————-|
|——————————–|

Chorus:

“Seven cities of gold” x2
|———0————————————-|
|———0————————————-|
|———1—-Slowly play the full chord——-|
|———2————————————-|
|7–5–2–2————————————-|
|5–3–0–0————————————-|

“A splendid mirage in this desolation” x2
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|7——-5——-10———-|
|5——-3——-8———–|

For complete tab, go to Ultimate Guitar.

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~ by rvkeeper on July 4, 2012.