PROPS GO TO: Sam

Song-Ana's Song (Open Fire)
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Transcribed by Sam

TUNING - Standard (EADGBE)

KEY
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
x - muted string
 - harmonic
* - special info pertaining to part

[Verse] - (two guitars arranged for one - clean)
|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Guitar 3 (clean)
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------4--------3-------3----|
|------8----------5----3---3-------3--|
|----8---8----5-----------------------|
|--6--------3-------------------------|
|--------------------3-------3--------|

|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------||--8-8-8-\-4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1--3-3-3--|
|---------1-1-1--|

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|


|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[Verse]

Rhythm Guitar (distortion thick)
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5----------------|
|--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8-\-5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6-\-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Lead Guitar (distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------||----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|--------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|

Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

Rhythm Guitar (thick distortion)
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|---  rest  ---||---  rest  ---||--8-8--8--8----------------|
|--------------||--------------||--8-8--8--8--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Sandpaper tears corrode the filth

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-10\3--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--3--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------3--|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--2--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2-2--2--|
|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7--1--||--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2--1--|
|--------------------------||------------------0-0-----|

|--------------------------||-------------------------0--|
|--------------------------||-----------------------0----|
|--5-5-5-5--------------3--||------3---------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2--2--||----3---3-----3-------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--1--||--1---------3---3----2------|
|----------1-1-1-1-0-0-----||----------1--------0--------|
                               * distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[Bridge 2] (distortion)

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
                                    * let ring
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
                                    * let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Transcribed by Denis Bourdon (denbourdon@aol.com)
http://members.aol.com/denbourdon/silverbsides.htm
--------------------------------------------------

Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Standard tuning

[0:00] Verse
acoustic guitar (2 guitars actually)
       D#      Cm      Gm
e||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
B||----8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
G||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3-3--o-||
D||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--o-||
A||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5----||
E||--------------------3-3-3-3---3-2-3----||
electric guitar (clean tone)
       D#      Cm      Gm
e||------6-------3-------3-------3--------||
B||--------8-------4-------3-------3------||
G||-o--------8-------5-------3-------3--o-||
D||-o------------------5----------------o-||
A||----6-------3--------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------||
Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

[0:23] Prechorus
lead guitar
||---------------------------|| x2
||---------------------------||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
||---------------------------||
And I need you now somehow (x2)

[0:36] Chorus
  A#5     F5        E  F#m A     E  F#m A     E  F#m A
|-----------------|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0-|
|-----------------|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3---------|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2-|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0-|
|---------1-1-1-1-|-0---2------|-0---2------|-0---2----|
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[1:00] Bridge
rhythm guitar
  D#5     C       G                    D#5 C   G
|--------------------------------||---------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o--8---5----------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o--8---5---5------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----6---3---5--------||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||------------3--------||

lead guitar
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-----------------h5-------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|----------------------h5--------||-o-----------------------o-||
|--------------------------------||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||

[1:12] Verse (guitars out)
Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

[1:24] Prechorus
  D#5     C       G
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o-----------------------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||---------------------------||
Sandpaper tears corrode the filth
And I need you now somehow(x2)

[1:42] Chorus
  A#5             F5                    E  F#m A  Am   C5 G5
|---------------------------------||----0---2--0--0--|---------|| x2
|---------------------------------||----0---2--2--1--|---------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||----1---2--2--2--|-5-----o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--2--2--|-5--5--o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--0--0--|-3--5----||
|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||----0---2--------|----3----||
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[2:12] Break
    C5/G D5/A B5 A#5   x2 C5/G F5 B5  A#5   A#5      F5      E5
||---------------------||-----------------|------------------------0--|
||---------------------||-----------------|----------------------0----|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5-------4---3--|------3--------------------|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5---3---4---3--|----3---3-----3------------|
||----3---5---2---1----||--3---3---2---1--|--1---------3---3---2------|
||----3---5------------||--3---1----------|----------1-------0--------|
                                          |-> distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[2:36] Prechorus (guitars out)
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

[2:44] Chorus - end
      C5 G5   E  F#m A  Am   x2    C5 G5   E  F#m A       x2
||----------|--0--2--0--0----||----------|--0--2--0-------||
||----------|--0--2--2--1----||----------|--0--2--2-------||
||-o--5-----|--1--2--2--2--o-||-o--5-----|--1--2--2-----o-||
||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2--2--o-||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2-----o-||
||----3--5--|--2--4--0--0----||----3--5--|--2--4--0-------||
||-------3--|--0--2----------||-------3--|--0--2----------||
                                                 |-> let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you