Pillow Of Your Bones
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tab: Pillow of Your Bones ~ Chris Cornell Euphoria Morning, 1999
Intro Riff:
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|-5--5p3------------|----------5---------|
D|--------5-4--4h5p4-|-3h4p3------4-3-----|
A|-------------------|------6-3-------6-3-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
Verse Riff:
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-5---5-----------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---4---4---|-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
A|-3---3---6---6---|-5---5---4---4---|-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
E|---------4---4---|-3---3---2---2---|-1-1-1--1-1-1-|
“Colorful and falling from your mouth” “like a lie...”
e|-2--2--2--2---2-2----|----1---1-1-1----1-1---| |-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-4--4--4--4---4-4----|----3---3-3-3----3-3---| |-4---4-4-3-3-3-3-|
G|-4--4--4--4---4-4----|----3---3-3-3----3-3---|x2|-4---4-4-2-2-2-2-|
D|-4--4--4--4---4-4----|----3---3-3-3----3-3---| |-4---4-4-0-0-0-0-|
A|---------------------|-----------------------| |-2---2-2---------|
E|---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|
Chorus:
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--->
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--->
G|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-|---------4-4-4-4-4-|--->Go
D|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--->To
A|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-|--->
E|-------------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-----------|--->
>---|-------------------|
>---|-------------------|
here >---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
>---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
>---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
>---|-------------------|
Ending Riff:
e|-----------|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------------------|
G|-5---------|-(5)---------3---------3-------------|
D|-5---------|-(5)-(5)-3h5---5p3-3h5---5-4-3-------|
A|-3---------|-(3)---------------------------6-3---|
E|-----------|-----------------------------------6-|
Ok, now... bear with me. This little bridge part sounds like it’s
mostly synth & keyboards. However, most of us (being guitarists) can’t
reach over the guitar and start playing keyboard right off the bat, and
I certainly can’t tab for keyboard, so this is what it seems to be on
your guitar (at least reasonably similar)
G|----------|---------|--------|-----|---------|---------|-----|
D|----------|---------|--------|-----|---------|-6---5---|-----|
A|-6--------|-6---5---|-2---5--|-----|-6---5---|---------|-5---|
E|------6---|---------|--------|-6---|---------|---------|-----|
Even... burn... or fall... wander... mind... find... lie can...
Very annotated lyrics... just wanted to give you guys a good idea of
where these notes go. Also, add in a faint one of these after every
note in the bridge:
e|-----7---|
B|-------7-| I don’t know if this belongs there, but it sounds
G|---8-----| good enough, and the bridge is more textured than
D|---------| I can decipher. If anyone out there can find a
A|---------| better explanation for what the bridge does, please
E|---------| e-mail it to me, and I’ll fix this up and give you credit.
That’s the tab, right there... If you happen
to have any Cornell tabs around, I’d be much obliged. I’m especially
looking for “Preaching the end of the world”, “Sweet euphoria”, and
“Say Goodbye”, but anything off Euphoria morning would be gladly
accepted. Thanks for looking at the tab, and happy playing - Al
How to play Pillow Of Your Bones
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.