Soul Wars Chords

KeyDb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays722

Soul Wars by Awolnation is a guitar song played in the key of Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Db
Text
16
Speed
  			
Tuning:  Db  Ab  Db  Gb   Bb  Eb  

Intro 

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|-12~------------------12~----------------| 
|-11~------------------12~----------------| 
|-9~-------------------9~-----------------| 
|-9~-------------------10~----------------| 
|-9~-------------------9~-----------------| 

Verse 

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0-| 
Bb|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|---------------------------2-------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------5---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0-| 
Bb|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-3---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 

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

|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------2-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------5---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0-| 
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 


|-11~---------------------12------11~-----------------------------| 
|-x-----------------------x-------x-------------------------------| 
|-8~----------------------9-------8~------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

|-12~---------------14----12------11~-----------------------------| 
|-x-----------------x-----x-------x-------------------------------| 
|-9~----------------11----9-------8~------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

|-12~---------------14----12------11~-----------------------------| 
|-x-----------------x-----x-------x-------------------------------| 
|-9~----------------11----9-------8~----------------8/////////----| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 



Chorus
 
4x 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------0---0-| 
|-2---2-0-2-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-2-0-2---2-0-2---2---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-2--2-0-2-4-2-0-2----2-0-2-4-2-0---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------2---2-0-2-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-2-0-| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Swells 2nd time through Chorus 
|-7-----------11----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-x-----and---x-----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-4-----------8-----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------4th time----------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Little Synth thing 
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|---------------------------------| 
|-14-14-14\\\\\/////14-14-14\\\\\-| 
|---------------------------------| 



Second Verse 

Riff with Delay effect 
|-12-----15-----12-----10-----7-----| 
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Bridge 
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|-----------------------------------| 
|---------4-----------------4-4-4-4-| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----2-----2-----2---2---x---------| 
|-----------------------------------| 

Layered on top when the “Hoo, Haa”s come in 
|---------7-7-----7-7-------7-7-7-7-| 
|---------x-x-----x-x-------x-x-x-x-| 
|---------4-4-----4-4-------4-4-4-4-| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 

At 2:32 and 2:43 
|-1010----1212----12121212-| 
|-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-x-x--| 
|-7-7-----9-9-----9-9-9-9--| 
|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------| 

Repeat Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante