Slave Chords
by Silverchair
Slave by Silverchair is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D and G#5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
**TUNING** Dropped-D
**Key**
/--slide
h--hammer on
<3.1>--harmonic is near 3 but not exactly dead-on, on it. for a
typical Gibson type guitar (humbuckers, etc.) and try <3> for a
Fender-type guitar (single pickups, etc.)
p--pull off
Intro
E|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-1-------|
B|-7--7-7-7--6--6-6-6--7--7-7-7-7-7-4-------|
G|-6--6-6-6--5--5-5-5--6--6-6-6-6-6-3-------|
D|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-1-------|
A|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-1----1/-|
D|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-1----1/-|
gradual slide
(For this hammer on note make sure you hit the low D note right after
you do the hammer on, on the fifth fret, to get the sound Daniel does
you may also want to do 0h3h5p0, but to get right sound you must hit
the low D)
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3-------------------3-|
A|-0-0h3h5---0h3h5---3-0-0h3h5---0h3h5---3-|
D|-0------0-------0--3-0------0-------0--3-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3-------------------4-|
A|-0-0h3h5---0h3h5---3-0-0h3h5---0h3h5---4-|
D|-0------0-------0--3-0------0-------0--4-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---------------0-3--0---------------0-4--0---------------0-3-|
A|-0-------0-------0-3--0-------0-------0-4--0-------0-------0-3-|
D|-0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-3--0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-4--0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-3-|
E|--------------------|-------|
B|--------------------|-------|
G|--------------------|-6-6-6-|
D|-0---------------0--|-6-6-6-|
A|-0-------0-------0--|-4-4-4-|
D|-0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0--|-4-4-4-|
PM___
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------6----------------------|
D|-0---------------0-3--0---------------0-6--0---------------0-3-|
A|-0-------0-------0-3--0-------0-------0-4--0-------0-------0-3-|
D|-0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-3--0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-4--0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-3-|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-0---------------0-|
A|-0-------0-------0-|
D|-0-<3.1>-0-<3.1>-0-|
Verse
(Riff 1)
"Lived too long..."
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------6-6-| Play twice
D|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-6-6-|
A|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-4-4-|
D|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-4-4-|
(Riff2)
"Lived too long waiting to just drown..."
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
A|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-|
A|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-|
Chorus
"Want to be your soldier..."
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------10-|play
D|-0-10h12-12-0-0-0-10h12-12-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-10-| 4x
A|-0-10h12-12-0-0-0-10h12-12-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-8--|
D|-0-10h12-12-0-0-0-10h12-12-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-8--|
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-1--1-1-1-1-|
A|-1--1-1-1-1-|
D|-1--1-1-1-1-|
Verse 2
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
A|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-0--3/-|
A|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-0--3/-|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0-0--3/-|
PM
Bass then plays
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3-|
D|-0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0---0--0-3--0--0--4|
Daniel strums this chord during the interlude
E|-4-|
B|-3-|
G|-2-|
D|-0-|
A|---|
D|---|
Before chorus allow feedback to build and play a G#5 (4-4-4-x-x-x)
Chorus (play normal chorus twice then play):
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------10-|
D|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p10-|
A|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p8--|
D|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p8--|
GO!
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| play 8x
D|-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-1-|
A|-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-1-|
D|-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-0-2p1-1-|
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------10-| play 4x
D|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p10-|
A|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p8--|
D|-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9-0-10p9p8--|
OUTRO
(THESE ARE THE CHORDS PLAYED--strumming pattern NOT notated)
E|-11--14--13--15--|
B|-10--13--12--14--|
G|-8---11--10--12--|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-1/--------------------3--0-|
A|-1/--0-0h3h5---0h3h5---3--0-|
D|-1/--0------0-------0--3--0-|