Past Tense Existence Chords

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Past Tense Existence by Sunk Loto is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Past Tense Existence 
By Sunk Loto 
Tabbed by Alec Denning 
for any help or suggestions emial me at [email protected] 
 
Tuning - same as standard dropped D but a whole step down 
tuning: low to high (C,G,C,F,A,D) 
 
(number) - harmonics 
* - mute strings 
/ - slide up 
\ - slide down 
 
 
Intro 01 
 
D||--------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||--------------------------------------------------------|| 
F||---5-5-5-5-5-------4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|| 
C||-2-------------2-2--------------2-2--5-5-5-5--0------|| 
G||-2-------------2-2--------------2-2------------0------||  play once 
C||-2-------------2-2--------------2-2------------0------|| 
 
Bridge 01 
 
D||------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------|| 
F||------------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--2-2-2--2-2-2-------|| 
G||-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--2-2-2--2-2-2-------|| play once 
C||-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--2-2-2--2-2-2-------|| 
mute ************************ 
 
Riff 01 
 
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||---------------------------------------------------------------10-10-10-10--8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 
C||-0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12---|| 
G||-0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12---||  
play once 
C||-0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0---0--7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12---|| 
                                                                              
                                                     
mute******************************************** 
Riff 02 
 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------|| 
C||-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-2-0------|| 
G||-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-2-0------|| play x3 
C||-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-2-0------|| 
 
Bridge 02 
 
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| 
F||------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0----4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|| 
C||---4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0----------------------|| 
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||  
play once 
C||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
mute************************************ 
 
Bridge 03 
 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-2---2-2-2---2-2--0-0---2-2-2--2-2-2----------------|| 
G||-2-2---2-2-2---2-2--0-0---2-2-2--2-2-2----------------|| play once 
C||-2-2---2-2-2---2-2--0-0---2-2-2--2-2-2----------------|| 
                                        mute* * *    * * * 
 
play Riff 01 x2 
 
Riff 03 
 
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
F||------5-5-5-5-5-------4-4-4-4-4----------------------0-0-0----------------------------|| 
C||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0--4-4-4--0-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--------|| 
G||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2------------0-0----------0-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--------||  
  play x3 
C||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2------------0-0----------0-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--------|| 
 
 
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
F||------5-5-5-5-5-------4-4-4-4-4----------------------0-0-0----------|| 
C||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2--5-5-5-5--0-0--4-4-4----------|| 
G||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2------------0-0------------------||   
play once 
C||-2-2------------2-2--------------2-2------------0-0------------------|| 
 
Riff 04 
 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| 
G||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| play x3 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| 
                           mute *   * * 
 
D||------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------|| 
F||------------------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| 
G||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| play once 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| 
                                                       mute *   * * 
 
 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| 
G||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| play x2 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0--0--0-0------------|| 
                           mute *   * * 
 
D||------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------|| 
F||------------------------------------------------|| 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| 
G||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| play once 
C||-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3----0--0-0----|| 
                                                       mute *   * * 
 
play Bridge 02 once 
 
play Bridge 03 once 
 
play Riff 01 x 2 
 
play Riff 03 x 2 
 
play Riff 02 x4 
 
Outro 
 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
F||----------------------------------------|| 
C||-0-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0----------------|| 
G||-0-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0----------------|| 
C||-0-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0----------------|| 
 
 
thats the end :) 
enjoy! 
 
-and please dont use it without asking me.. or at least gimme credit for it  
if u use it anywhere 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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