Gelatinous Cube Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays415

Gelatinous Cube by Thee Oh Sees is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, B, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
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Speed
  			
Intro  
e|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|-5-whammy-to-3-------------------| 3 times 

Riff A 
                                                               (delay)  
e|---------------------------------|          |---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|          |-----------------0---------------| 
G|---------------------------------|          |-----------------0---------------| 
D|-----------------7-7-7-9---7-7-7-|          |-----------------0---------------| 
A|-----------------7-7-7-9---7-7-7-|          |---------------------------------| 
E|-3p2-2-2-3p2-2-2-5-5-5-7---5-5-5-| 3 times  |-3p2-2-2-3p2-2-2-----------------| 

Riff B 
e|-2-2-5-5-7-7-4-4-2-2-5-5-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-| 
B|-2-2-5-5-7-7-4-4-2-2-5-5-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-| 
G|-3-3-6-6-8-8-5-5-3-3-6-6-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-4-4-6-6-9-9-6-6-4-4-7-7-9-9-|-6-6-6-6-| 
A|-4-4-6-6-9-9-6-6-4-4-7-7-9-9-|-6-6-6-6-| 
E|-2-2-5-5-7-7-4-4-2-2-5-5-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-| 

Solo 
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------|------------------5-5-5---5------| 
G|-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-|-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-----------4-4--| 
D|--------------4----------------4---|--------------4------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
                                                        (delay         )  
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------|------------------0--------------| 
G|-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-|-4-4-4-4-4bp2---2-0--------------| 
D|--------------4----------------4---|--------------4---0--------------| 
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

Riff C 
                                 sometimes you play that chord between the ()   
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------(0)-| 
G|-------------------------------(0)-| 
D|-------------------------------(0)-| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-11--s2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2--------| 

Riff D 
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 


e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2----9--9----2--2----9--9----| 
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2----9--9----2--2----9--9----| 
G|---------------------------------|-2--2----9--9----2--2----9--9----| 
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

At the end, repeat riff B. And That's it!  

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| p  Pull-off 
| b  Bend 
| s  Slide 
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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