d By: Callum 'mullacy' Gavin
Email: [email protected]
Song: Blood Sugar & Blood Sugar Live at Perth 2007
Artist: Pendulum
You have excellent taste in music, and this song is incredible! The melody is
and it works really well as a crossover metal/breaks track. I heard it spun live by
Dawn,
really gotta see it in a live setting to appreciate its brilliance :)
I am basing this tab off the 4:19 studio cut and the live version played at New Year's
2007 in Perth, available on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlqW0Rj9YU. I
had a chance to listen to the 12" single release on vinyl through Breakbeat Kaos, but it
be functionally identical.
The riff and chords are 96% correct, there is a couple of notes in the live clean
that I'm not too sure about however. If you have a better idea send me an email, i'd
to know.
Because it's an electronic song you're never going to be able to imitate it exactly, but
liberal use of effects you can pull off some pretty wicked metal covers with this.
Key: G
Tuning: Drop D
(but you could play it in standard if you wanted. It'd make the metal riff at the end of
live version different (easier?))
As a general rule, one '-' between notes indicates an 8th, two dashes a quarter note.
tried to give a rough estimate of note placement in the measure, but listen to the track
correct timing (it's pretty easy).
Heavy Intro
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"prepare to hold your colour"
e|------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
D|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5---------6--|-5----3.-3-3--3--|
A|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5---------6--|-5----3.-3-3--3--|
D|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5---------6--|-5----3.-3-3--3--|
e|------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------------|
B|------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------------|
G|------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------------|
D|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5--6-5--6-|-5-6-5-6-55555555-----|
A|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5--6-5--6-|-5-6-5-6-55555555-----|
D|-5--------6-|-5-----3-3-3--3-3--|-5--6-5--6-|-5-6-5-6-55555555-----|
Killer riff: x1
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|------------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|
A|------------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|
D|------------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-5----------|-------------6-|-8-----------|---------------3-|
A|-5----------|-------------6-|-8-----------|---------------3-|
D|-5----------|-------------6-|-8-----------|---------------3-|
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------|
D|-5----------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|-5-----|
A|-5----------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|-5-----|
D|-5----------|-------------6-|-5-----------|---------------3-|-5-----|
"Okay, fuck it. I lied. It's drum n bass. What you gonna do?"
______________________________________________________________
'Chorus': x1
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
A|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|2nd intro bass pattern|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----3.-3-3--3-------|
A|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----3.-3-3--3-------|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----3.-3-3--3-------|
and again, things change slightly
e|-9--8--6----|--------8------|-------6------|-------6--------|
B|----------8-|-8-8-/11--8----|-6---8---8----|-6-6-8---8------|
G|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
e|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
A|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
D|-5--5--5--5-|-5---5---5---6-|-5--5--5--5--|-5----5----5---3-|
Riff end 'fill'. There's another idea for this bit at the bottom of this tab in the live version.
e|-9--8--6----|-------------|-9--8--6----|---------------|
B|----------8-|-8--8--8--8--|----------8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
G|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
D|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
A|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
D|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
e|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
B|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
G|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
D|-5--5--5--6-|-5--5--5--6--|-5--6--5--6-|-5--5--
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