Blood Red Sandman
Band: Lordi
Tuning: 1 whole step down (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Tabbed by: [email protected]
This is how I like to play Blood Red Sandman by Lordi. Haven't found any
accurate tabs on the 'net so far, so here you go.
I gather from some Lordi forums that this song is actually played in
standard tuning; however, Lordi's guitarist Amen apparently uses a baritone
guitar under a lot of the parts in this song, which sounds great but is
difficult to duplicate without some down-tuning.
If some of the chords and timings don't make sense at first, listen to the
song and keep trying. I play a lot of the power chords with the fifth added
as the lowest note to make it sound more chunky.
legend:
pm = palm mute
\ = slide
x = heavy palm muting
Intro
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|------5-7---------------------5-7--|
C|--7---5-7-5---3-5-----7---3-5-5-7--| repeat x3
G|--5-5-----3-x-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5------|
D|--5-5-----3-x-----5-5---5----------|
pm pm| pm
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|------5-7--------------------------|
C|--7---5-7-5---3-5-----7------------|
G|--5-5-----3-x-3-5-5-5-5-5----------|
D|--5-5-----3-x-----5-5---5----------|
pm pm|
Verse
"They call me..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---3-2---5-7---------3-0-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---1-0---3-5-----0-3-3-0-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------3-5-----0-3-----|
pm________________________|
Bridge
"can you hear how the children weep?"
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
pm____________________________________________________________|
"once again..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-------|
C|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-5-7-|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-5-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------|
pm________________________________________________________|
Chorus
"there is pain..."
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------| repeat x3
C|-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-2-5-7-|
G|-5-5-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-3-5-|
D|-----------------------------------|
pm| pm| pm| pm|
"blood red sandman coming home again..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------3-------------------------|
C|---7-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-3-3-------------------------|
G|---5-5-5-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-3-3-1-1-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
pm__| pm| pm pm pm
"i'm coming home again..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-5-5----------5-5----------------------------------------|
C|-5-5----------5-5----------------------------------------|
G|-3-3----------3-3----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
Back to intro, verse, bridge, chorus; then
Interlude
"scream all you want..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------7-5-----------------4-----3-----2---|
C|-2-------5-------4-------2---7-5-----------------4-----3-----2---|
G|-2-------5-------4-------2---5-3-----------------2-----1-----0---|
D|-0-------3-------2-------0---------------------------------------|
"no one leaves..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------7-5---------------------------------|
C|-2-------5-------4-------2---7-5-----------------2-0-----2-0-----|
G|-2-------5-------4-------2---5-3---------------------3-2-----3-2-|
D|-0-------3-------2-------0---------------------------------------|
pm____________|
"the monsterican dream..."
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|-6---------------7---------------|
G|-6---------------7---------------|
D|-4---------------5---------------|
(only bass here) "once again..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------2-5-7-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------0-3-5-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
"there is pain..."
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----5-3-----3-5-----5-7-----2-5-7-|
G|-----3-1-----1-3-----3-5-----0-3-5-|
D|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|
C|(7)-\----5-3-----3-5-----7-----2-5-7-|
G|(5)-\----3-1-----1-3-----5-----0-3-5-|
D|-------------------------------------|
"blood red sandman..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------3-------------------------|
C|-------5-3-----3-5---7---5---3-3-------------------------|
G|-------3-1-----1-3---5---3---1-1-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
"i'm coming home again..."
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|-5-5----------5-5-------|
C|-5-5----------5-5-------|
G|-3-3----------3-3-------|
D|------------------------|
Chorus modulates up:
(drums) "once again..."
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
F|-----------------|
C|-----------4-7-9-|
G|-----------2-5-7-|
D|-----------------|
"there is pain..."
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------| repeat x3
C|-9-9-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-4-7-9-|
G|-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-2-5-7-|
D|-----------------------------------|
pm| pm| pm| pm|
"blood red sandman coming home again..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------5-------------------------|
C|-9-9-9-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-5-5-------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-3-3-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
pm__| pm| pm pm pm
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