Nothing Ever Happened by Deerhunter Intro [0:18 - 0:44] The start of the song is played by the bass, but palm muting an A chord sounds similar. Guitar 1 |-------------------------------------------------| |---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------| |--7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 |------------------12-----------------------------| |--5---------------14-----------------------------| |--7---------------14-----------------------------| |--7---------------x------------------------------| |--7---------------0------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Asus4 A Verse [0:54 - 1:07] [1:20 - 1:34] Guit1 |-------------------------------------------------| |---5-5---5----3-----------------------------3----| |------------------4-----4----2-------------------| |-----------------------------------4----5--------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| 1. Only when I dream but there some way out 2. Focus on the depth that was ne- ver there 3. See thru the wind to awa- kened stream 4. Focus on the depth that was ne- ver there Guit1 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---4/2-2/4---4/5-5-----5\4------4-----4-------4--| |--------------------------------2-----2-------2--| |-------------------------------------------------| 1. You learn to talk, you learn to shout 2. E- li- mi- nate what you can't re- pair 3. Ad- just yr eyes to the state of things 4. No- thing's ea- sy, no- thing's fair Chorus [1:07 - 1:20] [1:34 - 1:47] Guit2 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------9-12-----9--------------------------| |-10-10-10-12-------------12----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guit1 G B D Nothing ever happened to me x3 Guit1 + Guit2 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |9----9----9------9---7-------7/----12------12----| |9----9----9------9---7-------7/----12------12----| |7----7----7------7---5-------5/----10------10----| |-------------------------------------------------| Life just passed and flashed right through me Bridge [1:47 - 2:25] G F# B B x2 C G D | I never saw it coming | C G D |x2 Waiting for something, for nothing | From now on I'll tab Guit1 and Guit2 seperately as the riffs they play overlap. Guit1 [2:25 - 4:18] Asus2 G |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--2---2---2---2---2-----4------------------------| |----2---2-------2-----------5---5----------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guit1 [4:44 - 5:09] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--11-x8-------9-x8-------------------------------| |------------------------11-x16-------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guit1 [5:09 - End] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--11-x8-------9-x8-------------------------------| |------------------------11-x16-------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guitar1 now uses an octave pedal, one octave up. Alternatively, you could play this instead: Guit1 [5:09 - End] |--14-x4-------12-x4------------------------------| |-------------------------14-x4-------------------| |-------11-x4-------9-x8--------------------------| |------------------------------11-x12-------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guit2 [2:25 - 2:52] Guitar 2 messes around with the Asus2 chord and with the D major scale. Guit2 [2:52 - 3:03] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------/4-------------------| |---------------------------------5---5-----------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--------------------2--/4------------------------| |--------------2-4-5---------5---5----------------| Repeat |--------2-4-5------------------------------------| |------5------------------------------------------| Guit2 [3:03 - 4:06] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-2-4/7-6/9-6/11-9-7-6-4/2------2-----------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| The fuzz makes Guit2 pretty much indistinguishable, but I can hear the chord |-3- |-5- |-2- |--- |--- |--- But try messing about with the D major scale :) Guit2 [4:06 - 4:08] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------h14---------h14------------------------| |-------h12---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guit2 [4:08 - End] |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------h14---------------------------------| |-------------------------h14---------------------| Repeat 'til end of song |----------h14-----h11-h14------------------------| |-------h12---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| In this part, there is no plucking the strings, just finger tapping. Use left hand for frets 11+12, right for 14 www.TAB6.com