Collective Soul — Precious Declaration (ver 2) Tab

Artist: Collective Soul
Song: Precious Declaration
Tabbed by: Zuka (zuka4077@hotmail.com)

Well, it is kind of sad that everyone seems to 
tab this wrong. A few have come very close, however.
——>Tune your guitars down half a step, boys and girls.

Legend: / = slide up to         + = Let ring    
         = slide down to       b = bend string
        r = release bend        * = palm mute
        h = hammer on           p = pull off
        X = scratch             ~ = vibrato

Intro:

Guitar 1:
e|—————————————————————|
B|—————————————————————|
G|—————————————————————| X4
D|—————————————————————|
A|———————5p0———————————|
E|—0—5/7—————0—3—0—0—0—|

(Guitar 2 comes in 3rd time)

Verse:

Both Guitars:
(Mute the strings totally, until last few chords)
e|—————————————————————————————————|
B|—————————————————————————————————|
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—|
A|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—|
E|—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3—|
(Hitched a ride to the...)

(Main riff)

—The whole verse is played twice—

Pre—Chorus:

Both Guitars:
e|—————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|—————————————————————————————————————————————|
G|—/4~—2—0—/5—4~—2—0—/5—4~—2—0——/9—7—7—9—4—2—0—|
D|—————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|—————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————————————————————————————|
(I cant crash now...)

Chorus:

Guitar 1:
(The strumming pattern isnt included, but 
 its so easy to understand anyways)
e|————————|—————|
B|————————|—————|
G|—————5——|——8——| 
D|—5———5——|——6——|
A|—5———3——|——6——|
E|—3——————|—————|
(Precious Declaration says...)

Guitar 2:
(This is totally random with these 4 notes,
 but basically follow this riff)
e|—————————————————8—————————————————————————8———————|
B|—10—8—8—12—10—10———12—8—10—10—12—8—8—10—12———12—12—|
G|———————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————————————————————————————————|
(This is also played very fast, so hammer on and pull off
 when possible)

(Back to verse)
(Back to chorus)

Interlude:

Guitar 1:
(Once again the strumming pattern is not stated)
e|————————|—————|
B|————————|—————|
G|————————|—————|
D|—7———9——|——5——|
A|—7———9——|——5——|
E|—5———7——|——3——|

Guitar 2:
e|—2———4——|——0——|
B|—2———4——|——0——|
G|—2———4——|——0——|
D|————————|—————|
A|————————|—————|
E|————————|—————|
(Think for about 3 seconds and you'll recognize
 how and when this is played)

(Main riff, cut back by one note)

Bridge:

(Guitar 1 plays Pre—Chorus)

e|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————12—10—10—12————————|
B|————————————————————————————8~—7—8—7—8~——10—12—12~—8——————————————12—10—8|
G|—/4~—2—0—/4—5~—7—9—9~—9~—————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
(Listen so you know when to play and when NOT to...)

(Chorus)

(Verse)

And thats all. Joel plays the Pre—Chorus with only a one—note
difference than what Ross used to, just in case you were wondering.

Road map:
—Intro
—Verse
—Chorus
—Verse
—Chorus
—Interlude
(Easy space for a drum solo here)
—Bridge
—Chorus
—Outro (Same as intro)

Enjoy.