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   THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE - Soundgarden
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Tabbed by: Brandon
e-mail: brandonvin@gmail.com
I tabbed this out because all of the tabs I have seen were missing
a lot in the chorus! Here's something that's much more accurate.
Tuning: standard EADG

(After guitar intro)
MAIN RIFF - Play 10 times
        
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
  4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---| (Not sure if the 2s on the A string
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---|  are actually power chords, but it
E|---------------------------------|  sounds alright that way)
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
        
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
  4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---|
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---|
E|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

BRIDGE
  4/4
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  Hit these notes hard and choke them off fast.
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
E|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------5-------|-12------17------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  

Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
        
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Then to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 6 times
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +


Back to CHORUS PART (One more time around, might do it) - Play 1 time
  4/4
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-----2---2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-----7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-----9---9-9-\-4-----4---4-4---|
A|-7-----7---7-7-\-2-----2---2-2---|
E|---------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Back to MODIFIED MAIN RIFF - Play 1 time
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-3---2---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|---------------4-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Back to MAIN RIFF - Play 4 times
        
  7/8                           4/4
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-----7-6---5---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------0---0---0-|-------------------0-------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

OUTRO - That's all folks!
  4/4
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-12----11------------------------|
E|-------------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| (A tiny scratch on the E string to finish it off!)
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Key:
~   Let note ring
\   Slide

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