Disturbance At the Heron House
REM
From the album 'Document'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis

The guitars are all tuned as follows: E A D G B E (low to high)

Intro


E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-|   guitar 1

D--0----0----------|--------------2---| (play 4 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|		    	  

   D5		   |		      |	

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G--2---------------|------------------|   guitar 2

D--0---------------|------------------| (play 4 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|	    	  

		   |		      |

E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|

B--3----3----------|--------------5---|

G------------------|------------------|   guitar 3

D------------------|------------------| (play 2.5 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|
Guitar 3 plays the same riff in unison with guitar 1, but up 1 octave. This part is low in the mix and is only played 2 and a half times. Guitar 3 joins in on bar 2 of the above riff, when it is played for the second time (bar 4 of the song).

Verse 1


guitar 1	     Dsus2				   Dsus2

E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|

B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|

G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

guitar 2           |                  |                  |                  |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D-------0----------|------------------|-------0----------|------------------|	

A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



They're going wild   The call came in	 At early morning    Pre-dawn, then	



guitar 1	     Dsus2				   Dsus2

E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|

B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|

G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

guitar 2	   |		      |  	  D5	 |		    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|

D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|	

A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



The followers 	     Of chaos out of     Control	       



guitar 1	     Dsus2				   Dsus2

E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|

B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|

G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

guitar 2	   |		      |		 D5      |		    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|

D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|	

A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



They're numbering the Monkeys		The monkeys and the  Monkeys	



guitar 1	    Dsus2				   Dsus2

E------------------|--0----------0----|------------------|--0----------0----|

B------------------|------3---------3-|------------------|------3---------3-|

G------------------|---------2--------|------------------|---------2--------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

guitar 2	   |		      |		 D5      |		    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|-----------2------|------------------|

D-------0----------|------------------|-------0---0------|------------------|	

A-2-3--------------|------------------|-2-3--------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



The followers 	     Of chaos out of	Control

Chorus 1


    G		     A			G      A	   G	  A

E------3-3---------|--------0---------|----3-------------|-----------0------|

B------------------|-2----0-----------|--------2---------|--------2-----0---|

G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|

E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|

    G5		   | A5		      |	G5     A5	 | G5     A5	    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A---5-----------5/-|-7-------------7\-|-5------7---------|-5------7---------|

E---3-----------3/-|-5-------------5\-|-3------5---------|-3------5---------|

	       slide		  slide



The call came into  Party central      Meeting of the     Green and simple



  G		     A

E-------3----5-----|------0-------0---|

B----3-------------|-3/5-------5------|

G-0----------------|------------------|

D-0----------------|------------------|

A-2----------------|------------------|

E-3----------------|------------------| 

  G5		   | A5		      |

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|

A-5-------------5/-|-7------------7---|

E-3-------------3/-|-5------------5---|

	      slide               X



Try to tell us      Something we don't 

			

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-|   guitar 1

D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 2 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|		    	  

   D5		   |	              |	

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G--2---------------|------------------|   guitar 2

D--0---------------|------------------| (play 2 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|	    	  

		   |		      |

E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|

B--3---------------|--------------5---|

G------------------|------------------|	  guitar 3

D------------------|------------------| (play 2 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|



 Know

Verse 2


    

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They're meeting at the Monument	       The call came in    The monument	



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To liberty 	     And honour 	Under the honour roll



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They've gathered up the Cages	       The cages 	  And courageous	



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The followers of    Chaos out of        Control
Guitar1 is exactly the same as verse 1.
In verse 1 the part played by guitar 2 is varied (the first 3 fills differ from the later ones), in this verse the parts are all the same, and is shown below.


 				    D5

			E------------------|

			B------------------|

			G-----------2------|   guitar 2

			D-------0---0------|	

			A-2-3--------------|

			E------------------|

Chorus 2






    G		     A			G      A	   G	  A

E------3-3---------|---------0--------|----3-------------|-----3-----0------|

B------------------|-2----0-----------|--------2---------|--------2-----0---|

G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|

E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|

    G5		   | A5		      |	G5     A5	 | G5     A5	    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A---5-----------5/-|-7--------7-7-----|-5------7---------|-5---------7------|

E---3-----------3/-|-5--------5-5-----|-3------5---------|-3---------5------|

	       slide	      X X	   	     			 



The call came into  Party central      Meeting of the     Green  and simple



    G		     A

E-------3----5-----|------0-------0---|

B----3-------------|-3/5-------5----5-|

G-0----------------|------------------|

D-0----------------|------------------|

A-2----------------|------------------|

E-3----------------|------------------| 

  G5		   | A5		      |

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|

A-5----------------|-7----------------|

E-3----------------|-5----------------|

	                     



Try to tell us      Something we don't

Guitar Solo


E--3----3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3----3--5b6|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G---0--------------|------------------|----0-------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

 C5  		   |		      |	F5	   	 |		    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D-5--5----5-5-5----|-5--5---5-5-5-5---|-10--10--10-10-10-|-10--10--10-10-10-|

A-3--3----3-3-3----|-3--3---3-3-3-3---|-8---8---8--8--8--|-8---8---8--8--8--|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



 Know



Er5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---3--3-3--5b6|r5-3---/10-10-8-7-|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G----0-------------|------------------|----0-------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



  		   |	     	      |	F5	         |		 E5 |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D-5--5----5-5-5----|-5--5----5-5-5----|-10--10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10--9--|

A-3--3----3-3-3----|-3--3----3-3-3----|-8---8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8---7--|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|





E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-|   guitar 1

D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 4 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|		    	  

   D5		   |	              |	

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G--2---------------|------------------|	  guitar 2

D--0---------------|------------------| (play 4 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|	    	  

		   |		      |

E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|

B--3---------------|--------------5---|

G------------------|------------------|	  guitar 3

D------------------|------------------| (play 4 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|

Verse 3


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Disturbance at the  Heron house	       A stampede at      The monument	



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To liberty and 	    Honour under the 	Honour roll



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The gathering of    Grunts and greens	Cogs and grunts    And hirelings	



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A meeting of 	     A mean idea  	 To hold



In this verse the guitar parts are the same as verse 2.

Chorus 3




    G		     A			G      A	   G	  A

E------3---3-------|------------------|------------------|-----------0-0----|

B--------3---------|-2----------------|--------2---------|--------2---------|

G---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

D---0--------------|-2----------------|-0------2---------|-0------2---------|

A---2--------------|-0----------------|-2------0---------|-2------0---------|

E---3--------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|

    G5		   | A5		      |	G5     A5	 | G5     A5	    |

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A---5-----------5/-|-7-------------7\-|-5------7---------|-5------7---------|

E---3-----------3/-|-5-------------5\-|-3------5---------|-3------5---------|

	       slide		  slide



When feeding time has come and gone    They'll lose the heart and head for home



  G		     A

E----3-------3-----|------------------|

B-------3----------|-2----------------|

G-0----------------|-2----------------|

D-0----------------|-2----------------|

A-2----------------|-0----------------|

E-3----------------|------------------| 

  G5		   | A5		      |

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|

A-5-------------5/-|-7----------------|

E-3-------------3/-|-5----------------|

	      slide               		



 Try to tell us	    Something we don't

Outro




E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G-----2---0--------|-4--2-2-2h4p2---0-|   guitar 1

D--0---------------|--------------2---| (play 8 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|		    	  

   D5		   |	              |	

E------------------|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|

G--2---------------|------------------|	  guitar 2

D--0---------------|------------------| (play 8 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|	    	  

		   |		      |

E-----5---3--------|-7--5-5-5h7p5---3-|

B--3---------------|--------------5---|

G------------------|------------------|	  guitar 3

D------------------|------------------| (play 8 times)

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|



Know

Lyric Map for Outro

Over the outro section there are some ad-lib lyrics, their postion relative to the repeated riff is shown below.

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 Know				    We  don't know	  Everyone about

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							  Everyone about

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							  Everyone about

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guitar 2 only

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 fill 1 						  fill2 (very quiet)



  	 D5					  X             X

	E------------------|			E-5----------------|

	B------------------|			B---------------3--|

	G-2----------------|  fill 1 		G------------------|  fill2

        D-0----------------|			D------------------|

	A------------------|			A------------------|

	E------------------|			E------------------|

TAB Key


 

       YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch 

	     as the note found at fret Z

        rZ - release previous bend to the same pitch as

	     the note found at fret Z

	h  - hammer on

	p  - pulloff

	/  - slide up

	\  - slide down

	X  - mute with palm of picking hand

	U  - upstroke

	D  - downstroke

Notes

The intro features 3 guitars.
Guitar1 is used to play the riff around the second fret.
Guitar2 provides a powerchord accompanyment.
Deep in the mix guitar 3 doubles the riff played by guitar1, but
up an octive. This can be first heard halfway through bar 4.

The verse sections are nominally the same.
Guitar 1 has a clean sound and picks an arpeggiated Dsus2 pattern. Let the picked notes ring as you play them.
Guitar 2 is distorted and plays powerchords, these should be allowed to sustain over the picked sections.
The verses are tabbed for 2 guitars since the D5 played by guitar 2 rings over the picking part, also the 2 parts have quite dissimilar sounds. These can be combined into 1 part.

For the chorus Guitar 1 plays chords and short melody lines, and Guitar 2 plays power chords.

The guitar solo is quite easy and is essentially 2 different phrases repeated over a C5 to F5 chord progression.

This Transcription © Copyright DarkMusic 1994. ReVamped for '95.
Wayne's Guitar Tabs can all be found at http://www.mandy.co.uk/music/tabs/
Comments, corrections welcome e-mail Wayne Ellis

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