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"December" - Collective Soul

Transcribed by Dietrich Featherston

I am 13 and have been playing the guitar for a couple of
years now.

I figured this out within 2 or 3 minutes of watching the
music video on MTV.

e-|-----------------3--------|-----------------3--------|
b-|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----3-----|
g-|-----0-----0-----------0--|-----0-----0-----------0--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--3-----------------------|--1-----------------------|

e-|-----------------3--------|--------------------------|
b-|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----------------|
g-|-----0-----0-----------0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--3-----------------------|--1-----------1-----2-----|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


riff 2
e-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
b-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
g-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
d-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
a-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
e-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|

e-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
b-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
g-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
d-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
a-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

riff 3
e-|--3-----3-----3--5--3--x--|--1-----1-----1--3--1--x--|
b-|--3-----3-----3--3--3--x--|--1-----1-----1--1--1--x--|
g-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
b-|--5-----5-----5--5--5--x--|--3-----3-----3--3--3-----|
g-|--5-----5-----5--7--5--x--|--3-----3-----3--5--3--0--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

riff 4
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
b-|--x--------x--------x-----|--x--------x--------x-----|
g-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
                              increasing volume
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
b-|--x--------x--------x-----|--------------------------|
g-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--1--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

riff 5
e-|-----------------3--------|-----------------3--------|
b-|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----3-----|
g-|-----0-----0-----------0--|-----0-----0-----------0--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--3-----------------------|---1----------------------|
                              slower
e-|-----------------3--------|--------------------------|
b-|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----------------|
g-|-----0-----0-----------0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--3-----------------------|--1-----------1-----2-----|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e-|--3-----------------------|
b-|--3-----------------------|
g-|--0-----------------------|
d-|--0-----------------------|
a-|--x-----------------------|
e-|--3-----------------------|

1.Play riff 1 six times.
2.Play riff 2 twice.
3.Play riff 2 with riff 3 twice.
4.Play riff 1 six times.
5.Play riff 2 four times.
6.Play riff 3 twice.
7.Play riff 1 with riff 4 twice.
8.Play riff 2 twice.
9.Play riff 3 six times.
10.Play riff 5 once.

The bass line goes something like this.

g-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|


g-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--2--1-----|
e-|--------------------------|-----------------------3--|

                            and

g-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e-|--3-----------------------|--1-----------------------|


g-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
d-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
a-|--3-----------------------|--1-----1-----1-----2-----|
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

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