Collective Soul - Gel

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The intro to Gel by Collective Soul goes like this.
This is my first try at something like this, please bear with me.

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------------------------------8-----8----------------------------------
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-------------6--7-----------------------------------6--7---------------
-----6--7-----------6--7---------7----------6--7----------6--7---7-7-7-

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------------------------------8-----8----------------------------
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-------------6--7-----------------------------------6--7---------
-----6--7-----------6--7---------7----------6--7----------6--7---

Then from there pause for the drum'd high hat a little and kick in the
distortion.


Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 06:40:13 -0700
From: nasta@IX.NETCOM.COM (John Nasta)

Gel by Collective Soul

^ = Hammer-on or pull-off

Intro (clean)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| (repeat twice)
|-----1^2-----1---1------1^2-----------|
|-1^2-----1^2---2----1^2-----1^2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------------------------|

It's all barre chords from here on.
The B's are played on the 7th fret - heavy distortion.

B (6 counts) E^F E^D (4 times)

Verse 1

B                                          E^F E^D
Color me any color
Speak to me in tongues and share
Tell me how you'd love to hate me
Tell me how you'd love to care

A                    |-0^2-0^3-|<---(Bass run on low E string)
Well I just want to shake us up

B (6 counts) E^F E^D (2 times)

A (12 counts)                            |-0^2-0^3-0^5-|<---(Bass run on low
E string)
Well I just want, well I just want to, to shake us up

Chorus
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's mingle
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B And make it well
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Come together now
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's gel

B (6 counts) E^F E^D (2 times)

Verse 2

B                                          E^F E^D
Color me in any fashion
Glitter to so mundane
Tell me how you'd love to change me
Tell me I can stay the same

A                    |-0^2-0^3-| <---(Bass run on low E string)
Well I just want to shake us up

B (6 counts) E^F E^D (2 times)

A (12 counts)                            |-0^2-0^3-0^5-|<---(Bass run on low 
E string)
Well I just want, well I just want to, to shake us up

Chorus
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's mingle
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B And make it well
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Come together now
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's gel

Solo (12 measures)


Chorus
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's mingle
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B And make it well
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Come together now
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Let's gel
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Well let's bungle
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B And live to tell
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B How we came together
Bb^B Eb^E Bb^B Yeah how we gelled

B (6 counts) E^F E^D (4 times)


Gel by Collective Soul
Tabbed by - Terry Sitts (terry.sitts@onlinesys.com)

Intro (clean)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------6-7-----6---6----------6-7--------|
|-----4/6-7-----6-7---7------4/6-7-----6-7----|
(repeat twice)

Verse (heavy distortion)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----9-9------9---9---9---9-/-10--9-\-7---|
|-----9-9------9---9---9---7-/-8---7-\-5---|
|-----7-7---7--7---7---7-------------------|
            PM

Chorus
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------7/8---------------------------|
|--7/8---7/8---7/8---8-8-8-8-8-8-------|
|--7/8---6/7---7/8---8-8-8-8-8-8-------|
|--6/7---------6/7---7-7-7-7-7-7-------|


Riff (Comes between verse & chorus)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---7-------------------------|
|---7-------------------------|
|---5--------------0-2-0-3-0--|

The solo seems to be based on Bm pentatonic.

Comments or corrections???

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