Silverchair - Annas Song (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Silverchair - Annas Song First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Silverchair. Other chords and tabs for the "Annas Song" can find at the bottom of the page.

PROPS GO TO: Sam

Song-Ana's Song (Open Fire)
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom


TUNING - Standard (EADGBE)

KEY
 - slide down
/ - slide up
x - muted string
- harmonic
* - special info pertaining to part

[Verse] - (two guitars arranged for one - clean)
|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Guitar 3 (clean)
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------4--------3-------3----|
|------8----------5----3---3-------3--|
|----8---8----5-----------------------|
|--6--------3-------------------------|
|--------------------3-------3--------|

|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------||--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

|------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1--3-3-3--|
|---------1-1-1--|

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|


|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[Verse]

Rhythm Guitar (distortion thick)
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5----------------||--8-8-8--5-5-5----------------|
|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--||--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
|--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--||--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Lead Guitar (distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------||----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|--------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------||--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--|
|-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|

Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

Rhythm Guitar (thick distortion)
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|--------------||--------------||---------------------------|
|---  rest  ---||---  rest  ---||--8-8--8--8----------------|
|--------------||--------------||--8-8--8--8--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--5-5-3-5--5-3--|
|--------------||--------------||--6-6--6--6--3-3-3-3--3-3--|

Sandpaper tears corrode the filth

(distortion - pickups in rhythm position)
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|----3--------------------||----3--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--||--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow

[Bridge] (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--3--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------3--|
|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--2--||--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2-2--2--|
|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7--1--||--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2--1--|
|--------------------------||------------------0-0-----|

|--------------------------||-------------------------0--|
|--------------------------||-----------------------0----|
|--5-5-5-5--------------3--||------3---------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2--2--||----3---3-----3-------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--1--||--1---------3---3----2------|
|----------1-1-1-1-0-0-----||----------1--------0--------|
* distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[Bridge 2] (distortion)

Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

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

[Chorus] (distortion)
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-----0--||----------------|
|------0-------0---------0-------0------0-------0-1-1-1--||----------------|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5---------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------||---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
* let ring
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5-5-5---------|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|--3-3-3--5-5-5--|
|---------3-3-3--|

|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------0-------0---------0-------0--0--|
|------1-------1---------2-------2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
* let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you


--------------------------------------------------

Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Standard tuning

[0:00] Verse
acoustic guitar (2 guitars actually)
D#      Cm      Gm
e||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
B||----8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3---3-3-3----||
G||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3-3--o-||
D||-o--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--o-||
A||----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5----||
E||--------------------3-3-3-3---3-2-3----||
electric guitar (clean tone)
D#      Cm      Gm
e||------6-------3-------3-------3--------||
B||--------8-------4-------3-------3------||
G||-o--------8-------5-------3-------3--o-||
D||-o------------------5----------------o-||
A||----6-------3--------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------||
Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer

[0:23] Prechorus
lead guitar
||---------------------------|| x2
||---------------------------||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||-o-----------------------o-||
||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
||---------------------------||
And I need you now somehow (x2)

[0:36] Chorus
A#5     F5        E  F#m A     E  F#m A     E  F#m A
|-----------------|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0---|-0---2--0-|
|-----------------|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2---|-0---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3---------|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2---|-1---2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2---|-2---4--2-|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0---|-2---4--0-|
|---------1-1-1-1-|-0---2------|-0---2------|-0---2----|
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[1:00] Bridge
rhythm guitar
D#5     C       G                    D#5 C   G
|--------------------------------||---------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o--8---5----------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o--8---5---5------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----6---3---5--------||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||------------3--------||

lead guitar
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-----------------h5-------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|----------------------h5--------||-o-----------------------o-||
|--------------------------------||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||

[1:12] Verse (guitars out)
Imagine a pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker

[1:24] Prechorus
D#5     C       G
|--------------------------------||---------------------------|| x2
|--------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5----------------||-o-----------------------o-||
|-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||-o-----------------------o-||
|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-||----1-1s10-11-10s3--3s5----||
|-----------------3-3-2-3--3-2-3-||---------------------------||
Sandpaper tears corrode the filth
And I need you now somehow(x2)

[1:42] Chorus
A#5             F5                    E  F#m A  Am   C5 G5
|---------------------------------||----0---2--0--0--|---------|| x2
|---------------------------------||----0---2--2--1--|---------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||----1---2--2--2--|-5-----o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--2--2--|-5--5--o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-o--2---4--0--0--|-3--5----||
|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||----0---2--------|----3----||
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you

[2:12] Break
C5/G D5/A B5 A#5   x2 C5/G F5 B5  A#5   A#5      F5      E5
||---------------------||-----------------|------------------------0--|
||---------------------||-----------------|----------------------0----|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5-------4---3--|------3--------------------|
||-o--5---7---4---3--o-||--5---3---4---3--|----3---3-----3------------|
||----3---5---2---1----||--3---3---2---1--|--1---------3---3---2------|
||----3---5------------||--3---1----------|----------1-------0--------|
|-> distortion off
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life

[2:36] Prechorus (guitars out)
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you

[2:44] Chorus - end
C5 G5   E  F#m A  Am   x2    C5 G5   E  F#m A       x2
||----------|--0--2--0--0----||----------|--0--2--0-------||
||----------|--0--2--2--1----||----------|--0--2--2-------||
||-o--5-----|--1--2--2--2--o-||-o--5-----|--1--2--2-----o-||
||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2--2--o-||-o--5--5--|--2--4--2-----o-||
||----3--5--|--2--4--0--0----||----3--5--|--2--4--0-------||
||-------3--|--0--2----------||-------3--|--0--2----------||
|-> let ring
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on the needs designed
Open fire on my knees desires
On my knees for you