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Substitution chords has rhythm and included in Swoon (2009) album.
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Substitution by Silversun Pickups Ukulele Chords
Band: Silversun Pickups
Song: Substitution
Album: Swoon
Year: 2009
Version 1.0 – 05/31/2009
Transcribed By: kristoff
Email: kristoff@gmx.net
. – palm mute / – slide up to
– slide down to ~ – vibrato
h – hammer on b – Bend
p – pull off Suffixes for bend
t – tap f – full bend h – half bend
ph – pinched harmonic q – quarter bend t – tap bend
– slight bend ^ – Hold bend r release bend
x – Stuccatto ~ – vibrato bend
, – slight palm mute () – ghost note, sustained note
” – tremolo note – Trill
Tunning E A D G B E (standard)
Intro (3x): Mute the A string with your middle finger
(which is on fret 3 /low E-string)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-----------------|
|--0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2--4---6--4-2-0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0---0---0-0-0-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3--3---5---5-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
Verse
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-3-----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-----2-2-2-2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-------------|
|---------4-4-----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------|
|---------2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
“There’s a
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|--------3-3-3----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|--------4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-------------|
|--------4-4-4----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------| 2x
|--------2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
Pre-Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------777~--------|
|--------3-3-3----7-7-7----8-8-8-----------------------888~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----6-6-6--------------777~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----7-7-7--------------------------|
|--------2-2-2----5-5-5----7-7-7----7-7-7--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|
“It’s so
you’ve heard it be-..
Chorus (2x) (G Bm D A)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
..-fore.”
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
“..enough.”
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
“..be held back from the substitu-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
..-tion”
_______________________
Interlude 1 (E5 F#5 G5)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--0---0--------2---3-----------------------------------------------|
“..sorry…..”
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
Interlude 2:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---2------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0--------2---2------------------------------------------------|
“..sorry..”
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3-----------------4-4~~~----------------------|
|--5-5-5---2------3-3-3---4-----2-2-2-2-4-4~~~----------------------|4x
|--5-5-5---2------0-0-0---4-----2-2-2-2-2-2~~~----------------------|
|--3-3-3---0--------------2-----0-0-0-0-2-2~~~----------------------|
“..when the voices start spinning”
Figure 1: 2x
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7------7----7---7----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|--7-----7-----7-----7------7--------9----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|------9-----9-----9------9------9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5---5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7--5|
|------7----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
|--7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 2: (E5 F#5 G5 A)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------0-----------------------------------|
|--0-----0------2--------3------------------------------------------|
“It’s a great downfall..”
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
END
Band: Silversun Pickups
Song: Substitution
Album: Swoon
Year: 2009
Version 1.0 – 05/31/2009
Transcribed By: kristoff
Email: kristoff@gmx.net
. – palm mute / – slide up to
– slide down to ~ – vibrato
h – hammer on b – Bend
p – pull off Suffixes for bend
t – tap f – full bend h – half bend
ph – pinched harmonic q – quarter bend t – tap bend
– slight bend ^ – Hold bend r release bend
x – Stuccatto ~ – vibrato bend
, – slight palm mute () – ghost note, sustained note
” – tremolo note – Trill
Tunning E A D G B E (standard)
Intro (3x): Mute the A string with your middle finger
(which is on fret 3 /low E-string)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-----------------|
|--0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2--4---6--4-2-0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0---0---0-0-0-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3--3---5---5-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
Verse
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-3-----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-----2-2-2-2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-------------|
|---------4-4-----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------|
|---------2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
“There’s a
|-----------------2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
|--------3-3-3----3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
|--------4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2--4---4--2----2-2--4---4--2-------------|
|--------4-4-4----0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0----0-0--0---0---0-------------| 2x
|--------2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3--3---3---3----3-3--3---3---3-------------|
Pre-Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------777~--------|
|--------3-3-3----7-7-7----8-8-8-----------------------888~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----6-6-6--------------777~--------|
|--------4-4-4----7-7-7----9-9-9----7-7-7--------------------------|
|--------2-2-2----5-5-5----7-7-7----7-7-7--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|
“It’s so
you’ve heard it be-..
Chorus (2x) (G Bm D A)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
..-fore.”
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
“..enough.”
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3------------------------------|
|--2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-2----2------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
“..be held back from the substitu-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-----------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
..-tion”
_______________________
Interlude 1 (E5 F#5 G5)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2--------4---5-----------------------------------------------|
|--0---0--------2---3-----------------------------------------------|
“..sorry…..”
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
Interlude 2:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---4------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------4---2------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0--------2---2------------------------------------------------|
“..sorry..”
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3-----------------4-4~~~----------------------|
|--5-5-5---2------3-3-3---4-----2-2-2-2-4-4~~~----------------------|4x
|--5-5-5---2------0-0-0---4-----2-2-2-2-2-2~~~----------------------|
|--3-3-3---0--------------2-----0-0-0-0-2-2~~~----------------------|
“..when the voices start spinning”
Figure 1: 2x
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7------7----7---7----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|--7-----7-----7-----7------7--------9----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|------9-----9-----9------9------9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5---5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7--5|
|------7----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
|--7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 2: (E5 F#5 G5 A)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------3-----------------------------------|
|--2-----2------4--------5------0-----------------------------------|
|--0-----0------2--------3------------------------------------------|
“It’s a great downfall..”
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude 1
END
To play the most songs, including Substitution by Silversun Pickups by ukulele, the most crucial basic ukulele chords to learn are C chord, D chord, G chord, and Em chord.
These set you up to play a ton of songs, and each of them is easy to master.
