Hella is a two man band from Sacramento California. Guitar = Spencer Seim, Drums = Zach
Hill. They play hyperspeed melodic punk metal instrumentals. This song is from the first
album Hold Your Horse Is.
better get a broom
by Seim and Hill
tab by JA and FK
The symbols
/ slide up
\ slide down
' bend
h hammer on
p pull off
Trem = tremelo picking, very fast picking
Hint: listen to album to find proper feel.
Riff A
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------12------------------11---------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------|
a--0-0-10-10-0-0-10-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
Rapid trem
Repeat5 times or so, reducing the slower 10's by one each repetition.
Riff B
e-----------------------------|
b-----------------------------|
g---------12-11---------11--0-|
d---------------------------0-|
a-0-0-0-0-10-10-0-0-0-0-10----|
E-----------------------------|
Repeat this like 10 times..?
Riff C
e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-------7----------0--------7-------0-|
d-0-7-0---0-7-0----0--0-7-0---0-7-0-0-|
a-------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------|
Le Main Riff
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
g-------7----------0--------7--------7/9-----7-------7---------7------14/--\14-|
d-0-7-0---0-7-0-------0-7-0---0-7-0---------------------------------12---------|
a----------------------------------------5/6--5/6-5/6--5/6-5/6---/13-----------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You must slide very fast here ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^
e-------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------|
g-------7-------------------7-------------7-|
d-0-7-0---0-7-0-------0-7-0---0-7-0-----5---|
a-------------------------------------6-----| Repeat once, then to D
e-------------------------------------------|
Riff D
e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g-----7/\----7-6-------4-----------4---|
d---5------------5--/5---5---5\-/5---5-|
a-6--------6-------------2-----------2-|
e--------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------|
b-----8----8-7--------------------|
g---4----4-----4----4-----0--4----|
d-5-----5--------/5---5---/5---5--|
a---------------------2--------4--|
E---------------------------------|
Or Alternately:
(this part tabbed by FK)
Riff D
e--------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------|
g-----7'-----7-----7-6-------------X---------------|
d---5------5-----5-----5-----9-----X--------9--9---|
a-6------6-----6---------/10-------X-/10--10-------|
e------------------------------7---X------------7--|
2X
More D
e------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------|
g-------12------12-11-------------x-----------x--|
d-----9-------9-------9-----9-----x-----9-----x--|
a-/10------10-----------/10-------x-/10-------x--|
E-----------------------------7---x-------9---x--|
Riff E
e-------------------------------------------------|
b-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
g-12\\\\\\0-0-0-7-7-7-6---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---5/////9-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|
a-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
Trem pick all 3 strings
Riff F
e-----------------|
b-----------------|
g---6---------3p0-|
d--5--5-5-5-5-----|
a-3---------------|
E-----------------|
^---^ Trem first four notes
Final Riff G
e--------------------------------------- -0--|
b--------------------------------------- -0--|
g-15-------15-------14----------12------ -12-|
d-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0- -0--|
a-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 -13-|
E--------------------------------------- ----|
Trem pick all strings, fretting the higher notes then muting them.