'The Messenjah' by P.O.D. - Guitar Tutorial

Beginner

Song lyrics:

Chords: show

Choose a fret

            Intro:		
[E-------------------------------------------------------------
B---8-8-8-8-8-8-83-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8-8/10-10-10-10-10--
G---9-9-9-9-9-9-94-4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-9-9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11-11--
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------]
 
Verse:		
[E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------44-44-44-44-4-4-77-77-77-77-7-7-22-22-22-22-2-2-22-22-22-2-2--
A-----------44-44-44-44-4-4-77-77-77-77-7-7-22-22-22-22-2-2-22-22-22-2-2--
D---0-2-4-0-22-22-22-22-2-2-55-55-55-55-5-5-00-00-00-00-0-0-00-00-00-0-0--]

Verse:		(Ending)
[E---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D------------4--
A------------4--
D--0-2-4-2-0-2--]

Chorus:		
[E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G-----5p4--------5p4------
D--44-----5p3-77-----5p3--
A--44---------77----------
D--22---------55----------

E----------------------------
B----------------------------
G----------------------------
D--9-22-9-22-9-22------------
A--7-22-7-22-7-22-9/109-7-9-
D----------------------------]

Listen to the song
__________________
Tuning: Dropped-D " DADGBe "
Riff 1 - Opening
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12---12---12---12---12---12-12---127---7---7---7---7---7-7---7/12---12------
-14---14---14---14---14---14-14---149---9---9---9---9---9-9---9/14---14------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12---12---12---12-12---12/14---14---14---14----------------------------------
-14---14---14---14-14---14/16---16---16---16----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------]

Riff 2
:----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:-0--2--4--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2/5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--0-0--0-0--
:-0--2--4--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2/5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--0-0--0-0--
:-0--2--4--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2/5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--0-0--0-0--
Repeat Once

[-------------------------------------------:---------------------------------
-------------------------------------------:---------------------------------
-------------------------------------------:---------------------------------
-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--:--2--4--0--2---------------------
-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--:--2--4--0--2---------------------
-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--:--2--4--0--2---------------------]

Riff 3
Listen to CD for Harmonics 
[------------------12^-----12------12---13--------12--------------------------
------7^------------------------------------13--------12---------------------
-----------5^----------------------------------------------------------------
-(2)-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(2)-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(2)-------------------------------------------------------------------------]

b-SECTION
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------5-4------------5-4-----------5-4-----------5-4-----------5-4------------
-2-2------5-3---5-5------5-2--2-2------5-3--7-7------5-2--2-2------5-3--5-5---
-2-2------------5-5-----------2-2-----------7-7-----------2-2-----------5-5---
-2-2------------5-5-----------2-2-----------7-7-----------2-2-----------5-5---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-4-----------5-4------------------------------------------------------------
-----5-2--2-2------5-3--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------
----------2-2-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------
----------2-2-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------]

CHORUS:
Play each (2) and (5) 4 times.. Play (0) 7 times.. 
Play whole Riff twice
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(2-2-2-2)---(5-5-5-5)---(0-0-0-0)------0-2-4-0-2-----------------------------
-(2-2-2-2)---(5-5-5-5)---(0-0-0-0)------0-2-4-0-2-----------------------------
-(2-2-2-2)---(5-5-5-5)---(0-0-0-0)------0-2-4-0-2-----------------------------]
Harmonics

Riff 3

b-SECTION

CHORUS

Riff 4:
[---------------------------------------------------------------------5--------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--9---7-7---9---7-7---9---7-7----11-/-12--11---9---11------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7---5-5---7---5-5---7---5-5----9--/-10--9----7---9-------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------]

Riff 1
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-2-4-0-2--------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-2-4-0-2--------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-2-4-0-2--------------------------------------------------------------------]

CHORUS (2 times)

Then they layer another CHORUS (x2) and Riff 1 (x2)

Riff 4

Riff 5 - OUTRO
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------5-4------------5-4------------5-4---------------------------------------
-2-2------5-4---5-5------5-2---2-2------5-4----5--4--2--4--2------------------
-2-2------------5-5------------2-2-------------5--4--2--4--2------------------
-2-2------------5-5------------2-2-------------5--4--2--4--2------------------]

b-Section

Chorus

Chords: show

Select fingering

Tags: alternative metal, funk metal, nu metal, rap metal, rap rock

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