I Blindly Follow Orders

	  		You can listen to this song at Garageband.com 
Look under the band name 18 Hertz and then play 
the song to get a feel for the rhythm guitar and 
the bends and the em scale picking throughout.  
It's kind of hard to describe in tab you have to  
hear it to feel it.This song is played with  
heavy distortion in the Chorus, Grunge Guitar 
and shimmer guitar and acoustic in the verses.  
You need three guitars for this tune. Rhythm, lead  
and a grunge guitar for the Chorus. 

Play this on lead guitar with the rhythm guitar  
to start the song 

Opening Riff: 

 

Play these notes in the em scale with severe bends  
as the rhythm guitar plays 

Verse 1 

Em to G Rhythm Guitar 
      
Use Riff 1 throughout first 4 lines of the first 
verse with Lead guitar. Start the riff when the  
singing stars and play along with the rhythm guitar 

Verse 1 

I blindly follow orders 
I'm given every day  
Without worrying about the consequences  
They might send my way  

Play these chords while playing the opening riff  
with the lead guitar for second part of verse 1 

Em    While people all  
G     Around me  
A     Suffer and  
Em    Die  
Em    I blindly follow  
G     Orders  
A     Living out a  
Em    Lie  

Chorus 

Use Riff 1 throughout first 4 lines with Rhythm guitar 

When there is no answer  
And I can't understand  
I stop and ask the lord above  
If he can lend a hand 

Use opening riff with these chords in this part  
of the Chorus 
  
Em      When there is no  
G       Answer  
A       And I can't  
Em      Understand  
Em      I stop and ask the  
G       Lord above  
A       If he can lend a hand  
Em 
    
Go back to rhythm guitar and riff 1 

Verse 2  

I blindly follow orders  
While death is all around  
Perhaps a little less bloodshed  
Needs to hit the ground  

Play chords and opening riff here 

I no longer follow orders  
I just quit my job  
Now the only orders that I'm taking  
Are the ones I get from God  

Chorus same as above 

When there is no answer  
And I can't understand  
I stop and ask the lord above  
If he can lend a hand  
When there is no answer  
And I can't understand  
I stop and ask the lord above  
If he can lend a hand  


Play this Riff over and over in the em scale  
when the singing starts,pick down on the 
B string and pick up on the E 
really fast to get the feel of it:  
It's the same first initial sequence as Paint It Black 
by Keith Richards different picking. 

 


That's it. Peace.