"Listen" by Collective Soul		As heard on Disciplined Breakdown

Words By Ed Roland Music 
by Collective Soul


Title: Listen
Album: Disciplined Breakdown
Transcribed By: Phil Muri
Date: April 18th 1997
E-mail address: muri@po-box.mcgill.ca





Intro using Riff 1

w/ effect					Riff 1 (guitar1)

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------0-------2---------------3h2----------------.-----|
G---------------------2-------2-------------------2-------------------| times 6
D------------------------------------------------------------------.----|
A-----0-----0-0----------0------0------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar1 repeats riff 1 throughout section ( twice per line)


 fill 1	(guitar2)	      fill 1 
E-----s7---5---------|		Hey you're now thirsty
B-----s5---5---------|		
G---------------------|		Walking in the desert all alone
D---------------------|	      fill 1
A---------------------|		Hey you're now searching
E---------------------|	
				Lost in isolation from your soul

	
		Verse 1
		(guitar 1)
			         A			  D5
				The bullet you bite
					        	     A
				From the pain you request
						       E
				You're finding it harder to digest
			        A				     D5
				And the answers you seek
							    A
				And the ones you destroy
							D5
				Your anger's so well deployed
 	
	Verse 1
	(Guitar 2)

			 A	      half-step  D5	   A
		E-----3h5----5------7b----5-------3-5-3-5-3-5-3--------------
		B------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------
		G------------------------------------------------------------
		D------------------------------------------------------------
		A------------------------------------------------------------
		E------------------------------------------------------------

		
		        E
		E----------3-------------------------------------------------
		B----5----------5h8p5----------------------------------------
		G------------------------s7-6-4------------------------------
		D------------------------------------------------------------
		A------------------------------------------------------------
		E------------------------------------------------------------

		      A   	     D5	   A	          D5______16 times____
		       half-step	  half-step			               ||
		E-----7b----5------7b----5----3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5555555555555555----|
		B-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555555555555555555--|
		G---------------------------------------------------------------|
		D---------------------------------------------------------------|
		A---------------------------------------------------------------|
		E---------------------------------------------------------------|

	
	Chorus
			        A	       B5	          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't you listen
			        A	       B5	          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't you hear
			        A	        B5          D5
				fill 1
				Hey 	why can't you listen
				            F	          D5     A
				As	love screams everywhere

riff 1 is played x 4 while guitar 2 plays natural harmonics with muting



(riff 1 is played twice per line)

				fill 1
				Hey you now hunger
			
				Feeding your mind with selfishness
				fill 1
				Hey you now wonder
				
				Aimlessly around your consciousness


Verse 2
(guitar 1)			
			         A		                  D5
				Your prophecies fail
							         A
				And your thoughts become weak
					     E
				Silence creates necessity
			         A			              D5
				You're clothing yourself
						       A
				In the shields of despair
						          D5
				Your courage now impaired

***verse 2 for guitar 2 same as verse 1*** 

Chorus

Hey 	why can't you listen
Hey 	why can't you hear
Hey 	why can't you listen
As	love screams everywhere


Guitar1 plays Riff 1  x 4
Guitar2 plays natural harmonics w/ muting


					B5
					You crucify all honesty
			
					No signs you see do you believe
					       D5
					And all you words just twist and turn
				
					Reviving just to crash and burn
       					B5
					You're fighting till the bitter end
			   					     D5
					If only your heart could open up

					And listen
Guitar1 plays Riff1 x 4

Guitar Solo (guitar 2) 		Guitar1 plays same chords as verse

								play 3 times
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14---------------------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----15p14--------17p14------------17----15-----------14h15p14-----------|
G--------------14---------------14------------------------------------16--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
						
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------14------------15p14---------------------|
G-----14--14-14----16-14-14-----14-14-14-----------14---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------17----17----17---17---|
G----14s16--18-18-18-18--19--18h19p18--16-14----14---14-----14---14---------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

(guitar1 - riff 1 x 4)			
(guitar2 - muting and harmonics)

Hey 	why can't you listen
Hey 	why can't you hear
Hey 	why can't you listen
As	love screams everywhere

Hey 	why can't you listen
Hey 	why can't you hear
Hey 	why can't you listen
As	love screams everywhere

Outro
		(is made up of)
_______________________________________________________
|  rhythm guitar plays "A" major chord repeatedly	|
|								|
|  muting with harmonics 					|
|								|
|  and riff 1 is played x 4				|
|_____________________________________________________	|


P.S. I'm aware that this isn't a error-free tabbing but I did my best. 
I would appreciate if anyone had any suggestions, improvements or comments! (muri@po.-box.mcgill.ca)
Date: Saturday, April 3 1997
From: David Harrison
Subject: TAB: "Listen" by "Collective Soul"
Album: "Disciplined Breakdown"(1997)

This song is pretty cool and it's not bad for guitar either.
I'm pretty sure it's right but if you have any beef with it 
or something positive to say about it than e-mail me.

Intro/Verse:
E|--------------------||
B|--------------3p2---||
G|-----4p2-6~~22---2~-||
D|--------------------||
A|-0~00---0-----------||
E|--------------------||

Pre-Chorus:  
E|-5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~~5x750x00000-------------/8~7~5~~~~~8~7~5~~~~|
B|-------------^--------------5~~3~~2~~------------------------|
G|------------PM-----------------------4~~~--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-x5x5x5x5x5x555555555555555555-||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||

Chorus:
E|---------------2~--------------------|
B|---------------3~--------------------|
G|-2-2-/11~-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
D|-2-2-/11~-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-|
E|-------------------------------------|

E|---------------2~-------------|
B|---------------3~-------------|
G|-2-2-/11~-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-2-2-/11~-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|------------------------------|

E|---------------2~----------------------------------||
B|---------------3~----------------------------------||
G|-2-2-/11~-4-4-2~-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-------------------||
D|-2-2-/11~-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
A|-0-0-------2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-xx-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-xx-||
E|---------------------------------1-1-1-xx-3-3-3-xx-||

Interlude:
E|-----|    |-----||
B|-----|    |-----||
G|-4-4-| 4x |--7--||
D|-4-4-|Then|--7--||
A|-2-2-|    |--5--||
E|-----|    |-----||

Solo: It's A Lot Faster Than It's Shown Here
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------15p14-------------------------15p14-----|
G|-14~141416p141418~14~-----141414~141416p141418~1414-----1414-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------15p14--17p15p1414---17p15p14~17~15~-|
G|-14~141416p141418~1414-----14----------14~----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14h15p14----------------------15p14-------------------------|
G|---------16~14~141416p1418~1414-----141414~141416p141418~1414|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p14----------141415p141415~14h15p14-----17~------17~------|
G|------1414141616----------------------1614~---14~14~---14~14~|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------||
B|-17~--------||
G|----14~14~~~||
D|------------||
A|------------||
E|------------||

Outro:
E|--------------------|    |-----|
B|-------------3p2----|    |-----|
G|-2-2-4p2-6~22---2~~-| 4X |--2~-|
D|-2-2----------------|Then|--2~-|
A|-0-0----0-----------|    |--0~-|
E|--------------------|    |-----|

Here's The Order:

Intro/Verse: (00:00)14x
Pre-Chorus:  (00:34) 1x
Chorus:      (00:53) 1x
Intro/Verse: (01:10)12x
Pre-Chorus:  (01:40) 1x
Chorus:      (01:59) 1x
Intro/Verse: (02:16) 4x 
Interlude:   (02:25) 2x
Intro/Verse: (02:45) 4x 
Solo:        (02:55) 1x
Chorus:      (03:14) 2x
Outro:       (03:48) 1x