Mood For Trouble
(words & music by Chris Cornell)


This is one of the finest songs off of -Ultramega OK- by Soundgarden. It
starts out with an acoustic strum and moves full swing into heart-wrenching
territory.

Basically, it begins with an acoustic strum of Am to C.
The basic strum is a / // / / / // / / C / // / / / // /
This is played two times, then the two electric guitars, drums, and bass
comes into play.

While guitar 1 is playing A5 / // / / / // / / C5 / // / / / // /, guitar 2
is playing the riff on the A string:

A5 C5

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------
A -0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------


This is played two times, the you play:
D5 / // E5 / / F5 / // C5 / / G5 / // / / / // / /

Then you play the A5, C5 part. This continues on until the song changes
to a play on Em, G, and A chords. I think in the order of Em, G (3x)
then A played 4 times. This is played again, and then the song goes
back to A5, C5. I think it ends on strumming the G chord, although
I am not too sure.


I believe the lyrics are (I am not too sure about them, though):

My mood was in full swing
My mood was in full swing
I wanted to be free
Free to (walk so stale?)
I did not want to hear
The perfect thing to say
Dying to squeeze out
The ugly truth for everyone to hear
I did not want to fight
I did not want to kill
I wanted to be real
I wanted to believe
That I was the only one alive


The Chords Are:

E A D G B E
-----------
a x 0 2 2 1 0
C x 3 2 0 1 0
A5 5 7 7 x x x
C5 x 3 5 5 x x
D5 x 5 7 7 x x
E5 x 7 9 9 x x
F5 1 3 3 x x x
G5 3 5 5 x x x
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
A x 0 2 2 2 0