"Superhero" by the Donots
off the album "Pocketrock"
transcribed by pieter kamps

[====pm====] palm mute

"Can I do this? Or do I look like some sort of gay superhero..."

bahaha. so funny. where's that even from? anyway. Donots are cool. this song is cool.
two guitars in d-sharp tuning... everything down 1/2 step.

intro is pretty quick: guitar 1. 

d#-0h2p0-0h2p0-0h2p0h2p0/4-|
a#-------------------------|
f#-------------------------| x4
c#-------------------------|
g#-------------------------|
d#-------------------------|

guitar 2 (quiet first 2 times)

d#-----|----------------------|---------------------|
a#-----|----------------------|---------------------|
f#-----|------222--6666-88-9--|-999--222--6666-4444-|
c#-2-6-|-222--222--6666-88-9--|-999--222--6666-4444-|
g#-2-6-|-222--000--4444-66-7--|-777--000--4444-2222-|
d#-0-4-|-000------------------|---------------------|
pick-up^

pre-verse: guitar 1

d#-------------------|
a#--0h2p0--0h2p0-0---|
f#-------------------| x2
c#-------------------|
g#-------------------|
d#-------------------|

guitar 2

d#-------------------------------------|
a#-------------------------------------|
f#-2--------------44-2------------444--|
c#-2--------------44-2------------444--|
g#-0--------------22-0------------222--|
d#-------------------------------------|

verse begins (and words): guitar 1

One guitar only. Play guitar 2's first part PALM MUTED TWICE, without the pick-up. Then the "pre-verse" again.

Chorus "My Hero..." guitar 1

d#-----------------|            |-0000000000000h2p0---|
a#-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| throughout |---------------------|
f#-----------------| the whole  |---------------------| before verse 2
c#-----------------| chorus     |---------------------|
g#-----------------| quietly    |---------------------|
d#-----------------| then -->   |---------------------|

guitar 2

d#-------------------------------------|
a#-------------------------------------|
f#----------22222222-66666666----------| x2
c#-22222222-22222222-66666666-77777777-| silent for second little part
g#-22222222-00000000-44444444-77777777-|
d#-00000000-------------------55555555-|

verse 2: play the first part for guitar 2 again (without the pickup), palm muted x2 then clean muted x2.

Followed by the "pre-verse" again and the chorus x2

Bridge "ba ba ba, ba ba ba" guitar 1 silent, guitar 2:

d#-----------------------------------|
a#-----------------------------------|
f#-----------------------------------|
c#-2----------------2----------------|
g#-2----------------2----------------|
d#-0----------------0----------------|

guitar 1... comes in at spot corresponding to guitar 2

d#-----------------------------------------|
a#-----------------------------------------|
f#-----------------------------------------|
c#-------------------------1112221112221-2-|
g#-----------------------------------------|
d#-----------------------------------------|

guitar 2 

d#----------------------------------|
a#----------------------------------|
f#---------22222222--------2--------|
c#-2222222222222222222222222--------|
g#-2222222200000000222222220--------|
d#-00000000--------00000000---------|
   [======pm======= = = = ]
                 come out of
              the pm gradually 

then play the first part, guitars 1 and 2, x2

then the pre-chorus, guitars 1 and 2, x1

then the chorus regularily, both guitars 1 and 2 x2

then the chorus this way x2. guitar 2 is the same

guitar 1 changes to this, and is much louder.

d#-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9p7-|
a#-----------------------------------|
f#-----------------------------------| x6
c#-----------------------------------|then
g#-----------------------------------|
d#-----------------------------------|

d#-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
a#-------------------------------------------------|
f#-------------------------------------------------|
c#-------------------------------------------------| then
g#-------------------------------------------------|
d#-------------------------------------------------|

d#-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
a#-------------------------------------------------|
f#-------------------------------------------------|
c#-------------------------------------------------|
g#-------------------------------------------------|
d#-------------------------------------------------|

last part guitar 2 only. "against the world!"

d#----------|
a#----------|
f#----------|
c#-2------2-|
g#-2------2-|
d#-0------0-|

Donots rule. one of the best Euro bands unknown to NA. Hope that helped you out.

anything to say, mail me at [email protected]