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Blown Wide Open

Big Wreck
Tab
4.3(27)

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Song

BLOWN WIDE OPEN

(As performed by BIG WRECK from the album "In loving memory of...)

Transcribed by: Scott Maybee (claypool2@hotmail.com)

Drop-D tuning tuned 1/2 step down

Pedals used: Distotion, delay, fuzz, phaser

This song may seem relatively easy because of its 3-chord basis,

but there is plenty of room for fills and variations in this song. My

tabs can only be so accurate, so you will need to listen to the song

to get it as close as possible to the real thing.

Intro:

(Dist. & delay)

|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|-------2--2h4-2-------2--2h4-2------2--2h4-2-------2h4-2--
|-----2--------------2-------------2--------------2--------
|--0--------------0-------------0--------------0-----------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|------------------2-----------|--------------------------------
|--------------3---------------|--------------------------------
|------------------------------|-------2--2h4-2-------2--2h4-2--
|--4/6-------------------2h4-2-|-----2--------------2-----------
|--------2/4-------------------|--0--------------0--------------
|------------------------------|--------------------------------

*Repeat verse using slight variations

Pre-chorus:

(Heavy dist &delay)

"Well I told her I'm sorry..."

|------0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--
|------3--0--0--0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--3-2-2-2-2--
|------2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2h4/6--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--
|--0--(0)-----------------0-0-0-0--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--
|--0--(0)-----------------0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--
|--0--(0)-----------------0-0-0-0--------|-----------------------------

Chorus:

(Normal dist. & delay)

|--------------|------3---5--5-5/7p5-3p0-|-2--2-2--0--------------------
|--------------|------3---3--3-3---------|-3--3-3--3--------------------
|-3--3-2h3h2p0-|--0---0---0--------------|-2--2-2--2---2--0-------------
|--------------|--0----------------------|-------------------4--2-0-----
|--------------|--2----------------------|--------------------------4-2-
|--------------|--5----------------------|------------------------------
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-----------
|--2--0--0-0-0-2-2--2-----------
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-----------
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-----------
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-----------
|-------------------------------

(solo #1)

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------
|--2-3-5-/-7~~-----------------7\5-5h7-|-2-----------------------------
|--------------------------------------|------(2)(2)(2)-2h4-2--------
|---0-0-0------0--0-0-0-2-2--2---------|--------------------------
|--------------------------------------|---0----------------------
|-----------0--------------------------|--------------------------

1/4

|--------------------------------------------------------0--------
|-2-3-5-7^-7~~~--(10)-(10)-101010h12p10--5h7p7~~---0h2-----3p2----
|------------------------------------------------------2-------2--
|--0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------0-----------------------------------------------------

*Back to verse

Pre-chorus #2:

(heavy dist.& delay)

|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|------------3---3-----------3---3-
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---|------2-------2-------2-------2---
|------------------0---------------|----2---2-----------2---2---------
|----------------------------------|--0---------------0---------------
|--0-------------------------------|----------------------------------

let ring--------------------------------------------------------------

*Back to chorus

Solo #2:

(dist. & delay & phaser)

|--14-----------------14-------------14-----------|
|-----12----------12----12---12--12----12--1212h14|
|---------------14--14----14---14--14----14-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------------|

whole

|----------12---------12~--(12)-----------|
|------14----14--14---12~---14^-14-12-----|
|----12--12----12-----12~--(12)-------14--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------14----15----12----14----|--------14----15----12----14------
|------12----12----12----12----12--|----12----12----12----12----12----
|----14--14----14----14----14----14|--14--14----14----14----14----14--
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------
|--0-------------------------------|-0--------------------------------
|---------12------12-----------|--------12------12-------------
|-----14----14--15--12--14--14-|----14----14--15--12--14-------
|---12--12----12------12--12---|--12--12----12------12--12-----
|------------------------------|-------------------------------
|--0---------------------------|-0-----------------------------
|------------------------------|-------------------------------

*Phaser off

(lightly)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|--0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|-11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11-11-111111-11-11--

|--0-0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0---
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|--0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|-11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11-11-111111-11-11--

|--0-0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0---
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

*heavier

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|--0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--
|--0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--
|--0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|-11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14--11-111111-12-14-11-111111-12-14--

|-11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11--11-111111-11-11-11-111111-11-11--

|--0-0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0---
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

Final chorus: Grad. decending

bend

|----3--5--5-5--7p5-3p0-|--2--2-2-2--0------------------0------------
|----3--3--3-3----------|--3--3-3-3--3-------------------------------
|----0--0---------------|--2--2-2-2--2--2-0----------------4^---2----
|-----------------------|--0----------------4-2-0--------------------
|-2---------------------|-------------------------4-2-0--------------
|-5---------------------|--------------------------------------------

"All surrounded"

|-------------0---------------
|--2-3-5-5p7--7---------------
|-------------0-<Fade out>----
|---0-0-0-----0---------------
|-------------0---------------
|-------------0---------------

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