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Song

Artist: Breaking Benjamin

Song: Medicate

Album: Saturate

Tabbed by: DarkStar11589

http://www.shallowbay.com

Notation:

h - hammer on

p - pull off

b - bend string up

r - release bend

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

p.m. - palm muting

Tuning (low to high): Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb

Intro

Guitars 1 & 2

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|-0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4--|-8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7--|
Ad|-0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4--|-8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7--|
Dd|-0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4--|-8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7--|

*play 4x

(00:17) Guitar 2

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Ad|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Dd|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|

Verse (00:17) "I've got somethin'..."

Guitar 1 (clean tone)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|---------0---------------0------|---------0----------------------|
Ad|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|-----0-------0--------0-------0-|
Dd|-0---------------4--------------|-8----------------7-------8-----|

*play 10x

Guitar 1 & 2 (00:56)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*w/ distortion (p.m. first, then let off towards end of bar)

Chorus (01:00) "Run away..."

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Ad|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*play 2x

(01:17)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Ad|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Dd|-0--------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|-(0)------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Ad|-(0)------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-----------|
Dd|-(0)------------(0)-------------|-(0)--------------(0)-------10\-|

back to verse (01:26)

Chorus (2nd time 02:00) "Run away..."

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Ad|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*play 2x

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|-5---5-x--x----5---5-x--x-------|
Dd|-3---3-x--x---3---3-x--x--------|-5---5-x--x----5---5-x--x-------|
Ad|-3---3-x--x---3---3-x--x--------|-3---3-x--x----3---3-x--x-------|
Dd|-3---3-x--x---3---3-x--x--------|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7-x--x---7---7-x--x--------|-3---3---3---3---3---2---3---2--|
Dd|-7---7-x--x---7---7-x--x--------|-3---3---3---3---3---2---3---2--|
Ad|-5---5-x--x---5---5-x--x--------|-1---1---1---1---1---0---1---0--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Ad|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Bridge (02:32)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7-------7----------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|-7---0---7---0---4---0---4---0--|-8---0---8---0---7---0---7---0--|
Ad|-5---0---5---0---4---0---4---0--|-8---0---8---0---7---0---7---0--|
Dd|-----0-------0---4---0---4---0--|-8---0---8---0---7---0---7---0--|

*play 4x

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*w/ distortion (p.m. first, then let off towards end of bar)

back to chorus (02:49)

Outro

Guitar 1 (03:09)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
Ad|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
Ad|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*play 3x

Guitar 2 (03:09)

Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|----------6------5---------6----|----------6------5---------6----|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ad|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|-----------------6---------5----|
Bb|----------6------5---------6----|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ad|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dd|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

*play 3x

Guitar 1 & 2

Eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Dd|-3--------------(3)-------------|
Ad|-3--------------(3)-------------|
Dd|-3--------------(3)-------------|

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