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Song

Band: Collective Soul

Song: Heavy

Album: Dosage

Year: 1999

tabbed by: Alex Greg Larson AKA dudemanwhoathe1

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| Key: |

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| h -hammer on |

| . -Palm Mute |

| P -Pull off |

| b -bend |

| / -slide up |

| \ -slide down |

| ~ -vibrato |

| x -left hand mute |

| |

| |

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GUITAR I- Lead Guitar - Ross Childress

GUITAR II- Rhythm Guitar - Ed Roland

GUITAR III- Rhythm Guitar - Dean Roland

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--------ALL GUITARS ARE DOWN TUNED ONE HALF STEP!!----------

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(if you don't know what that is, tune each string

as if it was lower by one fret)

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INTRO

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*GUITAR II*

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|x2
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|x4
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-12---------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . .

*GUITAR I & II*

|x3|------------------------------|x1|---------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------5p0---------------0-1p0-|---2--------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0h3h4-------|-0-0--------------|

. . . . . . . . .

*GUITAR III*

|x3|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0h1-2-3p2-------------------|
|---------------------2-----------------------------|
|---------5p0---------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------------------------------|

. . . . . . . .

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verse

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*GUITAR I* ****FOR VERSE 1 ONLY****

|----------|x1|--------------------------|x2|
|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------|-----5p0----------0-1p0------|
|-3-----------|-0000---0000-0h3h4-----------|

.... ....

*GUITAR I* **FOR ALL VERSES AFTER THE FIRST!**

|-------------|-0-------------0----------|x2|sometimes x 4
|-------------|-3/5~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~----|
|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------|-----------------------------|
|-3-----------|-----------------------------|

*GUITAR II*

|-3--------|x1|--------------------------|x2|sometimes x 4
|-3-----------|-----------------------------|
|-0-----------|-----------------------------|
|-0-----------|-----------------------------|
|-2-----------|-----5p0----------0-1p0------|
|-3-----------|-0000---0000-0h3h4-----------|

.... ....

*GUITAR III*

|----------|x1|--------------------------|x2|sometimes x 4

|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|--------------0h1-2-3p2------|
|-5-----------|------------2----------------|
|-5-----------|-----5p0---------------------|
|-3-----------|-0000---0000-----------------|

.... ....

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chorus

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*GUITAR I*

|-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|x2|
|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------|
|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|x2|

*GUITAR I* (on live version) you can mute high e and low e too, if you feel like it

|----------------------|x2|-----------------------|x2|
|--x--x-15--x--x-15--x-15-|-x--x-14--x--x-14--x-14---|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|x2|-----------------------|x2|
|--x--x-13--x--x-13--x-13-|-x--x-12--x--x-12--x-12---|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

*GUITAR II*

|-2-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------2--------------1---------------------------|
|-2------------2--------------0---------------------------|
|-0------------2--------------2---------------------------|
|--------------0--------------3---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------3~~~ 2~~~~~~---|

*GUITAR III*

|----------------------------------------------------x-x--|
|----------------------------------------------------x-x--|
|-7------------2--------------5----------------------x-x--|
|-7------------2--------------5----------------------x-x--|
|-5------------0--------------3----------------------x-x--|
|------------------------------------------3~~~ 2~~~-x-x--|

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bridge

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*GUITAR I, II & III*

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0------------|

*guitar solo*

-guitar II & III continue playing this riff while guitar I does the wah

solo. Sorry I dont have a wah, I have no experience with that, so I can't

tab it out, I will over time so when I do I will update this tab.

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Ending

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*GUITAR I & II* ending

|-------------|-------------|x3|----|
|-------------|----------------|----|
|-------------|----------------|----|
|-------------|----------------|----|
|-----5p0-----|-----0-1p0------|---2|
|-0000---0000-|0h3h4-----------|-0-0|

.... ....

*GUITAR III* ending

|-------------|-------------|x3|----|
|-------------|----------------|----|
|-------------|-0h1-2-3p2------|----|
|-------------|2---------------|----|
|-----5p0-----|----------------|---2|
|-0000---0000-|----------------|-0-0|

.... ....

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Lyrics

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(verse 1)

Complicate this world you wrapped for me

Im acquainted with your suffering

(chorus)

And all your weight, it falls on me

It brings me down

And all your weight, it falls on me

It falls on me

Hold me up to those whom you decieved

Promises you break, you still believe

(chorus) x3

And all your weight, it falls on me

It brings me down

And all your weight, it falls on me

It falls on me

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And now you have seen the tabs for Heavy

Please, go play it and enjoy yourself.

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