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My Basement Room

Dave Herrick
Tab

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Song

Band: Dave Herrick

Song: My Basement Room

all guitars tuened down half a step. Low to high=Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb

Guitar 1 (acoustic) (wait for piano intro then come in with it the second time)

E--------2-------------0--------------2--------------2--------0-
A------3---3---------3---3----------3---3----------3--------3---
D----2-------2-----2-------2------2-------3------2--------2-----

G---------------------------------------------------------------

B--3-------------2--------------0-------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------3---------2--------

Heavy Part

(verses)

Guitar 2 (elec with distortion)

E---------------------------------

A---------------------------------

D---------------------------------

G--------------------------------2

B-8--8----5--5---4-5-4-2---------2
E-5--5----3--3---2-3-2-0--3--0-2-0

Chorse:

(guitar 2 and 3 plays this)

E---------------------------------------------------------------

A---------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------4--2--4--5--2--5--7------------
G-2---5---4---5---7--5--4--2--5--4--2--4--5--2--5--7--7--5--4--2
B-2---5---4---5---7--5--4--2--5--2--0--2--3--0--3--5--7--5--4--2
E-0---3---2---3---5--3--2--0--3-----------------------5--3--2--0

Solo:

(guitar 2 plays chorse and guitar 3 does solo)

E------------9---10--15--19------------------------------------------------------------------
A-12^-10-9-11--11--11--11--11p12p15^-15^-15p16p13-15p13p11-9^----------10^-11-15^p17p15p14p11
D-12-----------------------------------------------------------10p12p13----------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(continued)

E--------------------12p10p15-------------9^--------------------------------------------------

A-----------12p10p15-----------12^p9^-11^-----------------------------------------------------

D-12^p10p15--------------------12-----------9p12p13p15p16p17p15p16p14p16p17p18p119p21p20p16p17

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(guitar 2 and 3 fade out)

E-----------

A-----------

D------4----
G------4----
B------2----
E-0---------

Outro

(guitar 1 with piano)

E-3------3----------3--0p2-3p5p3p0-2-0-3-2-2----------3-1-0---(fade out)
A-x------x----------x--3-----------3-3-3-3-3----------------1-
D-0------0----------0--2-----------2-2-2-2-2----------------0-
G-0------0----------0--0-----------0-0-0-0-0----------------2-
B-2---2--2--2p3p2p0-2---------------------------------------3-
E-3---3--3----------3-----------------------------------------

Coolest song off the album 'Red Zebra'

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