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Babe

Glassjaw
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Artist - GlassJAw

Song - Babe

Album - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence

Tuning - EADGBE

Tabbed by David Diuguid (aka bmskate/DEFreak13)

pm... = palm mute

s = slide

/\ = hammer on/off

<> = harmonic

Intro - Guitar 1 [distortion]

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

|---------------------------------| really fast with tremolo picking

|-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/6-6-6-6\5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/6-6-6-6\5-5-5-5-|

Verse - Guitar 2 [distortion/compression]

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-2---6---3-|
|-0---4---1-|

Verse - Guitar 1 [distortion]

|------------------|
|-------------6----|
|----------------5-|
|-2---3---3--------|
|-1---3---2--------|
|------------------|

Fill - Guitar 2 [distortion/compression]

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-3-3--3-3-3--3-6-6-|
|-1-1--1-1-1--1-4-4-|
|-1-1--1-1-1--1-4-4-|

Chorus - Guitar 1 & 2 [distortion]

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-8/7---8/7---8/7---8/7--------|
|-6/5-0-6/5-0-6/5-0-6/5--0-0-0-|

2nd Chorus - Guitar 2 [distortion/compression]

|-------|-----------------------------|-<5>---------|2nd guitarist does this

|-------|-----------------------------|-----<5>-----|repeatedly in 2nd pre-

|-------|-----------------------------|---------<5>-|chorus very fast

|-------|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-2-2-2-|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0-|-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-|-------------|

Interlude - Guitar 2 [distortion/compression]

|------------|------|------|---|
|------------|------|------|-5-|   While guitar 2 hits the 012 chord guitar

|------------|------|------|---| 1 palm-mutes and scrapes the pick along

|-2--2--2--2-|-6--5-|-5--4-|-2-|   the strings really fast
|-1--1--1--1-|-4--3-|-3--2-|-1-|
|-0--0--0--0-|-4--3-|-3--2-|-0-|

Here they still use the 012 chord but guitar 2 hits the chord one time for every 2 times guitar 1 hits it;

awesome...it's like

guitar 1: * * * * * * *

guitar 2: * * * *

near the end of this part, guitar 2 hits the 5th fret on g string a few times as shown above

Ending - Both Guitars - [distortion/compression]

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|--------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---------------2--------------------2--2--2--2-----2-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2---------------2--------------------1--1--1--1-----1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-(pickscrapes)-0--------------------0--0--0--0-----0-|

Any questions or comments contact me via e-mail at bmskate@hotmail.com or by Instant Messenger as DEFreak13

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