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Her Middle Name Was Boom

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 - Her Middle Name Was Boom

Album - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence

Tuning - DADGBE

Tabbed by David Diuguid (aka bmskate/DEFreak13)

Date: 01/06/02

pm... = palm mute

^# = bend (to note of #)

r# = release bend (to note of #)

s = slide

/\ = hammer on/off

<#> h = harmonic

(#) = don't pick the note; slide down/up to that # or start at that # (relative, not approximate)

Intro - Guitar 2 [chorus] (0:06)

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

Verse - Guitar 1 [chorus] (0:23) (1:29) (2:13) (3:34)

|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------3-|-------3---------3---|-------3---------3---|
|---0---0---|-----0---0-----0-----|-----0---0-----0-----|
|-4---4-----|---4---------4-----4-|---4---------4-----4-|
|-----------|-5---------5---------|-0---------0---------|
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|

"And boom she said in her room with red fingernails..."

|---------------------------------------------|
|-------3---------3---------------------------|
|-----0---0-----0-------------0-----------0---|
|---4---------4-------------4---0-------4---4-|
|-2---------2-------2/4---5-----------5-------|
|-----------------------5-----------5---------|

Verse - Guitar 2 [chorus] (0:23)

|------10------|---------------|
|-10--------10-|-------3-----3-|
|--------------|-0-------0-----|
|--------------|---4-------4---|
|--------------|-----5---------|
|--------------|---------------|

Chorus - Guitar 1 [chorus] (0:56) (1:51) (2:35)

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------0-0---------0-0-----------0-0-|-------0-0---------0-0-----------0-0-|
|-----4---4-------4---4---------4---4-|-----4---4-------4---4---------4---4-|
|---2-----------2------------5--------|---2-----------2------------5--------|
|-2-----------2---------0--5----------|-2-----------2---------5--5----------|

Chorus - Guitar 2 [distortion/compression] (0:56) (1:51) (2:35)

|-----0-----------------------|-----0------------|-10---------9---------|
|-----0-----------------------|-----0------------|----10---10---10---10-|
|-----0-----------------7/9-9-|-----0------------|-------7---------7----|
|-2------0-2--0-5-5-5-4-x---x-|-2------0-2-4-5-0-|----------------------|
|-2------0-2--0-5-5-5-4-5/7-7-|-2------0-2-4-5-0-|----------------------|
|-2------0-2--0-5-5-5-4-------|-2------0-2-4-5-0-|----------------------|

1st Chorus Solo - Guitar 3 (0:56)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9------------------------------------------7-7-7-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Chorus Solo - Guitar 3 (1:51)

|-----------------5---5-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

3rd Verse Fill - Guitar 2 [chorus/flanger] (2:13)

|---------------------------------------|
|-10---10---10---10---------------------|
|---------------------11---11---11---11-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

3rd Chorus Solo - Guitar 3 [distortion/chorus] (2:35)

|-----------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude - Guitar 1 [distortion/?wtf?] (3:05)

Interlude - Guitar 2 [distortion/pan] (3:05)

|--------------0--------0--------0-----|
|----------------0------0----------0---|
|-----------------------0------------0-|
|-3---5---2-2-------3-------2-2--------|
|-3---5---2-2-------3-------2-2--------|
|-3---5---2-2-------3-------2-2--------|

If you have any questions or comments, contact me via e-mail bmskate@hotmail.com or on Instant Messenger

DEFreak13

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