Absolutely

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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 17:06:49 -0600

From: The Hansen Family <hans116@ibm.net>

Subject: TAB: h\headstones\absolutely.tab

tab for Absolutely by the Headstones

from the album Picture of Health

transcribed by Matthew Hansen

intro and chorus riff:

 e-----------------------------------------|
 B-----------------------------------------|
 G-----4--4-4----7-7-7---------------------|
 D-----4--4-4----7-7-7----7----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
 A-----2--2-2----5-5-5----7----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
 E------------------------5----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 ---------------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------------|
 ----4--4-4----7-7-7----11----9-9-9---7---9-9-|
 ----4--4-4----7-7-7----11----9-9-9---7---7-7-|
 ----2--2-2----5-5-5----9-----7-7-7---5---7-7-|
 ---------------------------------------------|

verse: let this chord (B5) ring:

e-----

B-----

 G---4-
 D---4-
 A---2-

E-----

other verse riff( ..to a sea of belligerance..)

 e--------------------------------------|
 B--------------------------------------|
 G-------4--------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
 D-----4----------7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 A---2----------7-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 E------------5-------------------------|

bridge riff

 e------------------------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------------------|
 D---77777777----22222222----44444444----77777777-|
 A---77777777----22222222----44444444----77777777-|
 E---55555555----00000000----22222222----55555555-|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|

----77777777----22222222-----4444444444444444<palm mute these F#5-| chords

 ----77777777----22222222-----4444444444444444---------------------|
 ----55555555----00000000-----2222222222222222---------------------|

during the solo you just play the intro/chorus riff

The timing is probably off, but you should be able to

get the fell for it from listning and playing along with

the album.

Lyrics:

(intro)

VERSE:

And now it's coming on down

A hard and fast regime

I see 'em coming man but I'm a fish you cannot clean

Could be it's coming apart

so close they cannot miss

I rise above the silence

to a sea of belligerance

I hear it come to this

choke on that dialouge

Just how could I predict when we'd get here

man we wouldn't get along

And now it's comin on up a hard and fast regime

I see them smiling

they're smiling on amphetamines

CHORUS:

Absolutely Absolutely Absolutely mine

Try to soothe me get my back up and I'll paint the sky

2nd VERSE

All told it's a personal bias try to pry them apart

No Question It's one sided here

where the bones are charred

Could be they're comin on easy

they've mastered their technique

No way to rise above it

I'm sure that it is obscene

It's a driving shame

I can peel their paint

It's a driving shame

(chorus)

Bridge:

I can hear them swaying

I can hear them swaying

I can peel thier paint

It's a driving...It's a driving shame

Guitar Solo(play chorus riff)

3rd Verse:(don't play anything, just feedback)

Another inane confession so bad it makes me cry

So hard to come apart

That this thing is mummified

Here now it's torn up easy a hard and fast regime

I see them smiling,

smiling on amphetamines

(chorus)