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Harmless

Helmet
Tab

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Song

Artist: Helmet

Album: Aftertaste

Song: Harmless

Tabbed By: Simon Robson

Drop D Tuning

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-3--3--0--1b--0--2--2--2--2---------------------------------------------------|
-3--3--0--1b--0--2--2--2--2---------------------------------------------------|
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--------------3--1--0--2--2--2--3--3--4---------------------------------------|
--------------3--1--0--2--2--2--3--3--4---------------------------------------|
--------------3--1--0--2--2--2--3--3--4---------------------------------------|

1..2..3..4..

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-2--0--2---x-2--0--2----2--0--2---x-2--0--2-----------------------------------|
-2--0--2---x-2--0--2----2--0--2---x-2--0--2-----------------------------------|
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----------------------------------5-----------------5-------------------------|
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-3--1--0--2--2--2--3--4-----------2-----------------2-------------------------|
-3--1--0--2--2--2--3--4-------------------------------------------------------|
-3--1--0--2--2--2--3--4-------------------------------------------------------|
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-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------|

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\ = slide down

/ = slide up

_ = let ring

As usual, dropped D tuning

Intro riff

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2:||----------------------------------------------||
3:||----------------------------------------------||
4:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-2-------9--3--0--2_______--||
5:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-2-------9--3--0--2_______--||
6:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-2-------9--3--0--2_______--||

Main Riff

1:||--------------------------||
2:||--------------------------||

3:||--------------------------|| do this 8 times

4:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-3-4-7--||        then...
5:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-3-4-7--||
6:||--9--3--0--2--0--2-3-4-7--||

Verse riff

1:||--------------------------------||
2:||--------------------------------||

3:||--------------------------------|| this one 4 times...

4:||--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-0h2--||
5:||--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-0h2--||
6:||--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-2--2-0-0h2--||

then Main x 8

verse x 4

main x 8 with

fill

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2:||---------------------||
3:||---------------------||
4:||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9--||
5:||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9--||
6:||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9--||

drum solo

main x 8

fill

main x 8

end with

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2:||----------||
3:||----------||

4:||--8_____--||

5:||--8_____--||

6:||--8_____--||

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