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Melvins
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Song

The Melvins

"amazon" and "AMAZON"

from The Maggot LP

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Drop-D Tuning

"amazon"

Verse:

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-6--6--x--6--6-3-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-6--6--x--6--6-3-0-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chorus:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3--3-3-3/10--10-10-10-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3--3-3-3/10--10-10-10-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1--1-1-1/8---8--8--8--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Post-Chorus:

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-4-0-0-6--5--3--0-|
|-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-4-0-0-6--5--3--0-|

. . . . . . . . .

Play that a few times, then let this ring:

|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|-5--------------------------
|-5--------------------------
|-3--------------------------
|----------------------------

"AMAZON"

Intro/Verse:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Main Riff:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------4---3-----------|
|---------0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|
|-2---1---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-4---3---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6---5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-2---1---0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0-|
|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Post-Main Riff/Outro:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6---5---0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0-6---5---0-0-0-0-|
|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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