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Bar-x-the Rocking M

Melvins
TabTuningHalf-Step Down

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Song

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BAR-X-THE ROCKING M - Melvins

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Tabbed by an17nin17

Email - c.norman83@ntlworld.com

Tune Down ½ Step - Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb

Or - D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#

Intro

1,4| 2,5| 3,6|

|----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-------------|-----8---9--8----|--------------------7--6--5/-|
|-7--9-x-9-|-9-9-12--7-6-|-x-9-8-x-9--8-10-|-9-9-9-9-10-6/7-7-x-7--6--5/-|
|-7--9-x-9-|-9-9-12--7-6-|-x-9-6-x-7--6-10-|-9-9-9-9-10-6/7-7-x-5--4--3/-|
|-5--7-x-7-|-7-7-10--5-4-|-x-7---x------8--|-7-7-7-7-8--4/5-5-x----------|

Verse

1,3|

|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---4-4-4-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-|-2-4/5--5--5-x-10--10-10-10/-|-5-4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---4-4-4-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-|-2-4/5--5--5-x-10--10-10-10/-|-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0h2-2-2-2-x-2-x-2-2-2-|-0-2/3--3--3-x-8---8--8--8/--|-3-2-0-------------|

PM... PM... PM...........................

2| 4| 5|

|-------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-----------------------------------|-------8~~-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-5--4--5--5--5--5--5-5-x-x-5--4--5-|-4--5--8~~-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-5--4--5--5--5--5--5-5-x-x-5--4--5-|-4--5--6~~-|
|-------------|-3--2--3--3--3--3--3-3-x-x-3--2--3-|-2--3------|

PM.....................

Middle 8

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

|-BASS-|----------------------------|

|------|----------------------------|
|------|-8/10---8/10---8/10---10/12-|

|-ONLY-|-8/10---8/10---8/10---10/12-|

|------|-6/8----6/8----6/8----8-/10-|

| Play x 8

TRUMPET SOLO Backing

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9^-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9^-9---7-9-12-9-x-x-7-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9^-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9^-9---7-9-12-9-x-x-7-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7^-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7^-7---5-7-10-7-x-x-5-7-|

PM......... PM... PM... PM......... PM... PM...

Play x 2

|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-12-9-7~~-|
|-12-9-7~~-|
|-10-7-5~~-|

Outro

1,3|

|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---4-4-4-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-|-2-4/5--5--5-x-10--10-10-10/-|-5-4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---4-4-4-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-|-2-4/5--5--5-x-10--10-10-10/-|-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0h2-2-2-2-x-2-x-2-2-2-|-0-2/3--3--3-x-8---8--8--8/--|-3-2-0-------------|

PM... PM... PM...........................

2| 4| 5|

|-------------|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-----------------------------------|-------8~~----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-5--4--5--5--5--5--5-5-x-x-5--4--5-|-4--5--8~~-9\-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-5--4--5--5--5--5--5-5-x-x-5--4--5-|-4--5--6~~-9\-|
|-------------|-3--2--3--3--3--3--3-3-x-x-3--2--3-|-2--3------7\-|

PM.....................

And That's It.

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