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Black Santa

Melvins
Tab

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Song

Melvins - Black Santa

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Riff 1 (5X)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|-----2-----------2-----------2---|
a---------------------2---5---2---|-5---0-----------0-----------0---|
D---------------------2---5---2---|-5-------------------------------|
e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------2-----------2-----------|---------------------------------|
a---------0-----------0---5---2---|-0---------------0-----------0---|
D-------------------------5---2---|-0---------------0-----------0---|

Verse (4X)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-0---------------------------0---|-3---5--/7---5-------0---3---0---|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d-0---------------------------0---|-3---0---------------------------|
a---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bass plays this by itself 1st time (1.5X):

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-------------------------2-------|-------------3-----------0-------|
D-4---5-------4---5-----------5---|-----4---------------------------|
e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-------------------------0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Back to Verse.

Repeat Bassline

Then (4X):

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g-----------------5-------3-------|---------5---3-------------------|
d-3-------5-----------------------|-3---5---------------------------|
a---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Repeat 2nd bar 8X

repeat both bars 4X

End on this:

e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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