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Brain Center at Whipples

Melvins
TabTuningDrop D

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Song

Drop-D Tuning

Riff 1: (play 3X)

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

 e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 b||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 g||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 d||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 a||---------5-----------------------|---------------------------------||
 d||-0---0---------0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|-6---0-0-1-0-0---0-0-1h0-3h0-3h0-||

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

Then:

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------7-----7-----------------|---------7-----7-----------------|
 d---------7-----7-----------------|---------7-----7-----------------|
 a---------5-----5-----------------|---------5-----5-----------------|
 d-0---0-----------0-0-0---0---0---|-----0-----------0-0-0---0---0---|

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

Play this 2X:

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

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

Riff 2: (2X)

 e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g||-7--7--7-----7-------------------|-5--5--5-----5-------------------|
 d||-7--7--7-----7-------------------|-5--5--5-----5-------------------|
 a||-5--5--5-----5-------------------|-3--3--3-----3-------------------|
 d||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 g---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
 d---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
 a-------------------1-----3---1---|-3-----4-----5-----3---5p3h5-----||
 d-3----4------5-------------------|---------------------------------||

"Pre-Verse Riff": (5X)

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

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

Verse: (11X)

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

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

Then do this 3X:

 e||---------------------------------||
 b||---------------------------------||
 g||-7---7---------------------------||
 d||-7---7---------------------------||
 a||-5---5---------------------------||
 d||---------------------------------||

Then play "Pre-Verse Riff" (4X)

And Riff 2 (3X)

Then this 3X:

 e||---------------------------------||
 b||---------------------------------||
 g||-------3-------------------------||
 d||-------3-------------------------||
 a||-5p3h5---------------------------||
 d||---------------------------------||

Pre-Solo sequence:

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------|
 a-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-7-----------10------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-7-----------10------------------|---------------------------------|
 a-5-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Solo a):

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

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-10b-----------------------------|-10------------------------------|
 d-------------8~~-----------------|----9----------------------------|
 a---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|
 g-7-------------------------------|
 d-7-------------------------------|
 a-5-------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|

Fill a):

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

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 a-------------------------3---5---|---------------------------------|
 d-6-----5---------5---3-----------|-5---7---5---2---3-----2---------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 a---------1---------------3-------|-3---1---3-------1---------------|
 d-3---2-----------5---3-----------|---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . .

Solo b):

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

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-------------7r------------------|-------------------------6-------|
 a-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-------------9r------------------|---------------------------------|
 a-10------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-10------------------9-----------|-10-----------------7------------|
 d-10------------------9-----------|-10-----------------7------------|
 a-8-------------------7-----------|-8------------------5------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-10------------------9-----------|-10------------------------------|
 d-10------------------9-----------|-10------------------------------|
 a-8-------------------7-----------|-8-------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Fill b):

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 e---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|
 a-------------------------3-------|
 d-6-----5---------5---3-----------|

Solo c):

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

 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d-----6---5-------5-------5---5b--|-5---7---7b------5-------5h--5---|
 a-5-----------7-------5-----------|-------------7-------5-----7-----|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-7---6---5-------5-------5---6---|-7-------------------------------|
 d-------------7-------7-----------|---------------------------------|
 a---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-9---8---7-------7-------7---8---|-7---6---5-------5-------5-------|
 d-------------9-------9-----------|-------------7-------7-------7---|
 a---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g-5---7---5-------5---------------|---------7br---------------------|
 d-------------7-------7---6---5---|---------7br---(Ring)------------|
 a---------------------------------|-7---6---5br---------------------|
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|
 b---------------------------------|
 g---------------------------------|

d---(Ring)------------------------|

 a---------------------------------|
 d---------------------------------|

Riff 3: (2X)

 e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g||-7-----------7-----------7-------|-3-----3-----3-------------------|
 d||-7-----------7-----------7-------|-3h5---3h5---3h5-----------------|
 a||-5-----------5-----------5-------|-3-----3-----3-------------------|
 d||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 e---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 b---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 g---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 d---------------------------------|-----------------7---------------||
 a-3h5-5-4-----3---5---------------|-3h5-5-4-----3-----------7-------||
 d---------------------------------|---------------------------------||

Outro (12X) - Gradually build speed:

 e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 b||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 g||---------7-----------------------|---------------------------------||
 d||---------7-----------------------|---------------------------------||
 a||---------5-----------------------|---------------------------------||
 d||-0---0---------0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|-6---0-0-1-0-0---0-0-1h0-3h0-3h0-||

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

End on this:

 b---------------------------------|
 g---------7-----------------------|
 d---------7-----------------------|
 a---------5-----------------------|
 d-0---0---------------------------|

. .

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