Buck Owens

Song

"Buck Owens" by The Melvins, updated 11 Sep 2005

==ben.nield@gmail.com==

Riff 1: (play 3X)

b------------------------------------------

g------------------------------------------

d-9--8-----9--8-----8--7-----8--7-----6--7-
a-7--6-----7--6-----6--5-----6--5-----4--5-
e-------00-------00-------00-------00------
b----------------------------------|----------|
g----------------------------------|----------|
d-9--8-----9--8-----6--7--8--7-----|-8--7-----|
a-7--6-----7--6-----4--5--6--5-----|-6--5-----|
e-------00-------00-------------00-|-------00-|

Replace last bar with this 3rd time:

b----------|
g-8--7--8--|
d-6--5--8--|
a-6--5--6--|
e----------|

Then: (play 3X)

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

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-

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

Palm Mute all.....

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-

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

Palm Mute all.....

Then:

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

b-------------------------------------------------

g-9--------9--------9-----9--------9--------9-----
d-9--------9--------9-----9--------9--------9-----
a-7--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7-----

e-------------------------------------------------

b------------------------|
g-9--------9--------9----|
d-9--------9--------9----|
a-7--------7--------7----|
e------------------------|

Verse Riff: (X3)

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-2---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-2---2-2-2-2-|-2h3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-2---2-2-2-2-|
e-0---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-0---0-0-0-0-|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-0---0-0-0-0-|

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

b---------------------------------|----------------|
g---------------------------------|---------9------|
d---------------------------------|---------9------|
a-2h3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-2---2-2-2-2-|-2---x-x-7------|
e-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-0---0-0-0-0-|-0/7-x-x--------|

x x x x x x x x x x

Fill 1:

b-------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-7--4-----3--------------------------|
a-5--3-----1--------------------------|
e-------------------------6-3---6-3---|

Riff 3: (X3)

b---------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------|
d-2-------------------------------------------|
a-2--------------------------------5--7--8----|
e-0--------------------------------3--5--6----|

Then:

b---------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------|
d-2-------------------------------------------|
a-2-----------------------------5-----7-----8-|
e-0-----------------------------3-----5-----6-|

Then: (X2)

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

b-------------------------------------------------

g-------------------------------------------------

d-------------------------------------------------

a-7--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7-----
e-0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----

Then:

b----------------------------------------------|
g-7-----------------------6--------------------|
d-7-----------------------6-----------5--------|
a-5-----------------------4-----------5--------|
e-------------------------------------3--------|

Back to Verse Riff (X3)

Followed by Fill 1

Then:

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

Quiet bit: (3X)

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

b-------------------------------------------------

g-------------------------------------------------

d----6-----7-----6-----------7--6-----7--6--------
a-7-----------------7--------------7--------7-----
e----------------------------------------------7--
b-------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
a-5--7-----8-----5--8--7--------------------------|
e-------------------------------0-----------------|

Then:

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

b-------------------------------------------------

g-7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----7-----
d-7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----7-----
a-5--------5--------5--------5--------5-----5-----

e-------------------------------------------------

b-------------------------------------------------

g-9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----9-----
d-9--------9--------7--------9--------9-----9-----
a-7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----7-----

e-------------------------------------------------

b-------------------------------------------------|
g-7--------7--------7-----6-----------------------|
d-7--------7--------7-----6-----------5-----------|
a-5--------5--------5-----4-----------5-----------|
e-------------------------------------3-----------|

Outro:

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

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

Let last chord ring for a while.