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Song
melvins - dr.geek
tablature by paul henschel 2003
dropped d tuning
. palm muting (sometimes slight sometimes hard, listen to the record)
X muted string (with the freting hand)
~ vibrato
b[..] bend (1/2 = half; 1 would be full)
p pull off
/ slide up
\ slide down
song structure:
01 02 01 02 03 04 03 04 05 05 06 06 06 06 07 08 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 01 02 01 02 03 04 03 04 05 05 21
01 ~~~ ~~~ 02 ~~~
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| play both D|-------------9b[1/2]-9-7--7-77-777-9p7-8-7--|-------------11b[1/2]-11-9----------------------| parts 2x A|--7-77-777---9b[1/2]-9-7--7-77-777-9p7-8-7--|--9-99-999---11b[1/2]-11-9--9-99-999-11-9-10--9-| D|--7-77-777----------------------------------|--9-99-999--------------------------------------|
.. .. . .. ... .. . .. .
03 04
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| both 2x but play D|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| everything a little A|-----7-0-5--0-4-0-5-4--3-0-2-0-1-0-----------|----77-55-44-55-44-33-22-00-11-00----------------| harsher the 2nd time, D|-2-0-------------------------------7-0-5533--|-55-------------------------------55-66-55-66-55-| means VERY loose pm!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
05 2X 06 4X 07 08 2x
B|------------------------------------|----------|---------------/12-12-12--12-12\----|----------| G|------------------------------------|-222-3-22-|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-/12-12-12--12-12\----|-22-3-222-| D|-/2X-2X-2--2XX--2--/3X-3X-3--3XX--3-|-222-3-22-|-/5-5-5--5-5-4----------------------|-22-3-222-| A|-/2X-2X-2--2XX--2--/3X-3X-3--3XX--3-|----------|------------------------------------|----------| D|------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------|----------|
09 10
B|---------------/12-12-12--12-12\------|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-/12-12-12--12-12\------|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-------------------0----|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------22-|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------22-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 12
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|---------------------------------| D|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|---------------------------------| A|------------------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2---------| D|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------5-5-4-4-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 14
B|------------------------------|----------------------------------| jump back to the section before G|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|----------------------------------| and play those 4 parts again. D|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|----------------------------------| A|------------------------------|-3-3-2-2-0--3-3-2-2-0-0-----------| D|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------5-5-6-6-5-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 16
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------| both 2x G|-----------------------------|---------------------------| D|-0-00-0--0-0-1-2-22-2--2-2-1-|-0-00-0--0-0-1---------3-2-| A|-0-00-0--0-0-1-2-22-2--2-2-1-|-0-00-0--0-0-1-7-6-7-6-3-2-| D|-----------------------------|---------------7-6-7-6-----|
17 ~~~~~
B|---------------------------------------------------------777-9b[1/2]-9b[1/2]-10101010---| G|------------------------7-77-7-77-7777-7-7-9b[1/2]-7-7-7-777-----------------10101010-9-| D|------------5-5-6-6-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--7-7-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.. .. . . . .. . .
18 ~~ ~~ 19
B|-------------------------------|-9--8--9--8--9-8--9--8--9--8--9-8-| G|-9-9-9-7-5-7-9-7---99----------|-9--8--9--8--9-8--9--8--9--8--9-8-| D|-----------------8-99-5-2------|----------------------------------| A|---------------------------6-5-|----------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
..
20
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-| D|-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--0------------0-| A|-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--0------------0-| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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part 01 - 05 again!
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21
B|----------------------------------------| ...drum-"solo" G|----------------------------------------| D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| D|----------------------------------------|
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