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Vitalogy

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Song

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Pj Pj

Pj From the 1994 album 'Vitalogy Pj

Pj Pj

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Pj From 'Vitalogy` Pj

Pj Pj

Pj Last Exit Pj

Pj Spin The Black Pj

Pj Circle Pj

Pj Not For You Pj

Pj Tremor Christ Pj

Pj Nothingman Pj

Pj Whipping Pj

Pj Corduroy Pj

Pj Bugs Pj

Pj Satan's Bed Pj

Pj Better Man Pj

Pj Aye Davanita Pj

Pj Immortality Pj

Pj Stupid Mop Pj

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Last Exit

Intro and Verse Riff:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--0----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
--0----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
--x--0-0--0--x-0--------------------------------------------------------------
--3--0-0--0--3-0--------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-2--3----2--------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--------------------------------------------------------
------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--------------------------------------------------------
--2---- --8--7-2-2-3-5--------------------------------------------------------
----2-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------

--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------
--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------
--8--7-2-- --8--7-2-3-5-------------------------------------------------------

---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------

End of backward solo riff:

Tremolo Pick:

--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------

--12--10--8--7- --12--10--8--7-8----------------------------------------------
--10--9---7--7- --10--9---7--7-7----------------------------------------------

--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------

--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------

--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------

Palm Mutes:

-7-       ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------
-9-       ----10--9--10-------------------------------------------------------
-7- then  ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------
-7-       ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------

--- --------------------------------------------------------------------

--- --------------------------------------------------------------------

submitted by: code@wam.umd.edu

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Spin The Black Circle

Intro I:

Guitar 1 plays this figure.

Guitar 2 doubles at *

B A G B5 *B A G B5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------
-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------
-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------
-----3-------------------------3----------------------------------------------

Intro II/Chorus

Guitar 1

F E Eb D C

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-10\9--8--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------
-10\9--8--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------
-8-\7--6--5--3----------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2

-------------------3---3---3--------------------------------------------------
-----------------1-1-1-1-1---1------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat

Verse:

Guitar 1:

Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.

B5 A5 B5 A5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0----------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat

D5 C5 D5 C5

---------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------

-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-

---------------------------------------------

repeat

Solo:

Played choppy with some raking to cause mild harmonics

Guitar 2:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2----------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2----------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 1:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-etc----------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat

Bridge from solo:

Guitar 1:

Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.

B5 A5 B5 A5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0----------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D5 C5 D5 C5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3----------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E5 D5 E5 D5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7----------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat E5\D5 E5\D5 once more

Outro:

Same as chorus

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Not For You

Intro/Verse/Chorus:

E F# G

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--1----3----4-----------------------------------------------------------------
--2----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------
--2----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interlude Solo:

F A F A F A F

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--3-5-7-5-2-0--------3-5-7-5-2----------3-5-7-5-2-0---3----3-5-7-5------------
--------------3-2--------------3-2-3----------------3-------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro:

(Just the guitar part)

----7---7------7---7----------------------------------------------------------
------0---0------0---0--------------------------------------------------------
--4----------4----------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Tremor Christ

Tremor Christ:

Guitar I:

A7(9) G#7(#9)

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---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-
11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10-
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-

Guitar II:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B String-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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submitted by: Drew Abrams

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Nothingman

F Dm C Dm Bb

F Dm C Dm Bb

F Dm C Dm Bb

Once divided...nothing left to subtract...

F Dm C Dm Bb

Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...

F Dm C Dm Bb

Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...

F Dm C Dm Bb

Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...

Bb C5

Bb Bb C5 Bb C5

Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...

F

Nothingman...

C

Nothingman...

F

Isn't it something?

Bb C

Nothingman...

F Dm C Dm Bb

She once believed...in every story he had to tell...

F Dm C Dm Bb

One day she stiffened...took the other side...

F Dm C Dm Bb

Empty stares...from each corner of a shaped prison cell...

F Dm C Dm Bb

One just escapes...one's left inside the well...

F Dm C Dm Bb

And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh...

F

Nothingman...

C

Nothingman...

F

Isn't it something?

Bb C

Nothingman...

Dm Bb C

Oh, she don't wan't him...

C Bb Dm Bb C

Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away...

Bb

Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun...

Burn...burn...

F

Nothingman...

C

Nothingman...

F

Isn't it something?

Bb C

Nothingman...

F

Nothingman...

C

Nothingman...

F

Coulda' been something...

Bb C

Nothingman...

F

Oh...ohh...ohh...

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Whipping

Intro:

--12--12-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

--12--12-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

--0--3-----3------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3--2--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--1--0--2--0------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--0--2--0------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--2--0--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3------------------------------------------------------------------------

E G A G/C

Bridge:

--7----- -7----- -7----- -7----- -7- -----------------------------------------
----8--- ---8--- ---8--- ---8--- --- -----------------------------------------
------9- -----9- -----9- -----9- --- -----------------------------------------

-------- ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------

-------- ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------

-0------ ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------

Fill:

---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

-12- -12-14-12----------------------------------------------------------------
-12- -12-14-12-14-------------------------------------------------------------
---- ----------14-------------------------------------------------------------

---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Break:

open A chord repeatedly

submitted by: code@wam.umd.edu

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Corduroy

Guitar I - medium-light distortion

Guitar II - heavy distortion

Intro:

w/ high bass

Guitar I

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0--------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2----------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar II

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0-3-3-3-3--------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

Guitar I

F E G F E G

-8--8--8--7--10-----8--8--8--7--10--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-8--8--8--7--10-----8--8--8--7--10--------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar II

F5 E5 G5 F5 E5 G5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-3--3--3--2--5------3--3--3--2--5---------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--2--5------3--3--3--2--5---------------------------------------------
-1--1--1--0--3------1--1--1--0--3---------------------------------------------

repeat until chorus

Chorus:

Guitar I

C B A G

-------------2--2--2--0--3--3-----3-------------------------------------------
-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--2--3----3-----3-----------------------------------------
-0--0--0--0--4--4--4--2--0------0-----0---------------------------------------
-2--2--2--2--4--4--4--2--0----------------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--3--2--2--2--0--x----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------3----------------------------------------------------

Guitar II

C5 B5 A5 G5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------------------
-8--8--8--8--7--7--7--5--3----------------------------------------------------

repeat as needed

Bridge ("Everything has changed ... Absolutely ...")

Guitar I

-2-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------------------------
-3-----------3-------------3-------------3------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar II

B C

-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro:

Guitar I plays Bridge (above) part

Guitar II plays Intro part

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Bugs

if you listen real carefully you can hear this:

-----

---5-

-7--- this is played while an achordian plays:

-----

----- //// ////

----- Bb F

at 2:17 the guitar strums a Eb chords untill the songs ends

the achordian also plays Eb

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Satan's Bed

Main Riff:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------0-0--4p0-0--4p0-0--4p0--------------------------------------------------
--0-0------------------------4-3~~~-------------------------------------------

this repeats throughout the intro

and verses (nice vibrato on the end G)

Chorus:

C5 G5 D5 A5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---5---------7---------5--------7---------------------------------------------
---5------5--7---7-7---5-----5--7---7-7---------------------------------------
---3------5--5---7-7---3-----5--5---7-5---------------------------------------
----------3------5-5---------3------5-5---------------------------------------

Already in love ....

this repeats through out the chorus

and during the outro

( bass plays constant A's during outro)

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Better Man

Intro/Main Riff:

(during verses)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--3-0----3-0----5-2-----5---5-2---5-------------------------------------------
--2---2--2---2--4---4-4---4-----4---------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus:

F G F G

--1--3--1--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--1--3--1--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--x--2--x------------------------------------------------------------------
--3--5--3--5------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

Dsus2 A G G5

--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------
--3--2-----3--2-----3--2--3--2------------------------------------------------
--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--2--2------------------------------------------------
--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--5--5--5--5------------------------------------
-----0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--5--5--5--5------------------------------------
--------3--------3--------------3--3--3--3------------------------------------

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Aye Davanita

Main Riff:

This is a mixture of the guitar

and bass lines.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--7----7-p-6--6---7---7---7-/-------------------------------------------------

-(0)--(0)----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--------------------------------------------------

--7----7------7---7---7---7-/-------------------------------------------------
--0----0------0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------

an acoustic guitar plays E chords for the entire song.

submitted by: code@wam.umd.edu

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Immortality

Intro:

Cadd9 E Cadd9 E

-------0----------------0-----------------------------------------------------
---------3----------------3---------------------------------------------------
-----0-----0----------0-----0-------------------------------------------------
---2----------------2---------------------------------------------------------
-3----------------3-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------0----------------0-----------------------------------------------

Verses:

Em Dsus2

Riff:

Em Dsus2 Em Dsus2

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----0-------3-3---3-----0h3p0---------3-3---3--------------------------------
-------0---2-----2-------------0-----2-----2----------------------------------
---------0-----------------------0-0------------------------------------------
---2-------------------2------------------------------------------------------
-0-------------------0--------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

Cadd9 Em Cadd9 Em Cadd9 A

*Solo transcribed by Kevin Collier:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------Hand------------more-----------------------------------------------

---)(------muting--)(------hand---7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--9------------------------
--7--7p5---(can't-7--7p5---muting-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7------------------------
---------7--get----------7----------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------)------------------------------------------------------------

--8-8---8-------10------------------------------------------------------------
----------9---9----12-14-12---------------------------------------------------
----------------------------14-14-14-14-14---12(slide down)-------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------12-12---12-12-12---------------------
----------------------------------12--12-12-12---12-12-12---------------------
--14-14-14-14-14---12(slide down)---14----------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------12----)---12------------------------------------------------------------
----12--12-15------15-12----12----15-12-----12--------------------------------
--14---------------------14----14---------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------14-----14----------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo chords:

Em Dsus2 : repeats until "more intense part" then...

Em Dsus2 Em Cadd9 : repeats a couple of times until end of solo then a

long drawn out...

A..........

"Immortality"

Outro:

Chords based on A

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hey foxymophandlemama, that's me

Main Riff:

This is a mixture of the guitar

and bass lines.

-------------------

-------------------

-------------------

------------------- feed back controlled by

------------------- swelling on the volume knob

--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--

submitted by: code@wam.umd.edu

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