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Slice Paper Wrists

Poison the Well
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Poison The Well - Slice Paper Wrists

Tabbed By: Jim Saavedra

EMail: DOJA@2613

Tune a whole step down

Part 1 (play each chord 8 times instead of 4)

Guitar 1 Guitar 2

D|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
F|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10--------|-9-9-9-9------------------------|
C|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10--------|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8--------|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8----------------|
D|----------------------------|---------6-6-6-6----------------|

Continued part 1

D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------8-------------8-------------------------------------|
F|------------9-------------9-----------------------------------|
C|-3-3-3----------3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-3----------3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1----------1-1-1-----------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2 plays the C# and guitar 1 plays the 8, 9)

(Guitar 2 either plays that either 3 times or a bunch of times, you choose)

Part 2 (strum this)

D|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
F|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
C|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|

E (16) G (16)

D|-3-----------------5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------|
A|-3-7-7-7--7-7-8--8-7--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------|
F|---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------|
C|---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|
G|---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|
D|----------0-0-0--0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------|

D F(16)

Part 3 (palm muted)

D|------------------------|-12----12----12------14-15---------------|
A|------------------------|----12-----12---12-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2-2-2-----------|-----------------------------------------|
G|-2-2--2-2-2-2-----------|-----------------------------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0-0-0-----------|-----------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2 starts playing this after

playing 5 of the 1st part)

Part 4

D|------1-0----------1-0-----------1-0------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2------2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2----------------------------|
G|-2-2------2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2----------------------------|
D|-0-0------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0----------------------------|

(pm) (pm) (pm)

Part 5 ( palm muted, play this fast) “....as i ask”

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|

Part 4

Part 6 (palm mute some parts the first 2 times)

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-10--10-10-10-10------------------------|
C|-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-10-|
G|-7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7--8---8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-10--10-10-|
D|---------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8---8--8-|

(pm) (pm)

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-12--12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------------------|
G|-12--12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------------------|
D|-10--10-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------------|

Part 5

Part 7 (clean)(move your fingers around a bit, these aren’t in chords)

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------12------------12----------|
F|-------0-----------0-----------------0--------0----0--------|
C|---9-----9-----7-----7---0------------------0---------------|
G|-7---7-----7-8---8-----8------0-----------0-----------------|
D|----------------------------8---8------10-------------------|

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