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Madman

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

Song

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRANSCRIPTION BY MIKE STRAMAGLIO

(RYZA36A@prodigy.com)

http://pages.prodigy.com/GenX/silver.htm [The Faultline Page]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Song--Madman

Album--Frogstomp

Band--silverchair

transcribed by Mike Stramaglio (RYZA36A@Prodigy.com)

**Key**

P.M.--palm mute

/--slide

h--hammer on

**Tuning** Dropped-D

Intro

P.M.---------------------|
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--/5-------5-5-5---------|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

For the most part this is the main riff (played really fast)

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-2-0-2-0-2h3-0--2-0-2-0-2h3--|
D|-2-0-2-0-2h3-0--2-0-2-0-2h3--|

Here is the part played slow when Daniel grunts in the middle of the song

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|--2-0-2-0-2-3-0--2--0-2-0-2-3--0---|
D|--2-0-2-0-2-3-0--2--0-2-0-2-3--0---|
  |---------P.M.    |-----P.M.

This bridge shows up a couple times

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7---------7-----7---7-----7---------------------------------|
D|--7---------7-----7---7-----7-----0---------0-----0---0-----0-|
A|--5---------5-----5---5-----5-----0---------0-----0---0-----0-|
D|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---|

EVERY TIME A ZERO APPEARS ON THE BOTTOM LINE PLAY IT AS A PALM MUTE!!!

Solo (just the notes, strumming pattern NOT notated)

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------then------------------|
D|----------------this is---------------|
A|--9/10--7-------layered--12-12/15-10--|
D|--0/0---0-------on it-----0--0--0--0--|

Chorus (it requires 3 gtrs on Frogstomp)

Gtr 1 plays this chord throughout the entire chorus

tremelo pick this octave

E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----7-----|
D|-----X-----|
A|-----5-----|
D|-----------|

Gtr 2 plays this chord over gtr 1 (its that one ringing chord that shows up)

E|---0---|
B|---3---|
G|---2---|
D|---0---|
A|---0---|
D|---0---|

Gtr 3 plays the intro part

P.M.______________________|

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--/5-------5-5-5---------|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

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