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Petrol and Chlorine

Silverchair
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Song

silverchair, Petrol & Chlorine.

Tabbed by King Of The Eskimos, kingoftheeskimos@silverchair.org.

Song: Petrol and Chlorine

Artist: silverchair

Tabbed by King Of The Eskimos, 6/17/01

Standard Tuning (note: i’ve seen other tabs of this song done in an open C tuning, and admittedly they sound better, but i hate tuning and retuning my guitar all the time, so for simplicity’s sake i tabbed this one out in standard. and it don’t sound half bad neither.)

Intro / Verse:

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

B-----1--1-1--1--0--0--0-0--3--3--3-3--1-1--1-1-1-1
G-----0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0
D-----2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2
A--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3

E--------------------------------------------------

x2

Fill:

e-----4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4----------------------
B-----0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0----------------------
G-----4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4----------------------
D-----3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3----------------------
A--4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

Sitar (or something) arranged for guitar:

e--6—6/8-6-5-5/6-5-3-3/5-3-1-1/3-1-0-0h1p0--1-1h2--

B--------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

Verse x3, Fill

Fill 2:

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

B--------------------------------------------------

G--5--7-8-10-12-14-17--17-17-17--------------------

D--------------------------------------------------

A--3--5-6-8--10-12-15--15-15-15--------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

Chorus (at least that’s what i’m callin it):

e--0--0--0-0--------------------------4--4-4--1-1-1
B--1--1--1-1--------------------------4--4-4--1-1-1
G--0--0--0-0--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--5--5-5--2-2-2
D--2--2--2-2--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--6--6-6--3-3-3
A--3--3--3-3--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--6--6-6--3-3-3
E-------------------------------------4--4-4--1-1-1

x2

Sitar arranged for guitar:

e--3-5-3--6--5--3--5-3-----3-5-3--6--5--8-8-8------

B--------------------------------------------------

G----------------------5-5-------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

x2

Fill 3:

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

B--1-------0-------3-------1-----------------------
G--0-------0-------0-------0-----------------------
D--2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------
A--3-------3-------3-------3-----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

Solo:

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

B--------------------------------------------------

G-----12--11-10------------13-15-------------------
D--10-----------10-12--13---------13-13-13---------
A-----10--9--8-------------11-13-------------------
E--8------------8--10--11---------11-11-11---------

x4

Chorus

Fill 4:

e--0--0--0-0--4--4--3--3-3-3-----------------------
B--1--1--1-1--4--4--3--3-3-3-----------------------
G--0--0--0-0--5--5--4--4-4-4-----------------------
D--2--2--2-2--6--6--5--5-5-5-----------------------
A--3--3--3-3--6--6--5--5-5-5-----------------------
E-------------4--4--3--3-3-3-----------------------

Sitar arranged for guitar:

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

B--3-4-3-4/6-4-------------------------------------
G--------------5-----------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------

I think that’s it. Tabbed from memory, though, so send comments/suggestions and or large sums of money to kingoftheeskimos@silverchair.org. thanx!

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