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Face Pollution

Soundgarden
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★4.6(4)

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Song

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"Face Pollution" by Soundgarden

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Tabbed by: Kyle Coleman

Email: kacolem@ilstu.edu

Date: Sunday, February 2, 2003 2:00PM

Here's a tab for that classic Soundgarden tune everyone knows and loves...

"Face Pollution" from Badmotorfinger

TUNING: DADGBe

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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INTRO:

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-66-6-6-6-6--66666-|-66-6-6-60-0-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

================================================================================

VERSE: (Gtr. 1)

|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--| |
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--| |

(Gtr. 2) - (every other main riff or so)

	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|----7---5---4~~~--|----7---5---4~~~--|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|

================================================================================

CHORUS #1: ("I don't feel like feelin'")

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|

==========================================================================================

VERSE 2: (Gtr. 1)

|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--| |
|--7-0-0-3---5--4-5-4-5-4-0--| |

(Gtr. 2)

	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|----7---5---4~~~--|----7---5---4~~~--|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|

==========================================================================================

REPEAT CHORUS #1: ("I don't feel like feelin'")

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10-12--0-00-1-1--------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10-12--0-00-1-1--------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10-12--0-00-1-1--------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|
|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|--0-0-15-0-10/12--0-0-15-0-15\12--|

==========================================================================================

REPEAT INTRO:

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-66-6-6-6-6--66666-|-66-6-6-60-0-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

==========================================================================================

BREAKDOWN PART:

(Coolest part of the song,

took a while to figure it out,

but every note is right...maybe...)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------2-3--3-4---------5-7-------------2-3--3-4--|
|--3-2--0------0-----------3-2--0----0---------------5-7---------5-7-3-------------|
|----------3-2----3-2-0------------3-------------5-7---------5-7-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-7------------2-3--3-4-------------5-7------------|
|-----5-7---------5-7-3-------------------5-7---------5-7-3--|
|-5-7---------5-7---------------------5-7---------5-7--------|

==========================================================================================

CHORUS #2: ("Face pollution!")

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|

==========================================================================================

REPEAT BREAKDOWN:

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------2-3--3-4---------5-7-------------2-3--3-4--|
|--3-2--0------0-----------3-2--0----0---------------5-7---------5-7-3-------------|
|----------3-2----3-2-0------------3-------------5-7---------5-7-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-7------------2-3--3-4-------------5-7------------|
|-----5-7---------5-7-3-------------------5-7---------5-7-3--|
|-5-7---------5-7---------------------5-7---------5-7--------|

==========================================================================================

REPEAT CHORUS #2: ("Face pollution!")

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|
|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|-15\-15\-15\-0--10-12-10--|

==========================================================================================

CLOSING RIFF:

|---------------------| |
|---------------------| |
|---------------------|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4--0--|*|
|--7-0-0-3---5--4--0--| |
|--7-0-0-3---5--4--0--| |

(Gtr. 2) - (in the studio version, this part is played with horns)

	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|----7---5---4~~~--|----7---5---4~~~--|
	|--5---5---5-------|--5---5---5-------|
	|------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|------------------|

==========================================================================================

FACE POLLUTION

I can count it on my fingers

I've got all my reasons not to feel

I'm numb as rigor mortis

Scared by monkey faces

Drowned in shark fins

But I don't feel like feeling

Feeling like you

Now I'm in the mirror

Now it's getting clear

I fear that I'm in you

Now I'm into plastics

Now I've made a mask

It looks like fish heads

But I don't feel like feeling

Feeling like you

Face pollution

Face pollution

Face pollution

Face pollution

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