tabbed by chris lawrence
w/ help from kev (madsun) on most of thurston's part
Thurston: CGDGBB
Lee: GGDEGB w/ capo on 5th fret
Kim: CGGDDD
THURSTON:
B------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G---10---10---10---10----10---10-----------
D-0----0----0----0-----7----7-------7----7-
G---------------------------------9----9---
C------------------------------------------
"high above like a spider":
timing should be obvious, listen to record...
B---------------------
B---------------------
G--9---12---16---12---
D--------------------- he touches the open
G--9---12---16---12--- strings as well except for the D!
C---------------------
when that part finally changes (before "wheels paddle"), he goes:
B----------------
B---------------- remember to let some
G--9---7---4---5-- open strings bleed thru...
D-----------------
G--9---7---4---5-- hang on that last chord for a while...
C-----------------
"wheels paddle":
B----------0--------
B----------0--------
G------5----5------- picking pattern approximate...
D--------5----5-----
G----5----------5---
C--0--------------0-
return to main riff for outro.
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KIM:
D-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2----------
C---------------------------2-2-2-2-
"high above like a spider":
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
C---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
after lee finishes singing, she changes her riff to:
D-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
G--7-7-7-5--7--7\9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
G--7-7-7-5--7--7\9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
C-----------------------------------
after a while hang on the last note, then shift down to:
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-\12-12-12-12/9-9-9-9-9--
G--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-\12-12-12-12/9-9-9-9-9--
C------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------5--
D----------------------------------------------------------------------5--
G--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
G--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
C-------------------------------------------------------------------------
hang on that last chord until the "wheels paddle" part, which goes:
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--
G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--
G---------------------------------
C---------------------------------
return to first riff and finish.
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LEE:
remember, capo @ 5th fret.
intro solo:
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0^2^3-0-2-3-\5-3--2-3-2-2-2-0-----0^2^3-2-3-5--3-5-3-2-2-0---------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------2-2\4-4-0^2--
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
during his verses, lee just solos around those same notes, more or less...
"high above like a spider":
B------------0-----------------0--------------------0-------------------0---
G----------0-----------------0--------------------0-------------------0-----
E------8---------8------10---------10-------12-----------12------10---------
D--5\7---7-----7----7\9----9-----9-----9\11----11-----11----11\9----9-------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
repeat
it cycles instrumentally for a while after he finishes singing, then
he moves down to this:
B----------0---------------0------------------------------------
G------0-----0---------0-----0-------------0-------0---------0--
E----8---------8-----7---7-----7-----2---2---2---2-3---------3-- shake chord
D--7-----7-------7-9-------------9-4---4-------4---0---------0-- w/ trem bar
G--------------------------------------------------0---------0--
G--------------------------------------------------0---------0--
during the "wheels paddle..." part, strum this chord w/ a phased
effect (and some delay) from time to time:
B--1--
G--0--
E--0-- or just fuck around w/ 5th fret harmonics...
D--0--
G--0--
G--0--
same scale as before for outro verse...
at the very end:
B----------------
G----------------
E----------------
D--2\4--4/2~~~---
G----------------
G----------------
last updated: 4/3/02
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