El Distorto De Melodica
As recorded by Everclear on "So much for the Afterglow"
Tabbed by Jason Pan (balaka@cyberspace.net.au)
This is really difficult song to put on tab, so I'm going to use a key
v - down stroke
^ - up stroke
/ - down slide (towards the head of the guitar)
\ - up slide (towards the body of the guitar)
b - bend note
NOTE:When Everclear play this song live, they play half a step down.
(0:00)
v ^ v v ^ v v v v v v v v ^ v v ^ v
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| x1
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3/-|
A|-3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x--3-3/-|
E|-1-1--x-x-x--x-x-x--1-1--x-x-x--x-x-x--1-1--x-x-x--x-x-x--1-1/-|
(0:10)
v ^ v
e|---------------------| x8
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-3-3--3\8--x-x-x--8--|
A|-3-3--3\8--x-x-x--8--|
E|-1-1--1\6--x-x-x--6--|
(0:32)
v v ^ v ^
e|-----------------------| x3 then e|------|
B|-----------------------| B|------|
G|-----------------3-3-3-| G|------|
D|-3-3--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-| D|------|
A|-3-3--x-x-x-x-x--1-1-1-| A|-13/1-|
E|-1-1--x-x-x-x-x--------| E|------|
(0:46)
Bass then plays this, without any guitar
G|---------------| x4
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|-1-1--\13--13--|
(0:58)
Now back to guitar
v ^ v
e|----------------------| x4
B|----------------------|
G|-------------------3b-|
D|-3-3-3\4--x-x-x-------|
A|-3-3-3\4--x-x-x-------|
E|-1-1-1\2--x-x-x-------|
(1:09)
Art then laughs maniacally, and the guitar then continues.
(Note: Play each note eight times really really fast for each time it is written down
below, I couldn't be bother writing each individual note.)
e|------------------------|
B|-3--3--2--2--3--4--4--4-|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/everclear/27774.html ]
(1:21)
Bass then plays this, without any guitar
G|----------------------8-| x4
D|------3-3-3-1-3-1-3-----|
A|------------------------|
E|-1-1--------------------|
(1:31)
Guitar then returns, while the bass keeps playing the above bass line
(Note: Play each note eight times really fast for each time it is written down below.)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-6--6--5--5--6--6--5--5--3--3--2--2--3--4--5--5-|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
(1:53)
Art then yells "Come on." and then the guitar goes like this; with the band joining in
halfway through.
e|------------------------------------| x4
B|------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|------------------------------------|
(2:13)
v ^ v v
e|-----------------------| x7
B|-----------------------|
G|-------------------3---|
D|-3-3-3\4--x-x-x-x----3-|
A|-3-3-3\4--x-x-x-x------|
E|-1-1-1\2--x-x-x-x------|
(2:31)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3b-3-5b-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:41)
v ^ v
e|---------------------| x4
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-3-3--3\8--x-x-x--8--|
A|-3-3--3\8--x-x-x--8--|
E|-1-1--1\6--x-x-x--6--|
(2:52)
e|-------------------------------| x4
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-3-3---------------------------|
A|-3-3--(pick scrape down neck)--|
E|-1-1---------------------------|
(3:05)
And finish with.....
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-3-3-|
A|-3-3-|
E|-1-1-|
