"Blood Witch" by the Melvins
Tab by Turbo_zoobomb
DROP D TUNING!!!
The first 2/3 of the song revolves around this rhythm:
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It's a weird rhythm to get used to.
I think of it as groups of 1, 2's, and 3's
1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3
(I hope that helps and doesn't confuse you even more)
The rest is easy but there's a lot of distinct parts that you have to pay close
attention to so as not to get lost.
INTRO:
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|--5------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0---|
|--3------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0---|
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|---Note-----|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0--|
|--Pause-----|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0--|
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VERSE:
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|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/melvins/302276.html ]
1: Right in the blood Maybe it's alive
2: Worse on their own Bottom of the world
3: Nothing will be worse We have learned to think
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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|--3-------|
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'cause it's loaded
But they mean it
'cause it might be
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Repeat from top of verse
PRE-CHORUS 1:
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|--------------------------------5----| Repeat 4x
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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------3----|
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Then another verse cycle with this line:
The mouths and the needs, how will we breath?
and they like it
PRE-CHORUS 2 is a variation of the first one
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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------5----0------0 ---0-0---| (Repeat 2.5X)
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------3----0-------0---0-0---|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0-----------0 ------0---0-0---|
OUTRO PART (last third of the song)
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|--------------------------------------------------------| Repeat 3X
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x---------------------x-x-----|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x-----5--3--5--0------x-x-----|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x-----5--3--5--0------x-x-----|
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|-------------------------------------------------- Repeat--| 2X
|--6-----x-x-------3-----------------------------------------|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--------------------|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------| Repeat twice
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|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--|
Repeat whole outro section again and end on . . .
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