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BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
As recorded by 311
(From the 1995 Album TRANSISTOR)
Words and Music by 311
Arranged by 311
Transcribed by John Harag
Bm G5/B E/Ab F#5/Bb
x x x 4 3 2 x x x 4 3 3 x x x 1 0 0 x x x 3 2 2
B5 A5 G5 E5
x 2 4 4 x x x 0 2 2 x x 3 5 5 x x x 0 2 2 x x x
F#5 E5/B C#5/Ab B5/F#
2 4 4 x x x 7 7 9 x x x 4 4 6 6 x x 2 2 4 4 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-2---------0-|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-2---------0-|
|----------|-------3-2-3-2---------3-2-3-2---|-------3-2-3-2---------3-2-3-2---|
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-2---------0-|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-----2----|
|-------3-2-3-2---------3-2-3-2---|-------3-2-3-2-------2-3------|
Interlude
Gtr I
Q.. T T S S S S S S S S +S S S S S E E E S S E.
||--2-----2-2-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|---------------0-0-0-2-0---||
||o-----------------------3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o---------------------------|--------------------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q.. T T S S S S S S S S +S S S S S E E E S S E.
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-3-----3-3-3-5-3-2-3-2-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-2--o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o---------------------------|--------------------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
+S E S E +E. E S Q +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(0)-2-3-5-(5)-7-5-3--|-(3)-3-5-7-5-3-5-7-5-3-5-7-5-3-2-|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +S E S E +E. E S Q +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------0-2-(2)-3-2-0--|-(0)-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0---|
|-(2)-3----------------|-------------------------------3-|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
E S E H +E S +S S +S S S S.. E E S S E. +X
|-0-2-0------------|-------------------0-0-0-2-0--(0)---||
|-------3----(3)-3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-3--------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|
| E S E H +E S +S S +S S S S.. E E S S E. +X
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|-2-3-2-0----(0)-0-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---2-2-2-3-2--(2)---||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------------||
Verse
$
Bm G5/B E/Ab F#5/Bb
Gtr I
E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ x / x / x / x / x / x / x /
+E Q. H W
|-(0)-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| +E Q. H W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
Bm G5/B E/Ab F#5/Bb
+E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e +E e
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x /
W W
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|
| W H.. E
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------9\--||
|---------------------|---------------------9\--||
|---------------------|---------------------7\--||
$$
B5 A5 G5 E5 F#5
Gtrs I, II
e S S S e e e S e e e S S S e e e S e e
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--4-4-4-2-2-----------|----------------------||
||--4-4-4-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4--||
||o-2-2-2-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-o||
||------------3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2--||
Bridge
D.S.
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-2---------0-|-2-0-2---------0-2-0-----2------|
|-------3-2-3-2---------3-2-3-2---|-------3-2-3-2-------2-3--------|
Chorus
E5/B C#5/Ab F#5 B5/F#
Gtr I
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------(6)-(6)-(6)-|---------(4)-(4)-(4)--||
||--2--2--2--6---6---6--|-4--4--4--4---4---4---||
||o-2--2--2--4---4---4--|-4--4--4--2---2---2--o||
||--0--0--0--4---4---4--|-2--2--2--2---2---2---||
E5/B C#5/Ab F#5 B5/F#
S e e. e S e e. e S e e. e S e e. e
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
S e e. e S e e. e S e e. e S e e. e
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-|----------(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)--||
||--2-2-2--2--6---6---6---6--|-4-4-4--4--4---4---4---4---||
||o-2-2-2--2--4---4---4---4--|-4-4-4--4--2---2---2---2--o||
||--0-0-0--0--4---4---4---4--|-2-2-2--2--2---2---2---2---||
E5/B C#5/Ab
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM-----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||------------------(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/numeric/311/32.html ]
To Coda
F#5 B5/F#
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----||
Post-Chorus
Gtr I
S e S E S e E S E.. T 3x
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
||---0---0-------0---3b4r=0---0---3b4r=====0---3b4r============(0)--||
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E S E S S S S S S S 3x
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
||--<5>-<5>-<5>-<4>-<4>--<3>-<3>-<2>--<2>-<2>-<3>--<3>-<4>-<4>------||
S e S E S s H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0---0-------0---3b4r=====0---0-------|
|
| S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-<4>--<4>-<4>-<3>------|
Interlude II
Gtr I
Q.. T T T +T S S S S S S S +S S S S S E E E S S E.
||--2-----2-2-2-(2)-3-2-0-2-0-----|---------------0-0-0-2-0---||
||o---------------------------3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q.. T T T +T S S S S S S S +S S S S S E E E S S E.
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-3-----3-3-3-(3)-5-3-2-3-2-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-2--o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
Gtr I
|--------------3--------------|
+S E S E +E. E S Q +S E E E E E E E E E E S +S
|-(0)-2-3-5-(5)-7-9-10--|-(10)-9-10-12-10-12-14-12-14-15-12-12-(12)-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| |--------------3--------------|
| +S E S E +E. E S Q +S E E E E E E E E E E S +S
|-------0-2-(2)-3-5--7--|--(7)-5--7--9--7--9-10--9-10-12--9--9--(9)-|
|-(2)-3-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------6----------|
E E Q.. +e E S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-12s10-10-----(10)-10s(7)-|-10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-7-5-----||
|--------------------------|-----------------------7---||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| |---------6----------|
| E E Q.. +e E S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--9s=7--7------(7)--7s(3)-|--7-5--7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----||
|--------------------------|-----------------------3---||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Break Guitar Break
D.S.S. al Coda
+E +Q H E Wx3
|-(2)--(2)\---------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|
| +Q. H E Wx3
|-------------------|---------|
|-(3)\--------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---------|
Post-Chorus/Outro
&
Gtr I
S e S E S e E S E.. T
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------------------|
||---0---0-------0---3b4r=0---0---3b4r=====0---3b4r============(0)-|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------------------|
||--<5>-<5>-<5>-<4>-<4>--<3>-<3>-<2>--<2>-<2>-<3>--<3>-<4>-<4>-----|
S e S E S e E S E.. T
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|--0---0-------0---3b4r=0---0---3b4r=====0---3b4r============(0)---||
|
| S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|-<5>-<5>-<5>-<4>-<4>--<3>-<3>-<2>--<2>-<2>-<3>--<3>-<4>-<4>-------||
E H..
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|--0---------*|
|
| E H..
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|------------*|
|-<5>--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
