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Adios Prizefighter – The Pink Spiders
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Tabbed by: Sean Law
Email:
This song is from their old EP,
The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over.
It’s a pretty easy and fun song to play,
Especially with the intro + solo
Sorry about the length, but there's a bunch
of small changes in the riffs and everything.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Main riff (use distortion)-
e|--0--8-00-7-00-5-00-8-00-5-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-16-00-17-00-19-00-17-00-16\----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0--8-00-7-00-5-00-8-00-5-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-16-00-17-00-19----17----16\----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm during the intro-
e|--7-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-------------------------8-----------------------------------|
D|--9-------------------------9-----------------------------------|
A|--7-------------------------9-(x16)-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------7-----------------------------------|
Verse-
All palm muted, and he sometimes plays the chord
without palm muting, listen to the song for correct timing.
e|---------------------|
B|-----------4---------|
G|--0--------4---------|
D|--2--------4---------|
A|--2-(x16)--2-(x16)---|
E|--0------------------| x4
(on the third and fourth time, when he starts shouting
He stops palm muting)
Then
Listen to the song for strumming-
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--6------9-------8--------|
D|--7------10------9--------|
A|--7-(x5)-10-(x6)-9-(x11)--|
E|--5------8-------7--------|
Repeat main riff and verse twice
Chorus-
Listen to the song for timing
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--9-----7-----5--------|
D|--9--7--7--5--5--4--9--|
A|--7--7--5--5--3--4--9--|
E|-----5-----3-----2--7--| (x2)
Repeat main riff,
Then play the verse like
e|----------------------|
B|------------44-4------|
G|--00-0------44-4------|
D|--22-2------44-4------|
A|--22-2-(x4)-22-2-(x4)-|
E|--00-0----------------| (x2)
** **
e|---------------------|
B|-----------4---------|
G|--0--------4---------|
D|--2--------4---------|
A|--2-(x16)--2-(x16)---|
E|--0------------------| (x2)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--6------9-------8--------|
D|--7------10------9--------|
A|--7-(x5)-10-(x6)-9-(x11)--|
E|--5------8-------7--------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-pink-spiders/97404.html ]
Then play the chorus four times
Bridge-
I’m not so sure about this part-
Listen to the song to get the timing + strumming
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-5/7/9-7/9\7-5-2-5-4-7-9-|
A|-7-7-7-5/7\5-3-0-3-2-7-9-|
E|-------------------------|
After that, play
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--7---5-------|
D|--7-5-5-4444--|
A|--5-5-3-4444--|
E|----3---2222--| (x3)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-88---|
D|-9-9-9-9-99---|
A|-9-9-9-9-99---|
E|-7-7-7-7-77---|
Solo-
e|--0--8-00-7-00-5-00-8-00-5-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-16-00-17-00-19-00-17-00-16\----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0--8-00-7-00-5-00-8-00-5-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-16-00-17-00-19b19b19b19b19b19b19b19b-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--8-7-5-8-5-10-8-7-8-7-5-7/19-0--|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|----8-00-7-00-5-00-8-00-5-------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-16-00-17-00-19b19b19b19b19b19b19b19b21|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you have a pitch shifter, you can go up two octaves (I think)
Instead of sliding up to the nineteenth fret in the third bar.
No guitar for two seconds,
Then
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-99-------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-99-------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-2-2-7-7-7-7-77-------------------------------------------|
Play the chorus four times,
But on the last chord play it like
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|-9/21-|
A|-9/21-|
E|-7/19-|
Outro-
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--7---5-------|
D|--7-5-5-4444--|
A|--5-5-3-4444--|
E|----3---2222--| (x3)
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|--8-8-8-8-88-0-|
D|--9-9-9-9-99-2-|
A|--9-9-9-9-99-2-|
E|--7-7-7-7-77-0-|
Enjoyez.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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