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NOTHING - No Joke - Meat Puppets
TRANSCRIBED BY ADAM MORRIS
This is the first of the tabs I will be doing for
Meat Puppets stuff.
Tuning - Dropped D
INTRO
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7-x-7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3-7--7-x-7-7-7--7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3|
D|-7--7-x-7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3-7--7-x-7-7-7--7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3|
A|-5--5-x-5-1-1-x-1--1-1-x-1-5--5-x-5-5-5--5-1-1-x-1--1-1-x-1|
D|----7------------------------------------------------------|
Timing is a bit out, but you get the picture.
VERSE/MAIN RIFF (I think a second guitar plays a D
through this bit)
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|----------------------------------------------------|
|---7p5------------7p5-------------------------------|
|-------6h7------------6h7---------------------------|
|-5----------3/5------------3/5----------------------|
|-0----------0-(let ring)---0------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS - D.....C.....D......Bb
CHORUS - C....D....G#....Bb....C....G#....Bb....Bb
The rest is all just bits from above repeated.
Towards the end this is layed over the main riff.
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|----------------------------------------------------|
|--6\5-6-7-8-----------------------------------------|
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|--4\3-4-5-6-----------------------------------------|
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E-mail me with comments, corrections etc. I would LOVE to
hear from you!!!
benmo@deakin.edu.au
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:27:29 EST
From: RYAN_S@prodigy.com (HAMER LARRY R SEILHAMER)
Subject: NOTHING.TABS
"NOTHING"
MEAT PUPPETS ..OFF "NO JOKE"
THIS SONG IS THE LONGEST SONG IN A LONG MEAT PUPPET
LINE OF SONGS THAT STARTED IN 1981 .... BUT ITS
ONE OF THE BEST
HERES THE INTRO ----- *tune down 1 half step*
G-------------------------------------
D--7-7--7--7-7--7-----3-3--3--3-3--3--
A--5-5--5--5-5--5-----1-1--1--1-1--1--
E-------------------------------------
HERES THE MAIN RIFF REPEATED MANY TIMES THROUGH
THE SONG
D----------5----7------------------------
A------0-----------6--5--4--0------------
E----------------------------------------
THE PRE CHORUS------------
E-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---
B-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---
G-6s8-8-88---6s8-8-88---4s6-6-66---4s6-6-66---
D-7s9-9-99---7s9-9-99---5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---
A-7s9-9-99---7s9-9-99---5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---
E-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---
THEN THE CHORUS ---HIT ONCE AND LET RING
E--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G---6---------8--------4---------6-----------
D---7---------9--------5---------7-----------
A---7---------9--------5---------7-----------
E---5---------7--------3---------5-----------
THATS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW---AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENTS OR ANYTHING E-MAIL ME ..... I HAVE SOME MORE
TABS ..THAT I HAVENT POSTED YET ...AND IF ANYONE
HAS ANY MEAT TABS ,,,PLEASE POST THEM ...THERE ARE VERY
FEW SONGS ...AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED THE TABS TO
"UP ON THE SUN" ....OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD PUPPETS OR
NEW POST THEM OR E-MAIL ME ....THANKS ...
RYAN SEILHAMER ....RYAN_S@prodigy.com
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