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This isn't a complete trancription, as some songs and all solos have been left
out, but this is a fairly accurate transcription of the new STP album...any
comments (constructive, preferably), e-mail to cianyde@zero.cypher.com.
Thanx.
PURPLE
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1.Meatplow
2.Vasoline
3.Lounge Fly
4.Interstate Love Song
5.Still Remains (not transcribed)
6.Pretty Penny (not transcribed)
7.Superman Silvergun (not transcribed)
8.Big Empty
9.Unglued
10.Army Ants
11.Kitchenware & Candy Bars/Hidden Song
Meatplow
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Intro/Verse
N.C F#5
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|------0--3-4-4---4-X-4---4-|
E|-0--3------2-2-0-2-X-2-0-2-|
Prechorus ("They got these pictures of everything...")
B5 C5 B5 A5 F?
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--9--7--3-X--3-3-3-X-3-3-| <--this may be a little off
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--9--7--2-X--2-2-2-X-2-2-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8---7--5--1-X--1-1-1-X-1-1-|
Chorus ("I got a lover and, well she shows me how...)
w/slide and Dean's nutty vibrato
A5 C5 D5 A5 C5 D5 A5 F5 Bb5 G5 Bb5 C5 G5
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------3--5------|
D|--/7--/10--/12--/7--/10--/12--/7--/3--/8--/5--5--3--5--5---|
A|--/7--/10--/12--/7--/10--/12--/7--/3--/8--/5--5--1--3--5---| |
E|----------------------------------------------3--------3---| |
On the second verse, that "whining part" is just tremolo picking a E
on the g string (9th fret)
Lyrics
Fine place for a day full of breakdowns-
Takes more than a meltdown to show us how-
Throw a ta(c)k on the road, stop the meatplow-
Got a bullet but it ain't mine.
They got these pictures of everything-
To break us down, yeah to break me down-
They make us hate and we make it bleed.
But I got a lover and yeah
She shows me how,
To understand it, yeah to understand
I got a brother and well
He shows me how,
To make amends, yeah to make amends with it.
Take a break from the mousetrap we call home-
Takes more than a message to make me smile-
I can feel when she kisses me sleeping-
But not when the news is on.
(prechorus)
(chorus)
(solo) -rhythm background is the verse
(prechorus)
(chorus)
Vasoline
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Intro/Bridge ("you'll see the look and you'll see the lies...")
Bb6(b5)
E|-0------0------0------0------------|
B|-8------8------8------8------------|
G|-7------7------7------7------------|
D|-8------8------8------8------------|
A|-0------0------0------0------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Verse
N.C.
E|-------------------------| Halfway through the second veres, hit
B|-------------------------| dead strings for that "chucka-chucka" sound
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-1--3--1--3--1--3--1--3--|
Chorus
Eb5 D5Db5C5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8765-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555|
D|-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8765-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555|
A|-6666-6666-6666-6666-6666-6666-6666-6543-3333-3333-3333-3333-3333-3333-3333|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F
E|----1-|
B|----1-|
G|-5--2-|
D|-5--3-|
A|-3--3-|
E|----1-|
Lyrics
One time a thing occured to me
What's real and what's for sale?
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I'd be safer all alone
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
(chorus)
You'll see the look and you'll see the lies
You'll eat the lies, and you will.
(solo) -rhythm background is the verse
(repeat 3rd verse ["Flies in the vasoline..."])
(outro) -verse figure; end on Bb6(b5)-intro/bridge chord
Lounge Fly
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Verse
D5 F5 B?
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--------1010-------| This is probably way off...
D|-12-12--1010--9----|
A|-12-12--8-8---8----|
E|-10-10--------7----|
Chorus
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--|
A|-3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--|
E|-1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3--|
A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 G#5
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8--7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8-8-8-8--7--6--|
A|-7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8--7/8--8-8-8--7/8--8-8-8-8--7--6--|
E|-5/6--6-6-6--5/6--6-6-6--5/6--6--5/6--6-6-6--5/6--6-6-6-6--5--4--|
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--|
A|-3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5-5-5--3/5--5--|
E|-1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3-3-3--1/3--3--|
Bb5 C5
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--10101010-10101010-10101010-10101010--|
A|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--10101010-10101010-10101010-10101010--|
E|-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8---|
Bridge
D?
E|---------------------|
B|--3--3--3--3-3-3-----|
G|--1--2--4--2-1-2-----|
D|--0--0--0--0-0-0-----|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Lyrics
It's ok, it's ok, ok relieve me
Pins in me, pins in me, in me you kill me
The lounge fly, the lounge fly, the fly you bring me
I think I'm free but the dogs they won't release me
Don't have a nickel or a dollar but you feed me
My bottle's empty but you always refuel me
I feel I'm sinking but you won't let me drown me
I wanna f@(*, wanna f@(* but do you need me?
I can't give what I take away, and the other understands
She said she'd be my woman, she said she be my man
I can't live this way
Please refill my soul
(verse)
(chorus)
Said she'd be my woman...she said she'd be my woman, said she'd be my man
(solo 1) -Dean takes one of his quirky (awesome) trademark solos...
(chorus)
(solo 2) -Butthole Surfer Paul Leary pops in for a little solo in D pentatonic
minor
Interstate Love Song
---------- ---- ----
Intro
N.C
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------8--9--8------------------------|
D|/11--9--11--9-----------------------10-----------11---9----------------|
A|---------------11-(9)-7-9-7-9--9/11------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A
N.C. E ? E ? E
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--6--4--2-------7h9-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------7h9-------6---7--7---6----6---7--7---6------------------|
A|-------------------------7---7--7---7----7---7--7---7------------------|
E|-------------------------0---0--0---0----0---0--0---0------------------|
Verse
C#5 C#/C C#/B Bb? A5 E ? E ? E
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--6--6-6---6-6--6--6-6---6-6--6--6-6---3---3-3-3-2-----------------------|
D|-6-6--6--6-6---6-6--6--6-6---6-6--6--6-6---2---2-2-2-2--6--7-7--6--6--7-7--6-|
A|-4-4--4--4-4---3-3--3--3-3---2-2--2--2-2---1---1-1-1-0--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-|
Chorus
C#5 E5 A5 Ab5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--------------------------------------|
D|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--|
A|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--|
E|---------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
Lyrics (some of my favorite!)
(intro, followed by riff a)
Waiting, on a Sunday afternoon,
For what I read between the lines-your lies.
Feeling, like a hand in rusted shame,
So do you laugh or does it cry?
Reply.
(riff a)
Leaving on a Southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by,
All of these things you said to me.
(riff a)
Breathing, is the hardest thing to do,
With all I've said and all that's dead for you,
You lied-Goodbye.
(chorus)
Still Remains
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Pretty Penny
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Dean and Robert both played acoustic on this on, in standard tuning...(I thought
it was some open tuning...)...Dean says he used a movable Dm9 and Dm chord shapes,
but I don't hear 'em...E-mail me with any ideas...
SilverGun Superman
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Sorry-it's just too much, & I lack time & patience...it's in Dropped D...Scott
supposedly plays some guitar on it...
Big Empty
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Intro/Verse Chords (strum freely-listen to the cd for timing)
Em9 C9
E|--3--------------|
B|--3------3-------|
G|--0------3-------|
D|--2------2-------|
A|--2------3-------|
E|--0--------------|
Slide intro (PLEASE use a slide!)
E|----------------------------10------10-----------------------------------10|
B|-----------------------/12------12------11--8--10--11--10--8--10--8--/12---|
G|/12\11/12\11--\7-7--4------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
G A C G F E? E
E|--3--3-3---5-5--5-5---8--8-8--8--8-8--8-8-8--|--3--3--1--1--0--0-|
B|--3--3-3---5-5--5-5---8--8-8--8--8-8--8-8-8--|--3--3--1--1--0--0-|
G|--0--0-0---0-0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0--2--2--2--1-|
D|--0--0-0---0-0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0--3--3--2--2-|
A|--2--2-2---4-4--4-4---7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7--|--2--2--3--3--2--2-|
E|--3--3-3---5-5--5-5---8--8-8--8--8-8--8-8-8--|--3--3--1--1--0--0-|
Slide Part II (dos, 2, duo, deux, two)
E|-11\5-----------------------------10---12--10------------------------------|
B|--------5/-8/-10/11--8-10-8--/12---------------12--/11--/10---/5-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge ("...Conversations kill...") The instrumental section -arpeggiate
| the Bm9 & Bm
G F E? E Bm9? Bm? | -listen to cd
E|--3-3--1-1--0--0----------|----0---------0-------------| <-| for timing
B|--3-3--1-1--0--0----------|----2---------3-------------|
G|--0-0--2-2--2--1----------|----0---------0-------------|
D|--0-0--3-3--2--2----------|----2---------2-------------|
A|--2-2--3-3--2--2----------|----2---------2-------------|
E|--3-3--1-1--0--0----------|----------------------------|
Lyrics
Driving faster in my car
Falling farther from just what we are
Smoke a cigarette and lie some more
These conversations kill
Falling faster in my car
Time to take her home, her dizzy head is conscience-laden
Time to take a ride, it leaves today, no conversation
Time to take her home, her dizzy head is conscience-laden
Time to wait too long, to wait too long, to wait too long
Too much walking, shoes worn thin
Too much trippin', and my soul's worn thin
Time to catch a ride, it leaves today, her name is what it means
Too much walking, shoes worn thin
(chorus)
Conversations kill, Conversations kill...
(instrumental section [not REALLY a solo])
(chorus)
Unglued
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Intro
N.C. Play twice
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------1/4-----------------1/4--------------------1/4---------------1/4---|
D|--------------^-------------------^----------------------^-----------------^-----|
A|--------------7-p-5---------------7-p-5----------------7-p-5-------------7-p-5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
Verse
(E5)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2------------------|
A|-2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2------------------|
E|-0-0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0------------------|
Chorus
E5 C5 A5 C5 E5 C5 A5 D5 D/C# C5
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|-7---7---5---|
D|-2--2--101010---7--7--101010---2--2--101010--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7---5---|
A|-2--2--101010---7--7--101010---2--2--101010--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---4---3---|
E|-0--0---8-8-8---5--5---8-8-8---0--0---8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|
Lyrics
(intro)
Moderation is masturbation
What is what and what makes you feel good
All these things I think about
I think about-
Always come unglued
Yeah-I got this thing it's coming over me
I got this thing that's coming over me
I got this feeling comin over me, over me-yeah
(intro)
This confusion is my illusion
Nowhere to look, but know where to find you
All these things I'm sick about, I'm sick about-
Always come unglued
(chorus)
(solo)
(repeat verse 1)
(chorus x2)
Army Ants
---- ----
Intro (side note: IMHO, this is one of the coolest guitar tones on the album.
Dean used a Vox Mando guitar [made in the 60's, this 12
string's neck starts at the 12th fret of a normal guitar]
and a liberal dose of phaser...so everyone, pull out yer
phasers and apply them heavily!)
Strum freely
(D)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-------3-------3----3-----3----3----3-----3---3----3----3---------------|
G|--2-------1-------5----4-----3----2----1-----5---4----3----2---------------|
D|--0-------0-------0----0-----0----0----0-----0---0----0----0---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
D5 A5 B5 F5
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-------1010101010---------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--7--9-1010101010-1010101010----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--7--9--8-8-8-8-8-1010101010----|
E|------------5--7-------------8-8-8-8-8----|
Verse
N.C. Play 4 times let ring
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-----0--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0h2-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Prechorus Break before solo (after 2nd chorus)
A5 play with verse play twice D#5
E|------------------------------------|---11-11--11-11---10---11-11--11-11-10|
B|------------------------------------|---11-11--11-11---10---11-11--11-11-10|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|----7--7---7--7----6----7--7---7--7--6|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|--------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Lyrics
You don't look but you kick me
You can't feel but you hit me
You can't live with the way I pray
Why do we all have to look this way
I gotta heart, I got blood, feel pain
Time, time is not on my side
Cause the way I am
Gotta gotta find the reason why
A woman ain't a man
You don't look but you kick me
You can't feel but you hit me
You can't deal with the way I pray
Why do you all have to think this way
I gotta heart, I got blood, feel pain
Fall in those single file lines
Like army ants
Yeah, fall on into those single file lines
And complete the plan
(break)
(intro)
(solo)-a great ride! (rhythm-play chorus, w/break)
(verse)
(prechorus 1)
(verse 1)
Kitchenware & Candybars
----------- - ---------
Verse Chorus
play w/fingers
N.C. (E) (D) C5 G5 F#5 D5 C5
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|--5--5----------7---5-------------------|
D|--------5--5-------5--5--------4--|--5--5---5--4---7---5-------------------|
A|--------7--7-------7--7--------5--|--3--3---5--4---5---3-------------------|
E|--0--0--------0--0-------0--0-----|---------3--2---------------------------|
The bridge is all strings. I have no clue what to play-E-mail w/suggestions...
Lyrics
Somebody told me. I know where to go.
Somebody showed me. I was last to know.
Sell me down the river.
Sell me down the river.
Sell me down the river.
What I wanted, is what I wanted
What I wanted is what she wanted
Unfriendly feelings, down on wounded knee
Unfriendly reasons, some blind mother's need.
("Sell me down the river...")
(chorus)
You read the words and it sells you life
They sell their words but it's all a lie
(repeat verse 1)
("Sell...")
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
The Second Album
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...yeah, right...
Note: As of right now, I'm tabbing out most of Candlebox (an exceptional cd)
and all of Soundgarden's Superunknown...
...Now it's my turn to request...if anyone has any or all tabs for these
albums, and would like to post them, I'd really appreciate it...
-Queensryche:Rage For Order
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-Dream Theater:Images and Words
------ --- -----
or
Live At the Marquee
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-Rush:Rush
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Counterparts
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...I also plan to post tabs for Chaos A.D. by Sepultura, Point Blank by Nail
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