Guitar Tab for Swamp Song [#552] Transcribed by John Buencamino (boink@speednet.com.au) Added to t.d.n: 07/27/97 12:39:23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My first attempt had a number of mistakes in it, this one is closer to home, I hope. All of the song is here, except for the first solo (which is a slide guitar, and I don't have a slide) although I may have made some mistakes in figuring the second solo out. And there is alot of dynamic shifting in this song that I can't be bothered including. DROP D tuning INTRO (bass, then band) D|---(0)--------------------------/\---|| A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4 D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------|| VERSE (My warning...) .................. D|---------------------------/\--------|| A|--------------------------3--5-------|| X 4 D|-0---0--0--0-----0-----X-------------|| PRE CHORUS (Why don't you...) .......... .... .... AH .... .... . .... AH D|--------------------------------/\--|--------------------------------/\--| A|-5-----------5--------5--------3--5-|-------5--------5-----5--------3--5-| D|-0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-------| ............................ AH AH ............ ... AH AH D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|| A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------|| D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| CHORUS (This bog is thick...) D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| X 3 D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| Play the intro, but on the last bar, play this: ^hold bend D|---(0)------------------| A|-------------5--------5-| D|-0-----3--0-----3--0----| Play verse, then pre chorus, then chorus SOLO for four bars (this is just noise, so improvise...I normally just play with harmonics) ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) let ring E|-0----------|| B|-0----------|| G|-2----------|| X 3 D|-0----------|| A|------------|| D|------------|| let ring E|-0--------------|| B|-0--------------|| G|-2--------------|| D|-0---------/\---|| A|----------3--5--|| D|----------------|| Play pre chorus then chorus, but on the 4th bar play: D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-| A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-| (I hope it sucks...) D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| ..................... E|---------------------------------------------|| B|------3--------------------------------------|| G|------2----5---------------------------------|| D|-0----0----5----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| A|-0---------3----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| D|-0--------------0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| ................. D|-7--9--------------|| A|-------7--X--10--7-|| X 8 D|-------------------|| Bridge ................ /\ D|----7--------5-----|| D|-0---/\---5--0--|| A|-0-----5--7-----7--|| X 8 then A|-0--5--0--------|| X 4 D|-------------------|| D|-0--------------|| Repeat the bridge 3 times, then play: SOLO (well, at least what the solo basically is. I haven't included the picking pattern, because it's felt more than heard. Also, the bar lines don't represent bars, but I included them for ease of reading. I have no idea what signature the solo is in.) let ring hold bend hold bend E|--------|------------------------/\---|---------------/\---| B|-3------|--(3)/(15)--15------(18)--15-|-10--------(13)--10-| G|-2------|--(2)/(14)--17^(19)----------|-12^(14)------------| D|-0------|-------(0)-------------------|--------------------| A|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------| D|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------| hold bend (No...one...told...you to...) E|-0---------|-------------------------| B|-4^(5)-----|-/3--------3/15----------| G|-----------|-/2--------2/14----------| D|-----------|--0----------------------| A|-----------|-------------------------| D|-----------|-------------------------| (COME!!!!!!) D|------------------------------------| A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--3--3-| X 3 then D|------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------5-|| A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5-|| D|-------------------------------5-|| ANOTHER ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) AH D|---(0)--------------------------/\---|| A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4 D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------|| (Why don't you watch...) ............................. G|----------------------5--------5--7-| D|-------------------------7--5-------| X 2 very softly, then A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0----------------| D|------------------------------------| AH ................ AH AH ............ /\ D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|| A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------|| D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| There is another chorus with the repeated `I hope it sucks..' bit, then end on: D|-3^-|| A|-3^-|| D|-3^-|| And that's it. Notes: Notice how the song gets louder in the transition between the verse and chorus, then softer again, etc. Adam also tends to play artificial harmonics on the accents. The band also plays staccato on some bits but I can't be bothered transcribing them, they should be easy enough to spot. Oh yeah, a note on his sound: he sometimes achieves very, very faint artificial harmonics even when he doesn't pluck them. I don't know if it's because of his EQ curve, or some effect, or what, but if anyone knows more on this and would like to tell me, please email me. 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