Medication tab - garbage

e: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: lee j 
Subject: g/garbage/medication.tab




Tuning:  Normal
Capo:  Not required, but can be put on the first fret to make
 riff 2 easier
Notes:  The tab is divided up into two sections. The first shows
How to play the riffs, the second where to play the riffs in
relation to the lyrics.
Any comments, questions and corrections are very welcome:
E-mail me at: leej666@yahoo.com

Section 1:
Guitar 1:clean electric.
Guitar 2:moderate distortion.
Each line of the tab is equal to 2 bars.
Riff 1, Guitar 1: 2 bars long
  (Ab)                  (Cm)
E I------6-4--I-----3----I
B I---4-----4-I---4---4--I
G I-----5-----I----5---5-I
D I-----6-----I--5---5---I
A I--6----6---I-3--------I
E I-4---------I----------I

Riff 2, Guitar 1: 4 bars long

E I-----------I---1------I
B I---2--2----I---2--2---I
G I-----------I----------I
D I--3--3-----I--3--3--3-I
A I-4--4--4-3-I-1--1--1--I
E I-----------I----------I

E I-------4-1-I--------I
B I---2--2--2-I--------I
G I---------1-I---1--1-I
D I--3--3---3-I--3--3--I
A I-4--4------I-1--1---I
E I-----------I--------I

Riff 3, Guitar 1: 8 bars long
  (Ab)              (Cm)
E I--4---------I--3---------I
B I--4---------I--4---------I
G I--5---strum-I--5---strum-I
D I--6---------I--5---------I
A I--6---------I--3---------I
E I--4---------I--3---------I

   (C#m)             (C#)
E I--4---------I--4---------I
B I--4---------I--6---------I
G I--6---strum-I--6---strum-I
D I--6---------I--6---------I
A I--4---------I--4---------I
E I--4---------I--4---------I

  Then play bars 1 to 3 again, replacing the last with:
E I--------6--------6--------6--I
B I------8--------8--------8----I
G I----6--------6--------6------I
D I--6--------6--------6--------I
A I-----------------------------I
E I-----------------------------I

Fill in 1, Guitar 2: 1 bar long

E I-------------I
B I--------4~---I
G I-----5~------I
D I--5~------6~-I
A I-------------I
E I-------------I

Fill in 2, Guitar 1: 1 bar long

E I-----8---8--10--8----8-I
B I--11--11-----------11--I
G I-----------------------I
D I-----------------------I
A I-----------------------I
E I-----------------------I

Chords, Guitar 2:
Name  Structure(EADGBe)
Bb       113331
D5       557775
Eb       668886
Ab       466544
Dm7   8/8/10/10/10/8

OK That's the various pieces of the jigsaw, here's where they fit:

Section 2:
G1:Guitar 1
G2:Guitar 2

N.b: Each line represents four bars this time.

Verse 1:

G1:Riff 1                       Riff 1
G2:                        -    
G1:Riff 1                       Riff 1
G2:                        -            
G1:Riff 1                            Riff 1
G2:                           -                                
G1:Riff 2
G2:                           -                                    

Chorus 1:

G1:                               -                   
G2:Bb  D5     Eb    Ab       D5   Eb    Dm7  Bb  Eb        Ab  D5   Eb
G1:                               -                                               G2:Bb   D5   Eb       Ab      D5   Eb  Dm7     Bb   Eb

Verse 2:

G1: Riff 1                           Riff 1
G2:                        Fill in 1                         Fill in 1    
G1:    Riff 1                        Riff 1 
G2:                                       -                  Fill in 1 
G1:Riff 1                              Riff 1
G2:                                -     
G1: Riff 2
G2:                         -      

Chorus 1:

G1:                         
G2:Bb D5      Eb    Ab       D5   Eb    Dm7  Bb  Eb        Ab  D5   Eb
G1:                               -
G2:Bb     D5   Eb       Ab      D5   Eb  Dm7     Bb   Eb

verse 3:

G1:Riff 3
G2:                                  -  
G1:
G2:                        

chorus 2:

G1:     Fill in 2         Fill in 2          Fill in 2      Fill in 2
G2:Bb D5      Eb    Ab       D5   Eb    Dm7  Bb  Eb      Ab  D5   Eb
G1:     Fill in 2         Fill in 2          Fill in 2      Fill in 2
G2:   Bb           D5   Eb       Ab      D5   Eb  Dm7     Bb   Eb

chorus 1:

G1:   Fill in 2         Fill in 2          Fill in 2      Fill in 2
G2:Bb D5      Eb    Ab       D5   Eb    Dm7  Bb  Eb        Ab  D5   Eb
G1:   Fill in 2         Fill in 2          Fill in 2      Fill in 2  
G2:   Bb     D5   Eb       Ab      D5   Eb  Dm7     Bb   Eb

Verse 4:

G1:Riff 1                            Riff 1
G2:                              
G1:Riff 1                            Riff 1
G2:                         
G1:Riff 1                            Riff 1*
G2:                                -

(*strum the last notes of this riff(i.e a perfect cadence))

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