Blind Melon – The Duke tab

Intro (12/8 time)

(guitars 1[acoustic] &2[clean elec. w/chorus])


  E6   EM7	E6        E
  
e-0-------------------9---7-|B-0----4--5--7--------0---0-|G-6h4--x---------6----x---x-|D------6---------6----6---6-| x3A---------------------------|E---------------------------|
E6 EM7 E6 E
e-0-------------------9---7--7-7-0|B-0----4--5--7--------0---0--0-0-0|G-6h4--x---------6----x---x--x-x-x|D------6---------6----6---6--6-6-6|A--------------------------------7|E--------------------------------0|
Verse 1 (12/8 time) (Guitar 4 with Rhy. Fill 3, 2nd time) (guitar 1 tacet) (guitar 2) (guitar 3 [elec.]) [begin lyrics] E6 EM7 E6 E
/e-0---------------------------------9--7-7/0||B-0---------------4--5-7------------0--0----||G-6h-----------4--x-------6---------x--x----||D-----------------6-------6---------6--6----||A-------------------------------------------||E-------------------------------------------|
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|e-------------------------------------------||B-10/12----10/12-------10/12----10/12--9----||G--9/11\9---9/11--9-----9/11\9---9/11--9----||D-------------------------------------------||A-------------------------------------------|\E-------------------------------------------|
E6 EM7 E6 E
/e-0-------------------9---7----7/0-----||B-0----4--5--7--------0---0------------||G-6h4--x---------6----x---x------------||D------6---------6----6---6------------||A--------------------------------------||E--------------------------------------|
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|e------------------------------------0-||B-9----9\--7-------7\-5---------0------||G-9-9------8--8-------6--6-/-9--4--4---||D----------6----------6---------6------||A--------------------------------------|\E--------------------------------------|
E6 EM7 E6 E
/e-0-------------------9---7----7/0-----||B-0----4--5--7--------0---0------------||G-6h4--x---------6----x---x------------||D------6---------6----6---6------------||A--------------------------------------||E--------------------------------------|
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|e--------------------------------------||B-10/12----10/12--12---10/12\12-10/12-9||G--9/11\9---9/11--11----9/11\9---9/11-9||D--------------------------------------||A--------------------------------------|\E--------------------------------------|
At the fourth (last) bar of Verse 1: (13/8 time) (guitars 1&2) (Gtr.1 w/ Rhy. Fill 1) E6 EM7 E6 E
/e-0-------------------9---7----7/0-||B-0----4--5--7--------0---0--------||G-6/4--x---------6----x---x--------||D------6---------6----6---6--------||A----------------------------------||E----------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B--9-----9--7-----7---5------0----0-------------||G--9--9-----8--8------6---6--6/9--4-------------||D--9-----9--6---------6-----------6--------2h4-2||A-------------------------------------2h4-------|\E-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus (9/8 time) (guitars 1&2 tacet) (guitars 3&4 division) (guitar 5 [elec.]) x x E5 F#7add4
/e-------12------12-------12b14-----12-----------||B-5---5/12\5--5/12-\--5-/12--------12-----------||G-----------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-5/7------7--7---------------------------------||E--------3------3-/-2-2--------2-2-2------------|
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|e-------------------------0--------0------------||B------------------------------0------0---------||G-----4-4-4\--4-4-4--------------3--------------||D-----6-6-6\--6-6-6-----------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------|\E-----------------------------------------------|
(time change to 5/8)(Gtr.1 w/Rhy. Fill 5) __________________And __________________And E
/e-12--------------12\---------------------------||B-12--------------12\---------------------------||G-----------9h11--------------------------------||D-----9h11--2h4----2----------------------------||A-----2h4---------------------------------------||E--0--------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-1---------------------------------------------||D-2---------------------------------------------||A-2---------------------------------------------|\E-0---------------------------------------------|
(time change to 9/8) E5 F#7add4
/e-------12------12-------12-14-----12-----------||B-5---5/12\5--5/12-\--5-/12---------------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-5/7------7--7---------------------------------||E--------3------3-/---2--------2-2-2------------|
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|e-------------------------0--------0------------||B------------------------------0------0---------||G-----4-------4-4----------------3--------------||D-------5-6\-/6-6-5\----------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------|\E-----------------------------------------------|
(time change to 5/8) (Gtr.1 w/Rhy. Fill 5) E
/e-12----------------|----------------------------||B-12----------------|------9-10-12---------------||G-----------9h11--9-|-7h9-----------9------------||D-----9h11--2h4---2-|------6-7-7/9---------------||A-----2h4-----------|-5/7-----------7------------||E--0----------------|----------------------------|
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|e-------------------|----------------------------||B-------------------|----------------------------||G-1-----------------|----------------------------||D-2-----------------|------6-7-7/9---------------||A-2-----------------|-5/7-----------7------------|\E-0-----------------|----------------------------|
(time change to 3/8) (time change to 5/8) (Gtr.1 w/Rhy. Fill 2, 1st time) (Gtr.1 w/Rhy. Fill 4, 2nd time) x D(b5) C#5
/e----------------|-------------------------------||B----------------|-------------------------------||G-7--------------|-6----------6------------------||D----------------|------------------5------------||A-5--------------|-4----------4------------------||E----------------|------------------3------------|
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|e----------------|-------------------------------||B----------------|-------------------------------||G----------------|----6-6-6-6-6-6----------------||D------1-1-1-1---|----6-6-6-6-6-6---5------------||A-0----0-0-0-0---|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|\E----------------|-------------------------------|
(time change to 3/8) x x
/e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6--6--6---------------------------------------||D----------5------------------------------------||A-4--4------------------------------------------||E----------3/-----------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6--6--6---------------------------------------||D-6--6--6--5------------------------------------||A-4--4--4---------------------------------------|\E-----------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: Go back to the beginning of Verse 1 and repeat to this point. Interlude #1 5/8 time x
/e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6---------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-4---------------------------------------------||E----------------3------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D----6--6-6-6-6---------------------------------||A-4--4--4-4-4-4---------------------------------|\E----------------3------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 12/8 time C#5 D5 E5 E
/e-----------------------------------------------||B------------------------------10-9-------------||G----------------9--9-11---11-9-----9-----------||D------------9-11-11------------------9---------||A---------/11-----------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6--6------7---7-----9-------------------------||D---------------------2-------------------------||A-4--4-4----0---0--------2----------------------|\E--------3---------3--------3b-0--0----3b-------|(begin Rhy. Fig. 1, Gtr. 4 only)
C#5 D5 E5 E
/e----------12-12------12-------------------------12--------||B-12-9--------12-12-----12--------9-12-9-12-12b14--12b14-12||G-----9-11b------11b13----11b13r11-------------------------||D----------------------------------------------------------||A----------------------------------------------------------||E----------------------------------------------------------|
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|e----------------------------------------------------------||B----------------------------------------------------------||G------------------------9/11-9--9/11-9--------------------||D-------------0------0/2-2/4--2--2/4--2--------------------||A-4---4-4--------------------------------------------------|\E--------3----------------------0----------------0-------3b| (end Rhy. Fig. 1)
C#5 D5 E5
/e----------12(12-14)12-------9h12p9-------------||B-12-12/14-------------------------12p9-12-9-12-||G-----------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D--------------------0-0-2-2--------------------||A-4--4------------------------------------------|\E--------3--------------3---3b-0------0----3----|
(time change to 13/8) C#5 D5 E5 F# E E
/e------------12-14b16-14-16-14-12-14-14b16r14-12------12\||B-12-12-12/14--------------------------------------------||G--------------------------------------------------------||D--------------------------------------------------------||A--------------------------------------------------------||E--------------------------------------------------------|
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|e--------------------------------------------------------||B--------------------------------------------------------||G-6--6---------------7---7/9----9/11-9---9-11-9----------||D--------------------0---0/2----3/4--2---2-4--2-----2h4-2||A-4--4------------------------------------------2h4-2----|\E-----------3--------------------------0-----------------|
Interlude #2 12/8 time E F#7add4 E
/e-----12------12----12-12-12-12-----------------||B-5-5/12\5--5/12\-------------------------------||G--------------------9--9--9--9-----------------||D-2------2--------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E------3-------3\2-2-2--2--2--2----0-0-0-0------|
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|e--------------------0---0----------------------||B-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--------0-0-0-0------||G-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----3-----------1-1-1-1------||D----------------------------------2-2-2-2------||A----------------------------------2-2-2-2------|\E----------------------------------0-0-0-0------|
E F#7add4 E
/e-------12-------12-----------------------------||B-5---5/12\5-5-5/12\5-5-5-5-5--5----------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D-0-2-2----2-2-2--------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-------3---------3\2---2-2-2--0--0-0-----------|
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|e----------------------0---0--------------------||B-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0---0--0--0-0-0---------||G-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1----3-----1--1-1-1---------||D------------------------------2--2-2-2---------||A------------------------------2--2-2-2---------|\E------------------------------0--0-0-0---------|
(time change to 5/8) (time change to 3/8) D(b5)
/e-------------------|---------------------------||B------9-10-10h12---|---------------------------||G-----------------9-|--7------------------------||D------6--7-7h9-----|---------------------------||A-5h7---------------|--5------------------------||E-------------------|---------------------------|
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(time change to 5/8) C#5
/e--------------------------||B--------------------------||G-6------------------------||D---------------5----------||A-4----------4-------------||E---------------3----------|
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|e--------------------------||B--------------------------||G---6--6-6-6-6-------------||D---6--6-6-6-6--5----------||A-4-4--4-4-4-4-------------|\E--------------------------|
Outro (guitar 5 tacet) (guitar 2 top) (guitar 3 bottom) (guitar 4 w/Rhy. Fig. 1, 3.5 times, simile) x x C#5 D(b5)
/e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----9-9----9-11-11-11-11b-11-9-11-11-11-9----9||D--------/11--------------------------------11--||A-11--------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6-6-7-7-------9-----9-------------------------||D----5----5------------------5-------------5----||A--------------------------------7------7-------|\E-----------------------------------------------|(Begin Rhy. Fig. 2, guitar 3 only)
Whoa._________________ (Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. C#5 D(b5)
/e--------------------------12-12-12121212121212-||B-10-10-10---12-12-12-12----x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||G--9--9--9-9--9--9-----9-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G--6--6-------7--7/--9-9/11-9--9h11-9h11-9-11p9-||D--------5-------------------------------------5||A-----------------------------------------------|\E-----------------------------------------------| (End Rhy. Fig 2)
_________________________________________________ Get out. Get out. Get out.) C#5 D(b5) E5
/e-12-12--12-12-12--12-12b14-12b14-12b14-12b14---||B--x--x---x--x--x---x--x------------------------||G--9--9---9--9--9---9--9------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-------------------4--4-----------4-4----------||D-6--6-------6--6---2--2-----------2-2----------||A-4--4-------5--5-------------------------------|\E---------3/-------3-------------3--------3-----|
_________________________________________________ x C#5 (NC)
/e-12b14r12-9---------------------12-------------||B-----------(912)9-------------12---------------||G------------------11(911)9-/13-----13-16b18----||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D-6-6-------------------------------------------||A-4-4------5----5h7-7h9-7------7-7--------------|\E--------3-----------------0-0------0--3--------|
_________________________________________________ x C#5 D(b5) E5
/e-12----14b16r14p12--12-14b16b17r14-------------||B----14------------14--------------(1214)12-----||G-----------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----------------------------------9-9---------||D-6------6-----------------6-6------9-9---------||A-4------4-----------------5-5------7-7---------|\E------------------3-------------3------3-0-0-3-|
_________________________________________________ (Whoa._________ C#5 D(b5) E5
/e-------------------------------------------9---||B-(1012)-10--(910)-9-------12-12-12b14r12-9---9-||G----------------------9-11-9-11----------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-----------------------------------------------||D--------6-6--------6-6-9---9-9-9----9----9-9-9-||A--------4-4--------5-5-7---7-7-7----7----7-7-7-|\E-------------3---------0-0-0-0-0----0----0-0-0-|
_________________________________________________ __ Whoa____ Whoa_____ C#5 D5 E5
/e--------12-------------------------------------||B--------12-12----------12----------12----------||G-11b13-----11b13r11b13-11b13r11b13-11b13r11b13-||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G---------------------------9-9-----------------||D-6-6-------7-------7-------9-9-----------------||A-4-4-------5-------5-------7-7--------2-2------|\E--------3--------------3-----------3--0-0----3-|
Whoa_____ Whoa_____) C#5 D(b5) E5
/e-----------------------------------------------||B-11b13-11b13r11b13-11b13-----------9-----------||G-----------------------------------------------||D-----------------------------------------------||A-----------------------------------------------||E-----------------------------------------------|
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|e-----------------------------------------------||B-----------------------------------------------||G-6--6-----7-7/9-9/11-9-------9/11--9-----------||D-------5---------------------------------------||A-4--4-----5-5/7-7/9--7----7--7h9---7-----------|\E-------3------------------0--------------------|
Program Notes: Rhy. Fill 1 (5/8 time)
e--0-0-----------9-----------|B--0---0-4-5-7---0-----------|G--6-----x-----6-x-----------|D--------6-----6-6-----2h4-2-|A------------------2h4-------|E----------------------------|
Rhy. Fill 2 (3/8,5/8,3/8 time)
e---0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|----------------|B---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0--------|G---x-x-x-x-x-|---x-x-x-x-x-x---|---x-x-x--------|D---6-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|---6-6-6--------|A-5-----------|-4---------------|-4--------------|E-------------|---------------3-|---------3------|
Rhy. Fill 3 (12/8 time)
e---------|B---------|G---------|D--2------|A--2------|E--0------|
Rhy. Fill 4 (3/8,5/8 time)
e--------0----|--------0----|B------0---0--|------0---0--|G-------------|-------------|D---6---------|---5---------|A-5-----------|-4-----------|E-------------|-------------|
Rhy. Fill 5 (5/8 time)
e--------------|B--------------|G-1------------|D-2-----2h4-2--|A-2-2h4--------|E-0------------|
Tablature Explanation: h = hammer on p = pull off b = bend to following note (if no note follows, bend 1/4 step) r = return from bend / = slide up \ = slide down From the transcribist: This song had a load of timing changes in it, so watch out. This is one of my favorite songs by Blind Melon and it took a lot of time to write it out, but virtue is its own reward. Ha, ha.
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