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Mother Tab by The Amazons

Mother tab by The Amazons

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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Both the rhythm guitar (Matt Thomson) and the lead guitar (Chris
Alderton) is in drop D tuning.
[Intro}

Rhythm guitar: plays the intro 'royal blood-esque' riff
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|  (x4)
A|-------------------------------------------|
D|---10-12-12-12-12--10--10-12-12-12-12-15---|

E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-10---|---10-12-12-12-12--10--10-12-12-12-12-10---|

E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|  (x2)
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-10---|---10-12-12-12-12--10--10-12-12-12-12-10---|

Lead guitar: plays the same melody as the 'ooh ooh ooh's, with fuzz
E|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---15b18b15--------------|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------14b17b14---|---12b14b12---12b14b12--10-12-10------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------------------12---|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---15b18b15---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------------14b17b14--12-14---|---12b14b12---12b14b12--10-12-10-------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------12--10-12--|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Rhythm guitar: plays chords clean

'Friends wanna kill me'
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---6-6-6-6-6--5--3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
G|---7-7-7-7-7--6--3-3-3-3-3--9---9--10-10-10-10--9---9--10-10-10-10--10---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8--7--5-5-5-5-5--10--10-12-12-12-12--10--10-12-12-12-12--12---|  (x2)
A|----------------------------10--10-12-12-12-12--10--10-12-12-12-12--12---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

{Lead guitar] plays with an octave pedal with the note partially an octave down, and delay
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|---15b18b15b18b15--------------------15b18b15b18b15---|
G|--------------------14b17b14b17b14--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

Rhythm guitar: plays power chords with distortion

'Mother, it's not in my hands'
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--14--15--17---|
A|---10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--14--15--17---|
D|---10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--14--15--17---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--10--10--10--10---|
A|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--10--10--10--10---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--10--10--10--10---|

Lead guitar: plays simple riff
E|-----------------------|         |--------------------|    |-----------------------|
B|------------------10---|         |--------------------|    |------------------10---|
G|--------10---12--------|         |--------------------|    |--------10---12--------|
D|---12------------------|  (x3)   |----------------7---|    |---12------------------|  (x3)
A|-----------------------|         |---7---8---10-------|    |-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|         |--------------------|    |-----------------------|

Intro: Play second part of intro once

Verse 2:

Rhythm guitar: is the same

Lead guitar: is slightly different
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------10------------|
D|---12b15b12b15b12b15b12---12-10-12----12-10-12---|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

Chorus: repeated

Bridge:

Rhythm guitar:
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|  (x4)
A|--------------------------------|
D|---10-0-0--0--10--0-10-0-0-10---|

'Friends say I've got a few reasons'
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--10-0-0--0--10--0-10-0-0-10--10-0-0--0--10--0-10-0-0-10---|

Lead guitar: plays a similar melody to the lyrics

'Friends say I've got a few reasons'
E|------------15-15--------------------------------------|
B|------------------18-15-----------------18-18----------|
G|------15-17----------------15-----15-17-------17-------|
D|---17-------------------17-----17-----------------19---|  Join in with rhythm guitar
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

'I'm tired of bowing to preachers'
E|------------15-15-----------------------13--15b17b15p13------|
B|------------------18-15---------------------------------15---|
G|------15-17----------------15-----15-17----------------------|
D|---17-------------------17-----17----------------------------|  Join in with rhythm
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

'Ooooh'
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------13----13---|
G|---12b14--------9b10b9-7------7-10-10-10-7--7--7-7-7-7--10-7--7---12-15-14----14------|
D|---------12-12-----------7-10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--15b17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------13-15-15b17-b17---|
B|--------15-15~-15~---17b18b17-15----15-17-18-18-18-15----13----------------13--13-15------------------|
G|---------------------------------17--------------------14--14-12--12--12-14--14-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------15--15--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

Rhythm guitar: is the same

Lead guitar: is the same except he plays this last note at the end of the chorus
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|---9---|
D|-------|
A|-------|
D|-------|

Outro:

Both guitars:
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|  (x2)
A|------------------------------------------|
D|---10-12-12-12-12-10--10-12-12-12-12-15---|

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|  (x4)
A|--------------------------------|
D|---10-0-0--0--10--0-10-0-0-10---|



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| b  Bend
| p  Pull-off
| ~  Vibrato


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