Kerosene tab by Big Black

Tabs

There's so much noise in there and it's all overlapped and some
of it is too silent. Anyway, this is what I figured out.

From the 1987 Album ATOMIZER

Tune low E MajorE string one step down to D MajorD

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Intro

  Guitar 1
  S S S E. E. E. E MajorE E  S S S E. E. E. E MajorE E
|E MajorE|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3-|-2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3--||
|BB|o-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-o||
|G+G|---------------------|---------------------||
|D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------||
|A augmentedA|o--------------------|--------------------o||
|D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------||
(the intro "di-di-di-ding-di-ding-di-di-di-di-di", actually it's one octave higher)

  4/4
  Guitar 1
  S S S E. E. E. E MajorE E  S S S E. E. E. E MajorE E 4x
|E MajorE|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3-|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3--||
|BB|o-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-o||
|G+G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D MajorD|---------------------|----------------------||
|A augmentedA|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|D MajorD|---------------------|----------------------||
|
|  Guitar 2
|  W           W          4x
|E MajorE|---------------------|----------------------||
|BB|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|G+G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D MajorD|---------------------|----------------------||
|A augmentedA|o-9------------------|-11------------------o||
|D MajorD|--9------------------|-11-------------------||
|
|            Bass
|  W           W          4x
|G+G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D MajorD|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|A augmentedA|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|D MajorD|--9------------------|-11-------------------||
(the "ding-di-di-ding" continues, while the other guitar plays a B5B5 and C#5C#5 powerchord)


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verse

  Bass
  E MajorE E E MajorE E E. Q +S  E MajorE E Q  S S S  Q    +S
|G+G|--------------------|------------------------------
|D MajorD|o-------------------|------------------------------
|A augmentedA|o-------------------|------------------------------
|D MajorD|--7-5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4---2--2-2---4-------(4)-
|       (this is supposed to be the bass line)
|  Guitar 1
|            Q  Q  E.    E.  E MajorE
|E MajorE|--------------------|------------------------------
|BB|o-------------------|--------14----------------
|G+G|--------------------|--------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------|------------------------------
|A augmentedA|o-------------------|------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------|------------------------------
            (harmonics or noise played by the guitar)

 Bass
   E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE E. Q +S  E MajorE E Q S S S Q +S
|G------------------------|----------------------||
|D------------------------|---------------------o||
|A------------------------|---------------------o||
|D----7---5-4-2-4--4--(4)-|-4-2-4--2-2-2-4--(4)--||
|
| Guitar 1
|  +H           W
|E------------------------|----------------------||
|B------------------------|---------------------o||
|G-()-----------------|----------------------||
|D------------------------|----------------------||
|A------------------------|---------------------o||
|D------------------------|----------------------||

  Bass
   E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E. Q +S  E MajorE E E MajorE S S S S S Q +S
|G+G|-----------------------|------------------------
|D MajorD|o----------------------|------------------------
|A augmentedA|o----------------------|------------------------
|D MajorD|----7--5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4--(4)-
|
|  Guitar 1
|   W          W
|E MajorE|-----------------------|------------------------
|BB|o------------------|------------------------
|G+G|-----------------------|------------------------
|D MajorD|-----------------------|------------------------
|A augmentedA|o----------------------|------------------------
|D MajorD|-----------------------|------------------------


 Bass
 E MajorE E E MajorE E E. Q +S  E MajorE E E MajorE S S S S S Q +S  4x
|G-------------------|-------------------------||
|D-------------------|------------------------o||
|A-------------------|------------------------o||
|D-7-5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4--(4)--||



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Chorus ("set me on fire, Kerosene!")

  Guitar 1
   W
|E MajorE|----------------------------------|
|BB|----------------------------------|
|G+G|o--4------------------------------|
|D MajorD|o---------------------------------|
|A augmentedA|---2------------------------------|
|D MajorD|----------------------------------|
|
|  Bass
|  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|G+G|----------------------------------|
|D MajorD|o---------------------------------|
|A augmentedA|o---------------------------------|
|D MajorD|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|


   W                       4x
|E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------||
|BB|--------------------------------------------------o||
|G+G|--6------------------------------------------------||
|D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------||
|A augmentedA|--4-----------------------------------------------o||
|D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
|G---------------------------------------------------||
|D--------------------------------------------------o||
|A--------------------------------------------------o||
|D-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---||




Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.
Low melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
  - volume swell (louder/softer)

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

When I first heard Atomizer (the 1st BB thing I ever heard), I was totally stunned by the
noises being made by Albini's

guitar and tried for ages to get my guitar to sound like it. No luck at all.
Until I bought a cheap n' shitty analogue delay pedal. Turned the feedback up to max and the
delay time to zero. Bingo -

instant Albini. Sounds like your guitar is spitting out of a meat grinder - just like the
record.