22 Going On 23 tab by Butthole Surfers

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                             22 Going On 23 - Butthole Surfers
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Tabbed by: Chris Lawrence (uploaded by Ritik)
E-mail: ritikrao@hotmail.com

ritikrao@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

The first time it is played like this:

e-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A--2--2-2-5-5-5-4-pick scrape

But the rest of the time you play it like this:

e-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-0--0-0-3-3-3-2~--pick scrape

Only put a slight vibrato of a dozen cents or so on note before the scrape. Mute E, A strings during pick scrape.




For the solo, you might not be able to reach certain notes on smaller necks.



E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15b~~~~--15-15-15-15r-------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------12~~~-12-14-14b-14-14-14-14~~~~---14-14-14-14--14~~~--
D---- keep note bent ---------------- gradually bend ----- note still bent-----
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------



E-----15-15-14-14-14\--------12--12--12--12--15-17b~~~~-17b-17b-17b~~~~~--
B---------------------17~~~--15b-15b-15b-15b------------------------------
G--(14~~~~~~~~~~~)--------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------



E--(17b~~~)-17~-17~-17~-17~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15\12~-12~-12~-12~-12~--
B---return--------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------



E--12\15~-15~-15~-15~\-21b~~~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~--- etc
B------------------------hold bend----------21~-21~-21~-21~- bend/shake/pick
G----------------------------------------------------------- furiously
D----------------------------------------------------------- then slide back
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------



E---------------------15-15-14-14-14\-------12--12--12--12--15-17~~-17~17~17~17~~--
B-------------------------------------17~~~-15b-15b-15b-15b------------------------
G--14b-14~-14~-14~-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------
D------- hold bend ----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



E-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-16-14-12~~~--
B-----------12-12-------------------------------------
G-----13-13-------------------------------------------
D--14-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------



E-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-19b~~\--
B-----------12-12--------------------------------
G-----13-13--------------------------------------
D--14--------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------



E-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-16-14-12~~~--
B-----------12-12-------------------------------------
G-----13-13-------------------------------------------
D--14-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------


E-----------------14-14-12~~-19~-19~-19~-19~-19~-19~-- this is right at the end
B-----------12-12------------------------------------- of the solo, and for the
G-----13-13------------------------------------------- last few notes just explode
D--14------------------------------------------------- into a noise frenzy around
A----------------------------------------------------- the 19th-22nd frets...





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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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