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Dead In The Water Tab by Calexico

Dead In The Water tab by Calexico

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#m

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

  Riff 1          Repeat this four times
E|---------|----------------------------------|
B|---------|----------------------------------|
G|---------|-*------------------------------*-|
D|---------|----------------------------------|
A|---------|-*---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-------*-|
E|---0-0-0-|--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-0-0---|
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Guitar 2 keeps repeating the shape above

Guitar 1: Riff 2
                  bend up 1/4 step
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|        repeat four times
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--2--2-2-5-7-5-7b--7pb-7pb-7pb-7pbr--5----|

Verse 1:

E|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|---------|-*-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|---------|---------------------------------|--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
A|---------|-*----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-------|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
E|---0-0-0-|---2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-0-0-|--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------0-|

E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------*-|
D|---------------7--7-7--7-7-7-|-4--4-4--4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
A|-4--4-4-2--2-2-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-2--2-2--2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---*-|   Repeat this section
E|-2--2-2-0--0-0---------------|----------------------------0---|

Pre-Verse:

Riff 2
                  bend up 1/4 step
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|        repeat four times
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--2--2-2-5-7-5-7b--7pb-7pb-7pb-7pbr--5----|

Verse 2:

E|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|---------|--------------------------------|--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
A|---------|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-------|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
E|---0-0-0-|--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-0-0-|--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------0-|

E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------7--7-7--7-7-7-|-4--4-4--4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
A|-4--4-4-2--2-2-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-2--2-2--2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
E|-2--2-2-0--0-0---------------|-------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus: "Whatever I want, whatever I need ..."

E|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7-4--4-4--4-4-|----------------------------|
A|-5--5-5--5-5-2--2-2--2-2-|-4--4-4--4-4--7--7-7--7-7---|
E|-------------------------|-2--2-2--2-2--5--5-5--5-5---|

                            "You try to resist"
E|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7-4--4-4--4-4-|---------------------------6-6-6-6--|
A|-5--5-5--5-5-2--2-2--2-2-|-----------------6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4--|
E|-------------------------|-----------------4-4-4-4------------|


Chorus: "I'll take you and the whole world with me ..."

Riff 2
                  bend up 1/4 step
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|        repeat four times
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--2--2-2-5-7-5-7b--7pb-7pb-7pb-7pbr--5----|


Verse 3/Outro:

  Riff 1
E|---------|----------------------------------|
B|---------|----------------------------------|
G|---------|-*------------------------------*-|
D|---------|----------------------------------|      repeat twice
A|---------|-*---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-------*-|
E|---0-0-0-|--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-0-0---|

Riff 2
                  bend up 1/4 step
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|        repeat four times
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--2--2-2-5-7-5-7b--7pb-7pb-7pb-7pbr--5----|

End with:

E|---------|----------------|
B|---------|----------------|
G|---------|----------------|
D|---------|----------------|
A|---------|----------------|
E|---0-0-0-|--2-------------|


***********************************
| x   Dead note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
***********************************

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