Party Of Special Things To Do tab by Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band

Tabs

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Party Of Special Things To Do
Blue Jeans And Moonbeams (1974)

Tabbed by: Michael Harrison
E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Apparently this album got slammed, but this is one of my favourite Beefheart songs.
It's really simple to play and I love the riff.
Intro

The camel wore a nightie...

e|---------3-1-----------------|
BB|---1-3-4-----4-3-4-3-1-------|
G+G|-3---------------------3/5---|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|

In the party of special things to do...

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------4-6---4/6---|
G+G|------------------------------3-5---3/5--5-----5-------|
D MajorD|-----------------1-3---1/3--5-----5--------------------|
A augmentedA|---1-3---1/3---3-----3---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----3-----------------------------------------------|

[The next line isn't perfect. I think there's some bends/doublestops, but these are the right notes at least)

e|-13-13--11-11-----------|
BB|--------------13-118---|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|

Main Riff

e|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------1~---1------------------1~-------1------|
A augmentedA|-----1h3----3---3--1h3-------1h3----3-------3~---|
E MajorE|-(3)---------------------(3)----------1h3--------|

Spoken Bit

e|-----0--------0-----|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|---5---5----3---3---|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-3--------1---------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Then just repeat the main riff until the end

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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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