Reptile tab by The Church

Tabs

[Note: I didn't write this -- BS]

      REPTILE - THE CHURCH
      ====================
      Lyrics - Steve Kilbey
      Music - The Church
      Transcribed - Phil Grant 1994


NOTATION
========
  (3)   sustained note

   /....\
  2    bend note, hold then release

  0h2   hammer on

  14\
    \  slide

GUITAR 1 RIFF A augmentedA
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11---|----11-10-11---||
|-12----------10-|-10-------------|---------------|--------------.||
|----------------|----------------|-13---------13-|-13-----------.||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||


GUITAR 2
(with RIFF A augmentedA by GUITAR 1)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--/...........\-|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5-------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----5~--------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

                  1. Too ..
                  2.3. (see additional lyrics)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5--------------|-----5--3-------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------5~---|--3------------|-(3)-----------|

                    Too ..
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|------------/---|---------------|----------/----|
|-14-------------|----------14----|-12------------|-(12)----7-----|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

                    And ..
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)------------|-(7)-----7--5---|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------8-|--5------------|-(5)-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

                    Shoulda ..
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|---------15-----|---------------|---------------|
|-14-------------|------------12--|-(12)----------|-(12)----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

BOTH GUITARS
(CHORUS)
 Go now..
                               /........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

With    ..
                               /........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

I ..
|-----------------10--------|------------------10-------|
|------------8---------8----|---------8---------------8-|
|-----10-----------------10-|-(10)---------10-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

your ..
                       /........\
|-----------------10----------|------------10----------|
|-------------8--------8------|------------------------|
|------10------------------10-|-(10)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|

Like  ..
                               /........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

SOLO
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--/-0---------------|
|-0----------/---------|--/------/------|------/-----0-|-3------/\----------|
|-0--0-0-0--2----2---0-|-2---0--2--0----|-0---2--------|-------2--2-0-------|
|----------------------|--------------0-|--------------|----------------0h2-|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|

|----------------------|--/---------------|------/----------|---------------|
|-0-------12---/-----0-|-3---0-0----------|-----2/----------|---------------|
|-0-12-14----14--14\---|---------2/\--0---|-0---2-----------|-2--0--------0-|
|-------------------\--|----------------0-|-----------------|--------2------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|


OUTRO (repeat to fade)
|----10----10-------|----8----8--8----8|-10------10----|-10----10-------|
|-11----11----13-11-|-10---10------10--|---11-13----13-|----13------13--|
|-------------------|------------------|---12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12---12-.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|


--

Tabs for "Reptile" by The Church
transcribed by Enrique Zamudio
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
[email protected]

Use a delay time of about 350 milliseconds for the first part.

There are two guitars in the song. The first one goes with the delay,
while the second one has a light distortion.

Guitar 1

!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!--12---15--14--15---------15--14--15-----15--14--15--------15--14--15--!
!-------------------15--15-------------13------------13--13-------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!

Guitar 2

!--
!--
!--
!--
!--
!--

Chorus (with a light distorsion):

!---------10-----------10---------------10-----------10>11--10--!
!------8-----8------8---------8------8-----8------8-------------!
!--10-----------10---------10----10-----------10----------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!

!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!--------------------------------------------------------9--7---!
!--5----7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5----7>8--7--5---------!
!-----------------------------7---------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!

!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!--9--7-------------------------------------------------------!
!---------7----5--7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5--7>8--7--!
!---------------------------------------7---------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!

           (Let ring, there's a strong feedback here)

!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!--5--8--7--5-----5--5---------------------------------------!
!--------------7---------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!

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