The Soapmakers tab by Clutch

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The Soapmakers
written and performed by Clutch
from the album "The Elephant Riders"
transcribed by Don Shiner
email: [email protected]

Dropped-D tuning

Symbols:
/ =3D slide up
\ =3D slide down
h =3D hammer on to next note
p =3D pull off to next note
^ =3D bend up

Intro:
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------7-----------------|---------7-----------3-5-3-|
|----3/5-----5--3-5-3-------|----3/5-----5--3-5-3-------|
|-0-------------------3-5-3-|-0-------------------------|

Fill 1:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-7p5-7p5----------------------| with wah effect
|---------7p5------------------|
|-------------5p3----5p3-------|
|-----------------5------5--3--|

Verse:
"Behind the Cliffside Inn, I heard a fiddle and a mandolin..."
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------7-----------------|
|----3/5-----5--3-5-3-------|
|-0-------------------3-5-3-|

Fill 2:
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7---7---7-|---8---7---7---10-|---9---8---7---6-|
|-7---x-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-8-x-7-x-7-x-10-|-x-9-x-8-x-7-x-6-|
|-7---x-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-8-x-7-x-7-x-10-|-x-9-x-8-x-7-x-6-|

Break:
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------12^-10-10--12^-10-10---|
|.---------------------------|--------------12^-10-10--12^-10-10--.|
|.---------7-----------------|--------7---------------------------.|
|-----3/5-----5--3-5-3-------|---3/5-----5-------------------------|
|--0-------------------3-5-3-|-0-----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------= --|
|-12--10---------------------------------|-------------------------------= --|
|-12--10---------------------------------|-------------------------------= --|
|---------10--7--------------------------|-------------------------------= --|
|----------------8--7--6--5--4--3--2--1--|-0-3^-0---0-3^-0---0-3^-0--3--0= --|
|-------------------------------3--2--1--|-0-3^-0---0-3^-0---0-3^-0--3--0= --|

Chorus:
"As they stirred Heaven and Earth, they combined to one..."
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------5/7--7--7--|
|-----------------------5/7--7--7--|
|---5-3-5-3----5--3-----3/5--5--5--|
|-0----------x-5--3--x-------------|


Bridge:
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-[___________palm|mute___________]-| solo with D MajorD minor
|-----------------|-----------------| pentatonic scale works
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Ending
|------------------------------||---------------------------|
|------------------------------||---------------------------|
|.----------------------------.||----------let ring---------|
|.----------------------------.||---------------------------|
|---5--3--5--3//8--5-3-5-3-----||-3^------------------------|
|--------------------------3---||-3^------------------------|