Halloween tab by Dead Kennedys

Tabs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

Drums and Bass:


Lead Guitar:
Riff 1
Play something like this a few times, with heavy whammy/vibrato
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-17-----17----17-----17------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-15-------15----15---15------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-17---------17----17-17------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2
(Listen to song for timing)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-8---8----10----8---8--------10--8---8----10----8---8---8--------------|
G+G|-8---8-------11-8---8---- 11-----8---8-------11-8---8---8--------------|
D MajorD|---10--10---------10--10-----------10--10---------10--10---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3                      Main riff
e|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--(Fast strumming)|-3-6--8--8--8-------------------|
BB|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------|-3-6--8--8--8--Repeat these ----|
G+G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------|-4-7--9--9--9--chords til verse-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|-5-8--10 10-10------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|-5-8--10-10-10------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|-3-6--8--8--8-------------------|

🎸 Verse :
Only play single notes
on first verse
e|---------------------3-6--8--8--8------------8-------------------3-6--8--8--8------|
BB|---------------------3-6--8--8--8------------8--8--10-10-10------3-6--8--8--8------|
G+G|---------------------4-7--9--9--9--(Play 4x)-9--8--10-10-10-(2x)-4-7--9--9--9--(2x)|
D MajorD|---------------------5-8--10-10-10-----------10-8--10-10-10------5-8--10-10-10-----|
A augmentedA|-----3-3-3-(Play 8x)-5-8--10-10-10-----------10-6--8--8--8-------5-8--10-10-10-----|
E MajorE|-3-6-----------------3-6--8--8--8------------8-------------------3-6--8--8--8------|


🎸 Chorus:

On first chorus only play once, on the rest repeat it
e|-------------------------------------6--8--|
BB|-12-12-10-10-10--10-10-8-8--10-11-12-6--8--|
G+G|-12-12-10-10-10--10-10-8-8--10-11-12-7--9--|
D MajorD|-12-12-10-10-10--10-10-8-8--10-11-12-8--10-|
A augmentedA|-10-10-8--8--8---8--8--6-6--8--9--10-8--10-|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------6--8--|
Sometimes chorus riff goes back into Riff 2 and 3, sometimes into Main riff

🎸 Bridge:

e|-6-6----6--8--8--8--8--8--8------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
BB|-6-6--8-6--8--8--8--8--8--8---(Play 3x)|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
G+G|-7-7--8-7--9--9--9--9--9--9------------|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
D MajorD|-8-8--8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-----------|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
A augmentedA|-8-8--6-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-----------|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
E MajorE|-6-6----6--8--8--8--8--8--8------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


There's also this riff which only happens once after 3rd chorus
when Jello says 'But what's in between'

e|-10----------------------6-------------| Then it goes back
BB|-10-10-12-12-12----------6-6-8-8-8-----| to main riff, chorus
G+G|-11-10-12-12-12-(Play 4x)7-6-8-8-8-(2x)|
D MajorD|-12-10-12-12-12----------8-6-8-8-8-----|
A augmentedA|-12-8--10-10-10----------8-4-6-6-6-----|
E MajorE|-10----------------------6-------------|


Outro/second bridge bit:
Throughout this part he does some
improvisations when he's playing
the C majorC chords
e|-6-6----6--8--8--8--8--8--8------------| e-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|This repeats
BB|-6-6--8-6--8--8--8--8--8--8---(Play 3x)| B-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|to the end with
G+G|-7-7--8-7--9--9--9--9--9--9------------| G-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|some little
D MajorD|-8-8--8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-----------| D-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|varied parts
A augmentedA|-8-8--6-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-----------| A-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|in places
E MajorE|-6-6----6--8--8--8--8--8--8------------| E-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|

At the end its just C majorC chord stabs


That's pretty much all the riffs, they're played in weird orders
sometimes but its mostly fairly easy to remember.