Bittersweet tab by Fuel

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Artist:   Fuel
Album:   Sunburn
Song:    2-Bittersweet (3:50)
Tabbed By: Eric Mechling (E-Mail: [email protected])
             (AOL IM: MeckMan234)
             (ICQ #: 15253319)
Revised by: Todd Colligan (E-Mail: [email protected])
             (AOL IM: Punkfan6)
             (ICQ#:  30632391)

---Each measure its 4 beats long.
---Do not pay attention to where the chorus says Chorus, my order is different
  from the songs order.

Riff 1 (Solo)
---Play flowingly.
---Not 2 hard;not 2 soft.
---" is used in place of bar line.
                              play for 2 beats
                                 ||
                                 ||
                                 ||
      play as 1 note            play as 1 note  ||
         |---|                |---|   \/\/
         |tie|                |tie|    \/
|E MajorE|-7--7--7-8-7-10|--10--10-10--10\8-8\7|-7--7--7-8-7-5|--5-3-3-5-3|
|BB|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|
|G+G|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|
|D MajorD|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|
|A augmentedA|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|
|E MajorE|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|

                play on upbeat of beat 1
                      ||
                      ||
                      ||
     play as 1 note   play as 1 note||
        |---|      |---|---| \/\/
        |tie|      |tie|tie| \/
|E MajorE|-3-2-2-3-2--0|--0-----0------|"--|"--|---------------|
|BB|-------------|----3-3---3--3-2"--2"--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
|G+G|-------------|----------------"---"------------------|
|D MajorD|-------------|----------------"---"------------------|
|A augmentedA|-------------|----------------"---"------------------|
|E MajorE|-------------|----------------"---"------------------|


Riff 2 (Bridge(1))
---Pause between the 5-5-3 chord & 10-10-8 chord.
---Strum X's very fast; strum using chord next to X's.
---Every tie in the song is played as 1 note, except 4 this 1 and a couple
  others, slide up to the note, then strum it again.
|E MajorE|--------------|---------------------|
|BB|--------------|---------------------|
|G+G|--------------|---------------------|
|D MajorD|-2--2--5-5--10|-10-10-10xxxx-12-12xx|
|A augmentedA|-2--2--5-5--10|-10-10-10xxxx-12-12xx|
|E MajorE|-0--0--3-3---8|--8--8--8xxxx-10-10xx|
        |tie|
        |---|

Riff 3 (Verse)
---Play EVERY chord, even if slid 2, with the exception of the 9-9-7 chord,
  which is just slid 2.
---Play all chords on downbeat, except 9-9-7 chord, which is on upbeat of
  beat 4.
---Seperate each chord with pause, except chords that are slid 2.
---Every tie in the song is played as 1 note, except 4 this 1 and a couple
  others, slide up to the note, then strum it again.
---Play X's on last time ONLY, but NOT the last time the verse is played,
  then just skip them.
|E MajorE|---------|------------------|
|BB|---------|------------------|
|G+G|---------|------------------|
|D MajorD|-2-2-5-5/|-10-10-10-10\9xxxx|
|A augmentedA|-2-2-5-5/|-10-10-10-10\9xxxx|
|E MajorE|-0-0-3-3/|--8--8--8--8\7xxxx|
      |tie|      /\
      |---|      /\/\
              ||
              ||
              ||
              ||
          play last time only


Riff 4 (Chorus(1))
---Play both sets of X's using chord 9-9-7.
---Palm-mute both sets of X's.
|E MajorE|---------------|-------------|
|BB|---------------|-------------|
|G+G|---------------|-------------|
|D MajorD|-7--8-9xx-xxx-7|--7-8-9xx-xxx|
|A augmentedA|-7--8-9xx-xxx-7|--7-8-9xx-xxx|
|E MajorE|-5--6-7xx-xxx-5|--5-6-7xx-xxx|
         |tie|
         |---|
      play as 1 note


Riff 5 (Bridge(2))
---Play with same sound as Verse 1.
---1st 2 chords are played the same, then the rhythm after that changes.
|E MajorE|-------------|------------------------|---------------|
|BB|-------------|------------------------|---------------|
|G+G|-------------|------------------------|---------------|
|D MajorD|-2--2--5-5-10|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-9|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9|
|A augmentedA|-2--2--5-5-10|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-9|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9|
|E MajorE|-0--0--3-3--8|--8---8--8--8--8--8--8-7|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7|
        |---|          |---|
        |tie|          |tie|
     play as 1 note      play as 1 note


Riff 6 (Chorus(2))
---Play both sets of X's using chord 9-9-7, on the D-A-E strings.
---Palm-mute both sets of X's.
---Make the slide @ the end of this riff long.
---At the end of this riff, slow it down just a little bit, the 2nd to last
  measure, the last couple beats.
|E MajorE|----------------|------------------|---------------|--|
|BB|----------------|--------9~--------|---------------|--|
|G+G|----------------|--------9~--------|---------------|--|
|D MajorD|-7--78-9xx-xxx-7|--7--78-7~xx-xxx-7|--7--78-12/////|14|
|A augmentedA|-7--78-9xx-xxx-7|--7--78---xx-xxx-7|--7--78-12/////|14|
|E MajorE|-5--56-7xx-xxx-5|--5--56---xx-xxx-5|--5--56-10/////|12|
         |---|       |---|     |---|
         |tie|       |tie|     |tie|
       play as 1 note   play as 1 note play as 1 note



Order of Song:


Solo-------1x                 Solo-------1x

Bridge(1)--2x     Bridge(1)--2x     Verse------1x
Verse------4x     Verse------4x     Bridge(2)--1x
Chorus(1)--1x     Chorus(1)--1x     Bridge(1)--3x
                       Chorus(1)--1x
Bridge(1)--3x     Bridge(1)--3x
Chorus(1)--1x     Chorus(1)--1x     Bridge(1)--3x
                       Chorus(1)--1x
                       Chorus(2)--1x

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