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Viper Fish by Goat Girl

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Tuning: Standard (Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE)

Listen for timings -I'm terrible at notating rhythm, sorry.

Paradoxical vision, eyes imprisoned, rain on my terrain.
Colloguial tongue, cumming in my ears, hedonistic pain.
Don't shed a tear, please don't fear, we all feel shame.
Don't shed a tear, please don't fear, we all feel shame.

No guitar in the intro or verse but after the first verse and refrain there's this big fat riff.

Guitar 1 (L.E.D)

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------6h7-6h7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------7-6-----------7-6--6h7-6h7----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------4---7-----------------------------7-4--------4-5p4----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4-7------------------------------------------4-7-------7-4--4h5-4h5------4h5-4h5-------4h5-4h5------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------5h7----------5\2------------5h7-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4h5-4h5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------5\2---------------------------------------------------------------|

I like playing it like this but I watched some live videos and I think L.E.D plays it like this:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------10h11-10h11-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------12-11--------------12-11--11h12-11h12----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------9--12---------------------------------------12-9--------9--10p9-7-4--4h5-4h5------4h5-4h5------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-9-12----------------------------------------------------9-12----------------------5h7-----------5\2-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4h5-4h5------4h5-4h5------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------5h7----------5\2--------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Clottie Cream) accompanies the riff with the chords Chord diagramF#F# and E.

Rhythm guitar comes in on the third note of the riff (Chord diagramF#F#), making the first two notes sound like a nice little
ascending transition

Rhythm accompaniment Part Chord diagramA augmentedA

e|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2----0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2-|
Chord diagramBB|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2----0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2-|
Chord diagramG+G|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----1-1----1-1----3-3----3-3-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4----2-2----2-2----4-4----4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4----2-2----2-2----4-4----4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2-----2-----2------2-----0------0------2------2-----|

Play this through twice but after the second time it goes straight to the Chord diagramE MajorE rather than back to the Chord diagramF#F#
like this:

Rhythm accompaniment Part Chord diagramBB

e|---0-0---0-0----2-2----2-2--|
Chord diagramBB|---0-0---0-0----2-2----2-2--|
Chord diagramG+G|---1-1---1-1----3-3----3-3--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-2---2-2----4-4----4-4--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2-2---2-2----4-4----4-4--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-----0------2------2------|

Through the next verse L.E.D plays upstrokes on the off-beat with the same chord pattern (as part Chord diagramA augmentedA)

Chord diagramF#F#                    Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramF#F#
Moonlight gleaming, viperfish screaming, dawn is nearly here.
Chord diagramF#F#                 Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F#
Phallic buildings, cyanide killing all that was clear.

e|------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------0-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2--2---2---|

Clottie Cream plays this little riff and the end of each line with the first note coinciding with the "here"
and the "clear"

Same chord pattern through the refrain but with Clottie Cream accenting the on-beat with same chords strummed
down

Chord diagramF#F#          Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramF#F#
Find an antidote for this accumulating smoke.
Chord diagramF#F#          Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramF#F#
Find an antidote for this accumulating smoke.

The main riff is then played again but with this bit played through twice more:

e|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4h5-4h5-----4h5-4h5-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------5h7---------5\2-|

Then it says "Don't shed a tear, please don't fear, we all feel shame" quite a lot of times. For the first
few times there's no guitar but then the two guitars play complimentary rhythm parts which follow the
pattern of part Chord diagramA augmentedA with a slight variation in strumming pattern for both:

Clottie Cream strums these chords - rhythm is similar to the drum beat.

e|---2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----2-2--2-2-2--|
Chord diagramBB|---2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----2-2--2-2-2--|
Chord diagramG+G|---3-3--3-3-3-----3-3--3-3-3-----1-1--1-1-1-----3-3--3-3-3--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---4-4--4-4-4-----4-4--4-4-4-----2-2--2-2-2-----4-4--4-4-4--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---4-4--4-4-4-----4-4--4-4-4-----2-2--2-2-2-----4-4--4-4-4--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2------2-2-2---2------2-2-2---0------0-0-0---2------2-2-2--|

e|-----2--------------2--------------0--------------2---------|
Chord diagramBB|-----2--------------2--------------0--------------2---------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----3--------------3--------------1--------------3---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----4--------------4--------------2--------------4---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----4--------------4--------------2--------------4---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----2--------------2--------------0--------------2---------|

L.E.D plays upstrokes - I've tried to line these up with the other guitar part to show how they go together.

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| \  Slide down

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