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Down By The Water - PJ Harvey
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transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Bass Riff (fuzz-distorted)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------ x 7
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------5-------
E--0-----------5---5---5---5---5---0-----------3-------------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------ x 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-----------3-----------5-------0-----------0-X-----------------
Strings:
(either play this bit with plenty of vibrato, or quietly feedback on it)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Pizzicato Strings:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------12--------------11----------9-------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
End Twinkly-Bit:
(Adlib around these)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E----------12----------12------10~~~~~~~~~-12----------12------10~-
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------9-----------9-------7~~~~~~~~~~-9-----------9-------7---
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Any Comments/Corrections/Suggestions welcome,
--
Greg O'Beirne
woyf@perth.dialix.oz.au
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
From gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au Sat Dec 2 05:24:33 1995
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I made a slight timing mistake on part of this song. What follows is the
correct version. I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused
y'all :) It can't be easy replacing heaps of slightly mistaken tabs and
crds :)
Cheers,
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Greg O'Beirne
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
From gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au Fri Dec 1 05:58:37 1995
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Down By The Water - PJ Harvey
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transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Bass Riff (fuzz-distorted)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------ x 7
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------5-------
E--0-----------5---5---5---5---5---0-----------3-------------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------ x 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-----------3-----------5-------0-----------0-X-----------------
Strings:
(either play this bit with plenty of vibrato, or quietly feedback on it)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Pizzicato Strings:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------12------11------9---------------12------11------9-------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
End Twinkly-Bit:
(Adlib around these)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E----------12----------12------10~~~~~~~~~-12----------12------10~-
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------9-----------9-------7~~~~~~~~~~-9-----------9-------7---
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Any Comments/Corrections/Suggestions welcome,
--
Greg O'Beirne
woyf@perth.dialix.oz.au
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
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- Down By The Water (Bass)
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