Milquetoast tab by Helmet

Tabs

Tuning: Drop D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Helmet - Milquetoast
Betty (1994)

8/8 rhythm unless noted otherwise

Gtr.1: Heavy gain
Gtr.2: Piercing treble and distortion

Intro:
   Gtr.1
   Q    Q    Q    Q     Q    Q    Q    Q
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
A augmentedA |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
D MajorD |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
      P.M.-----------:     P.M.-----------:

Chorus Riff:
   Gtr.1                               4x
   E MajorE  S S S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE   E MajorE  S S S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||-/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0----||
A augmentedA||o/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---o||
D MajorD||-/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0----||
 0:03:


Verse, No guitar:


Verse Interlude:
   Gtr. 1
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
BB |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
G+G |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |--0=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
BB |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
G+G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--7=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 0:53 "I don't see":

Verse, No guitar:


Pre-Chorus:
   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 1:07:

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


Verse:
   Gtr. 1                      ? 1.        ?? 2.        ?
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
BB||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G+G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
A augmentedA||o-0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3-o||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
 1:15:

   Gtr. 1                      ? 1.        ?? 2.        ?
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
BB||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G+G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-0--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
A augmentedA||o-0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-0-o||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-0--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
 1:26 "On your side":

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2--/5---5---0-3-2-0----|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2--/5---5---0-3-2-0----|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2--/5---5---0-3-2-0----|
 1:35 "I lied":


Verse Interlude:
   Gtr. 1
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
BB |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
G+G |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |--0=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
BB |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
G+G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--7=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 1:40 "Remember":


Verse:
   Gtr. 1                      ? 1.        ?? 2.        ?
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
BB||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G+G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
A augmentedA||o-0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3-o||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-5-0-0-3--||-0---0-0-3-0-0-3--|
 1:45 "To be weary":


Pre-Chorus:
   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-2---5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 1:55 "Once too much":

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S S S S S  Q    E.  E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|/10-----10-----5---5---0-3-2-0----|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|/10-----10-----5---5---0-3-2-0----|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|/10-----10-----5---5---0-3-2-0----|


Chorus:
   Gtr. 1                               4x
   E MajorE  S S S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE   E MajorE  S S S S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S S E MajorE
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||-/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0----||
A augmentedA||o/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---o||
D MajorD||-/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0---|/5---5-0-3-2-0/5---5---0-3-2-0----||
 2:05 "Unrecognized":


Middle Eight:
   Gtr. 1                                   2x
   S S  S  E.  S S  S  E.   S S  S  E.  S S  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
D MajorD||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
A augmentedA||o-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0-o||
D MajorD||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
                 8/8:                    10/8:

   Gtr. 1                                   3x
   S S  S  E.  S S  S  E.   S S  S  E.  S S  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
D MajorD||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
A augmentedA||o-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0-o||
D MajorD||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
 || Gtr. 2
 || S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------||
BB||o-6=------------------------------|15=---------------------------------------o||
G+G||--5=------------------------------|14=----------------------------------------||
D MajorD||--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
D MajorD||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
                 8/8:                    10/8:

   Gtr. 1
   S S  S  E.  S S  S  E.   S S  S  E.  S S  E MajorE  S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--|
A augmentedA |--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--|
D MajorD |--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------|
BB |--6=------------------------------|-6=----------------------------------------|
G+G |--5=------------------------------|-5=----------------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
                 8/8:                   10/8:

Solo:
   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S  E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
A augmentedA |--3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
D MajorD |--3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |-10=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
G+G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--7=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S  E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-|-8---8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
A augmentedA |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-|-8---8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
D MajorD |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-|-8---8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
BB |-11=------------------------------|11=-------------------------------|
G+G |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--8=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S  E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--4---4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
A augmentedA |--4---4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
D MajorD |--4---4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |--7=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
G+G |--6=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--4=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S  E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1--1-1-1--|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
A augmentedA |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1--1-1-1--|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
D MajorD |--1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1--1-1-1--|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
BB |-11=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
G+G |-10=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |--8=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S  E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S E MajorE  S E MajorE  S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6-|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
A augmentedA |--6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6-|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
D MajorD |--6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6-|-6---6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6--|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e |-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
BB |-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
G+G |-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
D MajorD |-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


Outro:
   Gtr. 1                               2x
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
A augmentedA||o-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----o||
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
 || Gtr. 2
 || S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------||
BB||o15=------------------------------|15=------------------------------o||
G+G||-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------||
D MajorD||-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------||
A augmentedA||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
D MajorD||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

   Gtr. 1
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------|
A augmentedA |--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------|
D MajorD |--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------|
 | Gtr. 2
 | S S S S S E.  S    S E.   S    S E.  S    S E.
e |-13=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB |-15=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G |-15=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD |-13=------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|
A augmentedA |----------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|
D MajorD |----------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|

   Gtr. 1                        repeat to fade>
   E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S    E MajorE  S S S S   E MajorE  S S S S
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
A augmentedA||o-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----o||
D MajorD||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
 || Gtr. 2                               >
 || S    S E.  S    S E.   S    S E.  S    S E.
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||
A augmentedA||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||
D MajorD||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||


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