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Milquetoast Tab by Helmet

Milquetoast tab by Helmet

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

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 |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
A |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
D |--6-------0-------0-------6-------|-0-------0-------3-------4--------|
            P.M.-----------:         P.M.-----------:

Chorus Riff:
     Gtr.1                                                              4x
     E   S S S S S E   E   S S S E     E   S S S S S E   E   S S S E
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||-/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||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||-/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=-------------------------------|
B |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
G |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
D |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
A |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
D |--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=-------------------------------|
B |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D |--7=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  0:53 "I don't see":


Verse, No guitar:


Pre-Chorus:
     Gtr. 1
     E   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|
D |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


Verse:
     Gtr. 1                                            ? 1.               ?? 2.               ?
     E   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S       E   S S S S S S     E   S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
B||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D||--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||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||--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   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S       E   S S S S S S     E   S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
B||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D||--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||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||--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   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S E   E   E   S S S E
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2--/5---5---0-3-2-0----|
A |--0---0-0-0-2-----0---0-0-0-2-----|-0---0-0-0-2--/5---5---0-3-2-0----|
D |--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=-------------------------------|
B |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
G |--5=------------------------------|-5=-------------------------------|
D |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
A |--3=------------------------------|-3=-------------------------------|
D |--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=-------------------------------|
B |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D |--7=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  1:40 "Remember":


Verse:
     Gtr. 1                                            ? 1.               ?? 2.               ?
     E   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S       E   S S S S S S     E   S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
B||o---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
G||----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D||--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||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||--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   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   Q       E.    E   E   S S S E
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|/10-----10-----5---5---0-3-2-0----|
A |--0---0-0-0-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|/10-----10-----5---5---0-3-2-0----|
D |--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   S S S S S E   E   S S S E     E   S S S S S E   E   S S S E
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||-/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||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||-/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   S S  S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
D||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
A||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||--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   S S  S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
D||--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--||
A||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||--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=----------------------------------------||
B||o-6=------------------------------|15=---------------------------------------o||
G||--5=------------------------------|14=----------------------------------------||
D||--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
D||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
                                 8/8:                                       10/8:

     Gtr. 1
     S S   S   E.    S S   S   E.      S S   S   E.    S S   E   S S  S S S S S
e |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--|
A |--3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---5-----|-3-5---3---5-----3-5---3---0-8-10-0-3-5-0--|
D |--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=----------------------------------------|
B |--6=------------------------------|-6=----------------------------------------|
G |--5=------------------------------|-5=----------------------------------------|
D |--0=------------------------------|-0=----------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
                                 8/8:                                      10/8:

Solo:
     Gtr. 1
     E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S   E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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 |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-10=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
G |--9=------------------------------|-9=-------------------------------|
D |--7=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     Gtr. 1
     E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S   E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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=-------------------------------|
B |-11=------------------------------|11=-------------------------------|
G |-10=------------------------------|10=-------------------------------|
D |--8=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     Gtr. 1
     E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S   E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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 |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |--7=------------------------------|-8=-------------------------------|
G |--6=------------------------------|-7=-------------------------------|
D |--4=------------------------------|-0=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     Gtr. 1
     E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S   E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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=-------------------------------|
B |-11=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
G |-10=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
D |--8=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     Gtr. 1
     E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S   E   S E   S S S E   S E   S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--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 |--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 |--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=-------------------------------|
B |-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
G |-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------|
D |-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|



Outro:
     Gtr. 1                                                             2x
     E   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S     E   S S S S
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
A||o-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----o||
D||--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=-------------------------------||
B||o15=------------------------------|15=------------------------------o||
G||-15=------------------------------|15=-------------------------------||
D||-13=------------------------------|13=-------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
D||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

     Gtr. 1
     E   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S     E   S S S S
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------|
A |--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------|
D |--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=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-15=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |-15=------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-13=------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|
A |----------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|
D |----------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------|

     Gtr. 1                                                repeat to fade>
     E   S S S S     E   S S S S       E   S S S S     E   S S S S
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||--0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4------||
A||o-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----|-0---0-0-0-4-----0---0-0-0-4-----o||
D||--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||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||
A||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||
D||--0-------0-4-----0-------0-4-----|-0-------0-4-----0-------0-4------||


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/    - slide up

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