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Head Tab by Mark Lanegan

Head tab by Mark Lanegan

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The crux of it is a simple 3-chord progression: D-F-C-D.


    D               F              C               D

e|--2-----2-----2-2-1-1-----1---|--0--0--0-----0-0-2-2-----2----|  |
B|--3-----3-----3-3-1-1-----1---|--1--1--1-----1-1-3-3-----3----|  |
G|--2-----2-----2-2-2-2-----2---|--0--0--0-----0-0-2-2-----2----|x2|
D|--0-----0-----0-0-3-3-----3---|--2--2--2-----2-2-0-0-----0----|  |
A|------------------3-3-----3---|--3--3--3-----3-3--------------|  |
E|------------------1-1-----1---|-------------------------------|  |



The verses are played on an electric keyboard. If you want to play it on
guitar, try this. It's never going to sound the exact same on guitar, but
it's close enough and will certainly suffice.
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   D     D      D D F F     F      C  C  C     C C D D     D

e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7-------7p5-----------|----------5--------5/7---7---5-|
D|--------------------------3---|------3-------3--------5-------|
A|------------------------------|--3----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-------------------------------|


once this section starts (2 bars in) it's played right throughout the song


This is the lead work that is played during the chorus. (I've included a
loose strumming pattern of the chords to help with timing)


   D     D      D D F F     F      C  C  C     C C D D     D

GUITAR 1

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-------------------3----------|-------------------3----------|
A|---3--3h5--3--5~~~~---5--3h5--|---3--3h5--3--5~~~~---5--3h5--|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

GUITAR 2

e|------------------8b(10)------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|---8b(9)----------8b(9)-6b(7)-|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|


And the outro (played at the end, while all the other parts are still going)


   D     D      D D F F     F      C  C  C     C C D D     D

e|------------------------------|--------------15\12----13-----|
B|----------13-13-13-13-13-15~~~|--------------------15--------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------12----------------------|--------------------------15--|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|


That's about it. I hope this helps.

Enjoy.

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