Backwater tab by Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets - 'Backwater' from Too High to Die LP
as transcribed by Jimmyjay Patton

h hammer
p pull off
b bend to
r let ring
^ upstroke
/ slide up to
\  slide down
~ vibrato
() ghost note

intro
e--------------------12--------------------------
B----------------------12------------------------
G-----9h11-9h11-11b13r---b11-9h11-9----------9---
D-----9h11-------------------------11-11-9-11-11-
A-/11--------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G-----9-11b12b11b12-9-11-9-11b12b11-9-11-9-
D-9-11-------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------
B------------------12-----------------------------
G---9h11-11p9-11b13r-b11-9-11p9-11p9----------9---
D---9h11----------------------------11-11-9-11-11-
A-11----------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G-----9-11b12b11b12p9-11-9-11b12b11-9-11-9r-
D-9-11--------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------

 'and when I wake up...' x2
e-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-------------
D---2-------2---4---4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-
A---2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-

 'veins somethings...' x2
e-^0-------0-----4----------3---------5----
B--0-------0-----5--------3--3-------5-5---
G--1-------1-----6------5------5----7---7\-
D--2-------2-----6-----5-----------7-------
A------------4-4-4---3-----------/5--------
E-------0r---------------------------------

  'hey I'm blind...'
e----------8-------------10-------------7---------
B--------8--8----------10--10----------7-7--------
G-----10------10-----12------12-------9---9\------
D---10--------10---12------------7---9------------
A-8r-----------8s10--------------7-7--------------
E--------------------------------5-0--------------

  'flow through time...'
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B-------3-3--------5-5-------0-0--------7--7----
G-----5----5-----7----7-----2---2-----9------9--
D---5----------7----------2---------9-----------
A-3r--------/5----------0---------7-------------
E-----------------------------------------------

e--------3----------5----------------------------------
B-------3-3--------5-5---------------------------------
G-----5----5-----7------9-11b13b11-9h11p9----------9---
D---5----------7------11-----------------11-11-9-11-11-
A-3r--------/5-----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-----9-11b12b11-11b12b11-9-11-9-11b12b11-9-11b12-
D-9-11--------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------

e------------12--9--9--9h12p9------------------------
B---------/12--12-12-12------12p9h12p9--9------------
G-9-11b13-----------------------------11-11-9h11p9---
D-------------------------------------------------11-
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-11b12-12b11b12b11-9-11-11b13b11-9-11-9-
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

outro
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B--------------9-----------------------------------
G---9-11b13r-11-11-9-11p9----------9-------9-11b12-
D-11---------------------11-11-9-11-11-9-11--------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

e---------------12--------------------------------------
B-----------------12-----12-12-10s12s10-----------------
G-11b12b11-11b12r---12b11---13-11s13s11-9-----------9---
D-----------------------------------------11-11-9-11-11-
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------
B------9-11s12~----------------------
G------9-11s12~-11-9-11--------------
D--9-11----------------11-9-11-9--9\-
A-------------------------------11---
E------------------------------------

e----------------------/14-12-12---------12---------
B----14-14-12-14-12-14-/14-12-12-14-12-14--14-12s14-
G-/13---13-13-13-13-13------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

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B-/14-14-14-14--14--14--------------------------14-14-14-
G--------------------------------------------------------
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e---------------------------------------------
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G-------------------------------11-11-9h11p9--
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
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e--------------------------------
B--------------------12----------
G---------9--9-11s13r--13s11-9~--
D-----9-11-11--------------------
A-/11----------------------------
E--------------------------------