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Nothing tab by Meat Puppets

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NOTHING - No Joke - Meat Puppets

TRANSCRIBED BY ADAM MORRIS

This is the first of the tabs I will be doing for
Meat Puppets stuff.

Tuning - Dropped D

INTRO
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7-x-7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3-7--7-x-7-7-7--7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3|
D|-7--7-x-7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3-7--7-x-7-7-7--7-3-3-x-3--3-3-x-3|
A|-5--5-x-5-1-1-x-1--1-1-x-1-5--5-x-5-5-5--5-1-1-x-1--1-1-x-1|
D|----7------------------------------------------------------|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Timing is a bit out, but you get the picture.

VERSE/MAIN RIFF  (I think a second guitar plays a D
                  through this bit)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---7p5------------7p5-------------------------------|
|-------6h7------------6h7---------------------------|
|-5----------3/5------------3/5----------------------|
|-0----------0-(let ring)---0------------------------|


PRE-CHORUS - D.....C.....D......Bb

CHORUS - C....D....G#....Bb....C....G#....Bb....Bb


The rest is all just bits from above repeated.

Towards the end this is layed over the main riff.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--6\5-6-7-8-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--4\3-4-5-6-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

E-mail me with comments, corrections etc.  I would LOVE to
hear from you!!!

benmo@deakin.edu.au


                   "NOTHING"

       MEAT PUPPETS ..OFF "NO JOKE"
THIS SONG IS THE LONGEST SONG IN A LONG MEAT PUPPET
LINE OF SONGS THAT STARTED IN 1981 ....     BUT ITS
ONE OF THE BEST

HERES THE INTRO -----       *tune down 1 half step*

G-------------------------------------
D--7-7--7--7-7--7-----3-3--3--3-3--3--
A--5-5--5--5-5--5-----1-1--1--1-1--1--
E-------------------------------------

HERES THE MAIN RIFF REPEATED MANY TIMES THROUGH
THE SONG

D----------5----7------------------------
A------0-----------6--5--4--0------------
E----------------------------------------


THE PRE CHORUS------------

E-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---
B-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---
G-6s8-8-88---6s8-8-88---4s6-6-66---4s6-6-66---
D-7s9-9-99---7s9-9-99---5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---
A-7s9-9-99---7s9-9-99---5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---
E-5s7-7-77---5s7-7-77---3s5-5-55---3s5-5-55---


THEN THE CHORUS ---HIT ONCE AND LET RING

E--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G---6---------8--------4---------6-----------
D---7---------9--------5---------7-----------
A---7---------9--------5---------7-----------
E---5---------7--------3---------5-----------




THATS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW---AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENTS OR ANYTHING E-MAIL ME ..... I HAVE SOME MORE
TABS ..THAT I HAVENT POSTED YET ...AND IF ANYONE
HAS ANY MEAT TABS ,,,PLEASE POST THEM ...THERE ARE VERY
FEW SONGS ...AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED THE TABS TO
"UP ON THE SUN" ....OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD PUPPETS OR
NEW POST THEM OR E-MAIL ME ....THANKS ...
RYAN SEILHAMER ....RYAN_S@prodigy.com






Nothing by the Meat Puppets off of No Joke!
Transcribed half-assidly by Jason Kelly   Jizm@juno.com

NOTHING.TAB

[This was created with TabIt version 1.19]
       intro                                     verses
E :----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
B :----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
G :5-5x5x5-5-5----3|-3x3x3-3-3------|------------------|
D :5-5x5x5-5-5----3|-3x3x3-3-3------|-----8-7-6-/5--|
A :7-7x7x7-7-7----1|-1x1x1-1-1------|-----------------6|
E :----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
                                              pre-chorus
E :----------------------|----------------|---------------------|
B :----------------------|----------------|---------------------|
G :----------------------|----------------|--5-5-5-5-5--3-3|
D :-----8-7-6-/5------|----------------|--5-5-5-5-5--3-3|
A :-5---------------6-5|----------------|--7-7-7-7-7--1-1|
E :----------------------|----------------|---------------------|
             chorus
E :------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
B :------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
G :-3-3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7---|------------7-7-7-7-|
D :-3-3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-8-|8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
A :-1-1-1---|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-8-|8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|
E :----------------------------------------6-|6-6-6-6------------|

E :--------------------|------------------------|
B :---------------------|-----------------------|
G :7-5-5-5-5-5-----|----------6-6-6-6-6-|
D :7-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A :5-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-|6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-|
E :----------------4-4-|4-4-4---------------|



Comments are welcome. Criticism is encouraged. Hate mail accepted.
Love letters wanted. anyway here is the way I hear the song. It may
be wrong. I didn't say it was right. But let it go for the records that
this is an excellent song and I wouldn't be going on in life right now
if it wasn't. So anyway. tell me what ya think. Goodnight


I'm looking for soul coughing tab.
contact me at jizm@juno.com
woohoo
Rest in Peace ROB!

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