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"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" by THE MELVINS
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This isn't very accurate.

INTRO/MAIN RIFF - play 8X (?):
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------
BB|------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-7---5---7---5---7-----------5---2---2--2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A augmentedA|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------
                     . .  . .  . . . .

E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------
BB|---------------------------------------------------------
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-4---5---2---4---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A augmentedA|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------
      .    .  .        . .  . .  . . . .

VERSE - play 8X:

 "I can feed/From the angel..."
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------------------
G+G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
D MajorD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A augmentedA|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------
[[PALM-MUTE ALL]]

STRAIGHT AFTER THAT THERE'S A augmentedA PAUSE FOR 2 BARS DURING THIS BIT:
"Away from the mangle rare we don't need
I got the one to make me alright"

THEN YOU DO THIS 8X:
E MajorE|---------
BB|---------
G+G|-2^------
D MajorD|-2^------
A augmentedA|-0---0-0-
E MajorE|-0---0-0-
    . .

MAIN RIFF 4X

THERE'S A augmentedA PAUSE FOR 1 BAR DURING THIS:
"They are alive and wasted on me"

THEN PLAY THIS SEQUENCE 2X:
      "You are so in there..."
E MajorE|---------------------------------
BB|---------------------------------
G+G|---------------------------------
D MajorD|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5---5---5-5-5-
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
E MajorE|---------------------------------
  . . . . .  . .  .  .  . . .

    "...But will you leave me?"
E MajorE|---------------------------------
BB|---------------------------------
G+G|---------------------------------
D MajorD|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
A augmentedA|-0h1-1-1-1---1-1---1---1---1-1-1-
E MajorE|----------------- ----------------
    . . .  . .  .  .  . . .

E MajorE|---------------------------------
BB|---------------------------------
G+G|------------------- --------------
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---2-2-4---5---
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---0-0-2---3---
E MajorE|---------------------------------
 . . . .   . .   . .

E MajorE|-------------------------
BB|-------------------------
G+G|-------------------------
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---4---
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---2---
E MajorE|---- ---------------------
  . . . .   . .

FINALLY PLAY THIS 3X:
E MajorE|-------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------------------
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---5^-----5^-----
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------
E MajorE|----------------------- --------------
  . . . . .  . . . .

E MajorE|-------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------- -----------
D MajorD|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7^-----7^-----
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0---------------
E MajorE|-------------------------------------
       ..