Tipping The Lion tab by Melvins
Guitar Tab
"Tipping the Lion" by The Melvins (updated 16 December 2005 by bennield@hotmail.com) [ ] harmonic () ghost note b bend note r release note p pull off h hammer on # bend guitar neck upwards ~ vibrato x finger mute . palm mute \ slide standard tuning
Intro - play 8x: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + E|--------------------[12]------------------------[12]-----| B|----------------[12]--------------------[12]-------------| G|--------[12]------------------------[12]-----------------| D|-[12]-----------------------[12]-------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Intro riff: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-7---5---7b----------------------------------7p5h7---7---5------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----4------------------------------------4---5---4--------2------ E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------2--------------- E|-----------------------------------------------------3b---------- E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0#--------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: strum this chord at the beginning of each line E|-9------------------------------ B|-9------------------------------ G|-8------------------------------ D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---7---x--- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---| A|-7---x---x---7---x---x-------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---2--- E|-0-h-1---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---1--- repeat above line 1x E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------0---1---2-----------2----------- E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-0---0-h-1---1-----------1-------0--- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------------------2-----------2------- E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-1------- Solo 1: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----------------6~~~-------------------------------------------- D|-5p0-0-------5---------------5---------------------------6---0--- A|---------5-------------------------------5-----------5----------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-6---------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7----------- G|-----6-------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------0--- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-7b----------------------8b------------------------------8------- G|-------------6-----------------------7-~~~~------------------8--- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----9~~~-------(9)-~~~--9---9b------9b--9b--9b--9r--9r--9r--0--- D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-------------------------------------------------5---4----------- D|-7---6---5-------5---4---------------4---5---6-----------5---4--- A|-------------7-----------5---4---5------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|-----4---5-----------4---5--------------------------------------- A|-7-----------4-/-5-----------5-/-7-~~~~~~~~---------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-------------------------------------6b-------------------------- D|-7-b(8)-----(8)r-7-------5b----------------------7-------6------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|-----6---------------6---------------6---------------6----------- A|-5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6--- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- back to Verse then Chorus Solo 2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------------------------------- D|-5b(6)r--4------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------5---5---4-------------------5---4------------------- E|-----------------------------5---4-------------------5---0---5--- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----------------5b----------4~~~--------3b----------4b---------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|-5---4----------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------- G|-3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3--- D|-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5--- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|---------------------------------------------------------5------- G|---------3---3---3---3-----------3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x- D|---------5---5---5---5-----------5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------ G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0--- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6------- G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------0--- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------ G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0--- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6---6--- G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5----------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- After drum solo, let this ring: E|-9------------------------------ B|-9------------------------------ G|-8------------------------------ D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|--------------------------------
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