Tipping The Lion tab by Melvins

Tabs

"Tipping the Lion" by The Melvins

(updated 16 December 2005 by [email protected])


[ ] 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 MajorE|--------------------[12]------------------------[12]-----|
BB|----------------[12]--------------------[12]-------------|
G+G|--------[12]------------------------[12]-----------------|
D MajorD|-[12]-----------------------[12]-------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

Intro riff:
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-7---5---7b----------------------------------7p5h7---7---5-------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

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

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------2---------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------3b----------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0#--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

strum this chord at the beginning of each line
E MajorE|-9------------------------------
BB|-9------------------------------
G+G|-8------------------------------
D MajorD|--------------------------------
A augmentedA|--------------------------------
E MajorE|--------------------------------

  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---7---x---
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
A augmentedA|-7---x---x---7---x---x-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Chorus
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-0---1---2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---2---
E MajorE|-0-h-1---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---1---

 repeat above line 1x

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-0---1---2-----------2-----------0---1---2-----------2-----------
E MajorE|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-0---0-h-1---1-----------1-------0---

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-0---1---2-----------2-----------------------2-----------2-------
E MajorE|-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 MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------6~~~--------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-5p0-0-------5---------------5---------------------------6---0---
A augmentedA|---------5-------------------------------5-----------5-----------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-6---------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------
G+G|-----6-------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------0---
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-7b----------------------8b------------------------------8-------
G+G|-------------6-----------------------7-~~~~------------------8---
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----9~~~-------(9)-~~~--9---9b------9b--9b--9b--9r--9r--9r--0---
D MajorD|-9---------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------------------------------5---4-----------
D MajorD|-7---6---5-------5---4---------------4---5---6-----------5---4---
A augmentedA|-------------7-----------5---4---5-------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----4---5-----------4---5---------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-7-----------4-/-5-----------5-/-7-~~~~~~~~----------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------------------6b--------------------------
D MajorD|-7-b(8)-----(8)r-7-------5b----------------------7-------6-------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----6---------------6---------------6---------------6-----------
A augmentedA|-5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

back to Verse

then Chorus

Solo 2
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-5b(6)r--4-------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-------------5---5---4-------------------5---4-------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------5---4-------------------5---0---5---

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-----------------5b----------4~~~--------3b----------4b----------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-5---4-----------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|-3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3---
D MajorD|-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5---
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|---------------------------------------------------------5-------
G+G|---------3---3---3---3-----------3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-
D MajorD|---------5---5---5---5-----------5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
G+G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6-------
G+G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------0---
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
G+G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------
BB|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6---6---
G+G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------

 After drum solo, let this ring:
E MajorE|-9------------------------------
BB|-9------------------------------
G+G|-8------------------------------
D MajorD|--------------------------------
A augmentedA|--------------------------------
E MajorE|--------------------------------