Tabs
Title: Nerdy
Artist: Poison the Well
CD: Opposite of December...
Words and Music By: Poison the Well
Typed by: Mike Jones ([email protected])
Transcribed by: Mike Jones, Scott Steege, and Sean Downing
Asterisks * indicate harmonics
"h" indicates a hammer-on
Parenthesis () indicate a note held from a previous chord
Some parts are palm-muted, it should be easy enough to figure those out by
listening to the song.
Standard D MajorD Tuning (DGCFAD)
Part 1: played 4x by Gtr.1
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-*7*---*7*---*5*---*7*----------------------------|
FF|----*7*---*7*---*7*---*7**9*---*9*---*9*---*9*----|
C majorC|----------------------------*9*---*9*---*9*---*9*-|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
Part 2: played 2x by Gtr.2 at the same time as Part 1, then 4x by
both guitars (listen to the song for the rhythm)
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
FF|-----------------4-----------------|
C majorC|-5---------------4-----------4-----|
G+G|-5---------------2-----------4-----|
D MajorD|-3---------------------------2-----|
Part 3: played 2x by Gtr.1 while Gtr.2 lets the chords from Part 2
ring out
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
FF|-----------------------------------------5---5-5-5-5-|
C majorC|------5---5---------4---4----2-2--2---2--5---5-5-5-5-|
G+G|-5-5-(5)-(5)---4-4-(4)-(4)---2-2-(2)-(2)-3---3-3-3-3-|
D MajorD|-3-3-(3)-(3)-0-2-2-(2)-(2)-0-0-0-(0)-(0)-------------|
Part 4: played 2x by Gtr.1 while Gtr.2 does the same thing
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
FF|-------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5-|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
FF|-------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5-|
G+G|-------------------------3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
The next part of the song is played only with the low D MajorD power chord
D MajorD|---|
A augmentedA|---|
FF|---|
C majorC|-2-|
G+G|-2-|
D MajorD|-0-|
Part 6: both guitars play the low part and only Gtr.1 plays the high.
D MajorD|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
FF|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C majorC|---------------------------------|
G+G|-2----------------------------(2)|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------(0)|
Part 7: same instructions as Part 6
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
FF|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C majorC|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
The last two Parts are played only on the low D MajorD power chord.
D MajorD|---|
A augmentedA|---|
FF|---|
C majorC|---|
G+G|-2-|
D MajorD|-0-|