Title: Nerdy Artist: Poison the Well CD: Opposite of December... Words and Music By: Poison the Well Typed by: Mike Jones (mtj3@pitt.edu) 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 Tuning (DGCFAD) Part 1: played 4x by Gtr.1 D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-*7*---*7*---*5*---*7*----------------------------| F|----*7*---*7*---*7*---*7**9*---*9*---*9*---*9*----| C|----------------------------*9*---*9*---*9*---*9*-| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| 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|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| F|-----------------4-----------------| C|-5---------------4-----------4-----| G|-5---------------2-----------4-----| D|-3---------------------------2-----| Part 3: played 2x by Gtr.1 while Gtr.2 lets the chords from Part 2 ring out D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| F|-----------------------------------------5---5-5-5-5-| C|------5---5---------4---4----2-2--2---2--5---5-5-5-5-| G|-5-5-(5)-(5)---4-4-(4)-(4)---2-2-(2)-(2)-3---3-3-3-3-| D|-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|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------| C|---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5-| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------| C|---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5---------4h5-| G|-------------------------3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----| D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----------------------------| The next part of the song is played only with the low D power chord D|---| A|---| F|---| C|-2-| G|-2-| D|-0-| Part 6: both guitars play the low part and only Gtr.1 plays the high. D|---------------------------------| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| F|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| C|---------------------------------| G|-2----------------------------(2)| D|-0----------------------------(0)| Part 7: same instructions as Part 6 D|-------------------------------------| A|---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| F|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| C|-------------------------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------| The last two Parts are played only on the low D power chord. D|---| A|---| F|---| C|---| G|-2-| D|-0-|