Tabs
Soul Asylum
"Bittersweetheart"
>From "Let Your Dim Light Shine"
Transcribed by Bryan Pero ([email protected])
Intro:
For the intro Dave Pirner pounds out an A augmentedA chord. Then Dave
repeats the intro riff while Dan Murphy (Gtr.2) strums the A augmentedA
chord once and lets it sustain through Dave's little stop-time
riff. It looks like this:
Gtr.1 (Intro Riff)
E--------------------------
B--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
G--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2-- repeat
D--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
Gtr. 2(played right before Dave repeats intro riff)
E-------------
B-------------
G--2-2--2-----
D--2-2--2-----
A-------------
E-------------
Okay, for the verses, just strum the chord once, then pick it
out going from the high E MajorE string up, like an upstroke, only
pick out the notes. And just listen to the album for the
rythym of the electric distorted parts and anything else
that¹s hard to understand here.
Verse I
A(clean electric) D MajorD
Why you always wanna get the best ....
dog and I
E MajorE
Can't even see, They're naked ....
who's
A augmentedA (distortion on)
blind and my mind's gone to ...
mind
A augmentedA D MajorD
So I picked up the pieces and I ...
stiletto
E MajorE
started stabbin' in the dark ....
would
A augmentedA
surely fall apart, but it's ....
bittersweetheart
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Bittersweetheart, B...
A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE
Better get yourself a little ...
but true
A augmentedA D MajorD E(palm mute)
It's a bittersweetheart ....
(with chorus riff) A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
It's just my bittersweetheart....
bittersweetheart
Verse II:
A augmentedA
It's like a suicide mission when ..
D MajorD
tired of compliment fishin' ....
E MajorE
I never kissed no ...
A augmentedA
It's a little bit of ...
A augmentedA
In the eye of the ...
D MajorD
but you always seem to end ....
E MajorE
there's a darkness loomin' but ...
A augmentedA
I can live to see the ...
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Bittersweetheart, bit...
A augmentedA D MajorD
without a shortcut ....
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Bittersweetheart sad but ...
D MajorD E(p.m.) A augmentedA
that's a hard heart to cure, ...
(w/chourus riff)
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
It's the hardest part, b....
Bridge:
D MajorD E MajorE
Are you in there ...
A augmentedA D MajorD
Beating me up ...
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
How much ...
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Bittersweetheart, b...
A augmentedA D MajorD
Think just a drink might ....
D MajorD E MajorE
lyin'in bed just ...
A augmentedA D MajorD E(p.m.)
It's a bittersweetheart that's a ....
Play Intro riff, then:
With Intro riff:
In time inside you find you .....
Then play Chorus riffs and Outro riff. Repeat and Fade.
Chorus riffs: (Gtr.1 strum chords above tab)
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------1-1--
D----------------------------4~-2~--2-2--
A--0--2--2-2--2--4~-0---0--0--------2-2--
E----------------------------------------
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--4---4br-4-2-0-2--2~-0-2~-4--
E----------------------------------------------------
Outro Riff: (I¹ve include the time on the CD to help you
follow the tab)
2:58 3:05
A augmentedA| D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA|
E---V------------------------------------------V-------------
B--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
G--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
D--------------------------5-5----------------------------7--
A--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-4--------------------5--7-7--7-9----
E------------------------------0--5--5-5--7-5----------------
3:10
|
E----------V---------------------------------------------
B-----------------------14-------------------------------
G--7-------/14-14-14----14----7--------7-------7-7-------Repea
t and Fade
D----9--7--/14-14-14----14----7----7---7---7---7-7----7--
A-------------------------------9--------9---------9-----
E--------------------14----------------------------------
Also during the Outro, while Dan Murphy is playing the solo
stuff,
Dave Pirner, while playing his A augmentedA and D MajorD chords, plays a D MajorD like
this:
D-007777-
The rest of the chord forms are first position for Dave
Pirner(Gtr.1)
and power chords for Dan Murphy.
Well, that¹s it!! Send me any comments!!