In The Meantime tab by Spacehog

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Artist: Spacehog
Song: 'In the Meantime'
Album: 'Resident Alien (1995)
Standard Tuning - 2 Guitars

I learned this song from the Guitar World Mag years ago. It was one of my
favorites from high school. Have fun with it!

Intro, continually repeated by Guitar 1:
e|-0--4--0--4--0--5--0--5--|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|

When Bass comes in, second Guitar joins at 1/2 volume:

 Riff 2:
e|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|
BB|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--5-|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--2-|
G+G|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--4-|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--2-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

                           turn on distortion
e|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
BB|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--5-|--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-x-x-x-x--|
G+G|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--4-|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-x-x--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|--------------------------------x-x-x-x--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------x-x-x-x--|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


Chorus (w/ Distortion) - Play line 3x
e|--------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G+G|----------x-7-7-7---|-----------2-4b5r4b5r4-2-----|
D MajorD|--7----7--x-7-7-7-x-|--4----4-x---------------4-3-|
A augmentedA|--7----7--x-5-5-5-x-|--4----4-x-------------------|
E MajorE|--5----5----------x-|--2----2-x-------------------|

e|------------------------|-------------------|
BB|------------------------|-------------------|
G+G|------------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|--7--7-7---x-5--5-5---x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
A augmentedA|--7--7-7---x-5--5-5---x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
E MajorE|--5--5-5---x-3--3-3---x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2h3-0-|

Verse - One guitar plays Intro 8x
Second Guitar plays Riff 2

Chorus plays again

Interlude
e|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
BB|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
G+G|--5--------|--7--------|----------------|--------7/9~--|--5--------|--4--------|
D MajorD|--5--------|--7--------|--5----4--------|--2-----7/9---|--5--------|--4--------|
A augmentedA|--3--------|--5--------|--5----4--------|--2-----5/7---|--3--------|--2--------|
E MajorE|-----------|-----------|--3----2--2-3-2-|--0-----------|-----------|-----------|

Change to 2 parts:
e|-------------|---------------|
BB|-------------|---------------|
G+G|-------------|---------------|
D MajorD|--2----------|--(2)----------|
A augmentedA|--2----------|--(2)----------|
E MajorE|--0----------|--(0)----------|
 |
 | Lead
e|---------12--|--12----------------|
BB|--15b17~~~~--|-----15-14b15-------|
G+G|-------------|--------------12~~-| vibrato then slide
D MajorD|-------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|-------------|--------------------|


For final chorus:

Play Chorus riff 4x w/ Lead Solo on the 3rd time
e|-------|---------------------17-17-------|-17-------------------------------------|
BB|-------|--------17-17-----------17-17~---|----17-17-----17-17-------17-14---------|
G+G|--14-16|-16b18--------16b18--------------|-------16b18--------16b18-------16------|
D MajorD|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------16-15-|
A augmentedA|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

e|----------------|-------------------------------17----------|
BB|-------17b19~~--|-17b19r17-14-15b17r15-14----------17-------|
G+G|--14~~----------|-------------------------16b18_______18r16-|
D MajorD|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------|-------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------17-17-------|-17-------------------------------------|
BB|--------17-17-----------17-17~---|----17-17-----17-17-------17-14---------|
G+G|-16b18--------16b18--------16b18-|-------16b18--------16b18-------16------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|----------------------------------16-15-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

e|---------------17-------|--------------------------------17------------|
BB|-------17b19~~---17b19--|-17b19r17-15-14-15b17r15-----------17---------|
G+G|--14~~------------------|---------------------------16b18_____16-14-|
D MajorD|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


Ending
e|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-hold-|
BB|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|------|
G+G|----------7-7-xxxx-|----------4-4-3-3-|----------7-7------|----------4--4--3--3-|-2----|
D MajorD|-7-7-xxxx-7-7-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-4-4-3-3-|-7-7-xxxx-7-7-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-4--4--3--3-|-2----|
A augmentedA|-7-7-xxxx-5-5-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-2-2-1-1-|-7-7-xxxx-5-5-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-2--2--1--1-|-0----|
E MajorE|-5-5-xxxx----------|-2-2-xxxx---------|-5-5-xxxx----------|-2-2-xxxx------------|------|

key:
x   - muffled string sounds (harmonics & percussive sound)
/ or - slide
h   - hammer-on
p   - pull-off
~   - vibrato (add expression by shaking string)

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