Brain Gallop tab by Stephen Malkmus The Jicks

Tabs

Brain Gallop
Tabbed by Miamasa
Based off of this great live footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2KtBe5F1vs
Credit goes to namenamename + fattyma4 on the SM forums for the verse chords and a bit of the
intro + chorus.

Tuning: DADGBE

Intro

e|-----------9-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------12---12----12-------12-----------------------------------|
G+G|--11b13---------------11b13----11b13r11-9----9------9-11-11b13\--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------9-11--------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------12----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------9-11b13----13r11-9--9--9-9--11b13-13-13-etc.--r11-9-9-9-9-9\--|
D MajorD|--9-11-------------------------------(gradual-bend)------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse (0:16) (Not exact picking pattern)

  E MajorE     Dmaj7Dmaj7   F#F#     A augmentedA
e|----------------2-----------------------\------------------------|
BB|-----5----------2----------7----------10\-------------10------9--|
G+G|-----4----------2----------6----------9-\-------------9-------9--|
D MajorD|----(2)-------------------(4)--------(7)\-------------7-------7--|
A augmentedA|----(2)-------------------(4)--------(7)\-------------7-------7--|
D MajorD|--2----------0----------4----------7----\-------------7-------7--|


Chorus (0:49)
        x4        x3
e|---------------|---------------|
BB|---------------|---------------|
G+G|---------------|---------------|
D MajorD|---------------|---------------|
A augmentedA|--9-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-5-5-5-5-5--|
D MajorD|---------------|---------------|
 PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

           x4
e|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|-11-9-9-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11...-11b-11b-|
A augmentedA|--12-11-11-11-11-11--|---------------------------------------------etc---|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
  PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

           x4          x3
e|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|--14-13-13-13-13-13--|
D MajorD|--16-14-14-14-14-14--|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------|

           x4
e|---------------------|---------------------------x--------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------------x--5--4-2---2-4-2----|
G+G|--14-13-13-13-13-13--|--14b16------14b16----12---x---------4-------4--|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------------x--------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------------x--------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------------x--------------------|

Intro 2 (1:34)

e|-----------9-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------12---12----12-------12-----------------------------------|
G+G|--11b13---------------11b13----11b13r11-9----9------9-11-11b13\--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------9-11--------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------11b13-11b13-11b13-9---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--9-11-9----------------------9-11-9-11-9---------9----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------11-9-11---11-9-7--7--9\--|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2 (1:51)

Same as before

Tiny Guitar 2 fill on 2nd D MajorD
e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|--9------7---6---|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
I  won't let go...


Chorus 2 (2:24)

Same as before

Guitar 2 playing this quietly starting at second measure
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|--14-13-13-13-13-13-14-13-13-13-13-13--|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|

Ending
e|------------------------------------------------x---------------------|
BB|----------------15------------------------------x--5--4-2---2--4-2----|
G+G|--14b16---14b16----14b16--12--12b-12b14-14-14\--x---------4--------4--|
D MajorD|------------------------------(gradual-bend-----x---------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------x---------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------x---------------------|
                        Guitar 2
                       e|------------------------|
                       BB|------------------------|
                       G+G|-----9--8-6---8b9r8-----|
                       D MajorD|------------9--------9--|
                       A augmentedA|------------------------|
                       D MajorD|------------------------|


Solo Part 1 (3:09)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------9--11b13--b13--b13--b13--b13-11--9--9-9--|
D MajorD|--------9--------9---9-11------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--9--11-----9-11---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--11b13--b13-b13--b13-b13---9--|--11b13--11-9--11-9--11-9-----11-9----9---------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------11---11-9----------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------11-9-11-9--(7)-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
         x2

e|--12-\-------9--12-------9------------12-\---------9--12-----9--12-------9------------------|
BB|----------12----------12---12-------------------12--------12----------12---12----12---------|
G+G|---------------------------------9\-------------------------------------------------9-9-9..-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                             x2


Solo Part 2 (4:00)

e|--10-12-10--7-10-7--5-7-5--3-5-3--0-3-5--7-5-7--9-7-9--10-9-10--|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--10-12-10--7-10-7--5-7-5--3-5-3--0-3-5--7-5-7--|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|

Ending 1

e|--10-12-10--7-10-7--5-7-5--3-5-3--0-3-5--7-5-7--9-7-9--10-9-10--|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--12-10-12--14-12-14--15-14-15--17-15-17--19-17-19--21-19-21--22*---21\--|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                *Tremolo pick

Repeat solo part 2 with octave pedal, use ending 2
There is a second guitar part, but hard to hear, not too necessary

Ending 2

e|--10-12-10--7-10-7--5-7-5--3-5-3--0-3-5--7-5-7--9-7-9--10-9--|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--10-10-12---12-12-14---14-14-16---16-16-17---17-17-19---19-19-21---21*---21*\--|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                     *Tremolo pick


Ending (4:35)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------2---1-------------1------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------2--4--------4--2----2-4--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0----2--4------------------------------5\4----2-----2p0-------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------2--|


Lyrics:

Before the knife gets red
Civilization rears its pretty head
I hope it won't stick
Sometimes these words are such bitter friends
Come back to bite you in the rearest of ends

There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and whisk you away
There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and throw you away

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah..

I have no idea when we crystallized into talking bookends
But facts they are facts
I gotta have it so I won't let go
I know you like it when I come on too slow

There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and whisk you away
There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and throw you away

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah..