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Rube Goldberg Variations - Thank You Scientist
Tabbed by: David Benitez

Intro: - With tap harmonics (denoted with '+')
e|-------2-p0--------0+----------2-p0--------0+----|
BB|---2p0----------0+---------2p0----------0+-------|
G+G|-2-----------2+----------2-----------2+----------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-11+-----------------11+--------------------|
D MajorD|-----11+-9+-7+----7+-----11+-9+-7+----7+----|
A augmentedA|---------------9+------------------9+-------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-9+-7+-6+----------9+-7+-6+-------------|
A augmentedA|----------8+----8+----------8+----8+----|
E MajorE|-------------9+----------------9+-------|

e|----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----------|
BB|-2+-------------2+-------------2+-------------2+-----------------|
G+G|------2+-------------2+-------------2+-------------2+------2+----|
D MajorD|-----------4+-------------4+-------------4+-------------4+-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-11+-----------------11+--------------------|
D MajorD|-----11+-9+-7+----7+-----11+-9+-7+----7+----|
A augmentedA|---------------9+------------------9+-------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-9+-7+-6+----------6+----|
A augmentedA|----------8+----8+-8+----|
E MajorE|-------------9+----------|

Soft lead:
Rhythm
e|-0----0----0----0----|-0-----0-----------------|
BB|-0----5----5----0----|-0-----5----8----4--3----|
G+G|-3----6----6----2----|-3-----6----7----3--2----|
D MajorD|-4----4----4----1----|-4-----4----5----x--x----|
A augmentedA|-4----0----5----2----|-4-----0----7----x--x----|
E MajorE|-2----5--------------|-2-----5---------4--3----|

Lead
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----0-2-----3--2--0-2----------------/7--2----------------------|
G+G|---3-------------------4h6p4\3h4p3-2---------5\4-2-5\4-2-4--3----|
D MajorD|-4--------4------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------2---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----2----2--5--3p2----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-3h4----------------4-3--4\3--------------------------5-----2----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------4-4h5--4-2-4-2/4--5p4\2-----6-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10p9-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
G+G|------11----9h11-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------11-------9\7-----6h7----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------9-7--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Soft lead:
e|-0----0----0----0----|-0-----0-----------------|
BB|-0----5----5----0----|-0-----5----8----4--3----|
G+G|-3----6----6----2----|-3-----6----7----3--2----|
D MajorD|-4----4----4----1----|-4-----4----5----x--x----|
A augmentedA|-4----0----5----2----|-4-----0----7----x--x----|
E MajorE|-2----5--------------|-2-----5---------4--3----|

Soft lead 2: - This is played again at the end on different positions (live), so you can check those out too.
e|---------0-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-1-----0----1-----1-3-5--3-1--3----------------------------|
G+G|----2----------2-----------------5--4----------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------7-----5/6------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------7-------7\5--3----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------0--------------------------------|
BB|-1-----0----3-----3-5-6--5-3-5------------|
G+G|----2----------4-------------------5-7----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------7---------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------11-10----------------------|
BB|-3-------6---8---------11---13----------16--------11-------------------|
G+G|-----3-5----------8-10------------13-15--------------12----------------|
D MajorD|---5-----------10--------------15-----------------------13-14----14----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Syncopated lead:
                                x2 1.
e||----------------------------------------8---------8-------10-8-||----------------------|
BB||----------5----3-5-3----------------7-8-------7-8-----7-8------||----------------------|
G+G||----5---4------------5-4--------5-7---------7------------------||--9--10--13--10--9----|
D MajorD||------7------------------5-------------------------------------||----------------------|
A augmentedA||---------------------------7-----------------------------------||--7---8--11---8--7----|
E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------|

2.            x3          x2
e||-------------------------||-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0----|
BB||-------------------------||-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0----|
G+G||-9--10--13--10-9--10--13-||-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-||-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2----|
D MajorD||-------------------------||-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-||-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3----|
A augmentedA||-7---8--11---8-7---8--11-||-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-||-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3----|
E MajorE||-------------------------||-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-||-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1----|

Arpeggios 2 w/ sax solo:
e||-------------------------|-------2-----------2-----||
BB||-------0-----------0-----|---2-------2---2-------2-||
G+G||---2-------2---2-------2-|-----4---4-------4---4---||
D MajorD||-----4---4-------4---4---|-4-----------4-----------||
A augmentedA||-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------|| x3
E MajorE||-------------------------|-------------------------||

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

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

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

Triads w/ sax solo:
e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
BB|-12-12--14-14-14--12-12--14-14-14-|-11-11--14-14-14--11-11--10-12-10----|
G+G|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11-|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11----|
D MajorD|-12-12--11-11-11--12-12--11-11-11-|-12-12--11-11-11--12-12--11-11-11----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-10-10--12-10-10--10-10--12-10-10-|--9--9---9--9--9--10-10--8-10--8----|
G+G|--9--9---9--9--9---9--9---9--9--9-|--8--8---8--8--8---9--9--9--9--9----|
D MajorD|-11-11--11-11-11--10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10---9--9--9--9--9----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
BB|-12-12--15-17-15-17/19--17--15-|-14-14--12-12-12--12-12--12-14-12----|
G+G|-11-11--14-14-14-14/16--14--14-|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11----|
D MajorD|-12-12--12-12-12--------12--12-|-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-10-12--10-12-10--10-10--10-12-10-|--9--9---9--9--9--10----10----------|
G+G|--9--9---9--9--9---9--9---9--9--9-|--8--8---8--8--8--10-------10-------|
D MajorD|-11-11--11-11-11--10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10--11----------11----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

*Strum* - These are the same chords as the arpeggio sections, but a bit embellished
e|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||-------2-----------2-----||
BB|-3--2--3--2--3--2--3--||---2-------2---2-------2-||
G+G|-2--4--2--4--2--4--2--||-----4---4-------4---4---||
D MajorD|-4--4--5--3--4--4--5--||-3-----------3-----------||
A augmentedA|-5-----5-----5-----5--||-------------------------||
E MajorE|----------------------||-------------------------||

*D note count at the end is not exact
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10p9-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
G+G|------11----9h11-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------11-------9\7-----6h7------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------9-7----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff:
e|-----------7----5h7---------------5h7---------------5h7----------7----|
BB|-7----6----5-------5h7---------5h7---5h7---------5h7---5h7-------5----|
G+G|-7----6----5----------5h7---5h7---------5h7---5h7---------5h7----5----|
D MajorD|-7----6----5-------------5h7---------------5h7---------------5h7-5----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff w/ bass solo:
                   x7      x4    x4
e|------------||------------------------||-----------||-------||
BB|-5-5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7----6----5----||-----------||-------||
G+G|-5-5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7----6----5----||-11------9-||-9h11--||
D MajorD|-5-5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7----6----5----||----9-11---||-------||
A augmentedA|------------||------------------------||-----------||-------||
E MajorE|------------||------------------------||-----------||-------||

             x6
e|-------------||-----------||---------------------------------------------|
BB|-5--5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7-||-5-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----5-xxx----|
G+G|-5--5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7-||-5-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----5-xxx----|
D MajorD|-5--5--6--7--||-5-5--6--7-||-5-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----5-xxx----|
A augmentedA|-------------||-----------||---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------||-----------||---------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-x-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----6----|
G+G|-5-x-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----5----|
D MajorD|-5-x-5--6--7----7-xxx-6----6-xxx-5----4----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------5----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|

Bossa nova section w/ bass solo: - This is also played behind the bass solo live
e||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||-----------------------------------7-7--7-7-7--7-7--0-0--0--2-2--2-2----|
G+G||-4-4--4-4-4--4-4---7-7--7--6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6--2-2--2--2-2--2-2----|
D MajorD||-4-4--4-4-4--4-4---7-7--6--6-6--5-------------------1-1--1--1-1--1-1----|
A augmentedA||------------------------7-------6--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--2-2--2--2-2--2-2----|
E MajorE||-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---7-7-----6-6------------------------------------------|

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

e|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3----4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4--6----|
G+G|-4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4----5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--5----|
D MajorD|-4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4----5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--4----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------5----|
E MajorE|-3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3----4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4-------|

*After little break*
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3----4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--|
G+G|-4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4----5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--|
D MajorD|-4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4----5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--|
E MajorE|-3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3----4--4-4-4----4--4-4-4----------------------|

Solo lead up: - Sadly, pending
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar solo: - Sadly, pending (except for the last notes)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------18-15\-|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------18-18--------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar, sax and trumpet unison:
e|----------15-----------------13--------12--------------------------|
BB|-13-14-15----15-14-13--11-13-----10-11-----17-13----15-------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------15----15----------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------17-15----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----15-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-/15-----------------------------------10~----11--11----|
G+G|--------17-15--14-15-------14\10------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------15----------12-10------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------17------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|

                 1.
e||-18-16-----------18-16-------||-18-16-------------------------------|
BB||-------14~-------------14~---||-------14~-----14-16-18-16-14--------|
G+G||-----------15-15-------------||------------15-----------------15-15-|
D MajorD||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
E MajorE||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|

2.
e|-------16-14-------13-------------------------13-15\----|
BB|-13-13-------15-16----13-------------13-14-15-----------|
G+G|-------------------------13----12-15--------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------15--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------3----|
G+G|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--7-7--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--------------4----|
D MajorD|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--8-8--6-6--6--6-6-6--6-6--------------x----|
A augmentedA|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--8-8--6-6--6--6-6-6--6-6--4-----4--5--4----|
E MajorE|-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--6-6--4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-----5-------------|

Violin break:
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------4-4--3-3----|
G+G|----------------3-3--2-2----|
D MajorD|----------------x-x--x-x----|
A augmentedA|----------------x-x--x-x----|
E MajorE|----------------4-4--3-3----|

Heavy riff:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------6---6/11-----------------------------------------------8----|
D MajorD|------------------------4---4-------9\7---7\6----7-7-------7-7----------7---9---------|
A augmentedA|-------4--------1-----------------------9-----7--5-5--5h7--5-5----6-7-9---9---9-------|
E MajorE|-2-0-2----2-0-2----2--5-----------------------------------------7---------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------10-9-------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------6/11-------9-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------4--------------11-9------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------4--------1---------------------------11-9----9----10\--2-2-10\----|
E MajorE|-2-0-2----2-0-2----2--7--------------------------12---0-------0-0--------|

e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-4-4--3-3--4-4--3-3--16-16--15-15--|
G+G|-3-3--2-2--3-3--2-2--15-15--14-14--|
D MajorD|-x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x---x--x---x--x--|
A augmentedA|-x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x---x--x---x--x--|
E MajorE|-4-4--3-3--4-4--3-3--16-16--15-15--|

Lead with choir:
e|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|---------5--------------5-|----------5-------------------------|
G+G|-5-----4----5-----5---4---|-5-----4-----5-----10-9-------------|
D MajorD|----7----------7----7-----|----7-----------7-------10-7-9-9----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------5-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-----4----5-----5-7-9--7-5--7--5--4----------------------|
D MajorD|----7----------7----------------------7-----5/6------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------7-------7\5--3----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

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

               x3
e||-----------------------------||-11-10----------------------|
BB||-3-------6---8---------11----||-------11-------------------|
G+G||-----3-5----------8-10-------||----------12----------------|
D MajorD||---5-----------10------------||-------------13-14----14----|
A augmentedA||-----------------------------||----------------------------|
E MajorE||-----------------------------||----------------------------|

************************************

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note