Usual Dosage tab by Unwound

Tabs

ARTIST: Unwound
SONG: "Usual Dosage"
ALBUM: New Plastic Ideas (1994)


TUNING: Drop-D (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


INTRO:
E MajorE|---(0)------(0)---------------------------------||
BB|-2-p0-------(0)------------(0)------(0)---------||
G+G|-4-----------4-----------2-p0--------0----(0)-0-|| x 3
D MajorD|(4)---(4)-4--------4--4-(4)----4--4----(4)-4-(4)||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-----------1--------1--------1----------|
G+G|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--3--3--2--0-----0-|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3--2--2--2--2--0--0----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|---(0)------(0)---------------------------------||
BB|-2-p0-------(0)------------(0)------(0)---------||
G+G|-4-----------4-----------2-p0--------0----(0)-0-|| x 3
D MajorD|(4)---(4)-4--------4--4-(4)----4--4----(4)-4-(4)||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-----------1-----------------1----------|
G+G|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--3--3--3--0-----0-|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3--2--2--2--2--0--0----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|---(0)------(0)---------------------------------||
BB|-2-p0-------(0)------------(0)------(0)---------||
G+G|-4-----------4-----------2-p0--------0----(0)-0-|| x 3
D MajorD|(4)---(4)-4--------4--4-(4)----4--4----(4)-4-(4)||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-----------1--------1--------1----------|
G+G|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--3--3--2--0--0----|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3--2--2--2--2--0--0----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------(0)(0)------------------------------||
BB|-------------2-p0-------------------------------||
G+G|------------(2)(0)----------2-p0--------0-------|| x 4
D MajorD|-0--------------------------------0--4b----4-p0-||
A augmentedA|-0----------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-0-----------------------3b---------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------0----------------------||
G+G|----------------------------0-------------------|| x 4
D MajorD|-0-----------------------------0----------------||
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------3b------------||
D MajorD|-0-----------------------------------------4b---||

VERSE I:
E MajorE|------------(0)(0)------------------------------||
BB|-------------2-p0-------------------------------||
G+G|------------(2)(0)----------2-p0--------0-------|| x 4
D MajorD|-0--------------------------------0--4b----4-p0-||
A augmentedA|-0----------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-0-----------------------3b---------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------0----------------------||
G+G|(0)-------------------------0-------------------|| x 12
D MajorD|(0)----------------------------0----------------||
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------3b------------||
D MajorD|-0-----------------------------------------4b---||


BRIDGE:
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|(0)---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
 * improvised strumming strings behind bridge
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------------------||
G+G|------------------------------------------------|| x 10
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------0--------0--0--------0-|
G+G|-------------------------------3-----------3----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|----0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----|
G+G|-3-----3-----4--4--------4b-4~-4~-4b-4~-4~-4~---|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|----0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----|
G+G|-4b-4~-4b-4b-4b-4b-4b-4b-4~-4~-4~-4~-4~-4~-4~---|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
+
 PM______________________________________________|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------------------||
G+G|------------------------------------------------|| x 7
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
+
 PM______________________|          FB
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------#----|
BB|-------------------------------------------#----|
G+G|-------------------------------------------#----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------0--0--0----|
A augmentedA|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|


VERSE II:
      *
E MajorE|----------------------------------0-------------|
BB|----------------------------------0--------0----|
G+G|----------11-11----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--3--3----|
D MajorD|-0--------x--x-----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--3--3----|
A augmentedA|-0--------9--9-----x--x-------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
     * *
E MajorE|----------------------------0--------------0----|
BB|----------------------------0-----0--------x----|
G+G|-------11-11-11----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--2--2----|
D MajorD|-0-----x--x--x-----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--2--2----|
A augmentedA|-0-----9--9--9-----x--x-------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
      *
E MajorE|----------------------------------0--------0----|
BB|----------------------------0-----0--------0----|
G+G|----------11-11----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--3--3----|
D MajorD|-0--------x--x-----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--3--3----|
A augmentedA|-0--------9--9-----x--x-------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
     * *
E MajorE|----------------------------0--------------0----|
BB|----------------------------0-----0--------x----|
G+G|-------11-11-11----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--2--2----|
D MajorD|-0-----x--x--x-----x--x--3--3--x--3--x--2--2----|
A augmentedA|-0-----9--9--9-----x--x-------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0-----------------------------------------7----|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------9--9-\7-------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------------------------7----|| x 6
D MajorD|------------(7~)--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------x-----------------------9-\7-----7-||
D MajorD|-0----------<7>~--------------------------------||
+
                    FB
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------#----------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------#----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------#----------|
D MajorD|-0----------<7>~---------------------#----------|


VERSE III:
      *
E MajorE|---------------------------(0)---(0)------(0)---||
BB|---------------------------(0)---(0)------(0)---||
G+G|----------11-11----x--x--3~-3~-x--3~-x--3~-3~---|| x 4
D MajorD|-0--------x--x-----x--x--3~-3~-x--3~-x--3~-3~---||
A augmentedA|-0--------9--9-----x--x-------------------------||
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------(0)(0)------------------------------||
BB|-------------2-p0-------------------------------||
G+G|------------(2)(0)----------2-p0--------0-------|| x 4
D MajorD|-0--------------------------------0--4b----4-p0-||
A augmentedA|-0----------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-0-----------------------3b---------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0-----------------------------------------7----|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------9--9-\7-----7-|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------------------------|
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------------------------7----|| x 7
D MajorD|------------(7)~--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------x-----------------------9-\7-----7-||
D MajorD|-0----------<7>~--------------------------------||
+
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------~--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------~--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------<7>~--------------------------------|


SONG STRUCTURE:
INTRO
VERSE I
BRIDGE
VERSE II
VERSE III

(interludes and the outro blend out of the verses)


The guitar is multi-tracked, so there may be some variation, but this is the basic idea.


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