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Ballad of Dwight Fry (casbah 2003) Guitar Tablature
Melvins - Ballad of Dwight Fry (Casbah 2003 version)

Tabbed by Ben Nield [email protected]

Drop-D Tuning

 Intro Riff: 

   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4  
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------3-------|---3-2-----------|-7---------------|
A|------------15/2-|-----2-3-------2-|-3-------3-2-----|-7---------------|
D|------------15/2-|-2---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|
                                                            let ring
   1   2   3   4                               
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-------------8/2-|
D|-------------8/2-|

 Riff 1 (2x):

   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4   
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|-2-----3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-|-0---0-2-0-------|
A|-0-----2-3-------|-------------3-2-|-------0-2-3-----|-----------3-2---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|---------------5-|

    1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------------0-|-------0---------|---------2-------|---------3-2-----|
A-|---------0-2-3---|-3-------3-2-0---|-----1-2-----1-2-|-----1-2-----3-2-|
D-|-3-----5---------|---------------5-|-2---------------|-2---------------|
 
 Pre-Verse Riff: 

    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                                                 
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|------2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|------2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|
D-|-2----2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|-2----2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|
A-|-0----0-0-0-------0-0-0000-|-0----0-0-0-------0-0-0000-|
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 Verse Riff a (6x):                                                                             
 
    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                        
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|---------------------------|
A-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5----|
D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2--0-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--2-|
         x x x x    x x  x           x x x x    x x  x           

    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                                                

EE-|--------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|-7----------7---------7----|-5----------5---------------|
D-|-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--7----|-5----5-5-5-5--0h2-2--2p0---|
A-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--0-|-3----3-3-3-3-------------2-|
D-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
         x x x      x x              x x x            
                                                                 
Slide Guitar w-slight phaser & delay (played during first 2 bars of Verse):

    1      2      3      4       1      2      3      4       1      2      3      4      
E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|-4/9------------------------|-97------------------------|-5/7----7------95----5-----|
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

    1      2      3      4       1      2      3      4       1      2      3      4      
E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|-4/9---------------------9--|-9/7------------------------|-5/7----7------2/5----5-----|
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

    1      2      3      4       
E-|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|
G-|-4/9------------------------|
D-|----------------------------|
A-|----------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|                                                                         

                               
 Verse Riff b:                                                                                          
 
    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                        
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|---------------------------|
A-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5----|
D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2--0-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--2-|
         x x x x    x x  x           x x x x    x x  x           

    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4    
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|-7---------7-----7--7------|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5----|
D-|-7--7-7-7--7-----7--7------|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5----|
A-|-5--5-5-5--5-----5--5--0---|-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--0-|
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
       x x x                                                                                             

                                                                                                        
Pre-Chorus Riff:
    1      2      3      4    
E-|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|
D-|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|
A-|-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|
D-|---------------------------|
                                               
Chorus Riff a (2x):

    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                                        
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|-5------5------7--7---7----|---------------------------|
D-|-5------5------7--7---7----|-0------0--0-------0--0--0-|
A-|-3------3------5--5---5----|-2------2--2-------2--2--2-|
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
                                                                                                         

Chorus Riff b:                                               
 
    1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4     
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|-5------5------7--7---7----|---------------------------|
D-|-5------5------7--7---7----|-9---7------2------2--2--2-|
A-|-3------3------5--5---5----|-7---5------0------0--0--0-|
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|                                            
                                                                               
    1      2      3      4      
E-|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|
D-|-5---5--5---0---------0----|
A-|-3---3--3---0---------0----|
D-|------------0---------0----|                                                                          

         

 *Repeat Verse Riff a 7x*
 *Repeat Verse Riff b 1x*                                                                            
 *Repeat Chorus*
  
Then this:     
E-|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------|
A-|-2-------------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------|
        let ring                                     

After 3 bars of silence, there are 5 bars of build-up comprising feedback and the last chord.
Then a slightly slower version of the chorus serves as an outro, only the last 2 bars are different:
    1      2      3      4      
E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-|------------7--------------|---------------------------|
D-|-5--5---5---7--------------|-2-------------------------|
A-|-3--3---3---5--------------|-2-------------------------|
D-|----------------------2/12-|-2-------------------------|    
      gradually getting slower       let ring!!! 

et viola.
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