Big Head Todd

Big Head Todd - Bittersweet guitar tab

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This is what I've come up with for Big Head Todd and the Monsters

song "Bittersweet" from their latest album. I make no guarrante as

to the accuracy, but it sounds pretty close when I play along with

the song. Please E-Mail/Post me any corrections....

The basic riff:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

G D Am C

--1--1--1--2--2----3-2-------------------------------------------

--0--0--0--3--3----3-3----1-----1--------------------------------

--0--0--0--2--2----2-2----2-----0------------0-0-2-0----0--------

--------------------------2-----2---------2-----------2---0------

------------------------------3-------3--------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------

A slight variation on the above ending:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

C

---------------------------------

---------------------------------

--------0-0-2-0------------------

-----2----------2-0--------------

--3------------------------------

---------------------------------

Bridge:

~~~~~~~

I know this is not correct, but it is the basic notes. In reality

he shifts his hand positions up the neck as he plays it, and ends

up with a F-major bar chord on the 5th fret.

C G Dm

----------------------------------1-----

--------1-----------------------3-------

------0------------------2----2---------

----2-----------------------------------

--3---------------2---3-----3-----------

--------------3-------------------------

Solo:

~~~~~

I don't have the solo completely worked out, but the basic chords

on the intro are the F-major (5 5 7 5 6 5 ) and G-major

(7 7 9 7 8 7) bar chords on the 5th and 7th frets respectively.

After the bridge, the solo starts out like this:

F

---------------------------------------------

------6------6------6------------------------

---------------------------------------------

---7------7------7--------------------------- etc.....

---------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------

Really snap the F on the B-string. This leads into a rhythm

pattern with the G and F bar chords and a little riff that goes

kind of like this:

-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------6-6-6---6/7-------

------------5-5-5---7-------5---7---------------------- repeat

----5---7---------------------------------------------- as

------------------------------------------------------- necessary

-------------------------------------------------------

I'm not really sure on the rest of the solo.... If anyone else can

decipher it and post it, I'd appreciate it...... I know it's just

some basic chords but I can't get it to sound just right.

I've been using a combination of the following chords:

x x x 7 8 10

x x x 7 8 7

x x x 7 8 8

x x x x 8 7

x x x x 7 5

x x x x 5 3

x x x x 10 8

x x x x 12 10

x x x x 15 15

I know there is more to it though....

That's what I've come up with.... Any comments, questions, or

corrections are welcome....

Paul J. Michell

PMICHELL@VAX1.UMKC.EDU

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