Melvins - Caped Crusader guitar tab
Jello Biafra & The Melvins
"Caped Crusader"
Tabbed by ben.nield@gmail.com
Sequence:
Riff 1 - 5x
Riff 1.5 - 3x
Riff 1 - 4x, Adam Jones pt1 - 3x
Riff 1 chords - 2x
Riff 1.5 chords - 4x
Riff 2 - 3x
Riff 1 - 3x; Adam Jones pt2 - 3x
Riff 1 chords - 2x
Riff 2 - 3x
Riff 3 - 1x
Riff 4 - 4x
*Solo*
Riff 5 - 2x
Riff 6 - 3x
Break down, rest for 4 bars
Riff 7 - 4x; Adam Jones pt3 - 4x
Riff 1 - 2x
Riff 1.5 - 4x
Riff 1 (5x)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------5h7-----------------------------5h7-
e-0-------x---3-------0---5h7-----0---0---x---3-------0---5h7-----
PM all
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-0---0---6---5-------0---x---3---x---0---x---3---x---5---3---5---
PM all
Riff 1.5 (3x)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-0---0---6---5-------0---x---3---x---0---x---3---x---5---3---5---
PM all
Back to Riff 1 4x
Guitar 2 [Adam Jones] comes in after 4 bars (3x)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b---------0---8-------7-------------------0---8-------7-----------
g-----------------------------9-----------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------9-------
a-7---7---------------------------7---7---------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b---------0---8-------7-----------7-------7-----------------------
g-----------------------------9-------9---------------7-------7---
d---------------------------------------------9-----------9-------
a-7---7-----------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Then a power chord version of Riff 1 (2x)
Followed by a power chord version of Riff 1.5 (4x)
Riff 2 (3x) "God is great..."
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-7/--9-------9-----------9---9---10/-9-------9-----------9---9---
a-5/--7-------7-----------7---7---8-/-7-------7-----------7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-11--11------7-----------7---7---10/-9-------9-----------9---9---
a-10--10------5-----------5---5---8-/-7-------7-----------7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Back to Riff 1 3x
Guitar 2 plays this during Riff 1 3x:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b---------0---3---------------------------0---2-------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b---------0---1---------------------------0---2-------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Then power chord version of Riff 1 (2x)
followed by Riff 2 (3x)
Then play this chord and let it ring
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-4---------------------------------------------------------------
a-2---------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-4-------4---4-------4---4---4----4-------4---9-------9---9------
a-2-------2---2-------2---2---2----2-------2---7-------7---7------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-4-------4---4-------4---4---4----9---9-------11------11--11-----
a-2-------2---2-------2---2---2----7---7-------9-------9---9------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-4-------4---4-------4---4---4----4-------4---9-------9---9------
a-2-------2---2-------2---2---2----2-------2---7-------7---7------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-11----------4-------------------9-------------------------------
a-9-----------2-------------------7------------7------------------
e----------------------------------------------5------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-11----------4-----------9-------9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
a-9-----------2-----------7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 4
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-9---9-------12------7-----------9---9-------12------7----------- 4x
a-7---7-------10------5-----------7---7-------10------5-----------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Solo
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------9-------9---9-7-----------------7-------9---9-7-----
a-7---------------------------9-7-5---------------------------9-7-
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------9-------9---9-7-----------------9-------9---9-7-----
a-3---------------------------9-7-5---------------------------9-7-
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 1 [Buzzo]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------9-------9---7-------------------7-------9---7-------
a-7-------------------------------5-------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------9-------9---7-------------------9-------9---7-------
a-3-------------------------------5-------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2 [Adam Jones]
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------16------16--14------------------16------16--14------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------16------16--14------------------16------16--14------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 5 (2x)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-7/--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---10/-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
a-5/--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8-/-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-12--12--x---7-------7---7---7---10/-9-\-7-/-9---10/-9-\-7-/-9---
a-10--10--x---5-------5---5---5---8-/-7-\-5-/-7---10/-9-\-5-/-7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-7/--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---10/-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
a-5/--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8-/-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-12--12--x---7-------7---7---7---10--10--x---9-------9---9---9---
a-10--10--x---5-------5---5---5---8---8---x---7-------7---7---7---
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 6 (3x)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-2-----------5-------------------7-----------8-------------------
e-0-----------3-------------------5-----------6-------------------
Then slow down and play this breakdown
e---------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------
a-8-------------7-------------5-------------4-------------
e-6-------------5-------------3-------------2-------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-2-------let ring------------------------------------------------
e-0---------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a---------keep ringing--------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 7
Guitar 1
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------- 4x
e-0---0-------3-------3---3-3-3-3-0---0-------3-------3---3-3-3-3-
PM all
Guitar 2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b---------0---8-------7-----------7-------7-----------------------
g-----------------------------9-------9---------------7-------7---
d---------------------------------------------9-----------9-------
a-7---7----------------------------------------------------------- 4x
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Then back to Riff 1 2x
Followed Riff 1.5 4x
Et voila!!
