Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted guitar tab
when we two parted
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song: dulli, mccollum
tabs: zanzi
The whole song is in Bmajor, chordwise and keywise.
The bass plays three different riffs:
Riff1:
G--------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------
A--7b9b7----6--------------------------
E--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--------
Riff2:
G--------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------
A-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6----------------------
E-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------
Riff3:
G--------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------
E-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------
These are basic structures of the song, there is a lot improvisations,
so listen to the record.
Riff1 is in intro and under first parts of the verses, then comes Riff2
to bring up the intensity, then back to riff1.
Riff3 comes in with shriekieng guitar chords that are tabbed below.
Guitar:
Plays a Bmajor-chord at seventh fret(799877)all through song, with
various arpeggiates.
Some are more repetetive than others, examples:
e------------|-------------|
B------------|-------------|
G------------|--------8----|
D------------|---9--9---9--|
A-7b9b7-6----|-------------|
E----------7-|-------------|
^played in ^played in
intro and second verse
begginning When guitar
of verses comes in
Otherwise just improvise arpeggiating different B-chords.
Theres a lot of two guitar solo in there, and the lead guitar plays solo
during the whole song. I like to just improvise in Bmajor scale and see
what I can come up with. Even though it never sound as good as the
record, it sounds ok. I use a lot of loooong slides, biiiig bends and
harmonics to get the right feel.
The shriking chords that comes in when Greg sings "to see you were alive
instead of watching you abandoning yourself" and in outro is this:
Bmajor B5 Badd4 B B(add4)
e-11---------------->|-14----12----11----11h12p11---
B-12--first slow---->|-12----12----12----12---------
G-11--then After---->|-11----11----11----11---------
D-----"yourself"---->|------------------------------
A-----steady-rhythm->|------------------------------
E------------------->|------------------------------
one measure each chord
Hammer-on/pull-off the last 11(12)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------lyrics
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Baby, I see you've made yourself all sick again
Didn't I do a good job of pretending?
You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good. I get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality
I should have seen this shit coming down the hall
Every night I spent in that bed with you facing the wall
If I could have only once heard you scream
To feel you were alive
Instead of watching you abandoning yourself
Baby you can open your eyes now
And please allow me to present you with a clue
If I inflict the pain
Then baby only I can comfort you
Out of the night we come
And into the night we go
If it starts to hurt you
Then you have to say so
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