Kerosene  (guitar tab)

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There's so much noise in there and it's all overlapped and some
of it is too silent. Anyway, this is what I figured out.

From the 1987 Album ATOMIZER

Tune low E string one step down to D

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Intro

    Guitar 1
    S S S E. E. E. E E   S S S E. E. E. E E
|E|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3-|-2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3--||
|B|o-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-o||
|G|---------------------|---------------------||
|D|---------------------|---------------------||
|A|o--------------------|--------------------o||
|D|---------------------|---------------------||
(the intro "di-di-di-ding-di-ding-di-di-di-di-di", actually it's one octave higher)


   4/4
    Guitar 1
    S S S E. E. E. E E    S S S E. E. E. E E  4x
|E|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3-|--2-2-2-3--2--3--2-3--||
|B|o-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-o||
|G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D|---------------------|----------------------||
|A|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|D|---------------------|----------------------||
|
|   Guitar 2
|   W                     W                   4x
|E|---------------------|----------------------||
|B|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D|---------------------|----------------------||
|A|o-9------------------|-11------------------o||
|D|--9------------------|-11-------------------||
|
|                        Bass
|   W                     W                   4x
|G|---------------------|----------------------||
|D|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|A|o--------------------|---------------------o||
|D|--9------------------|-11-------------------||
(the "ding-di-di-ding" continues, while the other guitar plays a B5 and C#5 powerchord )



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verse

    Bass
    E E E E E. Q  +S    E E Q   S  S S   Q       +S
|G|--------------------|------------------------------
|D|o-------------------|------------------------------
|A|o-------------------|------------------------------
|D|--7-5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4---2--2-2---4-------(4)-
|             (this is supposed to be the bass line )
|   Guitar 1
|                       Q   Q   E.       E.   E
|E|--------------------|------------------------------
|B|o-------------------|--------14------12----------
|G|--------------------|---------------------12-----
|D|--------------------|------------------------------
|A|o-------------------|------------------------------
|D|--------------------|------------------------------
                        (harmonics or noise played by the guitar)

  Bass
     E   E E E E. Q  +S    E E Q  S S S Q  +S
|G------------------------|----------------------||
|D------------------------|---------------------o||
|A------------------------|---------------------o||
|D----7---5-4-2-4--4--(4)-|-4-2-4--2-2-2-4--(4)--||
|
| Guitar 1
|   +H                     W
|E------------------------|----------------------||
|B------------------------|---------------------o||
|G-(12)-----------------|----------------------||
|D------------------------|----------------------||
|A------------------------|---------------------o||
|D------------------------|----------------------||


    Bass
      E  E E E E. Q  +S    E E E S S S S S Q  +S
|G|-----------------------|------------------------
|D|o----------------------|------------------------
|A|o----------------------|------------------------
|D|----7--5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4--(4)-
|
|   Guitar 1
|     W                    W
|E|-----------------------|------------------------
|B|o-16-----------------|------------------------
|G|-----------------------|------------------------
|D|-----------------------|------------------------
|A|o----------------------|------------------------
|D|-----------------------|------------------------


  Bass
  E E E E E. Q  +S    E E E S S S S S Q  +S   4x
|G-------------------|-------------------------||
|D-------------------|------------------------o||
|A-------------------|------------------------o||
|D-7-5-4-2-4--2--(2)-|-4-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4--(4)--||




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Chorus ("set me on fire, Kerosene!")

    Guitar 1
     W
|E|----------------------------------|
|B|----------------------------------|
|G|o--4------------------------------|
|D|o---------------------------------|
|A|---2------------------------------|
|D|----------------------------------|
|
|   Bass
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|G|----------------------------------|
|D|o---------------------------------|
|A|o---------------------------------|
|D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|


     W                                              4x
|E|---------------------------------------------------||
|B|--------------------------------------------------o||
|G|--6------------------------------------------------||
|D|---------------------------------------------------||
|A|--4-----------------------------------------------o||
|D|---------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   4x
|G---------------------------------------------------||
|D--------------------------------------------------o||
|A--------------------------------------------------o||
|D-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---||





Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.
Low melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
   - volume swell (louder/softer)

Misc Legend
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 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end

Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

When I first heard Atomizer (the 1st BB thing I ever heard), I was totally stunned by the
noises being made by Albini's

guitar and tried for ages to get my guitar to sound like it. No luck at all.
Until I bought a cheap n' shitty analogue delay pedal. Turned the feedback up to max and the
delay time to zero. Bingo -

instant Albini. Sounds like your guitar is spitting out of a meat grinder - just like the
record.
Get 'Kerosene' at: amazon.com  sheetmusicplus.com

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