Jesus Lizard - Thumper guitar tab

THE JESUS LIZARD

THUMPER

Guitar tuned down 1/2 step (Eb - Ab - Db - Gb - Bb - eb)

Legenda

x under a note: palm mute

x instead of a note: mute (w/ left hand)

+ mute a ringing note

(n) ringing note

Main theme  

Db|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------10-10-10-10-9-|

Ab|--5-----8-------|7---------10---7-|--5-----8-------|7-----8--8--8--8--7-|

Eb|0-5-0-0-8-0-0-0-|7-0-0-0-0-10-0-7-|0-5-0-0-8-0-0-0-|7-0-0-8--8--8--8--7-| (fig. 1)

   x   x x   x x x    x x x x   x    x   x x   x x x    x x

That last bar is replaced with

Ab|7-----7-----7---|

Eb|7-0-0-7-0-0-7-x-| (fig. 1a)

     x x   x x

before switching to this figure:

Bb|8-----8-+---6---|(6)-6-+---4-+-4-+-|

Gb|7-----6-+---5---|(5)-4-+---3-+-2-+-|

Db|6-----6-+---4---|(4)-4-+---2-+-2-+-|

Ab|5-----5-+---3---|(3)-3-+---1-+-1-+-| (fig. 2)

First verse starts, which has the same guitar part as the main theme (fig. 1), but now the last bar is:

Gb|--------------3-|

Db|--------------3-|

Ab|7-----7-----7-1-|

Eb|7-0-0-7-0-0-7---| (fig. 1b)

Chorus:

Gb|(3)-1-3-4-3-1-----|-----------------3*|

Db|(3)-1-3-4-3-1---2-|(2)--0-2-3-2-0---3*|

Ab|(1)-1-1-1-1-1---2-|(2)--0-2-3-2-0---1*|

Eb|----------------0-|(0)--0-0-0-0-0-----| (fig. 3)

* These notes are not played the last time

Now go back to the beginning and play until you reach the end of the 2nd chorus

2nd chorus ending:

Bb|------------------|-----------------6-|

Gb|(3)-1-3-4-3-1-----|-----------------x-|

Db|(3)-1-3-4-3-1---2-|(2)--0-2-3-2-0---8-|

Ab|(1)-1-1-1-1-1---2-|(2)--0-2-3-2-0---8-|

Eb|----------------0-|(0)--0-0-0-0-0-----| (fig. 3a)

Interlude:

Eb|------------------|------------------|----------------5-|(5)-5-5-5-5-5-+---|\

Bb|(6)-6-6-6-6-6-+-5-|(5)-5-5-5-5-5-+-6-|(6)-6-6-6-6-6-+-5-|(5)-5-5-5-5-5-+-6-| \

Gb|----7-x-7-x-x---x-|----7-x-7-x-x---x-|----7-x-7-x-x---x-|----6-x-6-x-x-----|  > play 2 times

Db|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+-6-|(6)-6-6-6-6-6-+-8-|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+-7-|(7)-7-7-7-7-7-+-8-| /

Ab|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+-7-|(7)-7-7-7-7-7-+-8-|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+---|----------------8-|/ (fig. 4)

Bb|(6)-6-6-6-6-6-+-6*|\

Gb|----7-x-7-x-x---x*| \ repeat 3 times, last time don't play the (*) notes

Db|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+-8*| /

Ab|(8)-8-8-8-8-8-+-8*|/ (fig. 5)

The third verse starts (fig. 1) and ends with fig. 1a. Then play fig. 3 twice, and the last chord:

Gb|3-----------..

Db|2-----------..

Ab|1-----------..

Eb|0-----------.. (let ring for approx. 20 seconds)

Enjoy

--Tjrd