Melvins

Melvins - Ballad Of Dwight Fry (casbah 2003) guitar tab

Melvins - Ballad of Dwight Fry (Casbah 2003 version)

Tabbed by Ben Nield bennield@hotmail.com

Drop-D Tuning

Intro Riff:

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|---------3-------|---3-2-----------|-7---------------|

A|------------15/2-|-----2-3-------2-|-3-------3-2-----|-7---------------|

D|------------15/2-|-2---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|

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1 2 3 4

E|-----------------|

B|-----------------|

G|-----------------|

D|-----------------|

A|-------------8/2-|

D|-------------8/2-|

Riff 1 (2x):

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------0-2-3-|-2-----3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-|-0---0-2-0-------|

A|-0-----2-3-------|-------------3-2-|-------0-2-3-----|-----------3-2---|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|---------------5-|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D-|---------------0-|-------0---------|---------2-------|---------3-2-----|

A-|---------0-2-3---|-3-------3-2-0---|-----1-2-----1-2-|-----1-2-----3-2-|

D-|-3-----5---------|---------------5-|-2---------------|-2---------------|

Pre-Verse Riff:

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|------2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|------2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|

D-|-2----2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|-2----2-2-2-------2-2-2222-|

A-|-0----0-0-0-------0-0-0000-|-0----0-0-0-------0-0-0000-|

D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Verse Riff a (6x):

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|---------------------------|

A-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5----|

D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2--0-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--2-|

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

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

EE-|--------------------------|----------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|----------------------------|

G-|-7----------7---------7----|-5----------5---------------|

D-|-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--7----|-5----5-5-5-5--0h2-2--2p0---|

A-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--0-|-3----3-3-3-3-------------2-|

D-|---------------------------|----------------------------|

x x x x x x x x

Slide Guitar w-slight phaser & delay (played during first 2 bars of Verse):

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

B-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

G-|-4/9------------------------|-97------------------------|-5/7----7------95----5-----|

D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

A-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

B-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

G-|-4/9---------------------9--|-9/7------------------------|-5/7----7------2/5----5-----|

D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

A-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

1 2 3 4

E-|----------------------------|

B-|----------------------------|

G-|-4/9------------------------|

D-|----------------------------|

A-|----------------------------|

E-|----------------------------|

Verse Riff b:

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|---------------------------|

A-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2----|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5----|

D-|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2--2--0-|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5--5--2-|

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

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|-7---------7-----7--7------|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5----|

D-|-7--7-7-7--7-----7--7------|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5----|

A-|-5--5-5-5--5-----5--5--0---|-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--0-|

D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

x x x

Pre-Chorus Riff:

1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|

G-|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|

D-|-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|

A-|-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|

D-|---------------------------|

Chorus Riff a (2x):

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|-5------5------7--7---7----|---------------------------|

D-|-5------5------7--7---7----|-0------0--0-------0--0--0-|

A-|-3------3------5--5---5----|-2------2--2-------2--2--2-|

D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Chorus Riff b:

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|-5------5------7--7---7----|---------------------------|

D-|-5------5------7--7---7----|-9---7------2------2--2--2-|

A-|-3------3------5--5---5----|-7---5------0------0--0--0-|

D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|

G-|---------------------------|

D-|-5---5--5---0---------0----|

A-|-3---3--3---0---------0----|

D-|------------0---------0----|

*Repeat Verse Riff a 7x*

*Repeat Verse Riff b 1x*

*Repeat Chorus*

Then this:

E-|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|

G-|---------------------------|

D-|-2-------------------------|

A-|-2-------------------------|

D-|-2-------------------------|

let ring

After 3 bars of silence, there are 5 bars of build-up comprising feedback and the last

chord.

Then a slightly slower version of the chorus serves as an outro, only the last 2 bars are

different:

1 2 3 4

E-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

B-|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G-|------------7--------------|---------------------------|

D-|-5--5---5---7--------------|-2-------------------------|

A-|-3--3---3---5--------------|-2-------------------------|

D-|----------------------2/12-|-2-------------------------|

gradually getting slower let ring!!!

et viola.

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