Melvins - Boris guitar tab
Melvins - Boris
Guitar Tab by Ben Nield - bennield@hotmail.com
. = palm mute
~ = vibrato
b = bend
Tuning low to high: A-A-D-G-B-E
63 BPM
Drums come in after 4 bars, vocals 14 bars.
First play this:
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
a|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
A|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
. . . . . .
Then play this 9 times:
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
. . . . . . . .
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 2: (2m:35s "It's like sin")
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
A|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
. . . . . . . . . .
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|-0---0---0---0---0---1/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~12\1---2--------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---1/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~12\1---2--------|
Back to Riff 1, then Riff 2.
Then a variation on Riff 1 where Buzz does lots of bending on the 5th string around the 10 and 12th frets for 5 bars.
Then Riff 2, after which Buzz plays Riff 1 by himself for a while.