The Vandals

The Vandals - Ball And Chain guitar tab

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BALL AND CHAIN (BBC sessions) - Vandals

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By:chris tagseth jughead_r17@hotmail.com

this is a sublime cover that kicks ass. if u've never heard of this song

i found it in mp3 format, so i'm guessing you can too.

intro/bridge:

e|-----------------------------------------------------|

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

G|-------------12------------12-------12------------12-|

D|-9-9\---2-2--12--2-2-x-x-x-12--2-2--12--2-2-x-x-x-12-|

A|-7-7\---2-2--10--2-2-x-x-x-10--2-2--10--2-2-x-x-x-10-|

E|--------0-0------0-0-----------0-0------0-0----------|

verse: (do the chords in sets of 7)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

G|-9-------------9-----9---------------9---------------9---------------|

D|-9-x21--9------9-x7--9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

A|-7------9-x28--7-----7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

E|--------7------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

D|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7----9----|

A|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x7-9-x7-|

E|-7---------------7---------------7---------------5----7----|

2nd guitar harmonix: (some of these are artificial,

follow through with thumb)

e|-12-12--------12-12-12--------15-15-15-12----|

B|-------13-12-----------13-12--------------13-|

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

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

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

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

chorus 1:

e|-------------------------------------------|

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

G|-9-----------9-----------9-----------------|

D|-9-x7--7-----9-x7--7-----9-x7--7-----9-----|

A|-7-----7-x7--7-----7-x7--7-----7-x7--9-x14-|

E|-------5-----------5-----------5-----7-----|

fill 1:

e|-19b

chorus 2: x2

e|--------------------|

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

G|-9-----12-----------|

D|-9-x7--12-x7--9-----|

A|-7-----10-----9-x14-|

E|--------------7-----|

fill 2:

e|-19b-19b-19-19-19

verse 2:

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

B|-99--9---------------99--9------------------------------|

G|-99--9-----99--9-----99--9-----99--9-----77--7----------|

D|-99--9-x3--99--9-----99--9-x4--99--9-----77--7--9-9-9-9-|

A|-77--7-----99--9-x4--77--7-----99--9-x3--77--7--9-9-9-9-|

E|-----------77--7---------------77--7-----55--5--7-7-7-7-|

chorus 1.2:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

G|-9-------------------------------9-------------------------------|

D|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

A|-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

E|-----------------5-------------------------------5---------------|

e|------------------|

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

G|-9----------------|

D|-9-x7--7-----9----|

A|-7-----7-x7--9-x7-|

E|-------5-----7----|

fill 3:

B|-12b

outro:

part 1: x2

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

G|-9-9-9-9-8-6-8-6\4--4-4-4-4-6-4-6/8-6-4--2-2-4-4-4-4--2-2-1-1-2-|

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

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

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

part 2: (warren uses some effect here)

e|---------------------|----------------|

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

G|-4-4-4-4-6-4-6/8-6-4-|-----------7--9-|

D|---------------------|-7--9--10--7--9-|

A|---------------------|-7--9--10--5--7-|

E|---------------------|-5--7---8-------|

throughout the song warren uses little riffs (fills in this case). i put them

in the order they are played. some of the fills are played more than once before

going to the next one.

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