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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