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From bgibson@ewa.net Mon May 12 13:58:22 1997
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 21:05:58 +0000
From: Bill Gibson
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Tab: 'Abuse Me' by 'Silverchair'
Abuse Me
--------By Silverchair, Written By Daniel Johns, Tabbed by Abe Gibson
Off of the CD Freak Show, Live Performance, and MTV.
In Dropped-D like every song of theirs.
I tried many times to figure out this awesome song but I had no luck
for some reason. Finally I saw them live in Seattle, which rocked, and
saw some kind of MTV production that had them in concert. I taped the
MTV thingy and watched it about 20 times to get it right and then I used
my ear, which isn't great, off the CD to get it 100% right. I think it
is pretty accurate. But anyways:
INTRO: I think they're using a phaser.
Aadd9? Fmaj.11?
e:------------------------------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------6--------------6----------------2-0------------2---------
D:-----0-----0-------0------0----------0-------0--------0---0-------
A:---7---7-----7---7---7------7------3---0-------3----3-------3-----
D:-7-------------7--------------7\-3----------------3-----------3/--
Aadd9? Fmaj.11?
e:-------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------|
G:-----6---6-0-----------6------------2---2-0------|
D:-------0-----0-------0---0-----------------------|
A:---7-----------7---7-------7------3---3-----3----|
D:-7---------------7-----------7\-3-------------3--|
VERSE: Play it 4 times each verse. END OF VERSE:
Fadd? G5 Gadd? Gadd? A5
e:--------------------- e:-----------|
B:--------------------- B:-----------|
G:-2--2--2--2-------4-- (cont.) G:-4--4------|
D:-3--3--3--3/(5)---5-- D:-5--5/(7)--|
A:-3--3--3--3/(5)---5-- A:-5--5/(7)--|
D:-3--3--3--3/(5)---5-- D:-5--5/(7)--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silverchair/abuse_me_tab.html ]
1ST CHORUS:
A5 F5
e:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:-----7---------7-------7-----7\-----3---------3-------3-----3/-
A:---7---7---7-----7---7---7--------3---3---3-----3---3---3------
D:-7-------7---7-----7-------7----3-------3---3-----3-------3----
A5 F5 E7 Fadd?
e:------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------1--1-1-1-1-4-4-4-|
D:-----7-------7-------7-------7--------3-----3----0--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-|
A:---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7\---3---3-----3--2--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|
D:-7-------7-------7-------7--------3-------3------2--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|
P.M.~~~~~~~|
2ND CHORUS:
A5 F5
e:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:-----7-------7-------7--------------3---------3-----3-----3----
A:---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7\---3---3---3-------3---3-----3/-
D:-7-------7-------7-------7------3-------3---3---3-------3------
A5 F5
e:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:-----7-------7-------7--------------3-------3-------3-------3--
A:---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7\---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----
D:-7-------7-------7-------7------3-------3-------3-------3------
F5 E7
e:----------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------|
G:---------------1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
D:-----3-----3---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A:---3---3----3--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
D:-3-------3-----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
P.M.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
BRIDGE: Ok, the first Riff is the main one. The other two are fills
played in the background after the main one.
A5 F5 D5 F5 G5 A5 C5 A5 F5 C5
e:----------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
B:----------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
G:----------------|-7-7-7-7/12-12-12-12/14-14-|-5/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9\7-|
D:-7--7-7-7--3--0-|---------------------------|---------------------|
A:-7--7-7-7--3--0-|-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10/12-12-|-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7\5-|
D:-7--7-7-7--3--0-|---------------------------|---------------------|
The end of the Bridge goes like:
D5 F5 D5 F5 D5 F5 D5 F5 D5
e:-------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-0-0-0-0-3-3-0---0-0-0-0-3-3-0---3-3-0--3-3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A:-0-0-0-0-3-3-0---0-0-0-0-3-3-0---3-3-0--3-3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D:-0-0-0-0-3-3-0---0-0-0-0-3-3-0---3-3-0--3-3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
P.M.~~~~~~~|
3RD CHORUS:
A5 F5
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----7-------7-------7-------7--------3---------3-----3-----3----|
A:---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7\---3---3---3-------3---3----3---|
D:-7-------7-------7-------7--------3-------3---3---3-------3------|
SOLO:
e:-12^--12--12\------------------------------------------------------
B:--------------1/6--5--6--8--10\--8/12-13/14-13---13--13--12^\10-\5-
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------
e:---------9-10--9-10--12p11p10\9-10---------------|
B:-8-8--10-----------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------7-\5--4-2\1--|
D:-------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------|
OUTRO:
Aadd9? Fmaj.11?
e:-------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------|
G:---------6-------------6------------2---2-0------|
D:-----0-----0-------0-----0------------0----------|
A:---7---7-----7---7---------7------3---------3----|
E:-7-------------7-----7-------7--3--------------3-|
Whew! Well I'm proud of my self. I hope it helps but I'm not too sure
about that solo. Well, Good Luck.
