Ataxia - "Dust"
from the album Automatic Writing (2004)
more great stuff from John Frusciante.
Intro (light distortion, maybe some other effect)
e------------------19~~~19~~~19~~~~~--22~-----19~~19~-19~~~----|
B--17~~~~---------------19~~~~------------------------19~~~----|
G----------16~~~~--16~~~~~~------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------(0)-----------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G--16~~---16---------------------------------------------------|
D-------------17--------/pickslide/----------------------------|
A------------------14~~~~--------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------//19\\\\\\\----|
Main Riff
Use lots of improvisation!
e-----12------12-------10---0-----0---0---0--------------------|
B--0-------0--------0------12----10--12--12--------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
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e------0--0-------0--0------0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0-----------|
B--12---------12--------12--8--8--8--8--8--8----0--0-----------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
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A--------------------------------------------------------------|
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e-----12------12-------14--10-----0---0---0---0----------------|
B--0-----0-0------0-0------0-----10--12--12--12----------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
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e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
B--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--8--8--8--7--7--8--8--8-------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------| x2
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Solo 1 (after first chorus)
e--/19-19-19-19-19-15-15-14-14-15-15-14-14-15-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ataxia/dust_tab.html ]
e--/19-19-19-19-19-22-22-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
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e--/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-17-17-14-15----14-15-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------|
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e--12--0-0--12--0-0--15-17-14----14-14-14--12------------------|
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e--12-12-15-17-14--14-15-15-12~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------|
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Solo important licks (just after second chorus)
Tremolo pick: all played on top E string.
(each bar is repeated for a while)
e--1919191919-202020202020
e--1515151515-17171717-1515151515
e--14141414-1515151515-14141414
e--1212121212
e--7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-7-0-0-0
e---///1919191919191919191919\\-|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
Outro:
Em
e--0--|------------------------------------|
B--0--|------------------------------------|
G--0--|------------------------------------|
D--2--|------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
A--2--|------2~~~~-------------------------|
E--0--|------0-----------------------------|
and also here's the bass played throughout the whole song. the album is full of simple bass grooves.
Bass-
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------9\--------------------------|
A|-7----7------5-5-5------------------|
E|-------------------5-5-5-7-7--------|
at times, do this:
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------9\---5-5--------------------|
A|-7----7----------5-5----------------|
E|---------------------5-5-7-7--------|
it's pretty accurate I would say. you can just improvise, even if you aren't a skilled
John Frusciante pulls out some simple things and makes them work. enjoy.
