Medusa Trapeze Chords & Tabs
Medusa- Trapeze [Black Country Communion recently covered this song as well]
Guitar I- Intro [Finger-picked] Clean Electric or Acoustic
|--------0-----------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---2bu4---4br2p0-2v-|--------------------|Use track for timing as the
|--------------------|---5------4---------|motifs are interspersed between
|--------------------|---7------7---------|the Guitar II part.
|--------------------|--------------------|
Guitar II- Intro [Finger-picked] Acoustic
|---------0-----------|
|-------0----0--------|
|-----0--------0------|Play constantly during this part of the tune, use
|---2------------2----|track for timing
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
Riff 1- Overdriven Guitar
|-------------|---------|----------------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------------|Repeat loads!
|----------2v-|---------|----------------------|
|-------------|4s5-4-5v-|---4s5-4-5-4-5--------|
|---0-0-/3----|---------|---------------3b3.5v-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_country_communion/medusa_trapeze_tab.html ]
Riff 2- Overdriven Guitar
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|Play once with volume
|-----9-7-5-4-5-4------------------------------|swells initially, agian use
|-----7-5-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|track for exact timing etc.
|---0--0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3v-|
P.M.-------------------
Riff 3- Overdriven Guitar
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|Repeat quite alot!
|----------2v-|---------------|
|-------------|4s5-4-5--------|
|---0-0-/3----|--------3b3.5v-|
Riff 4- Overdriven Guitar
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----2v----|
|---7-5-2--|-----------|
|---5-3-0--|--3p0------|
Haven't figured out the solo quite yet, but it's in E Phrygian or just Minor
Pentatonic if you wanna jam over this classic tune.
The Black Country Communion version has been modernised with a different intro but
the riffs are the same, just more distorted.
2011 J O'Baoigheallain