The Medicine Show Chords & Tabs
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THE MEDICINE SHOW
As recorded by Blind Illusion
(From the 1988 EP PSYCHEDELIC SYMPHONY (DEMO))
Transcribed by James Stewart
Words and Music by Blind Illusion
Arranged by James Stewart
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=63
BmE5/B Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm
4/4
Gtr I
|--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |---3---| |--3---| |-3-| |--3--| |--3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---3h=5--5-5-3-3-3h=5--5--5---3---3--|--3h==5--5-5-3-3-3h=5--5--5---3--3-|
|---4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4--4---4---4--|--4--(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4--4---4--4-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| T T
| |---3---| |--3---|
| A H. +E E E +H. +E E E
|-----------------------------12------|--------------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------12--|-----------------------------12----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0h2---------------------(2)-(2)-(2)-|-(2)---------------------(2)-------|
Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm
|--3---| |-3--| |--3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|--3h=5---5---5--3-3-3h=5--5-5-3-3-|
|--4-(4)--4---4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| |--3---|
| E E E +H.
|-14-15----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------12-(12)-------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
E5/B Bm E5/B Bm
|------3------| |-3-| |-----3------| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--3h====5-------5-5-3-3--3h====5------5-----5--3-3-|
|--4----(4)------4-4-4-4--4----(4)-----4-----4--4-4-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |-------6-------|
| S S S +Q. S S S S S S Q
|-14-15------------------19p15-----19p15------------|
|------------------------------17--------17---------|
|-------12--(12)------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------10\-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse
D5E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5
Gtrs I, II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0--||
||o-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-o||
||--0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0--||
F#G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|
| Gtr II
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 C5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12-14-14-14-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-12-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------|
G5 A5 G5 A5
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S +S +E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7-------------------|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7------5-(5)-(5)----|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7-5--7--------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-----3------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------17-15-12---15-----------12-|
|--------------------x--x--x----x---15-------x-|
|-12-14-14-14-12-12-14-12--9---12----x-------9-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x-----------------12---------|
|-10-12-12-12-10-10----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Verse
Em
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TP
W +H H
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------x\----|
|--7--------|--(7)----x\----|
|-----------|---------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H H
|-15--------|-(15)----------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_illusion/the_medicine_show_tab.html ]
D5E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|
|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|
|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
F#G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 C5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5-|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5-|
|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-10-|--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5-|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------17-15-12-15----12-|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------x--x--x--x-15--x-|
|-12-14-14-14-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-12-|-12-14-14-14-12-12-14-12--9-12--x--9-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------12----|
|-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-|-10-12-12-12-10-10-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Outro
Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm E5/B Bm
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3---| |----3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--3h=5--5-5-3---3-3h=5--5-5-3-3-|-3h=5--5-5-3-3-3h=5---5--5--3-------3--|
|--4-(4)-4-4-4---4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)--4--4--4-------4--|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| |--3---| |----3-----|
| Q. E H H E E E E S S E
|-12-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------<5>---<5>---------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------<5>-----------<4>-<5>-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E5/B Bm E5/B Bm
|--3--| |----3----| |--3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3h=5--5--5--3------3--------3h=5--5-5-3-3-|
|-4-(4)-4--4--4------4--------4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| |3-| |---3----|
| E Q +E S S +S H
|-------------------<5>-(<5>)---------------|
|---------------<5>-------------------------|
|---<5>---(5)-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
E5/B Bm E5/B Bm E5/B
|--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-3h=5--5-5-3-3-3h=5--5-5-3-3-|-5----*|
|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4----*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|
| W W
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
