'The Current'
Blue Man Group
From the album 'The Complex'
Tabbed by: audioboxer
Email: movienut01@comcast.net
The other version had a few little bugs, and it wasn't the whole song, so here it is-
Tuning: Just tune the low E (6th string) really low...its fairly deep in the song
the main riff is played on PVC pipes.
Main Riff:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--2-2-2--3p0-------------------------------------------|
x8
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
let ring for 8 counts and repeat main riff 4x
(With much distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0/---0\---0------------------------------------------------|
G|----9/---9\---10-----------------------------------------------|
D|----9/---9\---10-----------------------------------------------|
A|----7/---11\--8------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Main Riff 5x
(More distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0---0---0----0--0------------------------------------------|
G|----9---9---10---8--7------------------------------------------|
D|----9---9---10---8--7------------------------------------------|
A|----7---11--8----6--5------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blue_man_group/current_tab_ver_2.html ]
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CHORUS SECTION 1
This is just a variation on the main riff, and its the chorus. Play it with power.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-4-4---4-5-2--------------------------------------------|
A|--2-4-4---4-3-2--------------------------------------------|
E|--0-2-2---2-3-0--------------------------------------------|
x4 1st time, x2 second/rest of times
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
hold.....
"I've been thinking...."
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Repeat CHORUS SECTION 1 Twice. Then, after the second time, move to this part-
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7----2----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5----4----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat 4x, then go back to the Variation on the Main Riff
After repeating 4x, just start the whole thing over, until you reach the end of the
thing for the third time. Then, after repeating the variation on the main riff several
take this outro-
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-4-4---4-5-2---2-4-4--|
A|--2-4-4---4-3-2---2-4-4--|
E|--0-2-2---2-3-0---0-2-2--|
hope you had fun with it....email me with any questions
