Dancing Fool Chords & Tabs
DANCING FOOL
By the Butthole Surfers
tab by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)
* = harmonic ~ = vibrato b = bend \ = slide ^ = hammer-on
Paul and Gibby both handle the guitars on this song.
All of these tabs are approximate.
Intro Paul:
E------*12*-----------------------------------------------------|
B--*12*---------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------14b~~~--14b~~~--14b~-14b~-14b~14~14b-(14r)-|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
follow this with sludgy tremolo picked slides on the low E. then:
E------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------|
B--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b(11)11r\-|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
Intro Gibby:
E----------------------------------------|
B----------14~~-14b~~~--14b~~14b~~14b~~~-| etc then slide randomly
G----------------------------------------| up the the neck, and bang
D----------------------------------------| some open strings
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
Then:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--9-----9-----9-----9------------------------------------------------|
A--7-----7-----7-----7----2\7-7----11\7-7----2\7-7----11\7-7--7-7-7-7-|
E--0-----0-----0-----0--------0---------0--------0---------0--0-0-0-0-|
Vocal part:
E-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E------------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Gibby and Paul play basically the same thing, with varied rhythm
on the E chord (Gibby is panned farther right, Paul farther left).
After Paul's first verse/chorus/whatever:
PAUL:
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------10-9-10-12-13~~~-|
G--9-10~--7-9~---9-7--------------------------------7-9------------------|
D--------------------10-9-10-9-7-6-7-9-10-9-10-9-10----------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
B--(13~~~)\--12-10--x-10-9-10-9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10^9--------------|
G----------------------------------------------------7-9br-7-9---|
D--------------------------------------------------------------9-|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
E------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
GIBBY:
Begin this section playing the chorus riff (C D E) underneath
Paul's first riff above. Then he plays:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A--7~-8~-7~--5~-7~---7\5---5\3---0^3\5\7~--------12-11-12-11~-----|
E--------------------------------------------\12-------------12~/-|
E--------------------0-|
B--------------------0-|
G----------7-8b~~~~----|
D------7-8-------------|
A--7-8-----------------|
E----------------------|
Then:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/butthole_surfers/dancing_fool_tab.html ]
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--9-----9-----9-----9------------------------------------------------|
A--7-----7-----7-----7----2\7-7----11\7-7----2\7-7----11\7-7--7-7-7-7-|
E--0-----0-----0-----0--------0---------0--------0---------0--0-0-0-0-|
Back to Vocal Section.....
After 2nd Vocal part, Gibby plays the same riffs as the previous solo,
but Paul plays:
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-9\---|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--2br-x-2-2-2--2-0--------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------2~~--2-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------2-0-2-0-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E----------------------------------------3br---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
palm mute
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--2br^1-2-1-2-1-2-1-------2br-1-2-1------------2br-2-1^2^1^2^1^2^1^2-|
D------------------------------------2br-0-2-0------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(I'll admit, that last bit was tabbed pretty poorly.. this song has
a lot of solos, give me a break..)
E------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to the vocal part again, and then:
PAUL:
E-----------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------9-10-11^12^11--|
G--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12----------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
E--19-17-------------------------------------|
B--------19-17-------------------------------|
G--------------16-15-13----------------------|
D-----------------------16-14----------------|
A-----------------------------16-14-12-------|
E--------------------------------------12\---|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--2br-x-2-2-2--2-0---------------------------------------1-2~~--2-2br-1-2~-2-1----|
D-------------------2~~--2-0-2-0-2-0--------------------------------------------2~-|
A------------------------------------2-0-----2-----2-2-2-2-------------------------|
E----------------------------------------3br---0---0-0-0-0-------------------------|
E------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to the vocal part one more time, and end on:
PAUL:
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9~~~~-|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
GIBBY:
E-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E------------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| (palm mute E chords)
Whew! That's that.
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