Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon
From the album 'Green Mind' (1991)
Standard tuning
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Couldn't believe there wasn't a full tab around already for this, so I've given it
a shot. It's one
of Dino's biggest hits of the 90s, with a distinctly J Mascis wild-yet-melodic
solo, but all I could
find was a horribly wrong tab and a pretty good one that was missing a few bits. Hopefully this
should cover it all, apart from the lead parts before and after the solo - they're too hard to
hear clearly enough to tab accurately. It makes more sense to do the rhythm parts there anyway, to
have a build up before the real solo starts.
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==intro/verse
[ repeat this bit x2 ]
E|------------0--------------------0-------|-3--3--3-3-3-------------------|
B|-3---3--0-3-0--3-0-3-3--3----0-3-0-3-0-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-------------------|
G|-0---0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0----0-0---0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-------------------|
D|-2---2-----------------------------------|-0--0--0-0-0--/10-9-9-10-p9-9--|
A|-3---3-----------------------------------|-2--3--2-2-2-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|-3--3--3-3-3-------------------|
if you don't want to have to keep moving up the neck for that end bit, try this instead:
|-3--3--3-3-3-|--------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-|-1p0-0-1p0-0--|
|-0--0--0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0--|
|-0--0--0-0-0-|-2-----2------|
|-2--3--2-2-2-|-3-----3------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-|--------------|
==pre-chorus/verse part 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------3--3--3-3-3----------------|
B|------1-----1-----1-----1--1-1-1-----1-----1-----1-----1----0---3--3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1----|
G|------2-----2-----2-----2--0-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2-0--|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-0-0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2-0--|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---2--2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------3--3--3-3-3----------------|
M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M
E|--3--3--3-3-3--------------|
B|--3--3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1----|
G|--0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-0--|
D|--0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-0--|
A|--2--2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0----|
E|--3--3--3-3-3--------------|
==chorus
"you won't see me..."
E|----------------3---3-----------------3-----3------|
B|----3-----3---0---0-------3--3-3--0-----0-0---0-0--|
G|----4-x-x-4---0-----------4--4-4--0----------------|
D|----4-x-x-4---2-----------4--4-4--2----------------|
A|-2--2-----2---3---------2-2--2-2--3----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
"there you are and here i stand..."
E|--3--3--3-3-3-----------------3--3--3-3-3--------------|
B|--3--3--3-3-3---1--1--1--1----3--3--3-3-3--1-0--0-0-0--|
G|--0--0--0-0-0---2--2--2--2--0-0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2--|
D|--0--0--0-0-0---2--2--2--2--0-0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2--|
A|--2--2--2-2-2---0--0--0--0----2--2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0--|
E|--3--3--3-3-3-----------------3--3--3-3-3--------------|
==bridge ("there's a place i go...")
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7\--4--4-4----5--5-5-5--|
D|--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7\--4--4-4--5-5--5-5-5--|
A|--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5\2-2--2-2-3--3--3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
==solo (2:18-2:54)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dinosaur_jr/wagon_tab_ver_2.html ]
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------15~~~--15b--15-13-12---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----12----------------------12~-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-/14--------------------------------12h14-12-14-12-12\10--9-10-10p9-10p9-10b-9----9---9-9--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|2:29
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------13--|
G|-------------------------------------9----9-12/14-14--14/16-16-16-16b-----|
D|------------------------10p9-9--9/12---12---------------------------------|
A|--------10----12p10--12---------------------------------------------------|
E|--10h12---h12-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|2:34
E|-----12------12------12------------15-----------------------------------------|
B|-15b-----15b----15~-----15-13-12-----12---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------14brp12-----12-12\11--11-11-11\-x-7~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------h14----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|2:40
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7h9-7--7-7\5--4h5-7-5-4-5br-4-4--4---4~---4---4--5/7-7~--|
D|---------------------------------5---5--------5------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
|2:46
E|-------------------------------------------------15----------------------------------|
B|---------------13-13--12--13/15--15-15-15--15/17-----17/20-20--17-20b-r~-20b-20b-20b-|
G|-14-12-12---14-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|2:52 - it's noise at this point, go nuts for the last second or two.
| sounds like strumming fast whilst sliding down to the rhythm parts again, mostly
| on the G and B strings. mix it up, this part's meant to sound wild. after you're
| done, head back to the bridge rhythm.
==end (4:35) - there's one guitar doing feedback (pretty hard to tab) and the other's doing this:
E|---0-----0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-------3---3-------------------------------3------3------3---------------------------------|
G|---0---------0--------0-----------------------0------0------0------14b~~~--p12----12~\0--------|
D|---2--------------2--------------------------0------0------0-------------------14--------------|
A|---3--------------------3-------3--p2-------2------2------2------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------3------3------3------------------------------3/13\3-|
woo!
|--------------------------------------------------------
|p - pull-off
|h - hammer-on
|/ - slide up (\ = down)
|b - bend; release bend before next note, unless...
|r - release bend after holding it for a little
|~ - vibrato
|* - pinch harmonic
|x - muted string strum
|M - palm mute (shown below the tab)
|--------------------------------------------------------
Originally uploaded by 'pete-c' to Ultimate-Guitar.com. If you see this elsewhere, some tool has
probably took this and tried to take all the credit by putting it on some random third-rate tabs
website filled with other tabs usually stolen from UG. I don't mind people sharing knowledge, but
i'd at least like to be told what's being done with something i've spent days working on. Thanks!
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