Flaming Lips - Kims Watermelon Gun Chords & Tabs

THE FLAMING LIPS

KIM"S WATERMELON GUN

tabbed by dan (yellowledbetter_69@hotmail.co.uk)

Standard tuning

clean guitar fills tabbed at the end

|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
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|--0-0-0-3-0-3b-3b-|--0-0-0-0-0-3-3b-0-3-3b---|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
false intro        intro (repeat a lot)  random bends

|--2-2-2vvvvvvvvvv--2-2-2vvvvvvvvv------|
|--3-3-3vvvvvvvvvv--3-3-3vvvvvvvvv------|
|--2-2-2vvvvvvvvvv--2-2-2vvvvvvvvv------|
|--0-0-0vvvvvvvvvv--0-0-0vvvvvvvvv------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
intro rhythm guitar  repeat as necessary

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
pre-verse    (kim's got the answer...)

|-----14----------14----------14-------14-----|
|--------15----------15----------15-------15--|
|--14-------14-16-------16-14-------16--------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
quiet bit    x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flaming_lips/kims_watermelon_gun_tab.html ]
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2--3-3-3--|
verse   (...want permission...

|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--6-6-6---|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4--6-6-6---|
|-------------------2-2-2--4-4-4---|
|----------------------------------|
next bit  x2 then back to verse

|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
chorus  other guitar plays intro part

other rhythm parts are repeats. easy to figure out where they go.

clean verse fills
|--------5-----------5-----------------|
|--7p5-----7--7p5------7p5---9b-9b-9b--|
|------7----------7--------------------|
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|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
riff before and in between verses (play loosely)

|---10----------10-----------10----------10--------|
|------10---10b----r10---10b----r10--10b-----r10---|
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throughout verses

that's about everything.