Boilermaker Chords & Tabs
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Boilermaker - the Jesus Lizard
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Intro/Verse
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11\2--2--2-2------11\2---2-2-2--|
A|-11\2--2--2-2------11\2---2-2-2--|
E|-9-\0--0--0-0------9-\0---0-0-0--|
Chorus X3
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-4-4-5-7-------------------2-3--|
E|---------2-4-5-2-2-4-4-5-5------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-6-6------------------------------|
D|-6-6---2-2---4-4--5-5-5-5\4--4-4--|
A|-4-4---2-2---4-4--5-5-5-5\4--4-4--|
E|-------0-0---2-2--3-3-3-3\2--2-2--|
Repeat verse and chorus the play the G5 to F#5 chords three more times.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jesus_lizard/boilermaker_tab.html ]
Bridge (If you listen closely you can hear two guitar parts playing here and Duane does
of them at the same time. The one that's harder to hear is the bass riff two octaves
This is how I play it, it sounds pretty good and I recommend finger picking or hybrid
(pick and fingers), try to keep the upper notes ringing).
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------17---------------17-----------17------|
G|-----18--------------18-------------18------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------16-------14-------------14--------|
E|-14-----17------------------------17--------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4-|
A|-5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4--5-5-5-5/4-4-4-|
E|-3-3-3-3/2-2-2--3-3-3-3/2-2-2--3-3-3-3/2-2-2--3-3-3-3/2-2-2-|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9/8-8-8--9-9-9-9/8-8-8--9-9-9-9/8-8-8--6-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-|
A|-7-7-7-7/6-6-6--7-7-7-7/6-6-6--7-7-7-7/6-6-6--6-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the verse and chorus then the ending is just a G5 and an F#5.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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