melvins - dr.geek
tablature by paul henschel 2003
dropped d tuning
. palm muting (sometimes slight sometimes hard, listen to the record)
X muted string (with the freting hand)
~ vibrato
b[..] bend (1/2 = half; 1 would be full)
p pull off
/ slide up
\ slide down
song structure:
01 02 01 02 03 04 03 04 05 05 06 06 06 06 07 08 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 01 02 01 02 03 04 03 04 05 05 21
01 ~~~ ~~~ 02 ~~~
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| play both
D|-------------9b[1/2]-9-7--7-77-777-9p7-8-7--|-------------11b[1/2]-11-9----------------------| parts 2x
A|--7-77-777---9b[1/2]-9-7--7-77-777-9p7-8-7--|--9-99-999---11b[1/2]-11-9--9-99-999-11-9-10--9-|
D|--7-77-777----------------------------------|--9-99-999--------------------------------------|
.. .. . .. ... .. . .. .
03 04
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| both 2x but play
D|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| everything a little
A|-----7-0-5--0-4-0-5-4--3-0-2-0-1-0-----------|----77-55-44-55-44-33-22-00-11-00----------------| harsher the 2nd time,
D|-2-0-------------------------------7-0-5533--|-55-------------------------------55-66-55-66-55-| means VERY loose pm!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
05 2X 06 4X 07 08 2x
B|------------------------------------|----------|---------------/12-12-12--12-12\----|----------|
G|------------------------------------|-222-3-22-|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-/12-12-12--12-12\----|-22-3-222-|
D|-/2X-2X-2--2XX--2--/3X-3X-3--3XX--3-|-222-3-22-|-/5-5-5--5-5-4----------------------|-22-3-222-|
A|-/2X-2X-2--2XX--2--/3X-3X-3--3XX--3-|----------|------------------------------------|----------|
D|------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------|----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/melvins/dr_geek_tab.html ]
09 10
B|---------------/12-12-12--12-12\------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-/12-12-12--12-12\------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-/5-5-5--5-5-4-------------------0----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------22-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------22-|-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-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 12
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2---------|
D|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------5-5-4-4-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 14
B|------------------------------|----------------------------------| jump back to the section before
G|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|----------------------------------| and play those 4 parts again.
D|-2-2-2-1--1-------------------|----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-3-3-2-2-0--3-3-2-2-0-0-----------|
D|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------5-5-6-6-5-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 16
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------| both 2x
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-0-00-0--0-0-1-2-22-2--2-2-1-|-0-00-0--0-0-1---------3-2-|
A|-0-00-0--0-0-1-2-22-2--2-2-1-|-0-00-0--0-0-1-7-6-7-6-3-2-|
D|-----------------------------|---------------7-6-7-6-----|
17 ~~~~~
B|---------------------------------------------------------777-9b[1/2]-9b[1/2]-10101010---|
G|------------------------7-77-7-77-7777-7-7-9b[1/2]-7-7-7-777-----------------10101010-9-|
D|------------5-5-6-6-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--7-7-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.. .. . . . .. . .
18 ~~ ~~ 19
B|-------------------------------|-9--8--9--8--9-8--9--8--9--8--9-8-|
G|-9-9-9-7-5-7-9-7---99----------|-9--8--9--8--9-8--9--8--9--8--9-8-|
D|-----------------8-99-5-2------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------6-5-|----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
..
20
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
D|-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--0------------0-|
A|-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--/7--/7--/7--/7--/7-/7--0------------0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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part 01 - 05 again!
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21
B|----------------------------------------| ...drum-"solo"
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
D|----------------------------------------|
