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DRAG THE INNOCENT - Short Circuit
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Tabbed By : Emmett
Tuning: Standard
This is the guide to the demo Travis and I made.
Fig. 1 (Time: Not in the recording, but you know what I'm talking about ): Malcolm does
4 bar drum intro. N.C
Fig.2 (Time: 0:05-0:19): Hit the open E and hold for 8 beats, then hit the G and hold
4 beats, then the A holding for 4 beats. Then play the same pattern again, as shown. Make
last note (F#, 2nd Fret) very staccato and detached, then CUT IT SHARPLY OFF!!! It is
little detail that sets the next part of the song in motion.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------3---5--3-2-0-------3---5--3-2-REMEMBER TO CUT OFF!!!------------|
Fig.3 (Time: 0:20-0:34): The notes are the same as Fig. 2, and you play them for the
amount of time, but instead of playing the note once and holding for the remainder of the
you play the note as many times as necessary to fill the number of beats (just use your
judgement on this, don't necessarily play the note the exact amount of times shown on
tab. That is just there to show beats. Use your own judgement.)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-2---------|
Fig. 4 (Time: 0:34-0:48): Think in triplets for the E notes, just the same as the guitar part.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------3-3-------------5-5-------------3-3-----3-3-----5-5---------|
E|--000-000-000-----000-000-000-----000-000-000-----000-----000-------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------3-3-------------5-5-------------3-3-----3-3-----5-5---------|
E|--000-000-000-----000-000-000-----000-000-000-----000-----000-------------|
Fig. 5 (Time: 0:49-1:17): It's really the same as figure 3 but I made a new figure so I
put the words to make it easier to follow. This is what you play throughout the verses.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------3---3---3---3----5---5----3---2-----|
Pain is more than a feeling, cuz this is mother's love I'm stealing.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----------3---3--3--3---5--5--3--2--|
Lose the love from the front line when you drag the innocent behind.
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0----0-----0------0-----0----0---0----3---3----3---3---5---5---3---2-|
A lost cause with a fatal embrace, the hands of death caress your face.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/short_circuit_drag_the_innocent_btab.html ]
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----0----0----0--0----0---0--0---3---3--3---3---5----5---3---2--------|
Each step leads to certain harm, beat my body, twist my arm.
Fig.6 (Time:1:18-1:31): This is what you play in the chorus. Again, it follows the guitar part.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3---3----3----3------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0----0---------------------3-----3----3-----3---2--2--2--2--------|
Take no more chances, you are thrown out from your home.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0---0--0-----------3-3--3-3--2-----------------------------------------|
This is reality and everybody knows, you're skin and bones.
Following this you play figure 3 again under the guitar lead (Time:1:31-1:52), then
(Time: 1:52-2:07) and all through the 2nd verse (Time: 2:07-2:36). You then play the chorus
but remember the muted triplet, as shown in Figure 7.
Fig.7 (Time: 2:36-3:04):
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3---3----3----3------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0----0---------------------3-----3----3-----3---2--2--2--2--------|
Take no more chances, you are thrown out from your home.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------3-3-3-3--------------------------x--x--x----------------------|
E|--0--0---0--0-----------3-3--3-3--2------x--x--x----------------------------|
This is reality and everybody knows, you're
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3---3----3----3------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0----0---------------------3-----3----3-----3---2--2--2--2--------|
Take no more chances, you are thrown out from your home.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0---0--0-----------3-3--3-3--2-----------------------------------------|
This is reality and everybody knows, you're skin and bones.
After this comes the guitar solo. Throughout this you play Fig. 6, or what you normally
in the chorus, with an added little 3 note riff at the end.
Fig. 3 with added little 3 note riff (Time: 3:04-3:19): Only play the A note (5th fret)
2 beats so that you have the last 2 beats to hit the G F# E.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5--3-2---0----|
At this point, it's almost the end. You pretty much just go crazy on the E string and
attention to the drummer for cues on when to end. It goes something like this.
Fig.8 (Time depends on how long the drummer feels like extending it, NOT NECESSARILY THE
ON THE CD!! 3:19-End, whenever end is)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-------0--|
And we're done.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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