Song: Beetles
Artist: Warpaint
From the EP 'Exquisite Corpse'
Tabbed by L.A RAI.
Intro (This is only played live with variation...)
Guitar1:
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|
D---5--------------------------------|
A----5--7-7h8-7-h8-7h8-7-5-----------|
E-0----------------------------------|
Guitar2:
E-------------------------------------|
B-3-0-3-0-3-0------3-0-3-0-3-3-0------|
G-------------3-0----------------3-0--|
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
Verse:
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------| (x2)
D--------------------------------------------|
A---7----7--7----7---7---7--7-----7----------|
E-0--0-0--0--0-0---8--8-8--8--8-8------------|
Oh, I'm not prepared...
I just gotta gotta get there
Where am I
Why can't I
Just get it together.
Fuck it, where's my shit?
Oh my God I'm mad at it, Oh my God I'm mad at it
*And then this comes in:
(play until Theresa sings "I'm gonna throw it out the door")
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7---|
D-----------------------------------|
A-7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---7-----|
E-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-----|
E-------------------------------------------|
B------7-----7---8-----8-----8-7------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E--8-8---8-8---8---8-8---8-8----------------|
Verse2
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-5-5-5/-7-7-7/-8-8-8/-10-10-10/-12/15/--17-17-17/-19-19-19/-21/------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
And here I go, hanging on
Nothing new, nothing new,
nothing nah, nothing oh no
E-----0-----------------------7-8-7------------------|
B-7-7-5---------7----7---8----------8-7--------------|
G-0-0-0----------------------------------------------|
D---------9-9-9--9-9---9---9-------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Let's get naked and rip down the wall that makes me crazy
tell me how
Someone hold my hand and give me lessons 'cos I wanna
Melt the knot inside of it
I wanna melt the knot inside of it
I wanna melt the knot inside of it
I wanna melt the knot
Break:
G1: (listen for strumming pattern)
E--0---x---0-----------------------------------|
B--5---7---0-----------------------------------|
G--7---0---x-----------------------------------|
D--x---x---8-----------------------------------|
A--7---10--10----------------------------------|
E--0---8---8-----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/warpaint/beetles_tab.html ]
G2: (again, these are the main notes which vary with strumming pattern)
E----------12-------------12----------------------------------|
B--15---12---------15--12-------------------------------------|
G------------15--------------12---15-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------11-11-12----------11-11-12-----------------------|
G-12-12-12----------12-12-12--------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
E----12--19-----------19----------19----------19-----------|
B-15--------13-15-17-----13-15-17----13-15-17----13-15-17--|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
E-19---------19----------------------------19------------------------|
G---13-15-17----13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-15----12-15-13-12-15-13-12---|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------19--------------------------------------------|
B-15-13-12-15-----------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
G1:
E-0--7-0--5-0--3---2-3-2--------------------------------------------|
B-0--0-0--0-0--0---0------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-0--0-0--0-0--0---0------------------------------------------------|
I'll never stay, love is the only way out...
(Theresa does some stuff with effects pedals at this point)
E----------------------------|
B--12------------------------|
G--15--12--------------------|
D------15--------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|
Back to:
I am not prepared, I just gotta gotta get there...
(repeat riff at beginning)
G1 also plays these notes till end:
E-------------------------------------|
B---12-10------12-10------------------|
G--9-----7----9-----7-----------------|
D-9---------9-------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
That's it! You'll have to listen to the strumming patterns etc.
They play it different on the EP from live, so this version is a mixture of the two :)
Comments & feedback welcome!
