Medicating Tabs & Lyrics by Boys Night Out
Medicating
guitar tabs lyrics
On the recorded album, there's two guitars playing to add depth and smooth out the edges
this tab is a single guitar tab likewise to how jeff played it live when he was the
guitarist. i seriously spent a lot of time working on this tab so some comments and
would
nice. :)
Tuning: Drop C (C G C F A D)
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
x = mute chord
. = palm mute
^ = pinch harmonic
h = hammer on
p = pull off
song progression:
intro
tapping riff one
tapping riff two
tapping riff one
tapping riff two
mid verse 1
tapping riff one
tapping riff two
end verse
chorus 2X
end chorus 1
tapping riff one
tapping riff two
tapping riff one
tapping riff two
mid verse 2
tapping riff two
chorus 2X
end chorus 2
bridge beginning
bridge 3X
bridge end
14 beats of clapping
chorus lead-in
chorus 3X
end chorus 1
intro - it's best if you press the last note, the 4 on the A string, with your middle
it sets you up for the hand position of the tapping in the verses. the last note of this
on the same beat as the first note of the verse.
----420-----0--------420-----0-4p2p07------------------------------------|
0-0----4---4--4-40-0------0h2----------------------------------------0---|
4-4-------4----4-4-4-----------------4--4x4x4x4x4x44x4--4x44x4x44x-------|
x-x--------------x-x-----------------4--4x4x4x4x4x44x1--1x11x1x44x4h6----|
4-4--------------4-4-----------------2--2x2x2x2x2x22x2--2x22x2x333----4--|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
tapping riff one - all tapping--every note is played with the pointer finger of the
hand. pay attention to which notes are hammered-on/pulled off, and which are simply
it's best if the root chord, 4-2-4, is held middle finger, pointer finger, and ring
respectively, becuase in the second tapping riff the pinky needs to be open to press 5 on the
string.
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0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
4--h11p4----------h11p4----------------h11p4----------h8/9\8p4--------|
2----------------------h11p2h6/7\6p2--------------------------h9/11\9-|
4-------h16p4h14p4------------------4-------h16p4h14p4----------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
tapping riff two - the root chord is 0-2-4-5.
------------------------------------------------------------------|
5---------------h9p5-----------------------------h9/10\9p5--------|
4--h9p4-------------h9p4------------h9p4------------------h9/11p4-|
2------h11p2h9p2--------h9/11\9p2-------h11p2h9p2-----------------|
0--------------------------------0--------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
mid verse 1 - right after he sings "and your senses stuck on the sick scent of the dead"
-----------------------------------|
--------------------------------0--|
6--6-6666-66666666-6-6666x44x------|
6--6-6666-66666666-6-6666x44x4h6---|
4--4-4444-44444444-4-4444x333----4-|
-----------------------------------|
end verse - "before... if i could just make him see that i dont need this"
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
4---------------4---------------|
4---------------1---------------|
2---------------2---------------|
------------------//pickslide//-|
chorus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6-6-6666-66666666-6-66661616-14-13--2-2-22221313-11-9----------9\8-11/13-11|
6-6-6666-66666666-6-6666-x-x--x--x--2-2-2222-x-x--x-x--2-2-2222x-x--x--x--x|
4-4-4444-44444444-4-44441414-12-11--0-0-00001111--9-7--2-2-22227\6--9/11--9|
6-6-6666-66666666-6-6666-------------------------------2-2-2222------------|
end chorus 1 - right after "i'm no threat at all" the second time. if fingered
this should set you right back up for the root chord of the tapping.
--------------------|
--------------------|
----11------2p1-4---|
--44--44---2---2----|
22------2h4------4--|
--------------------|
mid verse 2 - right after "back to my job, back to my life"
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------5---|
4--44444444444444--44444444444444--44444444444444--44444444445---|
2--22222222222222--22222222222222--22222222222222--2222222222----|
4--44444444444444--44444444444440--00000000000000--0000000000----|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
............. ............ ............. .........^
----------------------------------|
-------------5--------------------|
4--44444444445---4--4444444444444-|
2--2222222222----2--2222222222222-|
4--4444444444----4--4444444444444-|
----------------------------------|
..........^ ............
end chorus 2 - leads directly into the bridge
---------|
---------|
----11---|
--44--44-|
22-------|
---------|
bridge beginning
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------44x4x44x---------|
6\-22222222222-2x6\-22222222222-2x6\-22222222222-2x44x4x44x4h64-----|
7\-44444444442-2x7\-44444444442-2x7\-44444444442-2x33x3x33x---------|
-------------2-2x-------------2-2x-------------2-2x-------------4-5-|
bridge
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----------------------------------|
-----------------44444444---------|
6\-22222222226-4-333333334h64-----|
7\-44444444447-6------------------|
------------------------------4-5-|
bridge end - just the ending bit is different
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
-----------------44444444---4----------|
6\-22222222226-4-333333334h6-----------|
7\-44444444447-6-----------------4--4\-|
------------------------------456------|
chorus lead-in
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9\8-11/13-11--|
x-x--x--x--x--|
7\6--9/11--9--|
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