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Swamp Song Guitar Tablature
DROP D tuning

INTRO (bass, then band)

D|---(0)--------------------------/---||
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--||   X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||

VERSE (My warning...)


  ..................
D|---------------------------/--------||
A|--------------------------3--5-------||   X 4
D|-0---0--0--0-----0-----X-------------||

PRE CHORUS (Why don't you...)

   ..........     ....     ....  AH     ....     ....     .     ....  AH
D|--------------------------------/--|--------------------------------/--|
A|-5-----------5--------5--------3--5-|-------5--------5-----5--------3--5-|
D|-0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-------|

   ............................  AH AH  ............        ...       AH AH
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||

CHORUS (This bog is thick...)

D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| X 3
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|

D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||

Play the intro, but on the last bar, play this:

                        ^hold bend
D|---(0)------------------|
A|-------------5--------5-|
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0----|

Play verse, then pre chorus, then chorus

SOLO for four bars (this is just noise, so improvise...I normally just play
with harmonics)

ALTERED VERSE (My warning...)

   let ring
E|-0----------||
B|-0----------||
G|-2----------||  X 3
D|-0----------||
A|------------||
D|------------||

   let ring
E|-0--------------||
B|-0--------------||
G|-2--------------||
D|-0---------/---||
A|----------3--5--||
D|----------------||

Play pre chorus then chorus, but on the 4th bar play:

D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|

 (I hope it sucks...)  

D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|

D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||

                      .....................
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|------3--------------------------------------||
G|------2----5---------------------------------||
D|-0----0----5----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
A|-0---------3----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
D|-0--------------0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||


   .................
D|-7--9--------------||
A|-------7--X--10--7-|| X 8
D|-------------------||

Bridge

   ................                            /
D|----7--------5-----||           D|-0---/---5--0--||
A|-0-----5--7-----7--|| X 8 then  A|-0--5--0--------|| X 4
D|-------------------||           D|-0--------------||

Repeat the bridge 3 times, then play:

SOLO (well, at least what the solo basically is. I haven't included
the picking pattern, because it's felt more than heard. Also, the bar
lines don't represent bars, but I included them for ease of reading. I
have no idea what signature the solo is in.)

   let ring             hold bend         hold bend
E|--------|------------------------/---|---------------/---|
B|-3------|--(3)/(15)--15------(18)--15-|-10--------(13)--10-|
G|-2------|--(2)/(14)--17^(19)----------|-12^(14)------------|
D|-0------|-------(0)-------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|

   hold bend  (No...one...told...you to...)
E|-0---------|-------------------------|
B|-4^(5)-----|-/3--------3/15----------|
G|-----------|-/2--------2/14----------|
D|-----------|--0----------------------|
A|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|-------------------------|

  (COME!!!!!!)
D|------------------------------------|
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--3--3-|  X  3 then
D|------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------5-||
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5-||
D|-------------------------------5-||

ANOTHER ALTERED VERSE (My warning...)

                                 AH
D|---(0)--------------------------/---||
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--||   X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||

(Why don't you watch...)
  .............................
G|----------------------5--------5--7-|
D|-------------------------7--5-------|  X 2 very softly, then
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0----------------|
D|------------------------------------|
                                                                      AH
   ................              AH AH  ............                   /
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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