"Tipping the Lion" by The Melvins (updated 16 December 2005 by [email protected]) [ ] harmonic ( ) ghost note b bend note r release note p pull off h hammer on # bend guitar neck upwards ~ vibrato x finger mute . palm mute \ slide standard tuning Intro - play 8x: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + E|--------------------[12]------------------------[12]-----| B|----------------[12]--------------------[12]-------------| G|--------[12]------------------------[12]-----------------| D|-[12]-----------------------[12]-------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Intro riff: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7---5---7b----------------------------------7p5h7---7---5-------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----4------------------------------------4---5---4--------2------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------2---------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------3b----------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0#--------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: strum this chord at the beginning of each line E|-9------------------------------| B|-9------------------------------| G|-8------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---7---x---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---| A|-7---x---x---7---x---x-------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---2---| E|-0-h-1---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---1---| repeat above line 1x E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------0---1---2-----------2-----------| E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-0---0-h-1---1-----------1-------0---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------------------2-----------2-------| E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-1-------| Solo 1: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------6~~~--------------------------------------------| D|-5p0-0-------5---------------5---------------------------6---0---| A|---------5-------------------------------5-----------5-----------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-6---------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------| G|-----6-------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------0---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7b----------------------8b------------------------------8-------| G|-------------6-----------------------7-~~~~------------------8---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----9~~~-------(9)-~~~--9---9b------9b--9b--9b--9r--9r--9r--0---| D|-9---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------5---4-----------| D|-7---6---5-------5---4---------------4---5---6-----------5---4---| A|-------------7-----------5---4---5-------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----4---5-----------4---5---------------------------------------| A|-7-----------4-/-5-----------5-/-7-~~~~~~~~----------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------6b--------------------------| D|-7-b(8)-----(8)r-7-------5b----------------------7-------6-------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----6---------------6---------------6---------------6-----------| A|-5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| back to Verse then Chorus Solo 2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-5b(6)r--4-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------5---5---4-------------------5---4-------------------| E|-----------------------------5---4-------------------5---0---5---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------5b----------4~~~--------3b----------4b----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5---4-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3---| D|-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5---| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------5-------| G|---------3---3---3---3-----------3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-| D|---------5---5---5---5-----------5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------| G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6-------| G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------0---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------| G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6---6---| G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| After drum solo, let this ring: E|-9------------------------------| B|-9------------------------------| G|-8------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|