The Weight

Artist: Weezer
Song: The Weight
Album: The Red Album (Extra Song)
Tabbed by: necriononguitar
E-Mail(Any Problems): [email protected]

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Tuning: Standard

. = Palm-Muted
~ = hold note
^ = vibrate
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down



2 Parts:
Verse (Acoustic) and Chorus (Distortion)


Verse:          d=Downstroke         u=Upstroke

     d   d       d    u   u d    d  u  d  u      d   d    d   u   u d
       A                      C#m                  D             A
E----5---5-------x----4---4-4----4--4--4--4------5---5----x---5---5-5---|
B----5---5-------x----5---5-5----5--5--5--5------7---7----x---5---5-5---|
G----6---6-------x----6---6-6----6--6--6--6------7---7----x---6---6-6---|
D----7---7-------x----6---6-6----6--6--6--6------7---7----x---7---7-7---| ...
A----7---7-------x----4---4-4----4--4--4--4------5---5----x---7---7-7---|
E----5---5-------x----------------------------------------x---5---5-5---|

(Its important to hit the higher notes!)

Chorus:
     d  d    d  d    d u d   d  u  d  u
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------9--9----7-x-7---7--7--7--7--------------------------|
D----7--7----9--9----7-x-7---7--7--7--7--------------------------|
A----7--7----7--7----5-x-5---5--5--5--5--------------------------|
E----5--5----0--0------------------------------------------------|

play this part a few times and after the last one add this:
    d u d
E------------------|
B------------------|
G---7-x-7-~--------|
D---7-x-7-~--------|
A---5-x-5-~--------|
E------------------|

Interlude:
      d  d   d  d   d  d   d  d     d u d   d u d   u  u d   d u d u
        A      G#     F#     E        D...
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------7-x-7---x-x-x---7--7-7---7-7-7-7---|
D-----7--7---6--6---4--4---2--2-----7-x-7---x-x-x---7--7-7---7-7-7-7---|
A-----7--7---6--6---4--4---2--2-----5-x-5---x-x-x---5--5-5---5-5-5-5---|
E-----5--5---4--4---2--2---0--0----------------------------------------|



Thats it! I hope this helped, please rate, comment and correct me!

Cheers...