Song: Taxidermist Surf Artist: Man... or Astro-Man? Album: Is it... Man... or Astro-Man? Tabbed by Brian Neal - [email protected] Notes: * Standard Tuning * 3/5 means fret and strike 3 then slide upto 5 * Speed picking is indicated by [sp] above the note Intro: 2x ...why not now? |------------------------------| |-------------(slight bend up)-| |o------------/---------------o| |o---2-----0-5------2-----0---o| |------0-2------------0-2------| |-0--------------0----------2--| Part A: Play twice: |------------------------------| |-------------(slight bend up)-| |o------------/---------------o| |o---2-----0-5------2-----0---o| |------0-2------------0-2------| |-0--------------0----------2--| Chord Part (Exact rhythym not shown): Play 2 times: Em C B Em G F# A5 |-------7----8---7--------7----3--2---|----------| |-------8----8---7--------8----3--2---|----------| |o--9-9-9----9---8----9-9-9----4--3--o|----------| |o--9-9-9----10--9----9-9-9----5--4--o|---7------| |---7-7-7----10--9----7-7-7----5--4---|---7------| |------------8---7-------------3--2---|---5------| Cool Riff: ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -9-9^7-7-7^5-5-5^4--4-5-4-2-0-2-----------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| Now return to Part A...when you get back here play the solo: ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ---44432-0---0-----0-44432-0---0-----0----------------------------| -----------2---2--2----------2---2--2-----------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------5-----------------------------------------------| -\5-5-8-5-5-5-8-5---8-5---5-8-5-----------------------------------| ------------------------7-----------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------5-----------------------------------------| --5-5-8--5-5-8--5-5-8-5---8-5-------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| Octave Riffing: (Haven't got this part down yet...anyone????) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----9999997779999-55--22------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Fill 1: Bend the 2nd string up then pick the 1st string to get some dissonance going... -----7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------| --10/-------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat the Octave Riffing. Fill 2: ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| --12-12-11-11-10-10-9-//////--------------------------------------| Repeat Octave Riffing. Fill 3: (Variation of Fill 1) Fret the following very lightly (mute it) and scratch pick it rapidly These are fully fretted. ------7--7---7---7-----------7-------------------------------------| ---10/-10/-10/-10/---------10/-------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat Octave Riffing. Then repeat fill 2. The song closes by replaying the chord parts and the cool riff. Then end with some trilling and an open Em chord strummed high strings to low: ----------------0--------------------------------------------------| ----------------0--------------------------------------------------| ----------------0--------------------------------------------------| --2^0^2^0^2...--2--------------------------------------------------| ----------------2--------------------------------------------------| ----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
