I'm tired of seeing wrong tabs of this song without the guitar solo,
so I took it upon myself to learn to play it properly.
Heavy
As performed on "Dosage"
Words and music by Ed Roland
Standard Eb tuning
[Intro]
(Dean, w/ distortion, x5)
D#|---------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-0-12-0------------|
Main riff (All guitars, w/ distortion, x3) End with this
D#|---------------------------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------------------------|-----------------|
F#|---------------------------------|-----------------|
C#|---------------------------------|-----------------|
G#|---------5p0---------------1p0---|---------5p0-----|
D#|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0h3h5-----3-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|
PM...... PM.. PM...... PM..
[Verse]
(Ed, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)
D#|-3----------------------|
A#|-3----------------------|
F#|-0----------------------|
C#|-0----------------------|
G#|-2----------------------|
D#|-3----------------------|
[Verse]
(Dean and Ross, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)
D#|-----------------------|
A#|-----------------------|
F#|-----------------------|
C#|-5---------------------|
G#|-5---------------------|
D#|-3---------------------|
All guitars play main riff twice in between each verse part and before thr chorus
The chorus is kinda messed up because Ed, Dean, and Ross are all playing
different parts. I usually play Dean's part.
[Chorus]
(Ed, w/ distortion, x2)
D#|-2-------0-------0-------3-|----------|
A#|-3-------2-------1-------3-|----------|
F#|-2-------2-------0-------0-|----------|
C#|-0-------2-------2-------0-|----------|
G#|---------0-------3-------2-|----------|
D#|-------------------------3-|-3-----2--|
[Chorus]
(Dean, w/ distortion, x2)
D#|---------------------------|----------|
A#|---------------------------|----------|
F#|-7---------------5---------|----------|
C#|-7-------7-------5-------5-|----------|
G#|-5-------7-------3-------5-|----------|
D#|-5-------5-------3-------3-|-3-----2--|
[Chorus]
(Ross, w/ distortion, x2)
D#|-------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------|
F#|-19-------18-------17-------16-------|
C#|-x--------x--------x--------x--------|
G#|-17-------16-------15-------14-------|
D#|-------------------------------------|
Ed and Dean play main riff (w/ ending)
Ross' new interlude is this (w/ distortion, x2)
D#|------------------|
A#|-5\3-3/5----------|
F#|-4\2-2/4----------|
C#|------------------|
G#|------------------|
D#|------------------|
All guitars play their verse parts, but during the main riff, Ross plays the new interlude
[Chorus]
Bridge (All guitars, w/ distortion, x4)
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------12-12-12-12-----|
C#|----------------------------12-12-12-12-----|
G#|--------------------------------------------|
D#|-0--0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-0------------------|
GUITAR SOLO (Ross, w/ distorion and wah pedal. I am not quite sure about the
muffled strings)
D#|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
A#|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
F#|-12--(bend slowly)-b14--x-x--14b16r14-14b18r14-x-x-----|
C#|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
G#|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
D#|------------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----|
TR.............
D#|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
A#|-(Really, really vibrate)-17~~~-x-17~~~-x-17~~~-x-17~~~--|
F#|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
C#|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
G#|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
D#|--------------------------------x-------x-------x--------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-19p17-22p21p19-----------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------(bend slowly)-14-14-14-14-14-14b16-----|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
A#|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
F#|-14b18r14-x-x-14b16~~~-x-x-16b18~~~-x-x-18b20~~~-x-x-20b22~~~-x-x-|
C#|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
G#|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
D#|----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x----------x-x-|
D#|-22b24r-------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Play Main Riff 3 times (w/ Ross' interlude)
End on this
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|---------5p0--------------------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-----0-0----------------------------|
PM. . . . . .
Done.
Song Structure:
[Intro]
[Main Riff]
[Verse]
[Main Riff]
[Verse]
[Main Riff]
[Chorus]
[Main Riff]
[Verse]
[Main Riff]
[Verse]
[Main Riff]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Solo]
[Chorus]
[Main Riff]
Anyone who knows when Collective Soul's new album is coming out,
please let us all know. We have not heard from them for quite some time.
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| h hammer on
| p pull off
| PM palm muting
| b bend
| r return
| x muffled strings
| ~ vibrating
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| TR tremelo picking
| Ed Guitar 1
| Dean Guitar 2
| Ross Guitar 3
| All guitars D'uh
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