Melvins - Boris

Guitar Tab by Ben Nield - bennield@hotmail.com

. = palm mute
~ = vibrato
b = bend

Tuning low to high: A-A-D-G-B-E

 63 BPM

 Drums come in after 4 bars, vocals 14 bars.


First play this:
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
 A|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
                    .   .       .   .   .   .

Then play this 9 times:
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
        .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .

 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
        .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .


Riff 2: (2m:35s "It's like sin")
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
 A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---

 e|---------------------------------------------------------
 b|---------------------------------------------------------
 g|---------------------------------------------------------
 d|---------------------------------------------------------
 a|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
 A|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
    .   .       .   .       .   .       .   .       .   .

 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
 A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---

 e|---------------------------------------------------------|
 b|---------------------------------------------------------|
 g|---------------------------------------------------------|
 d|---------------------------------------------------------|
 a|-0---0---0---0---0--------------------------1---3--------|
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---1/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~12\1---3--------|


Back to Riff 1, then Riff 2.


Then a variation on Riff 1 where Buzz does lots of bending on the 5th string
around the 10 and 12th frets for 5 bars.

Then Riff 2, after which Buzz plays Riff 1 by himself for a while.