Melvins - "The Brain Center At Whipples"
(updated December 2005)
==ben.nield@gmail.com==


b = Bend
h = Hammer-On
p = Pull-Off
r = Let Chord/Note Ring
. = Palm-Mute

Drop-D Tuning


Riff 1: (play 3X)
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a---------5-----------------------|---------------------------------|
d-0---0---------0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|-6---0-0-1-0-0---0-0-1h0-3h0-3h0-|
  .   .   .     . . . . . . . . .   .   . . . . .   . . . . . . . .

Then:
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------7-----7-----------------|---------7-----7-----------------|
d---------7-----7-----------------|---------7-----7-----------------|
a---------5-----5-----------------|---------5-----5-----------------|
d-0---0-----------0-0-0---0---0---|-----0-----------0-0-0---0---0---|
  .   .           . . .   .   .         .           . . .   .   .

Play this 2X:
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 2: (2X)
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-7--7--7-----7-------------------|-5--5--5-----5-------------------
d-7--7--7-----7-------------------|-5--5--5-----5-------------------
a-5--5--5-----5-------------------|-3--3--3-----3-------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|
d---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|
a-------------------1-----3---1---|-3-----4-----5-----3---5p3h5-----|
d-3----4------5-------------------|---------------------------------|


Pre-Verse: (5X)
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
d---------------------------------|
  .   . . . .   . . . . . . . . .

Verse: (11X)
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a-5---5---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-|
d-0---0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  .   .   . . . .     . . . . . .

Then do this 3X:

b---------------------------------|
g-7---7---------------------------|
d-7---7---------------------------|
a-5---5---------------------------|
d---------------------------------|


Then back to Pre-Verse 4X
And back to Riff 2 3X


Then this 3X:
b---------------------------------|
g-------3-------------------------|
d-------3-------------------------|
a-5p3h5---------------------------|
d---------------------------------|

Then:
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------
a-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------
d-0-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g-7-----------10------------------|---------------------------------|
d-7-----------10------------------|---------------------------------|
a-5-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Solo a:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-10b-----------------------------|-10------------------------------
d-------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|----9----------------------------
a---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|
g-7-------------------------------|
d-7-------------------------------|
a-5-------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|


Fill a:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------
a-------------------------3---5---|---------------------------------
d-6-----5---------5---3-----------|-5---7---5---2---3-----2---------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a---------1---------------3-------|-3---1---3-------1---------------|
d-3---2-----------5---3-----------|---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                                                        . . . . . .

Solo b:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d-------------7r------------------|-------------------------6-------
a-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d-------------9r------------------|---------------------------------
a-10------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-10------------------9-----------|-10-----------------7------------
d-10------------------9-----------|-10-----------------7------------
a-8-------------------7-----------|-8------------------5------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g-10------------------9-----------|-10------------------------------|
d-10------------------9-----------|-10------------------------------|
a-8-------------------7-----------|-8-------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Fill b:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a-------------------------3-------|
d-6-----5---------5---3-----------|


Solo c:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d-----6---5-------5-------5---5b--|-5---7---7b------5-------5h--5---
a-5-----------7-------5-----------|-------------7-------5-----7-----
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-7---6---5-------5-------5---6---|-7-------------------------------
d-------------7-------7-----------|---------------------------------
a---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-9---8---7-------7-------7---8---|-7---6---5-------5-------5-------
d-------------9-------9-----------|-------------7-------7-------7---
a---------------------------------|---------------------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|----------------------------------
g-5---7---5-------5---------------|---------7br----------------------
d-------------7-------7---6---5---|---------7br----------------------
a---------------------------------|-7---6---5br----------------------
d---------------------------------|----------------------------------

b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|


Riff 3: (2X)
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------
g-7-----------7-----------7-------|-3-----3-----3-------------------
d-7-----------7-----------7-------|-3h5---3h5---3h5-----------------
a-5-----------5-----------5-------|-3-----3-----3-------------------
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------

b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|-----------------7---------------|
a-3h5-5-4-----3---5---------------|-3h5-5-4-----3-----------7-------|
d---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Outro (12X) - Gradually build speed:
b---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g---------7-----------------------|---------------------------------|
d---------7-----------------------|---------------------------------|
a---------5-----------------------|---------------------------------|
d-0---0---------0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|-6---0-0-1-0-0---0-0-1h0-3h0-3h0-|
  .   .         . . . . . . . . .   .   . . . . .   . . . . . . . .


End on this:
b---------------------------------|
g---------7-----------------------|
d---------7-----------------------|
a---------5-----------------------|
d-0---0---------------------------|
  .   .