"Tipping the Lion"  by The Melvins

(updated 16 December 2005 by bennield@hotmail.com)


[ ] harmonic                    ( ) ghost note
 b  bend note                    r  release note
 p  pull off                     h  hammer on
 #  bend guitar neck upwards     ~  vibrato
 x  finger mute                  .  palm mute
 \  slide


standard tuning

Intro - play 8x:
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +
E|--------------------[12]------------------------[12]-----|
B|----------------[12]--------------------[12]-------------|
G|--------[12]------------------------[12]-----------------|
D|-[12]-----------------------[12]-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


Intro riff:
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7---5---7b----------------------------------7p5h7---7---5-------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|----4------------------------------------4---5---4--------2------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------2---------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------3b----------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0#--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

strum this chord at the beginning of each line
E|-9------------------------------
B|-9------------------------------
G|-8------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---x---7---x---7---x---
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
A|-7---x---x---7---x---x-------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Chorus
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---2---
E|-0-h-1---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---x---x---1---1---

  repeat above line 1x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------0---1---2-----------2-----------
E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-0---0-h-1---1-----------1-------0---

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0---1---2-----------2-----------------------2-----------2-------
E|-0-h-1---1---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-1---x-x-x-x-1-------


Solo 1:

   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------6~~~--------------------------------------------
D|-5p0-0-------5---------------5---------------------------6---0---
A|---------5-------------------------------5-----------5-----------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-6---------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------
G|-----6-------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------0---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-7b----------------------8b------------------------------8-------
G|-------------6-----------------------7-~~~~------------------8---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----9~~~-------(9)-~~~--9---9b------9b--9b--9b--9r--9r--9r--0---
D|-9---------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------5---4-----------
D|-7---6---5-------5---4---------------4---5---6-----------5---4---
A|-------------7-----------5---4---5-------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----4---5-----------4---5---------------------------------------
A|-7-----------4-/-5-----------5-/-7-~~~~~~~~----------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------6b--------------------------
D|-7-b(8)-----(8)r-7-------5b----------------------7-------6-------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6---------------6---------------6---------------6-----------
A|-5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---5-------7---6---
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

back to Verse

then Chorus

Solo 2
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5b(6)r--4-------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------5---5---4-------------------5---4-------------------
E|-----------------------------5---4-------------------5---0---5---

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------5b----------4~~~--------3b----------4b----------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5---4-----------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3---
D|-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5-----------5---5---5---5---
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------5-------
G|---------3---3---3---3-----------3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-
D|---------5---5---5---5-----------5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6-------
G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------0---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--0---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-6b------------------6~----------6~----------6~----------6---6---
G|---------5-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

 After drum solo, let this ring:
E|-9------------------------------
B|-9------------------------------
G|-8------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------