Chord/Tab song: Dust

Ataxia - "Dust"

more great stuff from John Frusciante.

Intro (light distortion, maybe some other effect)

e------------------19~~~19~~~19~~~~~--22~-----19~~19~-19~~~----|
B--17~~~~---------------19~~~~------------------------19~~~----|
G----------16~~~~--16~~~~~~------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------(0)-----------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G--16~~---16---------------------------------------------------|
D-------------17--------/pickslide/----------------------------|
A------------------14~~~~--------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------//19\\\\\\\----|

Main Riff
Use lots of improvisation!

e-----12------12-------10---0-----0---0---0--------------------|
B--0-------0--------0------12----10--12--12--------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e------0--0-------0--0------0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0-----------|
B--12---------12--------12--8--8--8--8--8--8----0--0-----------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----12------12-------14--10-----0---0---0---0----------------|
B--0-----0-0------0-0------0-----10--12--12--12----------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
B--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--8--8--8--7--7--8--8--8-------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 1 (after first chorus)

e--/19-19-19-19-19-15-15-14-14-15-15-14-14-15-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--/19-19-19-19-19-22-22-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-17-17-14-15----14-15-15-15------------|
B----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--12--0-0--12--0-0--15-17-14----14-14-14--12------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--12-12-15-17-14--14-15-15-12~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo important licks (just after second chorus)

Tremolo pick: all played on top E string.
(each bar is repeated for a while)
e--1919191919-202020202020

e--1515151515-17171717-1515151515

e--14141414-1515151515-14141414

e--1212121212

e--7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-7-0-0-0

e---///1919191919191919191919\\-|

B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|

Outro:
[Em]

e--0--|------------------------------------|
B--0--|------------------------------------|
G--0--|------------------------------------|
D--2--|------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
A--2--|------2~~~~-------------------------|
E--0--|------0-----------------------------|

and also here's the bass played throughout the whole song. the album is full of simple bass grooves.

[Bass-]

G|------------------------------------|
D|--------9\--------------------------|
A|-7----7------5-5-5------------------|
E|-------------------5-5-5-7-7--------|

at times, do this:

G|------------------------------------|
D|--------9\---5-5--------------------|
A|-7----7----------5-5----------------|
E|---------------------5-5-7-7--------|

it's pretty accurate I would say. you can just improvise, even if you aren't a skilled
John Frusciante pulls out some simple things and makes them work. enjoy.