Chord/Tab song: Tipping the Lion

Chord,Tablature, lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele song: Tipping the Lion - ( "Tipping the Lion" by The Melvins (updated 16 December 2...)

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"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|--------------------------------|

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Chord: Tipping the Lion - tab, song lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele
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