KISS - "inmyhead" Tablature
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IN MY HEAD (from the KISS album "CARNIVAL OF SOULS")
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark (emil@kisstabs.com)
Drop-D tuning down a 1/2-step
Comments: This is a pretty cool solo. There are no flashy licks or anything, just
nice melody-type stuff. The fills aren´t half-bad either. Check out Riff 6. It t
otally got past me when I was just listening to the song, but when I transcribed
it I realised how cool it is.
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
r^ = release-bend half-step
t^ = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Muted String (Palm Muting)
X = Muted String (Fretboard Muting)
(\) = Dive w\bar
(/) = Release w\bar
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Riff 1a
Eb||------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
Bb||------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
Gb||------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
Db||---2--------------|----------------|--0----------------|-----------------||
Ab||---2--------------|----------------|--0----------------|-----------------||
Db||---2--------------|----------------|--0----------------|-----------------||
Riff 1b
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
---9--10--9---------------|-------------------------|--13------14----------|
-----------------10--9----|--9--10--9---------------|----------------------|
---7--8---7---------------|----------------10--9----|--11------12----------|
-----------------10--9----|--9--10--9---------------|----------------------|
-----------------------||
-----------------------||
--13------14-----------||
-----------------------||
--11------12-----------||
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Riff 2
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-------------------||
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--2----------------||
--2----------------||
--2----------------||
Riff 3a
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
--0----0----0----0----|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|
--0----0----0----0----|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|
--0----0----0----0----|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0----0---0-3--0--|
-------------------------||
-------------------------||
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--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
Riff 3b
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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Riff 4a
-------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||
-------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||
-------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||
--2----------------|---------------|--0--------------|----------5--------||
--2----------------|---------------|--0--------------|----------5--------||
--2----------------|---------------|--0--------------|----------5--------||
Riff 4b
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
---9--10--9---------------|-------------------------|--13------14----------|
-----------------10--9----|--9--10--9---------------|----------------------|
---7--8---7---------------|----------------10--9----|--11------12----------|
-----------------10--9----|--9--10--9---------------|----------------------|
-----------------------||
-----------------------||
--13------12-----------||
-----------------------||
--11------10-----------||
-----------------------||
Riff 5
------------------------|-------------------------||
------------------------|-------------------------||
------------------------|-------------------------||
--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
--0----0----0---0-3--0--|--0----0---0-3--0--3--0--||
Riff 6
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------------|
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------------|
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--3---2---0-----------|
--2----------------|----------------|--0----------------|--0---0---0---4-------|
--2----------------|----------------|--0----------------|--------------5-------|
--2----------------|----------------|--0----------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-------------5--------|----------------------|--3---2---0-----------|
-------------5--------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--0---0---0---4-------|
--5/---17\---3--------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--------------5-------|
--5/---17\------------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|----------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------|
-------------5------|----------------------|-------------|--3---2---0----------|
-------------5------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1----------|--0---0---0---4------|
--5/---17\---3------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1----------|--------------5------|
--5/---17\----------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1----------|---------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
--------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
-------------5------|----------------------|-----------------||
-------------5------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1--------------||
--5/---17\---3------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1--------------||
--5/---17\----------|--0--x-0--x-0--0-0-0--|--1--------------||
Riff 7a
-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
--2----------------|------------------|--2----------------|------------------|
--2----------------|------------------|--2----------------|------------------|
--2----------------|------------------|--2----------------|------------------|
-------------------|--------------------|------------------||
-------------------|--------------------|------------------||
-------------------|--------------------|------------------||
--2----------------|--2--------3--------|------------------||
--2----------------|--2--------3--------|------------------||
--2----------------|--2--------3--------|------------------||
Riff 7b
----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
--9---10-9------------|--9---10-9---------------|--9---10-9------------|
----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
--7---8--7------------|--7---8--7------10--9----|--7---8--7------------|
----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
-------------------------|----------------------|-----16-------17--------|
-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
--9---10-9---------------|--9---10-9------------|------------------------|
-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
--7---8--7------10--9----|--7---8--7------------|------------------------|
-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
------------------||
------------------||
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Fill 1
------------------||
------------------||
------------------||
------------------||
--0(1)------------||
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Solo
------------------------------------|--17/---20--------20\-----|
-/19~-------19b^19r-19b^19r-19b^19r-|----------------------15~-|
------------------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------|
----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
--------13-12b^---12r-|--12b^12r-12b^12r-12b^12r-12----------|-----------------|
----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
----------------------|------------------------------12~-----|-----------------|
----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
Wide whammy bar vib.
---------------------------------|-------------------|--17/---20--------------||
---------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
---------------------------11b^--|-11r--13b^---------|------------------------||
--x--10-10-10-10--9--9-----------|-------------------|------------------------||
--x------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
---------------------------------|-------------------|--------------10b-------||
Fill 2
------------------------|----------------|---------------------|---------------|
------------------------|----------------|--------7*-----------|---------------|
------------------------|----------------|------------7*-------|--13~--14------|
------------------------|----------------|----7*---------------|---------------|
--1/-2/-3--/-4/--5/--6/-|--7~------------|---------------------|---------------|
------------------------|----------------|---------------------|---------------|
Only pick first note
-----------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
--13b^----13h14p13-----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
-------------------14h15p14p12-----|----------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------------------|--14~---------\-|----13\--12\--11\--10\--9-|
Only pick first note
--16~-----17----------|--16b^----16h17p16------------------||
----------------------|-------------------17h18p17p15------||
----------------------|------------------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------------------||
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In my head
Simmons, Van Zen, St. James
[Intro: Riff 1a & 1b]
[Riff 2]
[Riff 3a]
I'm obnoxious and no one's home
In my head
In my head
[Riff 3a & 3b]
Cardboard boxes filled with hate
In my head
They're in my head
Nest of termites, glowin' red
In my head
They're in my head
[Riff 1a & 1b]
Look behind the mask
Try to find peace of mind
And you'll find
[Riff 4a & 4b]
Just look behind the man
And lead me by the hand
[Riff 5]
[Riff 3a]
Faded smiles behind dark shades
In my head
In my head
[Riff 3a & 3b]
Plastic icons, glowin' red
In my head
They're in my head
I experiment with myself
In my head
In my head
[Riff 4a & 4b]
Look behind the glass
Try to find peace of mind
And you'll find
[Riff 6 with Fill 1 at bar 6]
Just look behind the man
And lead me
Aaaaahhhaaaaaahaaaa
Aaaaahhhaaaaaahaaaa
[Solo over Riff 2a]
[Riff 4a & 4b]
Look behind the glass
Try to find peace of mind
And you'll find
Just look behind the man
And lead me
[Riff 4a with Fill 2]
[Riff 7a and 7b]
Look behind the man
Look behind the glass
Look behind the mask
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