REM - "bang and blame" Tablature

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BANG AND BLAME

(Liberated from January 1995 _Guitar for the Practicing Musician_)
(Buy it for a more complete version)
TABed by: Chris Bray (cbray@comp.uark.edu)


Chords used:
Amadd2: xx7500
G6: xx5430
A, C, G, B, Bb chords: Use E-shaped barre chords...


{Intro}: (Gtr. 1: w/ light dist. & delay set at 484 milliseconds)
Am
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-o----5---(5)---(5)---(5)---|--(5)---(5)---(5)---(5)--|
D-|-o----7---(7)---(7)---(7)---|--(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)--|
A-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|

G5
E-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|---7---(7)---(7)---(7)---|--(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---o-|
D-|---5---(5)---(5)---(5)---|--(5)---(5)---(5)---(5)---o-|
A-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E-|-------------------------|----------------------------|


{Gtr2 (Clean tone)}:

Amadd2
If ...
G6 Amadd2
it's ...
G6
You're ...
G6
Just ...
Amadd2
Take ...

CHORUS:

A C A G
You bang...
A C B Bb A G6
You bang...

Amadd2 G6
If ...
Amadd2
the whole ...
G6 Amadd2
your ...
G6 Amadd2
I'd ...
G6
You ...

A C A G
bang, ...
A C Badd4
You ....


{Interlude}: (Gtr w/ distorted tone):

E5 let ring...
E-|----------0---------|--------0--------------|
B-|----------0---0-----|-----------0-----------|
G-|-o--------9------9--|--------------8------o-| then....
D-|-o--9--9------------|--9--9-----------9---o-|
A-|----7--7------------|--9--9-----------------|
E-|----0--0------------|--7--7-----------------|
|----------- Play Three Times ------------|

let
ring...
E-|---------0-----|---------------0----------|
B-|------------0--|-(0)--------------0-------|
G-|---------------|------6--------------6----|
D-|---7--7--------|------------------------7-|
A-|---7--7--------|----------7---------------|
E-|---5--5--------|--------------------------|


{Gtr2 (Clean tone)}:

Am G5
You've ...
Am G5
I've got ..
Amadd2 G6
who dares ..,
Amadd2 G6
Stop ...

Amadd2 G6 Amadd2
(Ooh.)_______________ (Ooh.)_______________
G6
You ...

A C A G
You ...
A C B Bb
Bang, ...

A C A G
You ...
A C B Bb E
Bang, ...

A G6

Amadd2 G6
You kiss ..
Amadd2 G6
You ..,
Amadd2 G6
(Ooh.)________________
You ..
Amadd2 G6
(Ooh.)________________


Amadd2 G6
(Ooh.)_____________________________________
E-|------0h5p0-------0h5p0---|--------------|---3p0---------3p0-|
B-|----5-----------5---------|-- --|--------3p0--------|
G-|-o------------------------|-- % --|-------------4-----|
D-|-o------------------------|-- --|-------------------|
A-|--------------------------|-- --|-------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------|

Repeat
and fade...
E-|-(0)--3p0----3p0---3p0-----|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|-------------------------o-| Rest approx. 15 seconds then...
D-|-------------------------o-|
A-|---------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|


Repeat and fade...
E-|----------2---------------|--------------------|
B-|-------0---------------3--|--(3)---------------|
G-|-o-----------0----4-------|------------------o-| The End.
D-|-o--4---------------------|------------------o-|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------|
(w/light dist. & amp vibrato)


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