"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" by THE MELVINS

ben.nield@gmail.com


INTRO/MAIN RIFF - play 8X (?):
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|-7---5---7---5---7-----------5---2---2--2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|------------------------------------------------------------
                                          . .   . .   . . . . 

E|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|-4---5---2---4---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|---------------------------------------------------------
           .       .   .               . .   . .   . . . .

VERSE - play 8X:

  "I can feed/From the angel..."
E|-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|-------------------------------------------------		
[[PALM-MUTE ALL]]

STRAIGHT AFTER THAT THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 2 BARS DURING THIS BIT:
"Away from the mangle rare we don't need
I got the one to make me alright."

THEN YOU DO THIS 8X:
E|---------
B|---------
G|-2^------
D|-2^------
A|-0---0-0-
E|-0---0-0-
       . . 

MAIN RIFF 4X

THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 1 BAR DURING THIS:
"They are alive and wasted on me."

THEN PLAY THIS SEQUENCE 2X:
           "You are so in there..."
E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5---5---5-5-5-
A|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
E|---------------------------------
   . . . . .   . .   .   .   . . .

        "...But will you leave me?"
E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
A|-0h1-1-1-1---1-1---1---1---1-1-1-
E|----------------- ---------------
       . . .   . .   .   .   . . . 

E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|------------------- -------------
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---2-2-4---5---
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---0-0-2---3---
E|---------------------------------
  . . . .      . .     .  .

E|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|-------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---4---
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---2---
E|---- --------------------
   . . . .     . . 

FINALLY PLAY THIS 3X:
E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---5^-----5^-----
A|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------
E|-------------------------------------
   . . . . .   . . . .

E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------- ----------
D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7^-----7^-----
A|-0-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0---------------
E|-------------------------------------
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