"Tripping a Blind Man"
From DEAD AGAIN by Type O Negative
Tab by Raza Mahmood
Tune guitars 2.5 steps below standard
Low to high: B,E,A,D,F#,b

NOTES:
+=bend; %=repeat measure; pm=palm mute

I.  INTRO (Keys only)


2nd time with full band:
"Aaaaaahhh!"
              pick slide, fdbk        
b ||--------------------------||
F#||--------------------------||
D ||--------------------------||
A ||-2----------X\--(2)-------||
E ||-2----------X\--(2)-------||
B ||-0----------X\--(0)-------||

  SLOW!
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II.  VERSE (faster)

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"Say the word                     I'll be healed"
"Opened eyes                      grease my wheels"
  pm.....................|        pm.....................|
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||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---||

"Since my vision's     been restored..."
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||-7--7--7----/16---\4------------------------------------------||
||-5--5--5----/14---\2--------------------0-------------------0-||
||------------------------2--2--2--2--0^2-----2--2--2--2--0^2---||

"Trip me once                      shame on you"
"Trip me twice                     I'm the fool            
  pm.....................|        pm.....................|
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||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---||

"Thought it's hidden, I've been cured"
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||-7--7--7----/16---\4-----------------------------------||
||-5--5--5----/14---\2--------------------0------------X-||
||------------------------2--2--2--2--0^2-----2--2--2--X-||

                       "Patience is divine..."
                       "Turn your cheek..."
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||-4-5-6-|-7----6----5------------------------------||
||-2-3-4-|-5----4----3------------------------------||

                  (4 times)
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||-2---2---2---2---0^2---||

 "This is how                     you spend life"
 "Amused by                       another's strife       makes me..."
  pm.....................|        pm.....................|
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||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---||

 "so sad               and confused"            
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||-7--7--7----/16---\4------------------------------------------||
||-5--5--5----/14---\2--------------------0-------------------0-||
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"Someone's pain                   your leisure"
"Can't explain                    sick pleasure             I'm so..."
  pm.....................|        pm.....................|
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||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0^2---||

" glad                 I'm not you"
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||-7--7--7----/16---\4-----------------------------------||
||-5--5--5----/14---\2--------------------0------------X-||
||------------------------2--2--2--2--0^2-----2--2--2--X-||

                       "Patience is divine..."
                       "Turn your cheek..."
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||-------|------------------------------16+-16+-16+-||
||-------|----------------11--11--11----------------||
||-------|----------------13+-13+-13+---------------||
||-4-5-6-|-7----6----5------------------------------||
||-2-3-4-|-5----4----3------------------------------||


III.  BRIDGE
Half-time feel
Guitar 2 follows the vocal line

                  pm..          pm..
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||-------9--9/11-------9--9/11-------9-11--11/14---9-9^11-||
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||-7^9-------------9-------------9------------------------||

  "Throwing wrenches..."      "
  "You think it's your place..."
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||-11-11-11-11---11-9-------11-9----|
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    "What started sweet will soon turn"
    "Well I've been sent to judge"
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  "sour                 oh so sour." 
  "the judges."  
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||-------9--9/11-------9--9/11-------9-11--11/14---9-9^11-||
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"Goddamn love cause...                      I'd see in..."
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||-13------------------13--11-------9------9/11----\----||
||-11------------------11--9-------7------7/-9----\-----||
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CHORUS:
wah pedal off

"Trippin' a blind man"
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REPEAT BRIDGE & CHORUS

IV.  ENDING
  (Triplet feel, faster.   4 times)
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||-4^6-6-6-6-6-------------|-%-|-%-|-8--7----6-4-||
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||-------------2^4-4-4-4-4-|---|---|-------------||

"Losing grip on...
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||-------------------|-%-|-%-|-%-||
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||-----4-2----5---4\-|---|---|---||
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"Sanitation truck...
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||-8-----------------|-%-|-%-|-%-||
||-6---6-6----6---6--|-%-|-%-|-%-||
||-6---4-2----5---4\-|---|---|---||
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"Canine spot..."
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||-4^6-6-6-6-6-------------|-%-|-%-|-8--7----6-4-||
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||-------------2^4-4-4-4-4-|---|---|-------------||

"As they left..."
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||-----4-2----5---4\-|---|---|---||
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"EMS responded..."
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||-8-----------------|-%-|-%-|-%-||
||-6---6-6----6---6--|-%-|-%-|-%-||
||-6---4-2----5---4\-|---|---|---||
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                                       (2 times)
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||-4^6-6-6-6-6-------------|-%-|-%-|-8--7----6-4-||
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||-------------2^4-4-4-4-4-|---|---|-------------||


IV.  OUTRO
                       "Patience is divine..."
                       "Turn your cheek..."
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||-------|------------------------------16+-16+-16+-||
||-bass--|----------------11--11--11----------------||
||-only--|----------------13+-13+-13+---------------||
||-------|-7----6----5------------------------------||
||-------|-5----4----3------------------------------||

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