• Song:

    Self Healer

  • Artist:

    Idlewild

  • Album:

    Queen of the Troubled T...

DETUNE GUITAR 1 SEMITONE TO Eb
    
             Eb G# C# F# Bb Eb

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Intro: 


There are essentially three sections to this song apart from the intro 
(which I don't know how to play but it may just be thrashing all the strings open). 
Here is an example of all three sections:  

S= slide

Note- The whole tune includes a large amount of tremolo picking

Section 1
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G---8--s-10--s-8---8--s--10----8-----x-----x-----x--x-----x-----x---
D---x----x-----x---x-----x--s--x-----8--s--10-s--8--8--s--10-s--6---
A---6--s-8--s--6---6--s--8--s--6-----x-----x-----x--x-----x--s--6---
E---x----x-----x---x-----x-----x-----6--s--8--s--6--6--s--8--s--4---
    
    D    E     D   D     E     D     A     B     A  A     B     G


Play section 1 twice before quickly moving to section 2
Section 2
 
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-x------x-----x----x-----x-------x-----x---10---x--10----x--10---
G-13----12-----8---13----12-------8-----x---10---x--10----x--10---
D-x------x-----x----x-----x-------x-----x---10---x--10----x--10---
A-11----10-----6---11----10-------6-----x----8---x---8----x---8---
E-x------x-----x----x-----x-------x-----x----x---x---x----x---x----
  
  G      F#    D    G     F#      D     *    E   *   E    *   E

* = finger position of E (x8101010x) but totally mute chord when striking it.
Play section 2 twice before quickly moving to section 3.
Section 3

e------------------------------------------
B---8----6-----5-----8------6------5----4--
G---8----6-----5-----8------6------5----5--
D---8----6-----5-----8------6------5----6--
A---6----4-----3-----6------4------3----6--
E---x----x-----x-----x------x------x----4--
    
    D    C     B     D      C      B    G

Play section 3 twice before quickly moving back to section 1.
Note: section 3 is also used to finish the song.
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