-Poison the Well
--Opposite of December
---Nerdy

This is my rendition of the song. Everything sounds correct but I can’t guarantee that it is exactly how PTW plays it.


This song is in Drop D tuning. Just look at the tab for the exact notes for each string.

PM= Palm mute the notes that the letters are under and the notes with the dots under them
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----| Means to repeat the section the number of times noted.
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OK, here we go. Its not that hard, it just takes some practice


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* Intro *
*********
First guitar plays by him self first 2 times then the second guitar comes in with a short, fast slide starting at fret 12 down to 7 and continues the riff the last 3 times. (just listen to the song)
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------*-|
F|-9-99-99-99—-10--10-10-10-10-10-10----|
C|-9-99-99-99—-10--10-10-10-10-10-10----|
G|-7-77-77-77--8—--8--8—-8--8—-8--8---*-|
D|--------------------------------------|

Play X2
D|-----------|
A|-----7---*-|
F|------8----|
C|-222-------|
G|-222-----*-|
D|-000-------|

*********
* Verse *
*********
Play X2
D|-------------------3-333333-33-3333-----------------1-111111111111---
A|-------------------3-333333-33-3333-----------------1-111111111111-*-
F|-------------------4-444444-44-4444--9-77--77-7777--1-111111222222---
C|-2-222222-22-2222--5-555555-55-5555--9-77--77-7777--3-333333333333---
G|-2-222222-22-2222--5-555555-55-5555—-7-55--55-5555--3-333333333333-*-
D|-0-000000-00-0000--3-333333-33-3333-----------------1-111111111111---

Slow part
All Palm muted
Play X5
D|-----------|
A|---------*-|
F|-----------|
C|-22-2222---|
G|-22-2222-*-|
D|-00-0000---|
   PM PM..

First guitar continues playing the above rhythm while the second guitar plays this.
Play X8
D|-12----12----12----14-15---|
A|----12----12----12-------*-|
F|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------*-|
D|---------------------------|

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* Riff 1 *
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Note: The high 1’s are pulled off to the open string.
Play X1   Play X7 
D|---10-| ----10---|
A|---10-| ----10-*-|
F|------| ---------|
C|-22---| 2222-----|
G|-22---| 2222---*-|
D|-00---| 0000-----|
   PM     PM..

**********
* Riff 2 *
**********
Play X8 then go back to riff 1
D|-------------------|
A|-----------------*-|
F|-------------------|
C|-222222222--2222---|
G|-222222222--2222-*-|
D|-000000000--0000---|

Now the fun part!!!

First guitar-
Play X2 alone with palm mutes
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F|-9-999-9-99-10-10-1010-10-0-----------------------------------------|
C|-9-999-9-99-10-10-1010-10-0-10-101010101010-12--12-12-12-12-12-12---|
G|-7-777-7-77-8--8—-8-8—-8--0-10-101010100110-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-*-|
D|----------------------------8—-8-8-8-8-8-8--10--10-10-10-10-10-10---|
     PM.   PM                  

Play X8 With out mutes and with second guitar
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F|-9-999999-------------------------------------------------------|
C|-9-999999-10-1010101010-10-101010101010-11--11-11-11-11-11-11---|
G|-7-777777-8--8-8-8-8-8--10-101010101010-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-*-|
D|------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--10--10-10-10-10-10-10---|

Second guitar-
Play X8 (listen to the song, the tab gets a little confusing)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F|-9-999999-------------------------------10-1010-109-------------|
C|-9-999999-10-1010101010-10-101010101010-10-1010-109-------------|
G|-7-777777-8--8-8-8-8-8--10-101010101010-8—-8-8--8-7-----------*-|
D|------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------|

Play Riff 2

Second guitar, let ring
D|----
A|----
F|----
C|-2--
G|-2--
D|-0—

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* Slow clean part *
*******************
First guitar
Play X5
D|-----------------------------------------
A|----------------------12---------12------
F|----0-------0-----------0-------0—-0-----
C|--8---8--7---7--0--------------0----0----
G|7--7---78--8---8---0----------0----------
D|-----------------8--8------10------------

D|-----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12---------12----*-|
F|----0-------0-----------0-------0—-------|
C|--8---8--7---7--0--------------0---------|
G|7--7---78--8---8---0----------0--------*-|
D|-----------------8--8------10------------|


Play X4
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F|-9-999-9-99-10-10-1010-10-------------------------------------|
C|-9-999-9-99-10-10-1010-10--10-101010-10-1010—-11-11-1111-11---|
G|-7-777-7-77-8--8—-8-8-—8---10-101010-10-1010--11-11-1111-11-*-|
D|---------------------------8—-8-8-8--8--8-8---10-10-1010-10---|
     PM.   PM       PM..        PM....    PM..        PM..


*************
* Last Note *
*************

First guitar
D|-----
A|-----
F|-----
C|-2---
G|-2---
D|-0---

Second guitar
D|-----
A|-----
F|-9---
C|-9---
G|-7---
D|-----

That’s all... If you see any thing that you think is wrong, feel free to email me at sk8erbob@bellsouth.net

Until next time,
Alemada