The usual tablature header: /--------------------------------------------------------------------------- / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used - / for studying or private use only, removal of any part of this ten line - / header is illegal!!! Removal of the transcribers name or anything - / relevant to the transcriber is also illegal, as so is the removal of the - / place inwhich the tab was downloaded. Publishing as well as printing of - / the tab is illegal without permission of the transcriber and copyright - / owner of the song. Failure to apply to these laws result will in legal - / action from the appropriate parties. - /--------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRONG BAD - TROGDOR Written by Strong Bad (Possibly, with help from The Cheat. Maybe even Strong Mad, but that doesn't seem very likely.) From the "Dragon" Strong Bad email http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Copyright 2002 The Brother Chaps Transcribed by: JIM KANG chaos@corrupt.net http://chaos.corrupt.net . - palm mute / - slide up to - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend * - see comment r - release t - tap bend X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend " - tremelo note () - ghost note, sustained note | - measure marker Tuning: D (All strings down a whole step.) Intro: Riff 1 |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |------ 10---------7---|------ 10--7---5/7-| |-0-0-0-8----0-0-0-5---|-0-0-0-8-0-5-0-3/5-| . . . . . . . . . . . - Play Riff 1 twice. Verse 1: |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0-8-8-8-8-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Trogdor was a man - I mean" |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-==----------7-7-7---| |-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0---------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "He was a dragon-man" |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0-8-8-8---| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I mean he was just a dragon" |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-------------777-7---| |-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0---------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... "Um...but he was still..." Chorus: - Play Riff 1 twice Verse 2: Riff 2 |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |---5/7---5/7---5/7-7-7--| |-0-3/5-0-3/5-0-3/5-5-5--| . . . Riff 2A |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |---5/7---5/7---5/7---5/7-7--| |-0-3/5-0-3/5-0-3/5-0-3/5-5--| . . . . - Play Riff 2 once ("Burninating the countryside"), then Riff 2A three times Final Chorus: Riff 1A |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |------ 10---------7---|------ 10--7---5/7-7-| |-0-0-0-8----0-0-0-5---|-0-0-0-8-0-5-0-3/5-5-| . . . . . . . . . . . - Play Riff 1A twice. - Guitar is tacit during "And the Trogdor comes in the niiiiiiiight!" - End of song. Verse accompaniment: During the verse, there's a higher part that goes over the main rhythm riff. (Maybe Strong Bad overdubbing some "hott lixx" with his guitar or possibly the Cheat on keyboard.) Here it is transcribed for guitar. Riff 4: |-7---5---3---5---3-0-|-7---5---7---5---12-12-| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| - Play Riff 4 twice (all legato) over Verse 1. Performance notes: - Strong Bad uses a very low gain tone on his guitar here, but it sounds pretty good with a lot of distortion as well. - It looks like they're playing in shifting odd time signatures (look at Riff 2 and 2A) all over, but really they're just winging it. It's actually not hard to follow if you just play along with the song, in case I gave you that impression. It's just one of those "looks worse on paper" kind of things.