• Song:

    Backwaters

  • Artist:

    Drenge

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                             BACKWATERS - Drenge
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Tabbed by: Sam Brown
E-mail: sammmuel97@gmmail.com

This is my second tab of a Drenge song, the other tab was quite close but didn't
include all parts, nor did it sound completely right at the end of each line.

Tuning: Drop D

Intro   (use alternate picking of the D and A strings).

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3-------------|

                        (use a C shaped open chord here)
                                 |
                                 V
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------3--------------3----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------4------4---4---4------4-------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------5--------------5--------5---------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---3-0---0------3---0---0------3-----------------|
                                            ^              ^
                                            |              |
                (Use your thumb to play the note on the 3rd fret in these places)

1st and 2nd Verse

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3-------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------3--------------3----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------4------4---4---4------4-------------|
A|---5---5---5---5-----7---7---7---5-------5--------------5--------5---------|
D|-3---3---3---3---3/5---5---5---3-0---0----------3---0---0------3-----------|

Prechorus
    (# I've never seen such beauty, so malign... #)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------4-5-6-7-8-9--11-12----------------------|
A|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12----------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3---5---5---0---3----x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-----------------------|
                                     ^
                                     |
Chorus             (C shape chord used here again, ascending chromatically up the board)

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5-------------------|
D|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-----|   x3
A|--5-5-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-3-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-----|
D|--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-0-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-----|

Then the at the end of the 3rd time it goes like this:

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0----|
A|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0----|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0----|
                      ^
        (Let this open chord ring til the next verse starts)

        **Repeat the 1st Verse, 2nd verse, prechorus and chorus parts before the 5th verse**

5th Verse
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--0----0----3----2----0----|
A|--0----0----3----2----0----|
D|--0----0----3----2----0----|

6th Verse

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3-------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------3--------------3----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------4------4---4---4------4-------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------5--------------5--------5---------|
D|-3---3---3---3---5---5---0---3-0---0----------3---0---0------3-----------|

Bridge/breakdown

   (# Oh Marygold, in debt to you... #)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5--------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5-5--7b8-br7-5---|
D|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3----5-5------------0-|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5------------------|
D|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0----|    x3
A|--5-5-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-3-0-3-0-5-0-3-0----|
D|--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-0-0-3-0-5-0-3-0----|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-----|
A|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-----|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-----|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------------|
D|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-10-0-15-0-17-0-15-0----|
A|--5-5-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-10-0-15-0-17-0-15-0----|
D|--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-10-0-15-0-17-0-15-0----|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5-----------------------|
D|--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0---------|       x2
A|--5-5-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-3-0-3-0-5-0-3-0---------|
D|--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-0-0-3-0-5-0-3-0---------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-------------|
A|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-------------|
D|--5-0-3-0-5b6-br5-3-0-------------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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