Artist: Helmet
Album: Betty
Song: Milquetoast
Dropped D-tuning
INTRO:
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D---6--0-0---6--0-0---3--4---
A---6--0-0---6--0-0---3--4---
D---6--0-0---6--0-0---3--4---
And over to:
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D---5-5-0-3-2-0--- Repeat 16 times, and then the guitars stops......BASS ONLY!!!:
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D---5-5-0-3-2-0---
VERSE 1a:
D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- Repeat 2 times before the singing
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Tell me... If you think..
D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- It`s allright.....
D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2---
I`ll give in...... To what you know..
D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---5-5-0-3-2-0--- BRIDGE 1: .....GUITAR ALLSO!
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D---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- After this there is, again.......BASS ONLY!!!:
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
D---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
I don`t see........ The habits.. VERSE 1b:
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That becomes me
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I saved up... My useless......
BRIDGE 2: ......GUITAR ALLSO! (all the way to the end.)
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D---0--0-2-3----0--0-2-5-3----0--0-2-3--- Thoughts......... VERSE 2a:
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- One time before singing.
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2---
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- Tree times........
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2---
Well means..... It works I`m... On your side....
I said that..... well so I....
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2----5-5-0-3-2-0--- Lied....... BRIDGE 1:
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D---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
D---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
Remember...... I tried not.... VERSE 2b:
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- Two times........
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D---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-2---0--0-3-2-0-2--- To be wary.........
This failed me... Once too...... BRIDGE 2:
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D---0--0-2-3----0--0-2-5-3----0--0-2-3---10--10--5-5-0-3-2-0---
A---0--0-2-3----0--0-2-5-3----0--0-2-3---10--10--5-5-0-3-2-0---
D---0--0-2-3----0--0-2-5-3----0--0-2-3---10--10--5-5-0-3-2-0---
Much...... REF.:
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D---5-5-0-3-2-0---5--5-0-3-2-0--- X 8 times
A---5-5-0-3-2-0---5--5-0-3-2-0---
D---5-5-0-3-2-0---5--5-0-3-2-0---
-- -- Unrecognized.... -- --
Well preserved..... -- -- Don`t forget...
-- -- What you heard....
BRIDGE WITH SOLO ...You have to listen to the record... It`s a little bit hard to write down...
........But here is the riff:
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D---2-5-3--5---3-5-3-5---3-5-3--5---3-5--8-10-8-10--- X 6 times (I use to play it only 4...)
A---3-5-3--5---3-5-3-5---3-5-3--5---3-5--8-10-8-10---
D---3-5-3--5---3-5-3-5---3-5-3--5---3-5--8-10-8-10---
BREAK - this can be playes in many ways... here are the notes:
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D---3----0----1----8----4----0----1----6----------
A---3----0----1----8----4----0----1----6----------
D---3----0----1----8----4----0----1----6---------- AND THEN THE:
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D---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4--- ....an so on..
A---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---
D---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---0---0-4---
This part is with a lot of noise in the back.... Allso hard to write down...
