• Song:

    Bastardizer

  • Artist:

    Norma Jean

  • Album:

    Meridional

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Bastardizer - Norma Jean
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Tabbed by: Jake Miller (millarso)
Email: millarso2.0@gmail.com
Tuning: Drop Db

Intro/Section 1
Guitar 1        
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|-0--0--0-12-12---12---10s12--9--9--9--9-9---9-7s9-|x4
Ab|-0--0--0--x--x-0--x-0--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-0-x-x---|
Db|-0--0--0-12-12-0-12-0-10s12--9--9--9--9-9-0-9-7s9-|
                 .     .                     .

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------7-7---7---5s7-----------------------|
Db|-0--0--0--x-x---x---x-x-6--6--6--6-6---6-3s6--|x4
Ab|-0--0--0--5-5-0-5-0-3s5-x--x--x--x-x-0-x-x-x--|
Db|-0--0--0------0---0-----6--6--6--6-6-0-6-3s6--|
                 .   .                  .

Section 2
Guitar 2                                  1st    2nd 
eb|-------------------------------------|------|-----|
Bb|-------------------------------------|------|-----|
Gb|-------------------------------------|------|-----|
Db|-------------------------------------|------|-----|x2
Ab|-------------------------------------|------|-----|
Db|-12p10p0-13p0-10p0-10p0-12p10p0-13p0-|-10p0-|-10\-|

Section 3
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gb|-5b7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7r5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7r5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------|x4
Ab|-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0------------|
Db|-0-0-0-0-<4><4><4><4>---0-0-0-0-<4><4><4>--|

- a 3rd guitar plays the same thing as Guitar 2 to layer

Section 4
Both Guitars
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|x2
Ab|-----------------------------|
Db|-12p10p0-0-0-0--12p10p0-0-0--|

Guitar 1
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|x2
Ab|-17p15p0-18p0-15p0-15p0--17p15p0-18p0-15p0----|
Db|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|x2
Ab|-----------------------------|
Db|-12p10p0-0-0-0--12p10p0-0-0--|

Section 5
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-4-5-4-7-4-5-4-7-7-7-7--|
Db|------------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x--------------------------|
Db|-x-x--------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x-6-5-6---6-5-6---6-6-6-6--|
Db|-x-x-------0-------0----------|

Section 1 (x1)
Section 3 (x1)
Section 4 (x2) (Guitar 1 does not branch off for this one)
Section 5 (x1)
At the end of Section 5, add this...

Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-4-5-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Db|--------------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x----------------------------|
Db|-x-x----------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x-6-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Db|-x-x-------0--------------------|

Section 6 (similar to Section 1)
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------1010--10----------------------------------------|
Db|-0-------0---------x-x---x---10s12-9-------9---------9-9---9--7s9-|x4
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-0-8-0--x--x-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-x-0-x--x-x-|
Db|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-10s12-9-0-0-0-9-0-0-0-0-9-9-0-9--7s9-|
      . . .   . . . .     .   .         . . .   . . . .     .   

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------7-7---7---5s7--------------------------------|
Db|-0-------0---------x-x---x---x-x-6-------6---------6-6---6--3s6-|x4
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-0-5-0-3s5-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-x-0-x--x-x-|
Db|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-----6-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-6-6-0-6--3s6-|
      . . .   . . . .     .   .       . . .   . . . .     .   

Section 7
Both Guitars
eb|-----|
Bb|-----|
Gb|-----|
Db|--0--|
Ab|--0--|
Db|--0--|

Guitar 2 (alone, in background)
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-x-x-------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x-6-5-6----6-5-6----6-5-6-|
Db|-x-x--------0--------0-------|

Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----7-4-5--4-7-4-5--4-7-4-5-|
Db|-x-x-------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x-------------------------|
Db|-x-x-------------------------|

Guitar 2 (still in background)
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-x-x-------------------------|x2
Ab|-x-x-6-5-6----6-5-6----6-5-6-|
Db|-x-x--------0--------0-------|

Section 8
Guitar 1                          Last Ending
eb|--------------------|---------|-----|
Bb|--------------------|---------|-----|
Gb|-----5p4h5--4-5p4h5-|-4-5p4h5-|-4-5-|
Db|--------------------|---------|-----|x4
Ab|-0-0----------------|---------|-----|
Db|-0-0----------------|---------|-----|
    . .

Guitar 2                          Last Ending
eb|--------------------|---------|-----|
Bb|--------------------|---------|-----|
Gb|--------------------|---------|-----|
Db|--------------------|---------|-----|x4
Ab|-0-0-6p5h6--5-6p5h6-|-5-6p5h6-|-5-6-|
Db|-0-0----------------|---------|-----|
    . .
Slow down the last repeat.

Section 9
Both Guitars
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|------------15---15-----15---15-15---15|
Gb|-------------x----x------x----x--x----x|
Db|------------13---13-----13---13-13---13|x4
Ab|-000000-0-0----0----0-0----0-------0---|
Db|-000000-0-0----0----0-0----0-------0---|
    ...... . .    .    . .    .       .

Section 10
Guitar 1                          "I found a better way..."
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-{2,3,4}------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------{2&3}----------{3}--|
Db|-(0)----------------------------------------------|x4
Ab|-(0)000000-0-0--5b6------0-0--(0-0)---------(0-0)-|
Db|-(0)000000-0-0--------6--0-0--(0-0)---------(0-0)-|
       ...... . .           . .   . .           . .

Guitar 2
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-{2,3,4}------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------{3}--------|
Db|-(0)----------------------------------------------|x4
Ab|-(0)000000-0-0--2b3------0-0----------(0-0)-------|
Db|-(0)000000-0-0--------3--0-0----------(0-0)-------|
       ...... . .           . .           . .
Play the parentheses notes only on the indicated repeats in brackets.

There you go. Long, tough song, but it should be pretty close.
Please rate & comment.
Thanks,
millarso
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