Back Round - Wolfmother
#h# - Hammer-On
#b# - Bend first # to the pitch of the second #
\\ - Slide Down Fretboard
// - Slide Up Fretboard
. - Staccato
|----|
|o--o| - Repeat. (If there is a number to the side, play the measure that many times. If not,
|o--o| play twice.)
|----|
Intro 1: (Dual guitars and drums, no bass)
G |--------------|
D |---{REST 4}---|
A |--{MEASURES}--|
D |--------------|
Intro 2:
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0--------------|
Verse:
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10-|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0---------------|
Mini-Chorus:
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |0-0000-0000-0000-0003-3333-3333-3333-333-1h222-1h222-1h222-1h2221-1111-1111|
G |12-10----10------------------------|
D |------12----12-10-12--12-10----10b-|
A |----------------------------12-----|
D |-----------------------------------|
^^=======Played very fast========^^
Pre-Verse:
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-4-5-4-5-6|
Verse:
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0--------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
Chorus:
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |8-8888-8887-7776-666----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5|
D |--------------------0-0---0-------0---0---0------|
G |----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |8-8888-8887-7777-77710-10101010-10101010-\\\\-|
D |----------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
G |----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D |---{REST}-|---------------------|o------------------------------------------------o|
A |5\--------|5\-------------------|o---10--8--7--8--7---------------10--8--7--------o| x3
D |----------|---------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0---0--0--0--0--0-10-1212--0-0---0--0--0888888-|
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------|
A |-------------------|
D |88888888810101212\-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/wolfmother/back_round_btab_ver_2.html ]
Now, the Interlude is very hard to hear at first. The guitar is doing some crazy distortion
and whammy that overshadows it, but give it a listen and look for it, wou will notice.
The Ds
are slid down the neck with the cymbals.
Interlude:
G |----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D |----------|--------------------------------------35-35-3|-----------------------------------|
A |-------0-3|5-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55--------|5-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-|
D |----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G |-------0|577-777-777-777-577-777-777-777-|577-777-777-777-577-777-777-57-5--|
D |----0-3-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------7-|
A |55-5----|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |--------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |577-777-777-777-577-777-777-777-|577-777-777-777-57-5--5/10-12-12b1312-1012-10-----|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------7------------------------12---|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0--------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5--------------|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0--------------|
Solo 2:
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |0-0000-0000-0000-0003-3333-3333-3333-333-1h222-1h222-1h222-1h2221-1111-1111|
G |12-10----10------------------------|
D |------12----12-10-12--12-10----10b-| (Played exactly as the mini-chorus earlier in
the song.)
A |----------------------------12-----|
D |-----------------------------------|
^^=======Played very fast========^^
Solo 3:
G -----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---.-.-.-.-.-.|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-3-3-3-3-5-5|
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---8-8-8-8-10-10|
D |0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0--------------|
Chorus:
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |8-8888-8887-7776-666----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5|
D |--------------------0-0---0-------0---0---0------|
G |---------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------|
A |8-8888-8887-7777-77710-10101010-10101010-\\\\|
D |---------------------------------------------|
Outro:
G |---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A |----3---1---3-------3------------------|-----5---3h5-5---8---5---3h5-5------5---3h5-5---|
D |0---------------0------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0---0-------0---0---0--------0-0---0-------0-|
^Bass is playing different notes^
G |-------------| |--------|
D |o-----------o| |--------|
A |o-----------o| x3 |-5-\\\--|
D |-3-4-5-4-5-6-| |--------|
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