Melvins - Blood Witch Chords & Tabs

"Blood Witch" by the Melvins
Tab by Turbo_zoobomb

DROP D TUNING!!!


The first 2/3 of the song revolves around this rhythm:

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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|

It's a weird rhythm to get used to.

I think of it as groups of 1, 2's, and 3's

   1      1     2       3         2       1     2      3

(I hope that helps and doesn't confuse you even more)

The rest is easy but there's a lot of distinct parts that you have to pay close 
attention to so as not to get lost.


INTRO:

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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|


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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|

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|--5------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0---|
|--3------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0---|
|---------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0---|

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|--Quarter---|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---Note-----|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0--|
|--Pause-----|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0--|
|------------|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0--|


VERSE:
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|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
|--6----3---5------0------0--0-0--0-3----0-0--5-----0--0-0--0-3------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/melvins/blood_witch_tab_ver_2.html ]
                      1: Right in the blood         Maybe it's alive
                      2: Worse on their own         Bottom of the world
                      3: Nothing will be worse      We have learned to think

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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|--5-------|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|--3-------|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|----------|

'cause it's loaded
But they mean it
'cause it might be

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|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------0-0------0---0-0----0-0-0----|

Repeat from top of verse

PRE-CHORUS 1:


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|--------------------------------5----|   Repeat 4x
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------5----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------3----|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0-----------|

Then another verse cycle with this line:

        The mouths and the needs,               how will we breath?

and they like it


PRE-CHORUS 2 is a variation of the first one

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|--------------------------------5----------------------|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------5----0------0 ---0-0---|  (Repeat 2.5X)
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0------3----0-------0---0-0---|
|--0------0---0-0-----0-0-0-----------0 ------0---0-0---|


OUTRO PART (last third of the song)


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|--------------------------------------------------------| Repeat 3X
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x---------------------x-x-----|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x-----5--3--5--0------x-x-----|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----x-x-----5--3--5--0------x-x-----|


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|--------------------------------------------------  Repeat--| 2X
|--6-----x-x-------3-----------------------------------------|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--------------------|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--------------------|


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|------------------------------------------------------|   Repeat twice
|--6-----x-x-------3-----------------------------------|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--|
|--6-----x-x-------3-----1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--|

Repeat whole outro section again and end on  . . .

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