Ball And Biscuit tab

Ball And Biscuit

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Tablature by THE WALRUS 
 
This is a cool song with lots of crazy guitar. Seeing as I lack the time and energy to tab every
last note out, I'm going to give a general guide and you can fool around with the lead part on 
your own time.  Rock out. 
 
As far as I can tell, this is in standard tuning and is derived from a simple 12-bar blues, 
reading as follows: 
E	E	E	E 
A	A	E	E 
B	A	E	E 
I don't care if that's how a twelve bar blues song is normally played; that's how THIS one is 
played. 
 
Here's that same thing w/ the actual notes played: 
 
      BAR 1	(E)   	    BAR 2	(E) 
E|------------------------|-----------------------| 
B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------| 
G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--| 
D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--| 
A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------| 
E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------| 
 
     BAR 3	(E)              BAR 4	(E) 
E|------------------------|-----------------------| 
B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------| 
G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--| 
D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--| 
A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------| 
E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------| 
 
    BAR 5	(A)              BAR 6 (A) 
E|-----------------------|------------------------| 
B|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0----| 
G|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--0-| 
D|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--0-| 
A|---0-------------------|---0--------------------| 
E|-----------------------|------------------------| 
 
    BAR 7	(E)              BAR 8	(E) 
E|------------------------|-----------------------| 
B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------| 
G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--| 
D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--| 
A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------| 
E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------| 
 
    BAR 9 (B)                BAR 10 (A) 
E|------------------------|-------------------------| 
B|------------------------|-------------------------| 
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---2--0--2--0--2--0------| 
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---2--0--2--0--2--0---2--| 
A|---2--2--0--2--0--2--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0---2--| 
E|------------------------|-------------------------| 
 
    BAR 11 (E)	  BAR 12 (E) 
E|------------------------|-----------------------| 
B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------| 
G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--| 
D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--| 
A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------| 
E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------| 
 
For the most part, that's the verses.  For the most part.  Since this is a blues song, there's 
a lot of improv, especially as the song progresses.  Like I said, I don't have the time or 
energy to tab it all out.  If you do, be my guest. 
 
The second and fourth verses have a different E riff for the first 4 bars: 
E|------0-----0-----0-----0-0-0-------| 
B|----0-----0-----0-------0-0-0-------| 
G|--4-----3-----2-----0h1-------------| 
D|------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------2---| 
E|--------------------------------0---| 
And then the other 8 bars are the same. 
 
Now there's also a part w/o lyrics that is just heavy power chords and a lead. We'll call it 
the "chorus".  To lead into it, play A5 at the end of the 12th bar. 

CHORDS: 
E5	E5	E5	E5 
A5	A5	E5	E5 
B5	A5	E5	E5 

Listen to the song for the rhythm.  Also I don't plan on tabbing out the lead parts, but 
they're most likely in the E pentatonic (12-14-15), with some thrown in on the top of the 
A (17-19-20). 

To end the chorus, play: 
A------------------------------- 
E---4--4--5--5--6--6--7---0--0-- 
...and then back into the verses. 
 
The outro is the standard E riff.  End with a E5. 
Also, the intro is the standard E riff played 8 times before the lyrics come in (2 w/o drums, 6 with). 
 
That's just about it.  If you have any problems with this tab e-mail [email protected]. 
DO NOT tell me that the chords should not be fifths; it sounds the exact same either way. 
 
Have a nice day. 
(:o(=  

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