Nervous Energy by Unwound
Nervous Energy
verse
bass
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
put a little extra emphasis on the notes with the ^ beneath them
guitar
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|--0h4-------------------------------4-----|
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let ring------------------------------------>
lyric: "sure of myself..."
the notes between the are harmonics. where they are really close
together (555) you pick them staccato-style (i.e., really fast and
herky jerky). he never really plays this the same way twice. at the
end just don't follow the pattern i have here; just sort of whack the
strings a bit.
0h4 = play 0 and hammer on to 4
also, when those notes are ringing at the end, once in a while he
likes to pull his tremolo bar a tiny bit to make the notes waver out
of pitch
chorus
guitar
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|-2p0-----------------------------2p0-----------------------------|
|-0---0h2---4---5b-p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-0---0h2---4---5b-p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-|
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lyric: "sit here waiting..."
p = play the first note, pull off to the second
h = play the first note, hammer on to the second
b = bend the note a little bit
bass
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----5-|
loud half of chorus
guitar
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|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
"yeah! yeah!"
hit each chord and then depress and shake the tremolo bar
play that part twice (so there are four yeahs) and then play this
part twice:
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|---------------------0-3-4-3-0-----------------------0-3-4-3-4-3-|
|-------------------0-----------0-------------------0-------------|
|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
those last little phrases of notes are especially sloppy
bass
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middle - quiet half
guitar
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4b5r4---5-------------------------------|
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lyric: "sit here waiting"
4b5r4 = play 4, bend up to the same pitch as 5, then release the bend
back to 4
after the last note vibrate the string a bit, or jiggle the tremolo
there's a second guitar in the background, making little incidental
noises
bass
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-|
middle - loud half
guitar - just freak out
bass
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----5-
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