THE DEAD MILKMEN
Watching Scotty Die - Bass

from Bucky Fellini

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


Great song, and a pretty cool bass song, too.


Intro:
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    G           Bm          C           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3-------3--2--0--
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------


Verse:
-----
    G           Bm          C           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3-------3--2--0--
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------

    Em          C           G           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0----0-0----
A---------------3----3-3----------------------------
E---0----0-0----------------3----3-3----------------

    Em          D     C
G---------------------------
D---2----2-2----0-----------
A---------------------3-----
E---------------------------

    G           Bm          C           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3-------3--2--0--
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------

    Em          C           G           D     C
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------3----3-3----------------------3-----
E---0----0-0----------------3----3-3----------------


Chorus:
------
    D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
E---------------------------------------------------

    G           Em          C           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0--0--4--4--
A------------------------2--3--3--3--3--------------
E---3-----3--2--0-----0-----------------------------

    Em          C           G           C
G---------------------------------------------------
D---5-----------------------5-----------------------
A---------------3-----2-----------------3-----2-----
E---------0-----------------------0-----------------

    Em          C           G
G---------------------------------------------------
D---5-----------------------------------------------
A---------------3-----2-----------------------------
E---------0-----------------3----3-3----3----3-3----

Those last two couple of lines don't sound exactly right. I've
written a mixture (I think) of what sounds right, and what makes
sense. :) The Em and G bits *sound* the same, but logic tells me
they're not right. Oh well... it sounds pretty close, which is
what matters.

This also explains all the difficulty I had with the guitar tab,
trying to pick out those Em's and G's that are probably E/G and
G/E at various times. How dare they not play simple bass!


Verse:
-----
    G           Bm          C           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3-------3--2--0--
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------

    Em          C           G           D
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------0----0-0----
A---------------3----3-3----------------------------
E---0----0-0----------------3----3-3----------------

    Em          D     C
G---------------------------
D---2----2-2----0-----------
A---------------------3-----
E---------------------------

    G           Bm          C           D
G------------------------------------------------2--
D---------------------------------------0-----------
A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3-------3--2-----
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------

    Em          C           G           C
G---2-----------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------3----3-3----------------3----3-3----
E---------3-----------------3----3-3----------------

    G           Bm          Em          D     C
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------2----2-2----0-----------
A-------------2-2----2-2----------------------3-----
E---3----3-3----------------------------------------

Again, in this verse, it's that A on the bass under the Em chord
that's confusing. I think it's that high octave, but if it's not,
or it's too tricky, just play it lower down. An open A string
will be fine instead.


Repeat Chorus:


Ending:
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   G                        G
G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A-----2--3--2--5--3--2---------
E--3--------------------2-/-3--

End on the G.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/
