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Bodysnatchers Tabs

(ver. 2)
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For the tone, try getting an old amplifier and just push everything at “10”, as
well as distortion.

Tuning: Drop D on all guitars

Thom, main riff until bridge after chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--12--x--------10h12-------x--x-----| x2
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--15--x--------10h12-------x--x-----|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--14--x--------10h12-------x--x-----|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|


Johnny and Ed play mutes on each snare hit:

e|-----------------|
B|---x------x------|
G|---x------x------|
D|---x------x------|
A|---x------x------|
D|---x------x------|

Thoms variation before chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12-11v---------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--9--10--12--x--------10h12----------------|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|


Johnnys chorus riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-12--17v-----------------11-12--16v------------------|
D|--x--x---x------------10h12---------------------10h12----|
A|--9--10--15v----10h12--------9--10--14v---10h12----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-12--14v-----------------11-12--14v------------------|
D|--x--x---x------------10h12---------------------10h12----|
A|--9--10--12v----10h12--------9--10--12v---10h12----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|

Eds chorus riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--10\--------------10h12------4-5--9\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5---7\--------------10h12------4-5--7\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

Thoms new verse/chorus riff (live he just goes back to the main riff for the rest of the 
part of the song)

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7-x-7-7---x--7-7----------|
D|-x-x-x-x---x--x-x---etc----|
A|-5-x-5-5---x--5-5----------|
D|-0-x-0-0---x--0-0----------|


Johnny/Ed bridge riff

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--9-10-12---x-x-x-x---|
D|------------x-x-x-x---|
A|--7-8--10---x-x-x-x---|
D|----------------------|

Here, ed plays an open D note with a phaser/wah/reverb. Let it ring until the chorus again

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

Johnny’s new verse/chorus riff:

e|-----------------------------|
B|-------------15b17r15-12-----|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------x--------------0---|
A|-9-10-12v-x------------------|
D|-----------------------------|

Ed plays his Chorus riff again:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--10\--------------10h12------4-5--9\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5---7\--------------10h12------4-5--7\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

Then it goes back into the bridge and goes to...another bridge...

Thoms acoustic chords are:

Bb	(x1333x)
Dm	(xx0231)
C	(x32010)
F/D	(xx3230)
G	(555xxx)

Bb Dm C F/D

         Bb
Has the light gone out for you?
            Dm
Because the light's gone for me
           C
It is the 21st century
          F/D
It is the 21st century
        Bb
You can fight it like a dog
           Dm
And they brought me to my knees
          C
They got scared and they put me in
          F/d
They got scared and they put me in
         Bb
All the lies run around my face
         Dm
All the lies run around my face
         C
And for anybody else to see
         F/d
And for anybody else to see

         G
I'm alive...

Jonny with delay and reverb: listen to song for timing

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--10--12--14-15--10-x2---14-12-10v---12-14----17\12----x3----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Eds synced up notes: played with delay and an E Bow, so the notes fade in

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14------12-/14--9-/-7-x2---14-12-10v---12-14----15\10----x3----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Jonny does some bends here...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2---2----4---4---0--0---2--2--4--4---0--0---5--5--------------------------|
G|-4b--4b---6b--6b--2b-2b--4b-4b-6b-6b--2b-2b--7b-7b-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then Ed and Jonny just hit on a G:

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-4---4--4-4-4---|
D|-5---5--5-5-5---|
A|-5---5--5-5-5---|
D|-5---5--5-5-5---|

Ed plays an open D again

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

And jonnys plays this riff:

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-----------2-0----------2-0---|
A|-----0-2-3--------0-2-3-------|
D|--0--0---------0--0-----------|

After a few bars of this, and Thoms “No, no, no...”, Ed comes back in with a few chords 
then leads into the solo...

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|----------------------------|

Thom plays this while Ed and Jonny do the synced up solo:

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7-x-7-7---x--7-7----------|
D|-x-x-x-x---x--x-x---etc----|
A|-5-x-5-5---x--5-5----------|
D|-0-x-0-0---x--0-0----------|

Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9p7---------5h-7----------12p10--------9p7---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed								 |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4-gradual bend---------4-gradual Bend-----|
A|--5--5--5--5-5-~~-------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0-0~~~-------------0--0-0-0----------------------|

Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9p7---------5h-7----------12p10--------9p7---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed								 |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5vvvvvvvvvvv-----------4vvvvvvvvvv-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|


Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------13h17-------13h17---------13h17--------13h15-------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed								 |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4-gradual bend---------4-gradual Bend-----|
A|--5--5--5--5-5-~~-------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0-0~~~-------------0--0-0-0----------------------|

Jonny
e|--------15p13-------12p10-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------13h15--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------7-Grad bend-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed								 |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5vvvvvvvvvvv-----------4vvvvvvvvvv-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

Thom ends on A

Hope this tab helps somewhat.

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