------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAD OF FUCK ALL - Malcolm Middleton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Scott Anderson Email: scottkenanderson@googlemail.com Capo: 2nd fret Tuning: EADGBE Relative to capo INTRO: Use thumb for the bass notes and alternate index and middle fingers for the higher notes. Picking pattern continues throughout the song. Chords aren't in the right place but you can work it out. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------| G|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0-------0-------0-------| G|-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------| Oh, oh, oh Oh-oh, oh, oh oh (etc) Am F C Oh will you come home soon F C G Come home soon and save me Am I'm so bored F C Soul destroying gloom F C G G The walls are closing in all around Oh will you find me now Find me out and show me I can't get up Life threatening doom Dragging me darker and down BREAK: Something like this G F# Em G Am Em x 4 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------3-------3-------0-------0-------3-------3-------0-------0------| G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------0---0------------------------| E|--3---3---2---2---0---0---0---0---3---3-----------0---0---0---0--------| x 4 CHORUS: F/C C G Take my hand Dragging me down F/C C G Through the ground Darker and down Down down down All the way down INTRO Am F C Oh wont you come for me F C G Comfort me in the night Am F C I'm so tired of feeling sick and tired F C G Dying at life's door all the time Oh I'm locked inside Trapped inside this body I can't get out And there's not enough room I'm glued to the back of this bone mask BREAK CHORUS INTRO That's roughly how it goes, it's played finger style so just experiment. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************