------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEAR AND LOATHING IN MAHWAH, NJ - Titus Andronicus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Double Drop-D (DADGBd) (UPDATE: I made some adjustments to this tab based on reading Titus's MySpace blog.) This isn't 100% and it mainly only covers Patrick's guitar part, but there are so few Titus Andronicus tabs out there I thought I'd give it a shot. This song's in F, and Patrick plays it with a capo on 3, but I think the other guys just play it in F without the capo. I'll write the chords relative, but for reference if you want to play this open, "D" = F, "Bm" = Dm, "G" = Bb, "A" = C. CHORDS: D : 000230 Bm : 024430 G : x55430 A : x7765x or x0222x CAPO ON 3 CHORDS RELATIVE Intro riff: Patrick mixes this with strumming, and it's inconsistent across recorded and live versions as to which parts he strums and picks, but basically just strum around the D chord and focus on picking out this melody: d|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|--2------------------------------2---------------------| D|------4-2-0---0---2-4---2-4---0------4-2-0--2--4-------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| d|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|--2----------------------------------------------------| D|------4-2-0---0---2-4---2-4---0------------------------| A|---------------------------------2---------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| D (with intro riff) Why do you do the things you've done and how dumb would you have to be Bm to do them again like I know you're going to? D (with intro riff) If you're the poet you say you are and beauty's in everything you see, Bm then how can love exist in a world run by people like you? G D Because when there's suffering, you're there. A D A D From southern trees, you hang them in the air. G D Bm The world screams out in agony and you don't care, G D A D but should the shit hit the fan, I just pray you will not be spared. Fuck you! D D You took a heart with so much room for love and filled it with hatred and rage Bm until there was nothing left but for it to shrivel up and die. D People will tell you that if you don't love your neighbor, then you don't love God, Bm but no god of mine would put light in such unrighteous eyes. G D Now the way we hold each other so tight A D A D would look more like a noose if held up to the light G D Bm because we betray each other in dreams every night. G D A D Now let's never speak of it again, all right? D G D A (repeat to the end) Solo: d|--4p0-0-7p0-0-4p0-0-7p0-0-5p0-0-9p0-0-5p0-0-9p0-0------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| d|--4p0-0-7p0-0-4p0-0-7p0-0-2p0-0-5p0-0-2p0-0-5p0-0------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| (repeat to coda) Keyboard/horn riff at end (can also be played on guitar): D G D A d|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------0----0--2--0----------------------2----| D|--0----0--2--4----------------4-----4--5--4--2---------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| ===============================================================================