Unwound - Nervous Energy

      
 
 verse
 
 bass 
  

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 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 put a little extra emphasis on the notes with the ^ beneath them
 
 guitar

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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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 loud half of chorus
 
 guitar

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 "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-----------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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 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---------------------------------|
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 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-