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/ Soundgarden / Badmotorfinger (1991) / Holy Water guitar tab

Holy Water
Tuning (low to high): BADGBE
Same tuning as Rusty Cage or Searching With My Good Eye Closed.
Based on the Cherry Lane book.

Key:
    r - release
    b - bend
    / - slide up
    \\ - slide down

1X Rhy.Fig 1:/distortion/:

   1      2      3      4      5      6     7     8     1      2      3     4      5     6    7     8
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------7--------------------7-\\-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------7--------------------7-\\-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0----------------------------------------3-----5-----5b6-----------5------------3--------------------

                                                                                             end of Rhy.Fig 1
   1      2      3      4      5     6     7     8       1      2     3      4       5     6     7      8
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------7--------------------7-\\------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------7--------------------7-\\---------------------------------------------------7-----9-------------------------
A-----------------------0------------------------------------------------------------7-----9------------7h9p7p9----
B--0----------------------------------------------0------3------5-----10----12-------------------------------------

2X Rhy.Fig 1 :
  Holy water on the brain and I'm losing sleep
  Holy Bible on the night stand next to me

1X Rhy Fig 2:
As I'm Raped  by  an  other monkey circus freak
    1      2      3      4     5      6     7     8      1     2     3      4     5     6    7    8
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------7--------------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---------------------
B---0--------------------7-----5------------------3------3p5---3p5---5------3-----3---------------------


    1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G----------7--------------------7---\\--------------------------
D----------7--------------------7---\\--------------------------
A------------------------0-------------------------------------
B---0-------------------------------------------------0-3-5---

    1      2      3     4     5     6     7     8
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G----------7---------7--9--7------------7-------------------
D----------7---------7--9--7--9--7--9-----9--7-------------
A-----------------------------------------------7--9------
B---0--------------------------------------------------------

try'n' to take my indignance away from me
    1      2      3      4     5     6     7      8      1     2     3      4     5     6     7     8
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------7--------------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---------------------------
B---0--------------------7-----5------------------3------3p5---3p5---5------3-----3---------------------------


                                                                                            end of Rhy Fig 2
    1      2      3      4      5      6     7     8     1      2     3      4       5      6      7     8
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------7--------------------8----------------------------------------------------7------9----------------
A-------------------------------7----------------------------------------------------7------9----------------
B---0--------------------3------7------------------0-----3------5-----10----12------------------------------

1X Rhy Fig 3: Randomly
     Yeah                                              Yeah                                     Holy
    1      2      3     4      5     6     7     8     1      2      3     4     5      6     7     8
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---3----------3--5-----3---------3--3--3--5--3--5-----3----------3--------3---------3--3--3--5--3--5----
G---4----------4--4-----4---------4--4--4--4--4--4-----4----------4--------4---------4--4--4--4--4--4----
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------------------------

    Water's                           rusting          me
    1      2      3     4      5     6     7     8     1     2     3     4     5     6      7     8
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---9----------9--9-----9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---8----------8--8-----8------------------------------------------5--5--3------------------------------
B---8----------8--8-----8---------8--8--8--8p10--0-----3--------3---------------------------------------

     Yeah                                              Yeah                                     Holy
    1      2      3     4      5     6     7     8     1      2      3     4     5      6     7     8
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---3----------3--5-----3---------3--3--3--5--3--5-----3----------3--------3---------3--3--3--5--3--5----
G---4----------4--4-----4---------4--4--4--4--4--4-----4----------4--------4---------4--4--4--4--4--4----
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------------------------

    water's                         rusting          me                                 It's rusting
    1     2     3     4     5      6     7     8     1      2     3     4     5      6     7     8
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---5--------5--0-----5---------5--5--5--7--5--7-----5---------5--0-----5---------5--5--5--7--5--5----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        me                                                                        end of Rhy Fig 3
    1      2      3     4      5     6     7     8        1      2      3     4     5    6    7    8
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------5--5--3-----------------------------------------------4--4--1-----------------------
B---3-----------------------------------------------------2----------2--------------------------------

Guitar Solo with 1X Rhy Fig 1

2X Rhy Fig 1:
  Bloody murder is the best I've heard  her scream
  Holy devil in theflesh some might believe

1X Rhy Fig 2:
   And they take thine majesty seriously
   'Cause it's the big lies more likely to be believed   believed.

1X Rhy Fig 3:
     Yeah,   Holy water's rusting me
      yeah,   Holy water's rusting me.
      It's rusting me, rusting me.

1X Rhy Fig 4
   1      2       3     4      5     6      7     8     1      2       3     4      5     6       7    8
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------3--p--4----------------------------------------------3--p--4------------------------------
A------------------------------4--p--5----------------------------------------------4--p--5-----------------
B---0-----0---------------------------------6-----3------------0----------------------------------6----3----

1X Rhy Fig 4:
    *** the water if it's life you want to drink

1X Rhy Fig 4A:
    1     2       3     4      5     6      7     8     1      2       3     4      5     6      7     8
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------3--p--4----------------------------------------------3--p--4-----------------------------
A------------------------------4--p--5----------------------------------------------4--p--5------------5---
B---0-----0---------------------------------6-----0-----3------3---------------------------------6-----3---

1/2X Rhy Fig 4

1X Rhy Fig 2:
  As You're Raped  by  an  other monkey circus freak
  'Cause it's the big lies more likely to be believed   believed.

1X Rhy Fig 3:
     Yeah,   Holy water's rusting me
      yeah,   Holy water's rusting me.
      It's rusting me, rusting me.


7X Riff A:(vocal ad lib):
   1      2       3     4     5     6       7    8      9    10
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------5--5--3-------------------------------5--5--3---------
B--0----------0-----------------------------0--------0-------------------


1X Riff B:
   1      2       3     4     5     6       7    8      9     10
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------5--5--3------------------------------------------------
B--0----------0-----------------------------0----------------------------
Transcribed by Andrew Shepherd (bando@goliat.eik.bme.hu).


Soundgarden albums
1996 Down On The Upside
1994 Superunknown
1991 Badmotorfinger
1990 Louder Than Love
1988 Ultramega OK
Badmotorfinger tabs
01Rusty Cage tabbass tab
02Outshined tabbass tab
03Slaves and Bulldozers tabbass tab
04Jesus Christ Pose tabbass tab
05Face Pollution tabbass tab
06Somewhere tabbass tab
07Searching With My Good Eye Closed tabbass tab
08Room a Thousand Years Wide tabbass tab
09Mind Riot tabbass tab
10Drawing Flies tabbass tab
11Holy Water tabbass tab
12New Damage tabbass tab

 

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