ATAXIA II - Tabs ===================================================================== Transcribed by Dennix: varutz@alice.it dangerbird@hotmail.it Originally tabbed for frusciante.net ===================================================================== Union (also known as "OLA") [Standard Tuning] Intro [0:12] It's pretty cool how John comes in as Joe plays a bassline which seems to be rooted on a B, while John comes over with a D. That's great. e---------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------- G--7~~------------------------5--5----7--7~~--------- D---------------------7--7--------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- ^ let ring °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Right here there's a little overdub (a sort of "soundcheck") which I found quite funny so I decided to transcribe it [0:18] e---------------------------------------------------- B--15--13----13-------------------------------------- G---------14----14~~--------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° [0:24] e---------------------------------------------------- B--6~~----------------6-------8-------10~~----------- G--7~~----------------7-------9-------10~~----------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------- B---------------------6--6----8--8----10--10~~------- G--7~~----------------7--7----9--9----10--10~~------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- [0:37] e------------------------------------------------------ B--15-15-15-15-1515------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ X 4 D------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------ For this fast strumming part John is strumming more than just one string: just be sure to mute all the ones you don't want to sound with your left hand (Frusciante's strings-muting technique) e------------------------------------------------------- B--10-10-10-10-1010--13-13-13-13-1313--15-15-15-15-1515- G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------- Repeat twice then go back to [0:50] e-------5-------------5--5----8--8----10--10--------- B--6----6-------------6--6----8--8----10--10~~------- G--7------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- X 2 A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Starting from here, a second overdubbed guitar is playing these simple "funky" parts, you can make it up on your own as they're really simple but they're just changing a little [0:51] e---------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------- G--5--7--7-7--5--7----5--7--5--7-7--5--7------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° [1:03] e--15-1515-15-1515151515-15-\10-10-10101010-10-10---- B---------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- e--5-5-5----8-8-8----10-10-10--10-10-10--...--------- B--6-6-6----8-8-8----10-10-10--10-10-10--...--------- G--------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- It's really hard to tab out this parts, just strum followin' the cd to get the right time signature... Then the firt line goes into this, doubling the first notes [1:16] e--15-1515-15-1515151515-15-\10-10-10101010-10-10---- B--15-1515-15-1515151515-15-\10-10-10101010-10-10---- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Here another guitar is coming in (right chanelled) doing these funny fills [1:16] e--15--13-----------------13--12--------------------- B----------15--13-----------------15--13------------- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° [1:42] Here several guitars are coming in (and they're all left channeled), so it's not that easy to tab out the whole of them so I just tabbed this cool line of the main one e--17-1717-17-1717171717-17-\13-13-13131313-13-13---- B---------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- e-10-10-10----12-12-12----13-13-13------------------- B---------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- ^Actually these notes are played many other times (fast strummin') but it was boring to tab them out.. Follow the lines before °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Another guitar is doublin' the "funky one" on the left channel by doing this simple but still cool filling [1:42] e---------------------------------------------------- B-----13---15-13-----15---13-----15---13------------- G--14------------14----------14----------14---------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° [3:27](Strumming) e--15--17----10--13--17------------------------------ B--15--15----10--13--15------------------------------ G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- Here I'm just indicating the couples of notes to be played, not how many times each single couple should be played anymore The main guitar is then repeating this bendings over and over (also strumming them) [3:41] e--------------17----17------------------------------ B--15----15----15----15------------------------------ G--17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19--------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- In the final parts 2 guitars come in (left channeled) playing these fast funky filling parts [4:07] One goes e---------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------- G--------10------------10---------------------------- D--10h12----12---12-12----12------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- The second one is just playin this note over and over.. get the rythm off the Cd.. B--10-- End on: (Dm) e--10-- B--10-- G--10-- D---0-- A------ E------ (after the strumming/main riff part)