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Kyuss - Whitewater
Album : Sky valley
Bass player : Scott Reeder
This is a simple version, you gotta improvise, specially towards the end
Tune down to C
Intro
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----5-----3-----5-----3------|
Fig 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-7---------5-7-----5-7---------5-7---------5-7-----------|
|---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-----3-5-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3---|
Fig 2
|-------------------------------5---------------------------------|
|-------5-7---------5-7-----5-7---7-----5-7---------5-7-----------|
|---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0---------0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3---|
Chorus (very very simplified)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--5-55--3--------|
Bridge
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|--3---5---|
Fig 3
|----9-7-5-4-----9-7-555///12---9-7-5-4-------------------|
|--7---------5-7--------------7---------5-77---555777--55-|
|-------------------------------------------777------77---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Fig 4 (continues...)
|--------------------55577788899.12.12.14.14.14
|---------------55777--------------------------
|-00033355566677-------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
12.12.12.9998887755-----------------|
-------------------777555-----------|
-------------------------7776665533-|
------------------------------------|
Fig 5
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-5550003335550033-|
The song goes something like this :
Intro x2
(Fig.1-Fig.2)x4
Chorus x4
Fig.1 x1
(Fig.1-Fig.2)x2
Chorus x4
Bridge x4
Fig.3 many times, make some changes... until...
Fig.4 x2
Fig.5 many times...
Fig.3 a couple of times, ending with Fig.5
Probably there are some corrections to be done, but i.ve done this without
my bass or the song... all in my mind. Anyway, this is how I play it,
sounds good to me... It.s no exact transcription of the original song.
Transcribed by Hector Ordas (hordas@ozu.es)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
Joe Average |
#1 by Joe G at Oct 26, 1970 at 10:00 AM EST |
| love the main guitar riff in the intro!!! | |
Vincent Average |
#2 by Vincent Côté at Feb 2, 1971 at 2:29 PM EST |
| It's called lick doo. Guess what they're talking about? | |
ari Average |
#3 by ari o at Jun 30, 1990 at 9:45 PM EST |
| good fuckin call eskimo | |
ed Professional |
#4 by ed evans at Oct 19, 1991 at 11:50 AM EST |
| 2 KurtSurge: Yeah, I agree with you... Its about life You move your own mountain, (he made something great in his life) The trees have grown, The trees have grown, (and growned trees are achievement of his life-work) Now it's over, Now it's over and I'm coming home (it's over, he's dying and he's coming "home") It is really beautiful song, I've got chills from it :) | |
storm Average |
#5 by storm at Nov 10, 1996 at 9:21 PM EST |
| i agree, eskimo's spot on. being completely overcome and awestruck by the immensity of nature, expressed far more in the "massive and glacial" (great description scooper) instruments than the lyrics themselves. "Whitewater" as a force of nature. The first verse seems to be about how small and insignificant one is in the beauty of the world. the sunshine passes by, almost as if his love of it is unrequited. He is so completely mindblown by the natural world, his very existence seems a waste of time by comparison, and yet at the same time he feels at home amongst it. The second verse at a guess is about how people try to control or manipulate nature: "you move your own mountain", perhaps a reference to quarrying or mining or some other human activity... BUT the trees have grown, suggests that nature always claims it back, and now that nature rules again he feels that its a return to "home" for him. this song overwhelms me every time I hear it (which is a lot cuz Kyuss completely possesses me most of the day) which is why I think they put Lick Doo at the end, a lighthearted sort of comic relief to the magnitude of Whitewater. | |
Nic Average |
#6 by Nic Bosco at Aug 10, 2007 at 12:17 PM EST |
| The guitarsolo is largely a rip from the 20-minute epic "Dark Star" by Grateful Dead. Found on the "Live/Dead" LP. | |
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