Brainiac Tab

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                             BRAINIAC - Chevelle
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Tabbed by: inflamedpersona
Email: inflamedpersona@yahoo.com
 
Tuning: Drop B (low to high B, F#, B, E, G#, C#)
 
Listen to the song for strumming patterns.  Pete plays the intro moderately
fast; about twelve strums for that first chord.
 
Intro
C#|----------------------------------------|----------------|
G#|----------------------------------------|----------------|
E |-14---10\9---5/14---10\9---5/14---10\9--|-7-9-10---9-----|
B |--x----x\x---x/-x----x\x---x/-x----x\x--|-x-x--x---x-----|
F#|-12----8\7---3/12----8\7---3/12----8\7--|-5-7--8---7-----|
B |----------------------------------------|----------------|
 
Note that the A5 chord played before sliding back up to 14 is very subtle.
In the song, you can barely make it out.
 
Verse
 
Play this chord immediately at the start of the verse:
 
C#|----|
G#|----|
E |-7\-|
B |-x\-|
F#|-5\-|
B |----|
 
No guitar for the first half of verse.
 
In second half of the verse, play the first part of the intro, then play:
 
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
E |-8-8-8-8-8-8-12--|
B |-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--|
F#|-6-6-6-6-6-6-10--|
B |-----------------|
 
Chorus
C#|--------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------10--|
B |-12-12-12p10p0-12---10-10-10-10p8-10--|
F#|-12-12-12p10p0-12---10-10-10-10p8--8--|
B |-12-12-12p10p0-12---10-10-10-10p8-----|
 
Interlude
C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--3-3/7-7--|
F#|-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--3-3/7-7--|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--3-3/7-7--|
 
C#|-------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--5--5--12h13p12----|
F#|-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--5--5----------13--|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--8p7-5h7-8--8--5--5--------------|
 
(on second time around, hold E5 chord at end of second measure)
 
Chorus x2
(optional: guitar 2 plays intro during repeat of chorus)
 
Outro
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--00000000--| x3
F#|-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--00000000--|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--8p7--00000000--|
                        pm........
 
C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--0-0---0======---------------|
F#|-13p12--8p7--3p0--0-0---0======---------------|
B |-13p12--8p7--3p0--0-0---0======---------------|
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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