What Do You Want Me To Say Tab

The Dismemberment Plan - What Do You Want Me To Say (1998)
 
 
[Intro]
 
0:02
 
Gtr. 1
      fdbk.
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|------------------12\-----|
 
[Verse]
 
0:05, 1:07
 
Gtr. 1
 
e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13-----|
d|--------------------------------------|x6
a|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
 
Gtr. 2
 
e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------|
d|---8-7---9-6--------------------------|x3
a|-------7-----9-8----------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
 
0:33, 1:47
 
Gtr. 2
         fdbk.
e|----------------------|
b|----------------------|
g|----------------------|
d|----------------------|
a|----------------------|
e|----------------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
0:37, 1:51, 2:51
 
Gtr. 1 (eighth note strumming throughout)
 
e|---0------------------------------------|
b|---0------------------------------------|
g|---1------------------------------------|
d|---2------------------------------------|x2
a|---2------------------------------------|
e|---0--------2-------/7--------9--11-----|
 
(continued)
e|---0---------------------|
b|---0---------------------|
g|---1---------------------|
d|---2---------------------|  *
a|---2---------------------|
e|---0--------2------\1----|
 
*play Gtr. 1 verse but strum all open strings during rests and bend every so often
 
Gtr. 2 (eighth note strumming)
 
e|---------------------0-----------------|
b|---------------------0-----------------|
g|---------------------1-----------------|
d|---6--------4--------2--------9--11----|
a|---7--------4--------2--------9--11----|
e|---5--------2--------0--------7--9-----|
 
2:08
 
Gtr. 1 (overdub I)
 
e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|---------11b------------------------|
d|-------9------------9---9-----------|x2
a|---/11--------11------11------------|
e|------------------------------------|
 
(continued)
      *
e|---/----\-------|
b|---/----\-------|
g|---/----\-------|
d|---/----\-------|
a|---/----\-------|
e|---/----\-------|
 
* play all strings and slide all the way up and down fretboard (best achieved by
sliding guitar neck along microphone stand or other pole-like object)
 
2:24
 
Gtr. 2
 
* mute strings and strum rhythmically on offbeat
2:59
 
Gtr. 1 (overdub II)
 
e|-----------------------------|
b|-----------------------------|
g|---11b-(13)-/9---------------|
d|-----------------------------|x3
a|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
 
3:25
 
Gtr. 1 (eighth note strumming to begin)
                                        *
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------|
d|---4--------6--------7--------9--------11--------|
a|---x--------x--------x--------x--------x---------|
e|---2--------4--------5--------7--------9---------|
 
*strum increasingly fast
 
(continued)
e|------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|---12-------14------16-------17---b-------|
a|---x--------x-------x--------x------------|
e|---10-------12------14-------15-----------|
 
Gtr. 2 (eighth note strumming throughout)
 
e|------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|---4--------------------------------------|
a|---4--------------------------------------|
e|---2--------------------------------------|
 
 
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| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| x   Dead note
| b   Bend
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