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The Swamp Song Guitar Tablature
TAB KEY:

b = bend (7b9 means bend the string at the 7th fret to make the note the
  string would play at the 9th fret with no bend)
r = release bend
s = slide
h = hammer on
p = pull off


So, first of all, here's the basic riff that Bonehead (guitar #1) is
playing through most of the song:

    Am	
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------0--2--------------------------2--0--2----------------------
D----------------------------------0---------------------------0--------
A---0----0---------0---0---0---3-------0-----------0--0--0--3-----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: In the transcription below, every place there's an exclamation point
(!) above the tab, that's where Bonehead's riff above has been played
through one time, to help you figure out the rhythm of the song.

Before the drums and the other instruments chime in, there's a little of
this:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--5----2---------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5----2---noise-------------------------------------------------------------
A--3----0---------------0-----------0-------3--5--0--------0--3--0----3--5--0-
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now, we have Noel (Guitar #2) playing some of the parts with a dirty
sounding distortion (some parts I don't have listed because they are hard 
to distinguish from the background noise in this song and aren't very
important to the sound of this song as a whole, anyway), but Paul Weller
(guitar #3) does most of the soloing with the cleaner, heavier distortion
effect.

So, after Bonehead starts his riff, right at the end of the last time
through before Paul starts playing, Noel does this:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------7b8--7p5--5-----5-----------------------------------------------
D------------------------7-----7--------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then, Paul:

  !
e-12-----12-----------------------------------------
B-15b17--15b17r15---13--15--13--13------------------    Repeat
G-----------------------------------14--------------     three
D---------------------------------------------------    times
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

On the fourth time:
	
	    !
	!e--12-----12--------------------------------------------------------
	!B--15b17--15b17r15---13--15--13--13---------------------------------
	!G------------------------------------14-----------------------------
Paul	!D-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!A-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!E-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!
	!
	!e-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!B-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!G-------------------------------------7b8--5--7--5------------------
Noel	!D-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!A-------------------------------------------------------------------
	!E-------------------------------------------------------------------

Here, for 2 times through Bonehead's riff, Noel uses a muffled guitar
effect and picks at an "Am" chord, something like this:

   Am
e--------------0------------------------------------------------------------
B-----1--0--1------0--1-----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------repeat-a-few-times-----------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--0---------------------0--------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then, Paul:
 
 !
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------13--15b17r15--13-
G-12--14^^^--12--12----12--14^^--12--14^^--12--14--14^^--14------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	    !
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------13--15b17r15--13--15b17------------15--15b17r15--13-------
G--14--14---14---------------------------14----14-------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15p13-----------13--15b17--b17--b16.5--b16.5--15--13--15p13-----------
G---------14---14-----------------------------------------------14-------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's where the song kind of stops for a minute:

	!e---------------------------------------------------------------
	!B---------------------------------------------------------------
	!G--------6b7r6-----------------------6b7r6b7r6b7r6b7r6b7--------
Noel	!D---------------7-----------------------------------------------
	!A---------------------------------------------------------------
	!E---------------------------------------------------------------
	!
	!e---------------------------------------------------------------
	!B---------------------------------------------------------------
	!G--b9r8-----------------b8r7--5---------------------------------
Paul	!D--------------------------------7------------------------------
	!A---------------------------------------------------------------
	!E---------------------------------------------------------------

Drums & Bonehead pick up again:

	   !
	!e-12-----12--------------------------------------------------------
	!B-15b17--15b17r15--13--15--13--13----------------------------------
	!G----------------------------------14------------------------------
Paul	!D------------------------------------------------------------------
	!A------------------------------------------------------------------
	!E------------------------------------------------------------------
	!
	!e------------------------------------------------------------------
	!B------------------------------------------------------------------
	!G-----------------------------------7b9r7--7p5-----5---------------
Noel	!D-----------------------------------------------7-----7------------
	!A------------------------------------------------------------------
	!E------------------------------------------------------------------



Paul:

  !
e-12-----12--------------------------------------------------------------
B-15b17--15b17r15--13--15--13--13----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------14------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then, Paul:

  !
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-15b17r15--13--------------13--15b17r15--13--------------13--15b17r15---
G---------------14--14--14--------------------14--14--14-----------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

							     !
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-13------13--15b17r15--13------13--15b17r15--13---------------------------
G-----14--------------------14--------------------14--14----------------14-
D------------------------------------------------------------12--14h17-----
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------13--15b17r15--15--13--15--13--15b17--13----13--15--13b13.5-
G-17--17--17--14-------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

	      !
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----15b17----------------13-------------------------------------------------
G-------------12--12--14-------0--2--5--2--0--2--0--2--2------7b8r7b8r7------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   !
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------    Song
G--2--0--2-------2--0--2------2--0--2---7b9r7p5-----5------    stops
D------------------------------------------------7-----7---    again
A-----------0-------------0--------------------------------    here
E----------------------------------------------------------

  !
e----17------------------------------------------------------------
B----20b22-----13------13--15--15b17--b17r15--13--15--13--15-------
G------------------14----------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------

  !
e-17-----17------------------------------------------------------
B-20b22--20b22--13----13--15--13--------13--15--13---------------
G--------------------------------14--14-------------14-----------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

  !						     !
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----2--0--2-------2--0--2-----2--0--2------2--0--2-----2--0--2-----2--0--2--
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------0-----------0------------------------0-----------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

			!
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----2--0--2---2--0--2------12--14--14------12--14--14--14p12------12--12----
D-----------------------14--------------14---------------------14------------
A--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

			  !		     
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------13h15--13----------13h15--15--15b17r15--13-------
G--14p12--14--12--14--14---------------14--14---------------------------14---
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

								 !
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15p13--13h15--13--------------------------------------13--15--15b17r15--
G--------------------14--14------------------12--14--14--------------------
D----------------------------14--14--14--14--------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------


e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--13----------13h15--13----------13h15--13----------13--15--13--15--13----
G------14--14-------------14--14-------------14--14------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--2-------------------------------5s7-5-----------------------------------
D--2----------------------faint:---5s7-5-----------------------------------
A--0-------------------------------0---0-----------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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