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Ball and Chain Guitar Tablature
this is a sublime cover that kicks ass. if u've never heard of this song 
i found it in mp3 format, so i'm guessing you can too. 

intro/bridge: 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------12------------12-------12------------12-| 
D|-9-9---2-2--12--2-2-x-x-x-12--2-2--12--2-2-x-x-x-12-| 
A|-7-7---2-2--10--2-2-x-x-x-10--2-2--10--2-2-x-x-x-10-| 
E|--------0-0------0-0-----------0-0------0-0----------| 

verse: (do the chords in sets of 7) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9-------------9-----9---------------9---------------9---------------| 
D|-9-x21--9------9-x7--9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|-7------9-x28--7-----7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|--------7------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7----9----| 
A|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x7-9-x7-| 
E|-7---------------7---------------7---------------5----7----| 

2nd guitar harmonix: (some of these are artificial, 
follow through with thumb) 
e|-12-12--------12-12-12--------15-15-15-12----| 
B|-------13-12-----------13-12--------------13-| 
G|---------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 

chorus 1: 
e|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-9-----------9-----------9-----------------| 
D|-9-x7--7-----9-x7--7-----9-x7--7-----9-----| 
A|-7-----7-x7--7-----7-x7--7-----7-x7--9-x14-| 
E|-------5-----------5-----------5-----7-----| 

fill 1: 
e|-19b 

chorus 2: x2 
e|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|-9-----12-----------| 
D|-9-x7--12-x7--9-----| 
A|-7-----10-----9-x14-| 
E|--------------7-----| 

fill 2: 
e|-19b-19b-19-19-19 

verse 2: 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-99--9---------------99--9------------------------------| 
G|-99--9-----99--9-----99--9-----99--9-----77--7----------| 
D|-99--9-x3--99--9-----99--9-x4--99--9-----77--7--9-9-9-9-| 
A|-77--7-----99--9-x4--77--7-----99--9-x3--77--7--9-9-9-9-| 
E|-----------77--7---------------77--7-----55--5--7-7-7-7-| 

chorus 1.2: 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9-------------------------------9-------------------------------| 
D|-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|-----------------5-------------------------------5---------------| 

e|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|-9----------------| 
D|-9-x7--7-----9----| 
A|-7-----7-x7--9-x7-| 
E|-------5-----7----| 

fill 3: 
B|-12b 

outro: 
part 1: x2 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9-9-9-9-8-6-8-64--4-4-4-4-6-4-6/8-6-4--2-2-4-4-4-4--2-2-1-1-2-| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 

part 2: (warren uses some effect here) 
e|---------------------|----------------| 
B|---------------------|----------------| 
G|-4-4-4-4-6-4-6/8-6-4-|-----------7--9-| 
D|---------------------|-7--9--10--7--9-| 
A|---------------------|-7--9--10--5--7-| 
E|---------------------|-5--7---8-------| 

throughout the song warren uses little riffs (fills in this case). i put them 
in the order they are played. some of the fills are played more than once before 
going to the next one.
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