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"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" by THE MELVINS
updated 28 March 2006

ben.nield@gmail.com

AADGBE - "tune it, biotch"


INTRO - play 8X approx:
   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4   1   2   3
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-12--10--12--10--12--0-0-0-0-10--|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|

   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2---|-2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-9---10--0-0-9---0-0-0-0-7---0---|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|


VERSE - play 8X  [PALM-MUTE ALL]:

  "I can feed/From the angel..."
   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-12--10--12--10--12--0-0-0-0-10--|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|

   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2---|-2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-9---10--0-0-9---0-0-0-0-7---0---|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|


STRAIGHT AFTER THAT THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 2 BARS, DURING THIS BIT:
"Away from the mangle rare we don't need
I got the one to make me alright."

THEN YOU DO THIS 8X:
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-2^------2^------|
D|-2^------2^------|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
       . .     . .

Play an unmuted VERSE 4X


THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 1 BAR DURING THIS:
"They are alive and wasted on me."

THEN PLAY THIS SEQUENCE 2X:
           "You are so in there..."
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
A|---------------------------------|
   . . . . .   . .   .   .   . . .

        "...But will you leave me?"
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
A|-0h1-1-1-1---1-1---1---1---1-1-1-|
A|---------------------------------|
       . . .   . .   .   .   . . .

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---2-2-4---5---|
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---0-0-2---3---|
A|---------------------------------|
   . . . .     . .     . .

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---4---|
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---2---|
A|-------------------------|
   . . . .     . .

OUTRO - PLAY THIS 3X:
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--10^------10^------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--------------------|
   .  .  .  .  .     .  .  .  .

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10------10-10-10-10-12^------12^----|
A|-0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0--0--0--0------------------|
                   . .