MELLOW GOLD BY BECK

TRANSCRIBED BY MAXXDADDY Site E-Mail
1. LOSER
2. PAY NO MIND
3. FUCKIN WITH MY HEAD
4. WHISKEYCLONE HOTEL CITY 1997
5. SOUL SUCKING JERK
6. TRUCKDRIVING NEIGHBOR DOWNSTAIRS
7. SWEET SUNSHINE
8. BEERCAN
9. STEAL MY BODY HOME
10. NIGHTMARE HIPPY GIRL
11. MUTHERFUKER
12. BLACK HOLE

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1. LOSER

Dropped D Tuning

first riff
E||----------------------||
B||----------------------||
G||----------------------||
D||-0-----0-----0-----5\-||
A||-0-----------------5\-||
D||-0--/4----/4-------5\-||

second riff
||-----0-2-2-0------0-2-2-0-3-||
||---3------------3-----------||
||-2------------2-------------||
||----------------------------||
||----------------------------||
||----------------------------||

third riff:(after "pigeon wing"
4x
||---------------------||
||----1~------1~--3--1-||
||-/2------/2----------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||

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2. PAY NO MIND (snoozer)

(Guitar lowered one full step)

Verse

D A G D
D G D

Chorus

G F E

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3. FUCKIN WITH MY HEAD (Mountain Dew Rock)

slow bend heavy flange
---------------
----------5-3--
-2(4)--/4------
---------------
---------------
---------------

E D A E D A

Chorus:

D A
G D E D A

Bridge:
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
---1--1--1--1--2(4)-(4)2p0---
---2--2--2--2--------------2-
---2--2--2--2----------------
-0---------------------------

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4. WHISKEYCLONE, HOTEL CITY 1997

(tune guitar one full step down)

Intro:

slide guitar follows progression on top two strings throughout
----8-------12---3-----12-
-/8-----/12----/3---/12---
--------------------------etc.
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------

(C E G E)2x

Verse
C G A

Chorus
E G D (repeat)
E G D C
A C A C

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5. SOUL SUCKIN' JERK

Bass tuned down 1/2 step

||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||-0h3-0h4-0h5~---0h3-0h4-0h5~-/12\-

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-------------------------------------||
-----------------------------5-3-----||
-0h3-0h4-0h5~---0h3-0h4-0h5~-----5-3-||

||----------------------------||
||----------------------------||
||----------3-----------------||
||-/12\---5---5--0h3-0h4-0h5~-||

fuzz bass
||--------------------------------------------||
||-6-6-4--------------------------------------||
||-------6-4-------5---5------2---2-2---6---6-||
||-----------7---7---7----4-4---4-----4---4---||

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6. TRUCK DRIVEN NEIGHBOR DOWNSTAIRS

(tune guitar down 1/2 step)

||------------------------------||
||------------------------------||
||------------------------------||
||-O--O-O-----------------------||
||--------3--3-3--2--2-2--------||
||-----------------------1--1-1-||

-----------------------------------------------------0--------
-1--1h3~--3(5)--(5)3-3--3-3-----1-1h3~---6--5--3-3(5)--(5)3-3-
-----------------------------0--0-0-0-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

verse:
--------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------1-1-1--------
-2--2-2--0--0-0---0----0-------0h2--2-2--2--2-2---------------
---------------------3---3-0---0-----------------------0--3-3-
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:
F C G D A G A

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7. SWEET SUNSHINE

(no chords)
the sampled bass can be emulated by playing a low e-string
while tuning it from low C to D and back

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8. *****BEERCAN*****

bass:
||G-----------------||
||D-0-0-------------||
||A-----0-3-3-0-3-0-||
||D-----------------||

D D7

Chorus: guitar: D F G E-2--------- B-3--------- G-2--------- D-0---3--5-- A-0---3--5-- D-0---3--5-- D G D
F G D

(repeat several times) bass solo:

||G--------------------------||
||D--------------------------||
||A----3/5--3~----5----------||
||D--0----------0---0-3-5-3~-||
[repeat]

[bass solo]

[chorus]

outro chords:

D F G
D G F
oh that's cold
somebody put a flame-thrower on me

oh yeah
I like it like that somebody bring me a plate of succotash

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9. STEAL MY BODY HOME

Bass:
||--------------------------||
||----------------------6---||
||---4--6--------4--6-------||
||-4-------1--2-------------||

guitar break:
(C# D# A# B F# B G#)2x

outro:
F# B G# B
over and over with kazoo & sitar, fade

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10. NITEMARE HIPPY GIRL

Verse:
A# A

Chorus:
G F C (repeat)
G F Am C
F Am

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12. MUTHERFUKER

fuzz bass
||------------------||
||------------------||
||-------0----------||
||-3-3-4---1-0--0-0-||

-------------------
-------------------
-----0--1--2-2-2-2-
-3-4---------------

Chorus
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/9-9-9-9-||
||--------------------------------||

Bridge
||--------------------||
||--------------------||
||------------5--4--3-||
||--3--4--5-----------||

G G# A F E (x3)
G G# A A# B

Chorus
C F#

(bridge)

G G# A D C# C

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12. BLACKHOLE

strum open a few times

G--2/4-0--2/4-0-0-0--/7-7-7-7-5-4-
G--2/4-0--2/4-0-0-0--/7-7-7-7-5-4-
G--2/4-0--2/4-0-0-0--/7-7-7-7-5-4-
D---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------

G--2/4-0--2/4-0----/7-7-7-7-9-4-
G--2/4-0--2/4-0----/7-7-7-7-9-4-
G--2/4-0--2/4-0----/7-7-7-7-9-4-
G-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------

G-/12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4--2-2-0-
G-/12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4--2-2-0-
G-/12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4--2-2-0-
D-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------

outro:
G-----0-0---
G-----0-0---
G-----0-0---
D-2/4/5-5---
G-----0-0---
D-2/4/5-5---

G-0-0----0---0--0-
G-0-0----0---0--0-
G-0-0----0---0--0-
D-5\3--3/9---12\5-
G-0-0----0---0--0-
D-5\3--3/9---12\5-