From: [email protected] (Kristian Wichmann)
Subject: Tourniquet: «The Skeezix Dilemma»
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 17:31:03 +0100
The Skeezix Dilemma
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From Tourniquet’s :»Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance»
Words & Music by Ted Kirkpatrick
This is some badass song! For this one, tune your guitars down
one and a half step (!). I’ve only transcribed part of this song
here. I did some transcriptions of the ‘first’ intro from memory,
but that turned out quite wrong, and I haven’t had the time to
fix it. Also the solo and fade riffs are missing. I will probably
add them later, if I get a positive feedback off this.
I’ll start this transcription at the ‘3rd intro’ (The heavy stuff):
C# ——————————
G# ——————————
E ——————————
B —2——2——2——2-1-7-5—
F# —2——2——2——3-2-8-7—
C# —0——0——0—————
Two guitars
This is the main riff, which is played numerous times during the song,
and is even harmonized during the last verses (can’t remember the
harmonization though):
C# —————————————————————-
G# —————————————————————-
E —————————————————————-
B —————————————————————-
F# ——————7-7-7-7-6-7-6—10-10-10-10——8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
C# —0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—————0————-0-0—————
C# —————————————————————
G# —————————————————————
E —————————————————————
B —————————————————————
F# ——————7-7-7-7-6-7-6—5-5-5-5-5-5——4-4-4-4-4-4-
C# —0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—————0————-6-6————-
This is the ‘between verses’/chorus riff. Between the verses there is
also some guitars playing the melody, trilling the last note:
C# —————————————————————
G# —————————————————————
E —————————————————————
B —————————————————————
F# —2—4-5-3—2-5—3-2—3-2——2—4-5-3—5-7—5-2—3—2-
C# —0—2-3-1—0-5—1-0—3-2——0—2-3-3—5-7—3-0—3—2-
That’s sort of what I’ve figured out. Please drop me a line if you
would like to see more Tourniquet songs transcribed, as I’ve figured
out most of ‘Test For Leprosy’, ‘Spectrophobic Dementia’ and a bit
of ‘Ark Of Suffering’ as well. This overlooked band is truly great!
Kristian Wichmann
[email protected]
