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From: «Paul J. Michell»
Subject: Big Head Todd & The Monsters: «Bittersweet»
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This is what I’ve come up with for Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Song «Bittersweet» from their latest album. I make no guarrante as
To the accuracy, but it sounds pretty close when I play along with
The song. Please E-Mail/Post me any corrections….
The basic riff:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G D Am C
—1—1—1—2—2—-3-2——————————————-
—0—0—0—3—3—-3-3—-1——1———————————
—0—0—0—2—2—-2-2—-2——0————0-0-2-0—-0———
—————————2——2———2————2—0——
——————————3——-3—————————
——————————————————————
A slight variation on the above ending:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C
———————————
———————————
———0-0-2-0——————
——2———-2-0—————
—3——————————
———————————
Bridge:
~~~~~~~
I know this is not correct, but it is the basic notes. In reality
He shifts his hand positions up the neck as he plays it, and ends
Up with a F-major bar chord on the 5th fret.
C G Dm
———————————-1——
———1————————3——-
——0——————2—-2———
—-2————————————
—3—————2—3——3————
—————3————————-
Solo:
~~~~~
I don’t have the solo completely worked out, but the basic chords
On the intro are the F-major (5 5 7 5 6 5 ) and G-major
(7 7 9 7 8 7) bar chords on the 5th and 7th frets respectively.
After the bridge, the solo starts out like this:
F
———————————————
——6——6——6————————
———————————————
—7——7——7————————— etc…..
———————————————
———————————————
Really snap the F on the B-string. This leads into a rhythm
Pattern with the G and F bar chords and a little riff that goes
Kind of like this:
——————————————————-
————————————-6-6-6—6/7——-
————5-5-5—7——-5—7———————- repeat
—-5—7———————————————- as
——————————————————- necessary
——————————————————-
I’m not really sure on the rest of the solo…. If anyone else can
Decipher it and post it, I’d appreciate it…… I know it’s just
Some basic chords but I can’t get it to sound just right.
I’ve been using a combination of the following chords:
X x x 7 8 10
X x x 7 8 7
X x x 7 8 8
X x x x 8 7
X x x x 7 5
X x x x 5 3
X x x x 10 8
X x x x 12 10
X x x x 15 15
I know there is more to it though….
That’s what I’ve come up with…. Any comments, questions, or
Corrections are welcome….
Paul J. Michell
[email protected]