Medicating by Boys Night Out On the recorded album, there's two guitars playing to add depth and smooth out the edges this tab is a single guitar tab likewise to how jeff played it live when he was the guitarist. i seriously spent a lot of time working on this tab so some comments and would nice. :) Tuning: Drop C (C G C F A D) / = slide up \ = slide down x = mute chord . = palm mute ^ = pinch harmonic h = hammer on p = pull off song progression: intro tapping riff one tapping riff two tapping riff one tapping riff two mid verse 1 tapping riff one tapping riff two end verse chorus 2X end chorus 1 tapping riff one tapping riff two tapping riff one tapping riff two mid verse 2 tapping riff two chorus 2X end chorus 2 bridge beginning bridge 3X bridge end 14 beats of clapping chorus lead-in chorus 3X end chorus 1 intro - it's best if you press the last note, the 4 on the A string, with your middle it sets you up for the hand position of the tapping in the verses. the last note of this on the same beat as the first note of the verse. ----420-----0--------420-----0-4p2p07------------------------------------| 0-0----4---4--4-40-0------0h2----------------------------------------0---| 4-4-------4----4-4-4-----------------4--4x4x4x4x4x44x4--4x44x4x44x-------| x-x--------------x-x-----------------4--4x4x4x4x4x44x1--1x11x1x44x4h6----| 4-4--------------4-4-----------------2--2x2x2x2x2x22x2--2x22x2x333----4--| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| tapping riff one - all tapping--every note is played with the pointer finger of the hand. pay attention to which notes are hammered-on/pulled off, and which are simply it's best if the root chord, 4-2-4, is held middle finger, pointer finger, and ring respectively, becuase in the second tapping riff the pinky needs to be open to press 5 on the string. ----------------------------------------------------------------------| 0---------------------------------------------------------------------| 4--h11p4----------h11p4----------------h11p4----------h8/9\8p4--------| 2----------------------h11p2h6/7\6p2--------------------------h9/11\9-| 4-------h16p4h14p4------------------4-------h16p4h14p4----------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| tapping riff two - the root chord is 0-2-4-5. ------------------------------------------------------------------| 5---------------h9p5-----------------------------h9/10\9p5--------| 4--h9p4-------------h9p4------------h9p4------------------h9/11p4-| 2------h11p2h9p2--------h9/11\9p2-------h11p2h9p2-----------------| 0--------------------------------0--------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| mid verse 1 - right after he sings "and your senses stuck on the sick scent of the dead" -----------------------------------| --------------------------------0--| 6--6-6666-66666666-6-6666x44x------| 6--6-6666-66666666-6-6666x44x4h6---| 4--4-4444-44444444-4-4444x333----4-| -----------------------------------| end verse - "before... if i could just make him see that i dont need this" --------------------------------| --------------------------------| 4---------------4---------------| 4---------------1---------------| 2---------------2---------------| ------------------//pickslide//-| chorus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 6-6-6666-66666666-6-66661616-14-13--2-2-22221313-11-9----------9\8-11/13-11| 6-6-6666-66666666-6-6666-x-x--x--x--2-2-2222-x-x--x-x--2-2-2222x-x--x--x--x| 4-4-4444-44444444-4-44441414-12-11--0-0-00001111--9-7--2-2-22227\6--9/11--9| 6-6-6666-66666666-6-6666-------------------------------2-2-2222------------| end chorus 1 - right after "i'm no threat at all" the second time. if fingered this should set you right back up for the root chord of the tapping. --------------------| --------------------| ----11------2p1-4---| --44--44---2---2----| 22------2h4------4--| --------------------| mid verse 2 - right after "back to my job, back to my life" -----------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------5---| 4--44444444444444--44444444444444--44444444444444--44444444445---| 2--22222222222222--22222222222222--22222222222222--2222222222----| 4--44444444444444--44444444444440--00000000000000--0000000000----| -----------------------------------------------------------------| ............. ............ ............. .........^ ----------------------------------| -------------5--------------------| 4--44444444445---4--4444444444444-| 2--2222222222----2--2222222222222-| 4--4444444444----4--4444444444444-| ----------------------------------| ..........^ ............ end chorus 2 - leads directly into the bridge ---------| ---------| ----11---| --44--44-| 22-------| ---------| bridge beginning --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------44x4x44x---------| 6\-22222222222-2x6\-22222222222-2x6\-22222222222-2x44x4x44x4h64-----| 7\-44444444442-2x7\-44444444442-2x7\-44444444442-2x33x3x33x---------| -------------2-2x-------------2-2x-------------2-2x-------------4-5-| bridge ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| -----------------44444444---------| 6\-22222222226-4-333333334h64-----| 7\-44444444447-6------------------| ------------------------------4-5-| bridge end - just the ending bit is different ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| -----------------44444444---4----------| 6\-22222222226-4-333333334h6-----------| 7\-44444444447-6-----------------4--4\-| ------------------------------456------| chorus lead-in --------------| --------------| 9\8-11/13-11--| x-x--x--x--x--| 7\6--9/11--9--| --------------| www.TAB6.com