17 Year Locust
Rob Zombie
Song: 17 Year Locust
Band: Rob Zombie
Tabbed by: unspeakable.elvis@gmail.com
Tuning: 1 1/2 steps down (Low to high: C# F# B E G# c#)
Listen to the song for the structure.
"Sitar" Intro bit:
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------11---10~------|---------------11---10-----8-9-8~--|
|-----9-7-9-7-9---------------|-9---9-7-9-7-9-----------9---------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|-0---------------------------------|
Chorus riff
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2---5-2-4-2------8---7------2-5-6-5---|
|-2---5-2-4-2------8---7------2-5-6-5---|
|-0---3-0-2-0------6---5------0-3-4-3---|
"Sitar" doodle (appears twice in the song)
|----12-13-16-13-12----13-12--------12---------------------|
|---x---------------14-------14-13-----14-13-10h12h13-10-9-|
|--x-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Tremolo picking:
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---6---8---6-------6--------------------------------|
|-----------------9-------9---7---9---7--6--7---9~~~~--| back to "Sitar" Intro
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
After the chorus the "Sitar" intro is repeated a lot, with small variations, such as:
|------------------------------------|
|------------------11---10-----8-9-8-|
|-9-9h10p9p7-9-7-9-----------9-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------/11---10-----8-9-8-|
|-9h10p9p7-7-9-7-9-----------9-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
And so forth until the end.