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Liar

Rollins Band

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"Liar" 

album: Weight 	
year: 1994

translated by Michiel Hautus, May 3th 03, The Netherlands

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What Have I Got, Do It, Step Back.....):

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general note 1: many riffs in this song return ever 
in a little changed way but not all the versions are written out

general note 2: guitar plays besides the distortion 
the whole song with kind of light effect


explanation signs:

7h8	= hammer-on
7p5	= pull-off
7b8r7	= bend 7th fret to 8th and release to old position
7b	= bend the string a little bit
~	= vibration
~~	= much vibration
\	= slide down
/	= slide up
x	= percussionstrike
(2)	= is played sometimes
^7^	= natural harmonic
>7	= give accent
^7	= upstroke
(	= striked as arpeggio
R	= rest

			
INTRO clean tone

E ----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
B ----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
G ------->2-------|(hold)->2---------|-----------------------|
D ----------------|------------------|------2h4-R----2h4-----|
A --2-------------|--0---------------|-------------------2h4-|
E ----------------|------------------|-3--------0------------|
    |--let ring-------------|          |________|_ these two tones played by bass
                                       
note: bass plays: B - A - G - E

E ------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
B ------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
G ------------------|--2------------------|----------------------------|
D ---2--2h4--2h4~---|----2----2-2h4-2h4~--|--4b5r4-2--2h4-2--------2h4-|
A -2----------------|--0---0--------------|--------------------2h4-----|
E ------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
   |-let ring-----------------------------|

note: bass plays: B - A - G - E

E ------------------|--------------------|-louder----------------|----------------|
B ------------------|--------------------|-4-------^4-R----------|----------------|
G ------------------|--2-----------------|-4-------^4-R-4--------|---------drum---|
D ---2--2h4-2h4~----|----2---2-2/4-2/4~--|-4------------4--------|-hold----fill---|
A -2----------------|--0---0-------------|-6------------x--------|chord-----------|
E ------------------|--------------------|-4------------4--------|----------------|
   |-let ring----------------------------|

note: bass plays: B - A - G#

RIFF A VERSE clean tone
(basis version which has many additional fills)
     
E --------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B -(7)-----^7-R-(7)---------------|-------------------------------|
G --7------^7-R--7----------------|--------------7----------------|
D --7-----(^7)R--7----------------|--------------7----------------|
A --9------------x----------------|--------------0----------------|
E --7------------7----------------|-5--------R--------------------|
                                    |
                                    |-played by bass

E -----------------------|-----------------------|
B -4-------^4-R----------|-----------------------|
G -4-------^4-R-4--------|-----------------------|
D -4------------4--------|--(hold chord)---------|
A -6------------x--------|-----------------------|
E -4------------4--------|-----------------------|

RIFF A2 VERSE clean tone
last time before transition to riff B
     
E --7-^7-R------------------------|-------------------------------|
B --7-^7-R------------------------|--------------------7/-9--9\---|
G --7-^7-R----x--7----------------|--------------7-----7/-9--9\---|
D --7---------x--7----------------|--------------7----------------|
A ---------------x----------------|--------------0----------------|
E ---------------7------------7-0-|-5--------R--------------------|
                              |bass-|

TRANSITION RIFF A TO B distortion

E -----------------------|-----------------------|
B -4---------4-----------|-----------------------|
G -4---------4-----------|--------tremelo/-------|
D -4---------4-----------|---------noise---------|
A -x---------x------(hold chord)-----------------|
E -4-----4---4-----------|-----------------------|
   |-let ring------------|

RIFF B CHORUS distortion (. marked tones: bend slowly)

E ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A ------------------>2b-|------------------>2b-|------------------>2b-|
E -4b---1-4b---1-4b-----|-4b---1-4b---1-4b-----|-4b---1-4b---1-4b-----|
   .      .               .      .               .      .

E ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G --------4b------6-5-4-|----------------------|----------------------|
D -6b---3------3--------|----------------------|----------------------|
A ----------------------|------------------>2b-|--------2b-------->2b-|
E ----------------------|-4b---1-4b---1-4b-----|-4b---1------1-4b-----|
   .      .               .      .               .      .

E ----------------------|----------------------------|
B ----------------------|----------------9b11r9--9~\-|
G ----------------------|----------7--10-------------|
D ----------------------|-----6--9-------------------|
A ------------------>2b-|-5-8------------------------|
E -4b---1-4b---1-4b-----|----------------------------|
   .      .

RIFF A2 VERSE distortion
(basis version which has many additional fills)

E ------------------------|-------------------^7-R-|
B -7---^7-R----7-----^7-R-|-----------x-------^7-R-|
G -7---^7-R--x-7-----^7-R-|-7--^7-R---x-7-----^7-R-|
D -7---------x-7-----^7-R-|-7--^7-R-----7---7------|
A -x-----------x----------|-0--^0-R-----0----------|
E -7-----------7---x------|------------------------|
   |           |            |           |
   |-----------|------------|-----------|--mute these tones slightly

E ------------------------|------------------6-----|
B ------------------------|--4-R-4-R---4-----6-----|
G -4--------4-------------|--4-R-4-R---4-----6-----|
D -4--------4-------------|--4-R-4-R-----x-x---x-x-|
A -x--------x-------------|------------------------|
E -4---x-x--4----4\-------|------------------------|
   |        |
   |--------|---mute these tones slightly

SOLO (bass plays in key of F)
     
E --------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------->3----------------------------------|
A -2----2h3p2----2h3R----2~--2h-3p-2---2h3p2---2h3-2->4\--|
E ---1--------1----------------------1-------1------------|

E -----------------------------------------------------------|
B -------------------------->9--------->9---------->9--------|
G -/7~----7h8p7-----7h8-7-R----7~--7h8----7~\--7h8----7\/8\--|
D -----6--------6~-------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------|

E ---------------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------->4---------------------------------|
D -3----3h4p3-----3h4-R----3~\--3-4-3---3-4-3-3~--3-4-7~\--|
A ---2--------2~----------------------2--------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------|
                                | | |   | | |
                                |-|-|---|-|-|-- play these tones staccato with light accent

E ----------------------------->11------------11-----------11-------------|
B -/10----10h11-10-----10h11-x-----10~--10-11----10-----10----10---11~~\--|
G -----8-----------8~-------------------------------9\8----------8--------|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         |-----------------------| play this part staccato with light accent
    
INTERLUDE clean tone

Here is repeated more or less the intro, which is followed by a variation (see below)

variation:

E -------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B -------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
G ------^2----------^2-----|------^2----------^4-----|---------------------------|
D ----2----^4-----2----^4--|----2----^4-----2----^2--|---2--2h4-2~---2h4-2h4p2~--|
A -2-----------2-----------|-0-----------0-----------|---------------------------|
E -------------------------|-------------------------|-3-------------------------|
   |-let ring----------------------------------------|

E -------------------------|-------------------------|
B -------------------------|-------------------------|
G ------^2----------^2-----|------^2----------^4-----|
D ----2----^4-----2----^4--|----2----^4-----2----^2--|
A -2-----------2-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
E -------------------------|-------------------------|
   |-let ring----------------------------------------|

E -----------------------|-----------------------|
B -4---------4-----------|-----------------------|
G -4---------4-----------|--------tremelo/-------|
D -4---------4-----------|---------noise---------|
A -x---------x------(hold chord)-----------------|
E -4-----4---4-----------|-----------------------|
   |-let ring------------|

note: starting with the 4th bar, the distortion is slowly activated again

RIFF C distortion

E ------------------|--------------------|-----------|
B ------------------|-5------------------|-----------|
G -7--7----7--7-----|-7---7--7/9-9-7-9-7-|-0---------|
D -7--7----7--7-----|-7---7--7/9-9-7-9-7-|-0-----2---|
A -x--x----x--x-----|-0------------------|-2-----2---|
E -7--7--x-7--7-\---|--------------------|-3---x-0---|
   |-mute slightly--| |-let              |-mute slightly-|
                       ring-|

END (instead of 3th bar riff C)
distortion

E --------------------------------------(7~----------------|
B --------------------------------------(7~----------------|
G --------------------------------------(7~----------------|
D --------------------------------------(7~----------------|
A -0---------7~---------------^12^-------------------------|
E -3~--------0---------0-2-0-------------------------------|
                           |-let ring-| |mute slightly-----|

note: a second guitar produces meanwhile extra sounds

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