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You Didnt Need

Rollins Band

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Rollins Band

" You didn't need "

album: The end of silence
year: 1992

translated by Michiel Hautus, february 02, The Netherlands
(more ROLLINS BAND tabs: http://ourworld-top.cs.com/HAUTUS/index.htm)

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

explanation signs:

7h8	= hammer-on
7p5	= pull-off
8b9	= bend 8th fret to 9th
7b8r7	= bend 7th fret to 8th and release to old position
~	= vibration
\	= slide down
/	= slide up
R	= rest

RIFF A

let ring everything, except first three notes

E --------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------|
D -6-5----------------------------------|
A -----7------7---5---7---5---7---5---7-|
E --------6-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|

RIFF B

mute A5 chords slightly

E -----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|
G -----------------------------|
D -7---------------------------|
A -7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7h9-9-7-7-|
E -5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|

RIFF C

E ----------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------|
D -6-5------------------------------|
A -----7--5-5-7---5---7-5--7b8r7-5--|
E --------------5---5---------------|

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RIFF D

bass plays: D - C - Bb - A - G - F - E - rest

let ring D5 chords a little with E tones

E ---------------------------------------------|----------------------7-R-|
B --------3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5--5/6p3h5----5|-3-5---5--5/6p3h5---5-5-R-|
G -1-0----2---2---2---2---2---2-------------2--|-2---2------------2---4-R-|
D -----2------0-------0-------0-------------0--|-----0------------0-------|
A ---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|

RIFF B2

mute slightly

E ----------------------------|
B ----------------------------|
G ----------------------------|
D -7--------------------------|
A -7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E -5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

RIFF E

E ------------------|-------------------------|
B ------------------|-------------------------|
G ------------------|-------------------------|
D ------------------|-------------------------|
A -3--5-5--3-5-5--5-|--9-9-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E -1--3-3--1-3-3--3-|--7-7-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

E -------------------------|-------------------------|
B -------------------------|-------------------------|
G -------------------------|-------------------------|
D -------------------------|-------------------------|
A --5-5-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--5-5-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E --3-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

RIFF F

mute single open E tone between A5/E chords

	1.3. time

E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|---------------|
D -7-7------7----|---------------|-7-7------7----|---------------|
A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|
E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-3~--|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-0-6~----|

	2. time

E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|---------------|
D -7-7------7----|-----------5~--|-7-7------7----|---------8~----|
A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|
E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-----|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-0-------|

	4. time

E ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|-------------|
D -7-7------7----|-----------5~--|-7-7------7----|-------6-5---|
A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-------7-|
E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-----|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-------|

PART BEFORE FIRST SOLO:

Riff A, B and C are played with more or less muted E-string

However, Riff B is played like this:

	RIFF B3

	let ring all notes

	E -------------------------------|
	B -------------------------------|
	G -------------------------------|
	D -------------------------------|
	A -----7---5---7---5---7---5---7-|
	E -5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|

SOLO 1

bass plays two times:
D - C - Bb - A - G - F - E

E -------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B -------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
G -------|-------------------|--------------------|----------6/7--5-R-|
D -6-5---|--------5-7/8--7~--|--------8-9/10--8~--|------5-8----------|
A -----7-|----5-7------------|------8-------------|--5-8--------------|
E -------|--6----------------|-8-10---------------|-------------------|

E -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B -------------------|----------10-10-8h10p8-|------------10-10-8h10p8--|
G -10-10-9~--10/12~--|-9h10~9~--14-14--------|-/10-10-9~--14-14---------|
D -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

E -------------------|--------|
B -10b11-10b11-10~---|-/12\---|
G -------------------|--------|
D -------------------|--------|
A -------------------|--------|
E -------------------|--------|

SOLO 2

is played over Riff F

SOLO 3

basspart:
low E - high E - D - Bb -
low E - high E - D - high F

RIFF F variation at the end

E --------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------|
G -9-9----------------------------------------|
D -7-7------7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-------|
A -7-7------7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-------|
E -0-0---0-------------------------------0-0--|

ENDRIFF

basis:

E5 079xxx - E5 x79xxx - F5 x810xxxx - D5 x57xxx-- 
E5 079xxx - E5 x79xxx - F5 x810xxxx - G5 x1012xxx 

END

E --------------------|
B --------------------|
G -9---------------9\-|
D -9---feedback----9\-|
A -7---------------7\-|
E -0------------------|

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