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In The Meantime
Spacehog
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Artist: Spacehog
Song: 'In the Meantime'
Album: 'Resident Alien (1995)
Standard Tuning - 2 Guitars
I learned this song from the Guitar World Mag years ago. It was one of my
favorites from high school. Have fun with it!
Intro, continually repeated by Guitar 1:
e|-0--4--0--4--0--5--0--5--|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
When Bass comes in, second Guitar joins at 1/2 volume:
Riff 2:
e|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|
B|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--5-|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--2-|
G|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--4-|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--2-|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
turn on distortion
e|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---0--0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
B|--5-5-5---4-4-4-4---7---7--5-|--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-x-x-x-x--|
G|--4-4-4---4-4-4-4---6---6--4-|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-x-x--|
D|-----------------------------|--------------------------------x-x-x-x--|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------x-x-x-x--|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus (w/ Distortion) - Play line 3x
e|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------x-7-7-7---|-----------2-4b5r4b5r4-2-----|
D|--7----7--x-7-7-7-x-|--4----4-x---------------4-3-|
A|--7----7--x-5-5-5-x-|--4----4-x-------------------|
E|--5----5----------x-|--2----2-x-------------------|
e|------------------------|-------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------|
D|--7--7-7---x-5--5-5---x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
A|--7--7-7---x-5--5-5---x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
E|--5--5-5---x-3--3-3---x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2h3-0-|
Verse - One guitar plays Intro 8x
Second Guitar plays Riff 2
Chorus plays again
Interlude
e|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
G|--5--------|--7--------|----------------|--------7/9~--|--5--------|--4--------|
D|--5--------|--7--------|--5----4--------|--2-----7/9---|--5--------|--4--------|
A|--3--------|--5--------|--5----4--------|--2-----5/7---|--3--------|--2--------|
E|-----------|-----------|--3----2--2-3-2-|--0-----------|-----------|-----------|
Change to 2 parts:
e|-------------|---------------|
B|-------------|---------------|
G|-------------|---------------|
D|--2----------|--(2)----------|
A|--2----------|--(2)----------|
E|--0----------|--(0)----------|
|
| Lead
e|---------12--|--12----------------|
B|--15b17~~~~--|-----15-14b15-------|
G|-------------|--------------12~~\-| vibrato then slide
D|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------|
For final chorus:
Play Chorus riff 4x w/ Lead Solo on the 3rd time
e|-------|---------------------17-17-------|-17-------------------------------------|
B|-------|--------17-17-----------17-17~---|----17-17-----17-17-------17-14---------|
G|--14-16|-16b18--------16b18--------------|-------16b18--------16b18-------16------|
D|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------16-15-|
A|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------|-------------------------------17----------|
B|-------17b19~~--|-17b19r17-14-15b17r15-14----------17-------|
G|--14~~----------|-------------------------16b18_______18r16-|
D|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------17-17-------|-17-------------------------------------|
B|--------17-17-----------17-17~---|----17-17-----17-17-------17-14---------|
G|-16b18--------16b18--------16b18-|-------16b18--------16b18-------16------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------16-15-|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|---------------17-------|--------------------------------17------------|
B|-------17b19~~---17b19--|-17b19r17-15-14-15b17r15-----------17---------|
G|--14~~------------------|---------------------------16b18_____16-14-|
D|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Ending
e|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-hold-|
B|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|------|
G|----------7-7-xxxx-|----------4-4-3-3-|----------7-7------|----------4--4--3--3-|-2----|
D|-7-7-xxxx-7-7-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-4-4-3-3-|-7-7-xxxx-7-7-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-4--4--3--3-|-2----|
A|-7-7-xxxx-5-5-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-2-2-1-1-|-7-7-xxxx-5-5-xxxx-|-4-4-xxxx-2--2--1--1-|-0----|
E|-5-5-xxxx----------|-2-2-xxxx---------|-5-5-xxxx----------|-2-2-xxxx------------|------|
key:
x - muffled string sounds (harmonics & percussive sound)
/ or \ - slide
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
~ - vibrato (add expression by shaking string)