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Whitewater Tab

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Kyuss - Whitewater

Tuning: C  F  A# D# G  C


[00:10]

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------10----10-s-12~~~------12-s-8----8----8-s-10~~~----------------|
|-8-s-10--10----12--------------12---------8---8---------------------------|


(variation)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------14-s-10----10---10-s-12~~~--------------|
|------------10----10-s-12~~~---12----------8----8-------------------------|
|-8-s-10--10----12---------------------------------------------------------|


[00:58]

|---------|
|---------|
|----5--5-|
|----5--5-|
|-0--3--3-|
|---------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5h7----------------------------5----------|
|-----5h7----------5h7------5h7--0-------5h7----------5h7-------5--5-------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--------0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0--3--5-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------3-------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5------------------------------5----------|
|-----5h7----------5h7------5h7--0h7-----5h7----------5h7-------5--5-------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--------0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0--3--5-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------3-------|


[01:21]

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5-s-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-s-9-9-9-9-9-9h10-10-10-|
|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-----0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5h7-5-----------|
|-----5h7----------5h7-------5h7-5-----------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|



[01:42]

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5--------------5-----------5h7-7-7b9r7-5h7p5-|
|-5--5-5-5----5---5h7-5---5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7b9r7-5h7p5-|
|-3--3-3-5----5---5h7-----5h7-7-7-------------------|
|--------3--0-3-0-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5--------7p5----5h7-7-7-5h7-7p5-5h7-7p5------|
|-5--5-5-5----5-7p5-7--5h7-7-7-5h7-7p5-5h7-7p5-7----|
|-3--3-3-5----5-----7--------------------------7----|
|--------3--0-3-------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5--------------5-----------5h7-7-7b9r7-5h7p5-|
|-5--5-5-5----5---5h7-5---5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7b9r7-5h7p5-|
|-3--3-3-5----5---5h7-----5h7-7-7-------------------|
|--------3--0-3-0-----------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5---------7p5----------------------------5---|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5--7p5---7------------------------5-5-|
|-3--3-3-5--5-5------7-7------------------------3-5-|
|--------3--3-3--------5--------------------------3-|



[03:12]

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-5--7--|
|-5--7--|
|-3--5--|

                                (variation)
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------5-----4-------4--------|-------5-7-5---------4--------|
|-5h7-7---7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-|-5h7-7-------5--5-5--5--5-5-5-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


[03:59]

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-s-14----14----14----14----14--14-14-----12----12----12---11-11----11---|
|--------14----14----14----14-----------14----12----12-------------12------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-12-11--14-12--11h12p11-----11--------------|
|-------------------------14----14--12-14~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

                                     x2
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-11-11h12p11--------11-11h12p11-------||
|-------------10~~~--------------12~~~-||
|--------------------------------------||



|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------15-------------------------|
|-14--12-11-12-11--14-12--11h12p11----11-12-11-----12-11--14-12--11--------|
|----------------------------------14--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15------------------15---------------------------------------------------|
|----12-11--14-12-11-----12-11--14-12-11--11h12p11-----11------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------14----14-12-14~~~------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------12--12-s-14~~~--|
|-12-14-----------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

                                                                  x2
|-15----12-----12----12----12---------15-----12-----12-----12----12-||
|-12-12----12--10-10----10-----12-12--12--12----12--10--10----10----||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||--------------------------------------------------
||-10--10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-s-12--
||--------------------------------------------------
||--------------------------------------------------
||--------------------------------------------------
||--------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
--12--12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12-s-13---
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
--13--13-13--13-13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13--13-s-15---
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

                                                 2x
---------------------------------------------------||
--15--15-15--15-15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15-------||
---------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------||


|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

                                            repeat
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|-17-17-17-15-15-15-17-17-17-15-15-15-17-17-15-15-||
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14~~~~~~-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


[05:51]

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-14--12--11-12-11--14--12--11h12p11----11-12--11~~~---|
|------------------------------------14----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-13--15-13--12h13p12-------------------------------|
|------------------------14--12-12--11~~--12-12--11~~--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-12-12--11~~---9--9-9h11--9~~~-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17--17-17-18-17---15-15-15-s-13-13-13-12-13-15-13-12-13-13-13--13-s-15~~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------15--12-13-12--15-13-12--15-13-12--15-13-12-------------|
|-15--15-s-17~~~-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-13-12-13--13-s-15--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12-12-12-10-12-10~~~--12-12-12-10~~~-12-12-12-10~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-10~~~-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12--14--14-14--14b16r14---12--14--14-14--14b16r14--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--14--14-14--14b16r14---12--14-14-14--14b16--14~~~--14~~-x--14~~-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

      x3                            x4
|-------||----------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-------||----------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-14~~~-||-------5------5h7-7-5h7-----||-7-s-9~~~--------------------------|
|-------||-5h7-7---7p5--5---5-----5-5-||-5-s-7~~~--------------------------|
|-------||----------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-------||----------------------------||-----------------------------------|




Tablature Key:

|------------- hammer on to 3             |-------------
|--2h3p2------ then pull off              |---x-x------- muffled string
|------------- back to 2                  |---x-x-------


|------------- pluck 5 then               |-------------
|--5b7r5------ bend up until              |------------- palm muting
|------------- pitch is equal             |-------------
               to 7, release to 5          pm..........


|------------- slide along string in      |------------- slide to second
|------4s->--- direction of arrow         |---5-s-7----- note from first
|-------------                            |-------------


|-------------
|------5~~~~~- string vibrato
|-------------

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Toni Average	#1 by Toni at Feb 2, 1975 at 10:52 AM EST
	As good as an album closer gets gets. Musically and lyrically the perfect ending for an album like Sky Valley.

No Picture Justice Wanna Be	#2 by Justice Fish at Oct 24, 1979 at 8:33 AM EST
	Sounds like the world he's describing in the first 6 lines is his life, and he's saying it's passing him by, and he doesnt know if he should waste his time living. Just an idea. Whatever it means, it's an awesome song, in my top 10.

No Picture Oliver Average	#3 by Oliver Taylor at Mar 22, 1980 at 9:15 PM EST
	something sabout how beautiful the sun is and after summer's over, the world is once again boring

No Picture Jake Average	#4 by Jake Bounds at Jul 2, 1984 at 2:40 AM EST
	moe2000: I think it's unfair to say they ripped off dark star. Sure, some parts sound similar but that's probably because they're both using the same scales. The tempo is entirely different and the style of playing is different too.

No Picture chris Average	#5 by chris at Nov 2, 1993 at 6:36 PM EST
	I think it's about the world and how it is ever moving and shows nature's power. It shows how humans are absolutly miniscule in comparison with the world and nature with mountains being moved and trees growing. I think that first part is about how the narrator feels like he doesn't deserve to be in this beautiful world.

No Picture Speed Demon Professional	#6 by Speed Demon at Jun 13, 1997 at 5:54 AM EST
	Powerful..

No Picture joel Average	#7 by joel christman at Dec 29, 1997 at 6:24 PM EST
	What is the ditty at the end of this song? It's something about licking someone's "big fat do"... Anyone know?

No Picture Maggot Man Wanna Be	#8 by Maggot Man at Oct 5, 2001 at 5:06 AM EST
	Its decent.

No Picture Celebrimbor Rhythm Player	#9 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Dec 12, 2006 at 7:46 AM EST
	This song captures the awed acquiescence I have felt when faced with a massive and uncaring nature. There is an implacable joy in that acceptance that borders on the spiritual, a realization that despite the scale of our consciousness and the resistance of our egos, we are just another component in a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that has gone on for millennia and will go on for millennia, and I think that's what is being communicated in this song, and not just lyrically: The massive riff repeated by the guitars and the glacial pace of the drums seem to embody the valley beneath the huge sky, the "mountains that move themselves," the trees growing inexorably higher. Few songs by any band have lyrical and musical themes that seem so perfectly in sync as this ones' do.