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Artist: Meat Puppets
Song: Lake of Fire
Album: Unplugged in New York (with Nirvana)
Tuning: 1/2 down
Tabbed by: King Buzzo
=slide down
/=slide up
^=bend a half step up
~=let it ring
Intro (Acoustic Guitar)
|-------------------|-------3-----3--------------------|
|-3--3--------------|---------x-x---5^-3---------------|
|-3--3-----------3--|---------x-x---5^-3--0------------|
|-5--5---53--3--3--|-5--5----x-x----------------------|
|-5--5---53--3--1--|-5--5-----------------------------|
|-3--3---31--1-----|-3--3-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-|-5--5---x-------------------------|
|5--5--x--53--3--3-|-5--5---x--3--3--5----------------|
|5--5--x--53--3--1-|-3--3---x--3--3--5----------------|
|3--3--x--31--1----|-----------1--1--3----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|------11----11----11----11-----11-|
|-------------------|-3/10----10----10----10----10-----|
|-5--5--------------|----------------------------------|
|-5--5---53--3/5---|----------------------------------|
|-3--3---31--1/3---|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|---6---6---6/8-----|
|-5---5---5--/7-----|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
Chorus
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------5^---3-------------|
|-------------------|---------------5^---3-------------|
|-----------------3-|------------------------5---------|
|-5--5----53--3--1-|----5--5----5-----------5---------|
|-3--3----31--1----|----3--3----3---------------------|
Where do bad folks...
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------3/-5---5----5-----------------------|
|-5--5-----5--------3/-5---5----5--3---3--5-------------|
|-5--5-----5--3--3--1/-3---3----3--3---3--5-------------|
|-3--3-----3--1--1-----------------1---1--3-------------|
Go to a lake of fire and fry...
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|---------------------------------11----11----11----11--|
|----------------------------3/10----10----10-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--85--------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--63--------------------------------|
PM......................|
|------------------|
|--6--6/8--8-------|
|--5--5/7--7-------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
Verse
|-1--1---1--1--1--1---1----------|-1--1---1-------------|
|-3--3---3--3--3--1---1-----0--x-|-3--3---3--2--2----2--|
|-2--2---2--2--2--3---3---3-0----|-2--2---2--2--2----2--|
|-0--0---0--0--0--3---3----------|-0--0---0--2--2----2--|
|-----------------1---1----------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
I knew a lady came from...
|-1--1--------------------------------------5~~~--5~~~--|
|-3--3----0--1--1----1/3---3---3---3--------6~~~--------|
|-2--2----0--3--3----3/5---5---5---5--7--7--7~~~--------|
|-0--0-------3--3----3/5---5---5---5--7--7--7~~~--------|
|------------1--1----1/3---3---3---3--5--5--5~~~--------|
|--------------------------3---3---3--------------------|
Went to her grave just...
After this go to the chorus again
Than this verse above, than once more
to the chorus than you play the guitar solo.
I know the guitar solo but I’m not 100% sure
It’s right so I’m not going to write it out right
now. And that’s mostly it.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Joshua Wanna Be |
#1 by Joshua Osprey at Mar 11, 1973 at 9:36 AM EST |
| But it was Kurt singing, right? Cobain I mean. I thought Nirvana did play along with Chris and Curt... anyway I think the song is mocking Christians, saying they try and scare people with tales of heaven and hell. Saying "Bad folks" shows the normal misconception of the Christian message, and the second verse is about people getting worked up about something that the writer obviously doesn't believe in, "the angels and the devils fighting to make them their own". | |
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Corey Average |
#2 by Corey La Plante at May 30, 1987 at 3:10 AM EST |
| Kurtcobainsgirl doesn't seem to love punctuation. And shouldn't it be kurdtkobainsgirl? This song is about how the Christian church uses tales of torture and horror in hell to scare people into converting to Christianity. | |
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Kempy Lead Player |
#3 by Kempy at Oct 13, 1988 at 6:41 PM EST |
| It sounds kinda like what a child would say about the world of christinanity(however you spell it) like cobra said. I think this was an excellent tool in writing the song. They showed a very judgmental world through the eyes of innocence. That's probably why the chorus starts out with "Where to bad folks go when they die?" It sounds like a question that a kid would ask their parents. And instead of saying "sinners" or the like, they use "bad folk" just the kind of almost improper english that a little kid would use. | |
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Derek Average |
#4 by Derek Mayfield at Aug 1, 1989 at 6:46 AM EST |
| Anyone who says that Curt was a shite singer, remember he had just become a father when they recorded these songs on Meat P II. I mean like that night or something. | |
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alex Rhythm Player |
#5 by alex Smith at Aug 31, 1990 at 10:31 PM EST |
| I've been listening to the Meat Puppets since I was in the womb. Their version of this song cannot be beaten in sheer power and greatness. | |
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