D E A D H O T W O R K S H O P
RIVER OTIS
As Appearing on the album 1001
Written By Brent Babb, Steve Larson, Curtis Grippe, Brian Griffith
Transcription by Mark Ord (ord@alphalink.com.au)
Notes: The guitar set up Brent and Steve (I guess, unless it's Steve on both
guitar tracks) have on River Otis is extremely cool. Listening to the
song as a whole, it sounds like the main signature riff is played by one
of them, while the other plays rythmn, but split the channels, and you'll
notice that they trade off each other (I only just noticed while doing
this).
Another pretty straight laced Workshop song chord and structure wise.
It's E, A and Asus4 the whole way through.
I'm not sure if it's Asus4, or a D, but Asus4 is what I tend to play.
* Full tablature to come, when I have the time to tab it all out.
For the time being, it's tab where required, and chords.
* I have -little- clue of the actually lyrics to River Otis so
excuse the blanks (...). Suggestions welcome.
GUITARS (Basic):
* Gtr 1 - Electric (w/Dist)
* Gtr 2 - Electric (w/Dist)
INTRO
Gtr 1.
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------0---------|----------------------0|
|---5--------4-----4--2--|--0--------0-----------|-------------0---------|---------------h----0--|
|-T----------------------|--------------2-----1--|-------------0---------|--1----------0---1-----|
|-A----------------------|-----------------------|--1--------------------|--2--------------------|
|-B----------------------|-----------------------|--2--------------------|--2--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|--0--------------------|--0--------------------|
| * Let ring
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------0---------|--------------0-----0--|
|-T----------------------|-----------------------|-------------1---------|--------------1-----1--|
|-A----------------------|-----------------------|--2----------2---------|--2-----------2-----2--|
|-B----------------------|-----------------------|--2----------2---------|--2-----------2-----2--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|--0----------0---------|--0-----------0-----0--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--5--------4----------2|--------0--------------|
|--4--------4--------4--|--2-------2------2\----|-----------------------|--------------2-----1--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-----------4--4--2--|--0--------0-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------2-----1--|--1-----------1--------|--1-----------1--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--2-----------2--------|--2-----------2--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--2-----------2--------|--1-----------2--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--0-----------0--------|--0-----------0--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5--------4-----4--2--|--0--------0-----------|
|-----------------------|--------------2-----1--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5--------4-----4--2--|--0--------0-----------|
|-----------------------|--------------2-----1--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
VERSE:
E
........... again
A Asus4 A E
Work up the sweat, the old bone's dry
A Asus4 A E
Smoke up the smoke, smoke, the smoke is so right (white?)
A
[2 bars of intro]
E
Getting it up again
A Asus A E
'Til I'm tired or 'til you get it right
A Asus4 A E
You ransack the **** on any given night
SOLO:
C#5 - B5 - A5 - E5 x 4
VERSE:
E
As far as I can tell
A Asus4 A E
If a man can't find a whore at four, it's just as well
A Asus4 A E
When the cogs in your machine are all blown to hell
[2 bars of intro]
E
Looks like I'm lost again
A Asus4 A E
And I'm going blind
A Asus4 E
And this dumb fuck next to me is going blind
OUTRO:
[Play Intro Riff]
On the final 2 bars (2:20), there is also an overdubbed guitar:
Gtr. I/II ritard.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5--------4-----4--2--|--0--------0--------0--|
|-----------------------|--------------2-----1--|
|-----------------------|--------------------2--|
|-----------------------|--------------------2--|
|-----------------------|--------------------0--|
| Gtr. III (overdubbed)
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--9-----------9----10--|--9--------------------|
|-----------------------|------11---9--------9--|
|-----------------------|---------------11------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|