Medicate by Afi
AFI
Medicate
Crash Love (2009)
Tabbed by Jess/Abongachong
Tune a half-step down.
NOTE: This tab is based on the album version of the song. This is also the version that
on Guitar Hero.
If you are playing to the single version, just skip straight to the "intro 2" part. I
the rest is the same.
Some of the fills and variations are a little hard to hear so the tab might be kind of confusing.
I did a bass cover on youtube so you can watch if there's a part you don't get or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2qRMQowoYo
/ = Slide
> = strum for a bar/measure
~ = Let ring
h = hammer on
Intro 1
Let guitar riff run on it's own twice, then once with the drums. Come in the fourth time with:
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|---/7-5-7-10-9-7-------|
Ab|-0---------------10----|
Eb|-----------------------|
Intro 2
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|------------------------7--|
Ab|-0>>-3h5>>-3>----0>-3h5----|
Eb|--------------3>-----------|
Verse (make sure to listen to the recording for the proper rhythm)
Gb|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Db|-5h7------------------------7-|-5h7---------------4>-3333/7777-|
Ab|-----0>>-3h5>>-3>----0>-3h5---|----0>>-3h5>>-3>----------------|
Eb|------------------3>----------|-----------------3>-------------|
Pre-chorus (This! is!)
Gb|---------------------|----------------|
Db|---------------------|----------------|
Ab|---------33-355-3553-|------------5~--|
Eb|-55-533-3------------|-55-533-322-----|
Chorus 1 (medicate, here with me)
Gb|---------------------|------------------------|
Db|---------------------|--------------3333-5555-|
Ab|----3>-3h5----555355-|------22-33-5>----------|
Eb|-5>--------3>--------|-5>-33------------------|
Intro 2 x1
Verse x1
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus 2
Gb|---------------------|------------------------|
Db|---------------------|--------------3333-5555-|
Ab|----3>-3h5----555355-|------22-33-5>----------|
Eb|-5>--------3>--------|-5>-33------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------333322-------3333-5555-|
Ab|----3>-3h5---3-33-555-------3333-5>----------|
Eb|-5>--------3>--------------------------------|
Bridge 1
Gb|-------------| Then rest for a little while
Db|-------------| until just before the vocals
Ab|-0~--0~-0~---| come back in.
Eb|-------------|
I think this is actually guitar, but here it is on bass anyway.
Gb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|-/7~-7h9----7h9----7h9---|-7-7~-7h9-----7h9-12--12-9-10-|
Ab|---------8~----9~-----8~-|-----------8-------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bridge 2 (play this four times)
Gb|---------------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|-0>-5h8>-9>-8>-|
Eb|---------------|
Let the guitar do it's riff once, then play the "intro 1" part
Chorus 2 x1
Chorus 1 x1
Guitar solo/"you don't even know my name"
Gb|---------------------|-----------------|
Db|----------------2233-|-----------------|
Ab|----3>-----55555-----|----3>----555355-|
Eb|-5>-----3>-----------|-5>----3>--------|
Gb|---------------------|--------------------------|
Db|----------------2233-|-3333332---222-3333320----|
Ab|----3>-----55555-----|---------5>------------5~-|
Eb|-5>-----3>-----------|--------------------------|
Then on the very last "medicate"
Gb|-------|
Db|-5h7---|
Ab|-----0-|
Eb|-------|
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