Ethel Cain – Vacillator (Guitar Tab)

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[Intro]
*Drum pattern*
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[Verse 1]
(Kicks in at 1:54)
(Faintly at first, then more intense)
"You're so smooth, if you want you can bite me, and I won't move."
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B|----1-1-0-0----------------------------------1-1-0-0-----------------------|
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A|---------------3--------------------2--------------------------------------|
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"You won't lose me to thunder or lightning, but you could to crowded rooms."
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A|-3---2------------------0----3---------------------------------------------|
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[Instrumental]
(Starts at 2:45, then at 2:55)
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[Verse 2]
(Starts at 3:04)
"I like that sound you make, when you're clawing at the edge and without escape."
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"Do you like that, baby?       I can make you cum 20 times a day."
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(Begins at 3:30)       "Close the door, let me in."
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A|-0--3-------0-3--------0-3-------0-3---------------0-3---------------------|
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[Instrumental]
(Begins at 3:50)
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(Final note cut short)

[Chorus]
"If you love me,      keep it to yourself."
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"If you love me,       keep it to yourself."
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"If you love me,      keep it to yourself."
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"If you love me,        keep it to yourself."
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(Faintly at the end)

(Ethel chorus begins at 5:42)
       "If you love me,       then keep it to yourself."
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A|----------0-3----------------------------------0--3------------------------|
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  "If you love me,      then keep it to yourself."
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B|----------------1-1-0-0---------------0-0-1-1------------------------------|
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A|------------0----------------0-3-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"Keep it to yourself."
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A|-0-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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[Outro]
"If you love me, then keep it to yourself."
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(Echo and slowly decay the note)