Unwound – Side Effects Of Being Tired (Guitar Tab)

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Artist/Band: Unwound Song: "Side Effects of Being Tired" Album: Challenge for a Civilized Society (1998) alternate tuning: F# A E G A E
Guitar
Intro riff:
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
G |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------------|
E |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11|
A |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11|
F#|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11|

Verse riff:
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
G |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------|
E |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11|
A |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11|
F#|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11|

Pre-Chorus riff:
e |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
G |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
G |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

Chorus riff:
e |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A |-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
G |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
G |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-12----------------------------------------10---|
G |------------------------------------------------|
E |----------12-------13-------9--------10---------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-12-------------------------10------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
E |----------12-------13----------------10----9----|
A |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-12----------------------------------------10---|
G |------------------------------------------------|
E |----------12-------13-------9--------10---------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-12-------------------------10------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
E |----------12-------13----------------10----9----|
A |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

Bridge riff (after improvised noise w/ delay):
e |(0)---------------------(0)---------------------|
A |-7-----------------------8----------------------|
G |-9-----------------------9----------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----------------------0----------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

+
e |(0)---------------------(0)---------------------|
A |-10----------------------11---------------------|
G |-9-----------------------9----------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----------------------0----------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|

Outro riff:
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------12~--------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |/12~--------------------------------------------|
F#|/12~--------------------------------------------|

+
e |------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------14----14----14----14---|
G |-------------------------13----13----13----13---|
E |------------------------------------------------|
A |-12----12----12----12---------------------------|
F#|-12----12----12----12---------------------------|
Song structure: Intro riff x 4 Verse riff x 8 Pre-chorus riff x 2 Chorus riff x 1 Verse riff x 8 Pre-chorus riff x 2 Chorus riff x 1 Intro riff x 4 Verse riff into improvised noise with delay approx. x 8 Bridge riff x 4 Outro riff x ad infinitum, treat with delay/effects noise That's it. Feel free to leave comments, questions, requests, etc. Cheers! -Bennyshambles78-