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                             22 Going On 23 - Butthole Surfers
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Tabbed by: Chris Lawrence (uploaded by Ritik)


Tuning: Standard

The first time it is played like this:

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--2--2-2-5-5-5-4-p| ick scrape

But the rest of the time you play it like this:

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-0--0-0-3-3-3-2~--p| ick scrape

Only put a slight vibrato of a dozen cents or so on note before the scrape. Mute E, A strings during pick scrape.




For the solo, you might not be able to reach certain notes on smaller necks.



E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b~~~~--15-15-15-15r-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------12~~~-12-14-14b-14-14-14-14~~~~---14-14-14-14--14~~~--|
D|----| keep note bent ---------------- gradually bend ----- note still bent-----
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----15-15-14-14-14\--------12--12--12--12--15-17b~~~~-17b-17b-17b~~~~~--|
B|---------------------17~~~--15b-15b-15b-15b------------------------------|
G|--(14~~~~~~~~~~~)--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--(17b~~~)-17~-17~-17~-17~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15\12~-12~-12~-12~-12~--|
B|---r| eturn--------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--12\15~-15~-15~-15~\-21b~~~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~-21~---| etc
B|------------------------ho| ld bend----------21~-21~-21~-21~- bend/shake/pick
G|-----------------------------------------------------------| furiously
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| then slide back
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------15-15-14-14-14\-------12--12--12--12--15-17~~-17~17~17~17~~--
B-------------------------------------17~~~-15b-15b-15b-15b------------------------
G--14b-14~-14~-14~-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------
D------- hold bend ----------------------------------------------------------------
AE|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---
EE|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---

E|-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-16-14-12~~~--|
B|-----------12-12-------------------------------------|
G|-----13-13-------------------------------------------|
D|--14-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-19b~~\--|
B|-----------12-12--------------------------------|
G|-----13-13--------------------------------------|
D|--14--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------14-14-12~~-17-17-17-17-16-14-12~~~--|
B|-----------12-12-------------------------------------|
G|-----13-13-------------------------------------------|
D|--14-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------14-14-12~~-19~-19~-19~-19~-19~-19~--| this is right at the end
B|-----------12-12-------------------------------------| of the solo, and for the
G|-----13-13-------------------------------------------| last few notes just explode
D|--14-------------------------------------------------| into a noise frenzy around
A|-----------------------------------------------------| the 19th-22nd frets...





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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend