Dancing Fool

Butthole Surfers

tom:
Intro Paul:

E|------*12*E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|
B|--*12*E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------|
D|--------------------14b~~~--14b~~~--14b~-14b~-14b~14~14b-(14r)-|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------|

follow this with sludgy tremolo picked slides on the low E. then:

E|------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B|--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|

E|-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------|
B|--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b(11)11r\-|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----|

Intro Gibby:

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------14~~-14b~~~--14b~~14b~~14b~~~-| etc then slide randomly
G|----------------------------------------| up the the neck, and bang
D|----------------------------------------| some open strings
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Then:

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
D|--9-----9-----9-----9------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-----7-----7-----7----2\7-7----11\7-7----2\7-7----11\7-7--7-7-7-7-|
E|--0-----0-----0-----0--------0---------0--------0---------0--0-0-0-0-|

Vocal part:

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|------------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Gibby and Paul play basically the same thing, with varied rhythm
on the E chord (Gibby is panned farther right, Paul farther left).

After Paul's first verse/chorus/whatever:

PAUL:

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------10-9-10-12-13~~~-|
G|--9-10~--7-9~---9-7--------------------------------7-9------------------|
D|--------------------10-9-10-9-7-6-7-9-10-9-10-9-10----------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---------------|
B|--(13~~~)\--12-10--x-10-9-10-9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10^9--------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---7-9br-7-9---|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------9-|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---------------|

E|------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B|--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|

E|-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B|--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|

GIBBY:

Begin this section playing the chorus riff (C D E) underneath
Paul's first riff above. Then he plays:

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----------------|
A|--7~-8~-7~--5~-7~---7\5---5\3---0^3\5\7~--------12-11-12-11~-----|
E|--------------------------------------------\12-------------12~/-|

E|--------------------0-|
B|--------------------0-|
G|----------7-8b~~~~----|
D|------7-8-------------|
A|--7-8-----------------|
E|----------------------|

Then:

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
D|--9-----9-----9-----9------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-----7-----7-----7----2\7-7----11\7-7----2\7-7----11\7-7--7-7-7-7-|
E|--0-----0-----0-----0--------0---------0--------0---------0--0-0-0-0-|

Back to Vocal Section.....

After 2nd Vocal part, Gibby plays the same riffs as the previous solo,
but Paul plays:

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-9\---|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
G|--2br-x-2-2-2--2-0E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-|
D|-------------------2~~--2-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-0-2-0-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|----------------------------------------3br---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                                                   palm mute

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
G|--2br^1-2-1-2-1-2-1-------2br-1-2-1------------2br-2-1^2^1^2^1^2^1^2-|
D|------------------------------------2br-0-2-0------------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||--------------------|
 (I'll admit, that last bit was tabbed pretty poorly.. this song has
   a lot of solos, give me a break..)

E|------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B|--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|

E|-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B|--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|

Back to the vocal part again, and then:

PAUL:

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------9-10-11^12^11--|
G|--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

E|--19-17-------------------------------------|
B|--------19-17-------------------------------|
G|--------------16-15-13----------------------|
D|-----------------------16-14----------------|
A|-----------------------------16-14-12-------|
E|--------------------------------------12\---|

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
G|--2br-x-2-2-2--2-0---------------------------------------1-2~~--2-2br-1-2~-2-1----|
D|-------------------2~~--2-0-2-0-2-0--------------------------------------------2~-|
A|------------------------------------2-0-----2-----2-2-2-2-------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------3br---0---0-0-0-0-------------------------|

E|------10--------10----------10----10----10~~-------10----10-----10-|
B|--11b----11r~~-----b11~--11b---11b---11b--------11b---11b---11b----|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||------------------|

E|-----10----10----10----10-----10-----10---------------------|
B|--11b---11b---11b---11b---11b----11b------11b-11b-11b-11br\-|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||-----------|

Back to the vocal part one more time, and end on:

PAUL:

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|
G|--12~-11~--12-9~-12-9~--12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9~~~~-|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||----|

GIBBY:

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|------------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| (palm mute E chords)

Whew! That's that.

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THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS GUITAR/BASS TAB ARCHIVE:
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