SOAK THE SIN by BLIND MELON. Off their 1992 album BLIND MELON.
gtr. 1 is Rodgers Stevens (lead)
gtr. 2 is Christopher Thorn (Rhythm)
Intro
gtr. 2
gtr 1
| E |
| B |
| G 10ho12 10 12 10 ho12 15ho17 15 17 15 17 15 17 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
gtr 1 cont.
| E |
| B 18 17 |
| G 17ho19 17 19 19 17 |
| D 17 |
| A |
| E |
gtr 2 (chords are a mostly palm muted Gm5, B(flat)m5,Cm5,Gm5)
| E |
| B |
| G 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 |
| E 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Main riff/'I got to buy some shoes'
gtr. 1
| E |
| B |
| G 2ho3po2 0 0 0 |
| D 3 3 |
| A |
| E |
gtr. 2 plays Gm5
'Looks like rain up ahead 40 miles'
gtrs 1 & 2 play in unison a C5, Bflat5,Gm5 x2 times
'Tell my mama I love he so...'
gtrs 1 & 2 still in unison play Gm5, Fm5, Bflat5
'Soak it in your soul!'
Gtrs 1 & 2 play in unison again this riff untill gtr 1 breaks off for solo
| E 6 5 3 3 6 5 3 3 6 5 3 3 3 |
| B 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E |
Gtr 1 solo on G string (heavy, heavy wah)
| G 0ho12po0 0ho12po0 0 12 12^ 12^po10 12^ (hold) |
| D 12 |
'Dont even say a word'
gtr 1 bars acroos the E, B, and G at 3rd fret
gtr 2 plays sparodic Gm5s
'We dont have too'
| G 7 6 5 repeat as needed then 19 18 17 |
| D 5 5 17 17 |
End solo
gtr 2 just strums Gm chord
| E 10 13^ 10ho13po10 |
| B 13 13 13 13 10 13 15 |
| G 12^ 12^ 12^ 12^ 10 12po10 10ho12po10 |
| D 12 10ho12 |
| A |
| E |
| E |
| B |
| G 0 0 3ho5 3ho5po3po0 |
| D 0ho3ho5 0ho3ho5 |
| A |
| E |
Now for this next part of the solo you will need to put your wah on full blast and use
pinch harmonics (squeals)use them for the bend at 5th fret on G
| E |
| B |
| G (Pinch harmonics here) 5^ 5^ 5^ 5^ 5^ 3ho5po3po0 0 0 |
| D 3ho5 3ho5 |
| A |
| E |
| E 6 6 6 6 6666 |
| B 8 8 8 8 8888 |
| G 7 7 7 7 7777 |
| D 8 8 8 8 8888 |
| A |
| E |
-this is my favorite song to just jam out to. it can sound real cool if you jam and
improvise. I can go on for 10 minutes with this song....it sounds real good if you use a lot
of wah at the apropriate places.
i also gotta give ya kudos for knowing and wanting to play this song.
Yours, Maxelaxel (aka Max)
Melonhead for life, ya'll
"It is imposible to classify Blind Melon to 1 genre. If you did, you have only heard 1
of our songs"-Shannon Hoon RIP