I'm tired of seeing wrong tabs of this song without the guitar solo,
so I took it upon myself to learn to play it properly.
Heavy
As performed on "Dosage"
Words and music by Ed Roland
h hammer on
p pull off
PM palm muting
b bend
r return
x muffled strings
~ vibrating
/ slide up
\ slide down
TR tremelo picking
Ed Guitar 1
Dean Guitar 2
Ross Guitar 3
All guitars D'uh
Intro (Dean, w/ distortion, x5)
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| Gb[ |
| Db[ |
| Ab[ |
| Eb[ 0 0 0 0 12 12 12 12 0 12 0 |
Main riff (All guitars, w/ distortion, x3) End with this
| eb[ ] |
| Bb[ ] |
| Gb[ ] |
| Db[ ] |
| Ab[ 5p0 1p0 ] 5p0 |
| Eb[ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0h3h5 3 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
PM...... PM.. PM...... PM..
Verse (Ed, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)
| eb[ 3 |
| Bb[ 3 |
| Gb[ 0 |
| Db[ 0 |
| Ab[ 2 |
| Eb[ 3 |
Verse (Dean and Ross, w/ distortion, let ring, x2)
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| Gb[ |
| Db[ 5 |
| Ab[ 5 |
| Eb[ 3 |
All guitars play main riff twice in between each verse part and before thr chorus
The chorus is kinda messed up because Ed, Dean, and Ross are all playing
different parts. I usually play Dean's part.
Chorus (Ed, w/ distortion, x2)
| eb[ 2 0 0 3 ] |
| Bb[ 3 2 1 3 ] |
| Gb[ 2 2 0 0 ] |
| Db[ 0 2 2 0 ] |
| Ab[ 0 3 2 ] |
| Eb[ 3 ] 3 2 |
Chorus (Dean, w/ distortion, x2)
| eb[ ] |
| Bb[ ] |
| Gb[ 7 5 ] |
| Db[ 7 7 5 5 ] |
| Ab[ 5 7 3 5 ] |
| Eb[ 5 5 3 3 ] 3 2 |
Chorus (Ross, w/ distortion, x2)
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| Gb[ 19 18 17 16 |
| Db[ x x x x |
| Ab[ 17 16 15 14 |
| Eb[ |
Ed and Dean play main riff (w/ ending)
Ross' new interlude is this (w/ distortion, x2)
| eb[ |
| Bb[ 5\3 3/5 |
| Gb[ 4\2 2/4 |
| Db[ |
| Ab[ |
| Eb[ |
All guitars play their verse parts, but during the main riff, Ross plays the new interlude
Chorus
Bridge (All guitars, w/ distortion, x4)
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| Gb[ 12 12 12 12 |
| Db[ 12 12 12 12 |
| Ab[ |
| Eb[ 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 |
GUITAR SOLO (Ross, w/ distorion and wah pedal. I am not quite sure about the
muffled strings)
| eb[ x x x x |
| Bb[ x x x x |
| Gb[ 12 (bend slowly) b14 x x 14b16r14 14b18r14 x x |
| Db[ x x x x |
| Ab[ x x x x |
| Eb[ x x x x |
TR.............
| eb[ x x x |
| Bb[ (Really, really vibrate) 17~~~ x 17~~~ x 17~~~ x 17~~~ |
| Gb[ x x x |
| Db[ x x x |
| Ab[ x x x |
| Eb[ x x x |
| eb[ |
| Bb[ 19p17 22p21p19 |
| eb[ (bend slowly) 14 14 14 14 14 14b16 |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ x x x x x x x x x x |
| Bb[ x x x x x x x x x x |
| Gb[ 14b18r14 x x 14b16~~~ x x 16b18~~~ x x 18b20~~~ x x 20b22~~~ x x |
| Db[ x x x x x x x x x x |
| Ab[ x x x x x x x x x x |
| Eb[ x x x x x x x x x x |
| eb[ 22b24r |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
Chorus
Play Main Riff 3 times (w/ Ross' interlude)
End on this
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ |
| Bb[ |
| eb[ 5p0 |
| Bb[ 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
PM...... PM..
Done.
Song Structure
Intro
Main Riff
Verse
Main Riff
Verse
Main Riff
Chorus
Main Riff
Verse
Main Riff
Verse
Main Riff
Chorus
Bridge
GUITAR SOLO
Chorus
Main Riff
Anyone who knows when Collective Soul's new album is coming out,
please let us all know. We have not heard from them for quite some time.