Tab Realm

My Black Ass by Shellac




                              My Black Ass 





Tuning: Drop D


Gain: 8.5
Level: 1

Bass: 1.5
Mid: 2
Treble: 8.5

If your guitar has a treble knob on it, I recommend setting it to 5.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-|
A|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-|
D|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-3-2-0-|
This is the main heavy riff that goes throughout the song. The rhythm is pretty easy to get.
During the intro before the drums kick in, you might want to hit the G-string a couple
of times.

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-|
A|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-|
D|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-|
This is played during the intro in between the above riff and the riff below.
It isn't played in between the two riffs for the rest of the song.

e|-12-12-12-12--12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12--12--12-12-|
B|-11-11-11-11--11-11--11--11-11--13-13-13-13--13-13--13--13-13--11-11-11-11--11-11--11--11-11-|
G|-10-10-10-10--10-10--10--10-10--14-14-14-14--14-14--14--14-14--10-10-10-10--10-10--10--10-10-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is the extremely trebly riff that is played for a lot of the song. Steve's guitar
tone is essential for this,
unless you want it to sound like shit. Don't play the last part during the intro, but
all other parts feature it.

e|-12-12--12-12--12-12-|
B|-11-11--11-11--11-11-|
G|-10-10--10-10--10-10-|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
This is played in between the above riff and the following riff.

e|-12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12--12-12-|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11--11-11-|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10--10-10-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
This follows the trebly riff most of the time.

e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
This is played repeatedly for the last forty seconds or so of the song, but
right after Steve shouts "My black ass!", play the first riff one last time.

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|




This is the bass line from the intro tabbed for guitar. Tune the low E-string to C for this.








| /   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








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