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The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit by La Dispute
The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit
TUNING: EADGBe (standard)
Intro/Verse
Guitar 1 (the empty low E string might be played along with the E chord, not sure about that)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-----------13-13--13-13-13--13-13-13-------------|
G|---9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-----------14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14-------------|
D|---9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9----9--7---14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14----9--7-----|
A|---7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---10--9---12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12---10--9-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
As jringo13 pointed out (see comments below), the second chord in this riff seems to be this:
E|------
B|--13--
G|--12--
D|--10--
A|--12--
E|------
Listening to it a couple of times, this makes more sense.
Guitar 2 (joins at 0:25 with their singer)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------| the second part is very hard to hear
G|--------------------------------------------| So I guess it's wrong
D|-----9-------9---------------7----9----7----| CHECK THE COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER
A|---7-----7-7-------------------10---10------| (sorry for caps lock)
E|--------------------------------------------|
"all these secrets I keep..."
e|----------------|
B|--8-8-----8-8---|
G|--9-9-----9-9---|
D|--9-9-----9-9---|
A|--7-7-----7-7---|
E|--0-0-----0-0---|
Chorus 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--5-------------4--5--2--5--7----|
D|--9--7--5---7-9-\-5---4--5--2--5--7----|
A|--7--5--3---7-9-\-5---2--3--0--3--5----|
E|------------5-7-\-3--------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--5-------------4--5---9-9-9\----|
D|--9--7--5---7-9-\-5---4--5---9-9-9\----|
A|--7--5--3---7-9-\-5---2--3---7-7-7\----|
E|------------5-7-\-3--------------------|
The second time round, one guitar plays this melody over the D chord (X577XX)
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|---7-7-9\5---|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Bridge 1 ("no pauses, ...)
Alright, this part was pretty hard to tab, I even watched some live videos of them
playing it. On those videos, I saw that something was played before the 5-3-0 2-0 thing, but
I have no idea what it might be, I can't hear it on the record. Also, this is actually
played on the G and D string, but without the part before it, it doesn't really matter
where you play it...
Guitar 1 (lead)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3p0-----------------------------------------------------3p0--5-3-0-------|
G|---0---0-------7-4---------------0------------0---------------0-------------2-0---|
D|-2-----------------7-5\--------2-------7---(7)----9\7\5-----2---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------5-----(5)------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-----------0----------------9~ ----7~ ----5~ --------------|
D|-2------7-(7)-----9\7\5\-----------------------------7--9\-5---|
A|------5---(5)-----------------7------5------3--------7--9\-5---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------5--7\-3---|
Guitar 2 (might play more, perhaps the X57XXXX chord, but I can't really tell)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--0--------(0)----|
D|--2---0-----2-----|
A|--3---2-----2-----|
E|------3-----0-----|
Chorus 2 (it's the same except for the end)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--5-------------4--5--2--5--7----|
D|--9--7--5---7-9-\-5---4--5--2--5--7----|
A|--7--5--3---7-9-\-5---2--3--0--3--5----|
E|------------5-7-\-3--------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--5-------------4--5---9-9-7-7---|
D|--9--7--5---7-9-\-5---4--5---9-9-7-7---|
A|--7--5--3---7-9-\-5---2--3---7-7-5-5---|
E|------------5-7-\-3--------------------|
Also, during the chorus (and at the end) one guitar plays those notes, they weren't that
easy to hear, but in live audio they are much clearer.
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------12--------------|
D|---7-7-9\5-------------10-----7--9-9\5---|
A|---------------------10------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Bridge 2 ("church steps, a vision")
Everything here is both guitars, except the part where I mention guitar 1 and 2.
e|------------------------------0------------------------|
B|------------------------------0------------------------|
G|------------------------------0------------------------|
D|--2/5-5\4-4-7-7---9\5-5--2--2-2------7\-5-5--4-4-4-4---|
A|-------------(5)--7\3-3--3--2-2--2-2/5\-3-3--2-2-2-2---|
E|----------------------------0-0------------------------|
e|---------------------|
B|------8--------------|
G|---0-----------------|
D|--------0-0-9-9\5----|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
(This time, one, probably clean guitar just slightly picks the notes, the other one just
plays it as before in a more "strummed" way)
e|------------------------------0------------------------|
B|------------------------------0-----------0------------|
G|------------------------------0-----------0------------|
D|--2/5-5\4-4-7-7---9\5-5--2--2-2------7\-5-5--4-4-4-4---|
A|-------------(5)--7\3-3--3--2-2--2-2/5\-3-3--2-2-2-2---|
E|----------------------------0-0------------------------|
THEN:
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----12--10-10--12-12\8---5/8-8-7-7--10--8--10-8-8-5--8/10\8\5----|
G|--12--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (joins at the 12\8 slide)
e|------------------------------------0------------------------|
B|------------------------------------0-----------0------------|
G|------------------------------------0-----------0------------|
D|-9-9\5--2/5-5\4-4-7-7---9\5-5--2--2-2------7\-5-5--4-4-4-4---|
A|-------------------(5)--7\3-3--3--2-2--2-2/5\-3-3--2-2-2-2---|
E|----------------------------------0-0------------------------|
Prechorus ("and when the feeling hits")
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------9--9--7-7---|
A|------------------------------10-10--9-9---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
Intro/Outro reprise
Mind the strumming, it's a lot like the "all these secrets I keep" part.
Guitar 1 (left speaker)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-----------14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14-------------|
D|---9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9----9--7---14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14----9--7-----|
A|---7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---10--9---12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12---10--9-----|
E|---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (right speaker) is the same, except for the E chord
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14-------------|
D|---2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2----9--7---14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14----9--7-----|
A|---2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---10--9---12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12---10--9-----|
E|---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
End on the E chord of your chosen guitar. Guitar 1 does the strumming noise at the end though.
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9-9--9-9-----|
D|--2-2--2-2--------------9-9--9-9-----|
A|--2-2--2-2--------or----7-7--7-7-----|
E|--0-0--0-0--------------0-0--0-0-----|
After sundown, before sleeping
I am the worst of me, I am a mess of these
Old themes and the murmur of half-dreams
Whisper seductively and stage scenes
It's fear fiction, these visions
Caught somewhere between delusion and prophesy
What I haven't done, what I've wanted to
And what I fear you have becomes reality here
Bright lights in the young night keep to the beat
A classic party scene, crowded and interesting
No love, no life, no history
Just touch, just chemistry, just
A roaring undercurrent simple and sensory
Young bodies, warm skin, perfect symmetry and
It's a moment, harmless, it's energy
It's like medicine, it's self-discovery
See, all the secrets I keep, why are they secrets?
It's only temporary, that fleeting feeling of warmth
Just a flash before the line gets blurry
Between a longing for more than what the body wants now
And what the body wants now more than anything?
Was it integrity that kept my hands to myself
Or just the thought of getting too far ahead of you?
Was it that I got too tired of the consequence?
Or was I just scared?
I only know I never wanted to get left behind
No pauses, not a second guess
First a swaying then a stumble then a swagger
They're just movements towards feeling
It doesn't matter, neither hesitates to carry on a kind of energy
Sweat and block out everything to
Find every aperture and compel the animal parts
Fan flames, taste fruit, taste bitter fruit
Just trying to learn how all the wires in the body work
Just trying to feel it out, it's like medicine
Find the healing in whatever bed they end up in
I want to feel it out, I want to know how it works
I want to know if it was worth it to worry
About the ghosts I feared would haunt the memory
About the damage that I'm sure the fear has done to me now
I want to know what it is in me that won't follow through
Those nights the instinct takes a hold of me and pushes too
Maybe it's only that I've never gotten over you
Or am I still scared?
I see the church steps, a vision
Is there fiction in this one too?
It's true, I've made a tale of it here
Still, it's a little unclear who's been haunting who
And time can be such a funny thing, always moving to the future
Glorifying the past and amplifying the pain in frames and glass
So was our touch half as sacred as I've made it seem
Or just another fabrication of a half-dream?
Just those chemicals, the adolescent love
Just us trying to grasp onto meaning, onto a purpose
Onto a sense that something spiritual releases when the feeling hits
And when the feeling hits
And in that moment sparks and harps play out
A sweeping melody through fog and fantasy
And in that moment there's an honesty instinctive and pure
But it departs like it came, rapid and bearing no more
Than fleeting ecstasy of natural harmony
They fear the notes being played and try to sing along
Don't be ashamed, be free to the feeling
Don't be ashamed, keep feeling
But find it: a body that makes sense
I've felt it
| / 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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