The Fool The Meddling Idiot tab by Melvins

"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" by THE MELVINS
ben.nield@gmail.com

This isn't very accurate.

INTRO/MAIN RIFF - play 8X (?):
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|-7---5---7---5---7-----------5---2---2--2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|------------------------------------------------------------
                     . .  . .  . . . .

E|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|-4---5---2---4---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|---------------------------------------------------------
      .    .  .        . .  . .  . . . .

VERSE - play 8X:

 "I can feed/From the angel..."
E|-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-
E|-------------------------------------------------
[[PALM-MUTE ALL]]

STRAIGHT AFTER THAT THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 2 BARS DURING THIS BIT:
"Away from the mangle rare we don't need
I got the one to make me alright"

THEN YOU DO THIS 8X:
E|---------
B|---------
G|-2^------
D|-2^------
A|-0---0-0-
E|-0---0-0-
    . .

MAIN RIFF 4X

THERE'S A PAUSE FOR 1 BAR DURING THIS:
"They are alive and wasted on me"

THEN PLAY THIS SEQUENCE 2X:
      "You are so in there..."
E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5---5---5-5-5-
A|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
E|---------------------------------
  . . . . .  . .  .  .  . . .

    "...But will you leave me?"
E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3---3-3-3-
A|-0h1-1-1-1---1-1---1---1---1-1-1-
E|----------------- ----------------
    . . .  . .  .  .  . . .

E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|------------------- --------------
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---2-2-4---5---
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---0-0-2---3---
E|---------------------------------
 . . . .   . .   . .

E|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|-------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2-8---2-2-3---4---
A|-0-0-0-0-6---0-0-1---2---
E|---- ---------------------
  . . . .   . .

FINALLY PLAY THIS 3X:
E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---5^-----5^-----
A|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------
E|----------------------- --------------
  . . . . .  . . . .

E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------- -----------
D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7^-----7^-----
A|-0-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0---------------
E|-------------------------------------
       ..