DEATH VALLEY '69
 
from doubldwn11@aol.com  (w/ additions by CL)

tuning: F#F#F#F#EB
 
this song is pretty easy....

intro...

T starts out the song just playing the high open F#s

B-----------
E-----(14)--
F#-----0----  just pick this furiously
F#-----0----
F#----------
F#----------

after a slide, it goes to this riff

B--------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------pick this furiously as well--
F#--7-----10--11----8--7---------------------------------
F#--7-----10--11----8--7---------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------

after he plays that for a while, he plays these chords 
(goes with the "coming down..." part)....

B------------0-------------------0---0--0--0----
E------------0-------------------0---0--0--0----
F#---7---7---0-----7--7--7--7----0---0--0--0----
F#---7---7---5-----7--7--7--7----5---5--5--5----
F#---0---0---5-----0--0--0--0----5---5--5--5----
F#---0---0---5-----0--0--0--0----5---5--5--5----

repeat frantic trem picking part, then go to the verse.

thurston plays:

B-------------
E-------------
F#---*7*-*7*-- harmonics, in a continuous pattern
F#---*7*-*7*--
F#---*7*-*7*--
F#---*7*-*7*--

lee starts off by droning this:

B---0--
E---0--
F#--7--
F#--7--
F#-----
F#-----

when it gets to "and now in the canyon", start trem picking
the 7th fret on the middle F# furiously...

then hits the open F# strings at the third "i didn't wanna"...

and he keeps hitting the open F# strings (or harmonics at 5th/12th frets)
on each beat.... 

until "deep in the valley", come in on this:

B---0--                   --5--
E---0--                   --0--
F#--5--  then change to:  --5--
F#--5--                   --5--
F#-----                   -----
F#-----                   -----

then as it gets more intense, move up to:

B-----------------
E-----------------
F#--12---13---14--  trem picking still...
F#--12---13---14--   
F#---0----0----0--    then move up to 19th - 22nd frets
F#---0----0----0--

at this point (right before it explodes into the intro again), thurston
quits playing the muted harmonics and starts droning the open F# strings....

then back to the intro for the outro...... lee goes crazy up high
on the neck at the end, during the chorus/refrain, and that's it!
 
last updated: 3/3/02

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