FRENCH TICKLER

tabbed by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)

thurston: CGDGBB
kim: CGGDDD
lee: CGDCGD? (this is the RAIN ON TIN tuning but works well for this too)

THURSTON:

B-----
B-----
G--0-- shake w/ bar
D--0--
G--0--
C-----

verse (i know, this sounds really..uh..'happy'..but it works):

         free time        free time     i have got it      gonna     getmesome    
B-----------------------------------------------------------------7-----------0-0-
B-----------3--1-1-----------3--1-1-------------------------------7-----------0-0-
G-----------4--2-2-----------4--2-2--------------3----------------7-----------0-0-
D-----------5--3-3-----------5--3-3----------------3---------8-8--7----7-7-7--0-0-
G--0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0------------------3-------3---3-3-8-8-------7-7-7--0-0-
C--0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0----------0-0-3-3---3-----3---3-3-8-8-----0-7-7-7--0-0-

now, that probably looks confusing, but most of it is strummed really
quickly, just chord changes, etc..the last open notes are just by 
chance, be sure to mute them w/ yr fret hand.

chorus chords:

B----------------------
B----------------------
G--5----8----12----10--
D--5----8----12----10--
G--5----8----12----10--
C--5----8----12----10--

'mille feuille' part:

B----------------------------0--
B----------------------------0--
G-------12\9--9---7-7-7\9/7--4--
D-------------------------------
G-------12\9--9---7-7-7\9/7--4--
C--0-0--------------------------

'now you better..':

B------
B------
G---4--
D---4--
G---4-- this is the loud chord that kicks it off, then he does some palm
C---0-- muted 5th fret stuff and maybe some slides...just mess around

drumless break:

B--1-1-3-3-1-1-4-4--
B--0-0-4-4-2-2-5-5--
G-------------------
D-------------------
G-------------------
C-------------------

for the noise stomper before the last verse, just improvise.

KIM'S PART:

D-------12--7----12--7-----15-15--17-17---12-12---9-9-7-
D-------12--7----12--7-----15-15--17-17---12-12---9-9-7-
D-------12--7----12--7-----15-15--17-17---12-12---9-9-7-
G-------------------------------------------------------
G--0-0--------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------

chorus:

D--5----7----17-----15-
D--5----7----17-----15-
D--5----7----17-----15-
G----------------------
G----------------------
C----------------------

"mille feuille":

D-------17---12---9---9-9------
D-------17---12---9---9-9------
D-------17---12---9---9-9------
G------------------------------
G------------------------------
C------------------------------

kim just slides up the neck during the "now you better take a deep breath" part

drumless break:

D--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7--
D--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7--
D--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7--
G-------------------
G-------------------
C-------------------

noise stomper before last verse: improvise

LEE'S PART:

This is sorta rough as it may be in the wrong tuning. I know his tuning
has a low C and G and since the "Rain On Tin" tuning is CGDCGD, I figured
I'd just work this out in that one...

verse:

D---------------------------------8------------8--------7-7--
G-----------------------------8-----8----------8--------7-7--
C----------------------------------------------8--------7-7--
D---------------------------8---8--------8-8-8-8--8-8-7-7-7--
G-------------13\12---5---8------------8---8-8-8--8-8-7-7-7--
C--0------0-0--0------0--------------------8-8-8--8-8-7-7-7--

for the chorus, he seems to go up way higher during live versions,
but these chords will suffice:

D--5----8----12----10--
G--5----8----12----10--
C--5----8----12----10--
D--5----8----12----10--
G--5----8----12----10--
C--5----8----12----10--

"mille feuille" part: (w/ delay)

D--------------------
G--------------------
C------18---19--18---
D--18----------------
G--------------------
C--------------------

for the next part ("now you better take a deep breath"), just explode w/ noise.

atonal part:

D-------------------------------------11------------------------------
G---------------------16---------------------------------------20-----
C--12-14--12-12-14-14----14--12-12-14----14-12-12-14-12-\17-18----20--
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
C---------------------------------------------------------------------

use trem bar to modulate each note. improvise each time.

for the noisy stomper part before the last verse, just solo in F#m7.

very end: (w/ delay)

D----------------------
G--12-12-11---11\12-11- (drop w/ trem bar)
C----------------------
D----------------------
G----------------------
C----------------------

last updated: 4/3/02

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