THE WORLD LOOKS RED

tab by chris lawrence

Lee tuning: EADECD w/ screwdriver @ 9th fret
Thurston tuning: ? 

(thurston's original tuning isn't known but he tends
to favor F#F#F#F#EB for live versions)

Thurston opens by banging the open strings. Kim's bass comes in,
followed by the drums. Lee's guitar is loudest left. He's strumming
the strings behind the screwdriver (so on the 'wrong' side) and
muting their sustain with his hand. During this part, Thurston
is occasionally striking his strings 4 times, with a drumstick over
the pickups. 

Then Lee hits the top 4 strings (DECD) on the proper side of 
the screwdriver, but first pushes them down a bit on the other
side of it, then releases like a reverse bend. Thurston just
bangs the open strings during this part.

For the verse, Thurston doesn't play guitar. Lee begins by strumming
behind the screwdriver again, then arpeggiating the strings, then
back to strumming again (all behind the screwdriver).

After the verse, Thurston's guitar comes back in, with the drumstick
over the pickups, playing in the right speaker. It's all pretty random
picking. Lee starts playing something like this, while pushing
the strings up and down behind the screwdriver:

D--0-----0------0-----0-------0----0------
C----0------0-----0------0------0-----0---
E------0------0-----0------0------0-----0- ETC
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------

eventually he moves up to another chord. i can't find the exact
chord, but something like this works (keep in mind that 0 is
the 9th fret, with the screwdriver behind it, but the other numbers
are the actual frets):

D--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-
C--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-
E--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-
D---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
A---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
E---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-

then back to open DECD w/ behind-screwdriver bend while thurston
hits open strings.

verse same as before. 

after the 2nd verse, Thurston hits the lowest string and starts
chugging away at it, while Lee's banging open strings, then goes
back to the same as the first interlude. 

the end has Lee banging away at the last chord tabbed up there, and
Thurston running a drumstick up and down his fretboard. 

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