BAND: The Used (www.theused.net)
SONG: The Back Of Your Mouth (bonus track on Japanese IL&D album)
BASSIST: Jeph Howard
TUNING: DADG
TABBED BY: Jeanine M
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Please make sure you understand the following BASIC TERMS before you start playing:
~ = ring
m = mute
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
. = staccato (a short, fast, emphasized note. These are necessary, but the song is
choppy..)
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INTRO (0:00) --> Enter bass at 0:10
G |-----0--0----0-3-------| |------------------------|
D |-0-3-------------0--0--| x3 |-0----------------0--0--|
A |-----------------------| |---4-3--3--3--3-4-------|
D |-----------------------| |------------------------|
. . . . . .
VERSE (0:20)
G |-------------------|
D |-5~~~~---5m---5\0--|
A |-------------------|
D |-------------------|
. .
PRECHORUS (0:29)
G |---------| |-----------|
D |---------| x8 |-----------|
A |----5-4--| |-----------|
D |-5-------| |-5-5-5-5m--|
. .
CHORUS (0:38)
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---0-0-0--00--000--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
G |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---0-0-0-0m--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
POST CHORUS (0:57)
G |-----0--0----0-3-------| |-----------------------------|
D |-0-3-------------0--0--| x3 |-0---------------------------|
A |-----------------------| |---4-3--3--3--3-1------------|
D |-----------------------| |-------------------5--55-3m--|
. . . . . . .
VERSE (1:08)
G |--------------------|
D |-5~~~~--5-5m---5\0--|
A |--------------------|
D |--------------------|
. .
PRECHORUS (1:16)
G |---------| |-----------|
D |---------| x8 |-----------|
A |----5-4--| |-----------|
D |-5-------| |-5-5-5-5m--|
. .
CHORUS (1:28)
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---0-0-0--00--000--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
G |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---0-0-0-0m--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
REST (1:47)
BRIDGE (1:56)
G |---------------------------|
D |---------------------------| x2
A |---------------------------|
D |-5~~~---4~~~---2~~~--1~~~--|
(2:06)
G |-------------0--|
D |--------00-3----| x4
A |----1-3---------|
D |-55-------------|
(2:16)
G |0-0--0-0----------------------------|
D |----------4-4--4-4---3-3--3-3---2~--|
A |------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|
ALTERED CHORUS (2:25)
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---0-0-0--00--000--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------53----|
D |-5-5-5--55--555---3-3-3--33--333---2-2-2--22--222---575--85--|
. . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
OUTRO (2:45)
G |-----------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|
D |-5555555/7--3333333/5--22222222--00000m--|
(2:54) (3:04)
G |-----0--0----0-3-------| |----------------------------------------------|
D |-0-3-------------0--0--| x3 |-0--------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------| |---4-3--3--3--3-1-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------| |-------------------5--55-3m--000-000-000-000--|
. . . . . . .
(3:06)
G |-3-2-0------------~------||
D |-------3-0-345---5~~~\m--||
A |-------------------------||
D |-------------------------||
.
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SOME QUICK NOTES
--> The INTRO section is hard to explain regarding its tempo. If you listen to the song
should understand it. basically you can practice it as two eighth notes and one quarter.
that out and see how it works for you.
--> You can throw in a small slide at the beginning of the bridge by instead playing the
on the E string:
D |-3/5~~~---4~~~---2~~~---1~~~---|
--> For the half-chorus at the start of the outro, you can remove the slides if you
Also, the 5s and 3s are played in a xxxx xxx sort of pattern.
--> And as a final note, this is the way that I play this song. I don't believe it's
correct, but I like the way that this sounds.