THE DEAD MILKMEN Swampland Of Desire from Eat Your Paisley Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com) This is not a perfect tab by any means (are any of them?), but not only do I think it's pretty good and that you can play it rather well with what's here, I will of course be adding to it as I puzzle out the various little riffs. That said, there's really not a lot missing at all. A couple of notes I can't hear in the verse, and couple more in the chorus. Bass: ---- D/F# D/F# D B A F# D G------------------------------------- D-------------------------9-7--------- A--5/9-9-9---5/9-9-9---5------9---5--- E------------------------------------- This is the bass for the verse only. Verse: ----- D I will trim your fir trees And I will light your fire And I will wrestle alligators In your swampland of desire There is something else hiding somewhere in that verse, but it's almost impossible to pick out as it gets overwhelmed by the bass just when you're coming to it. Sounds pretty good with the jangly guitar and bass anyway. Chorus: ------ D And I will come upon you Like lightning from above Bm C G And I will plant my feet into Em F# Your quagmire of love Bm C G Quagmire of love A Quagmire of love The only bit missing here is the tiny little riff(s) during the D at the start of the chorus. verse: I will trim your fir trees And I will light your fire And I will wrestle alligators In your swampland of desire chorus: So here's to my little sunbelt queen I'll take you places that you've never been And I will show you things That you have never seen And I will tell you all about Martin Sheen verse: I will trim your fir trees And I will light your fire And I will wrestle alligators In your swampland of desire Solo: ---- The solo continues over the top of a chorus, the words of which I've included under the notes... though the timing will not be exact. The 7v means to just vibrate the note a little bit (ie not quite a bend, but a slight variation). In each case the notes are vibrated and held over onto the next line, which I've tried to show in my own special way. :) (1:23) E---------------------12--10-------12--10---------------------------- B--7--10---7--10--7------------12----------10--12--10--7--10---7v...- G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- (1:30) E----------------------------------------------------------------- B--...7v-------------------------------------------7-----7--7v...- G---------------7---9---7-------9----7--9-----9-------6----------- D----------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- I will come upon you like... lightning from above E---------------------------------------------------------------- B--...7v--------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------7--9----7------9-----7--9--9---9--6------- D-----------------------------------------------------------7---- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- And I will plant my feet into your... quagmire of love verse: I will trim your fir trees And I will light your fire And I will wrestle alligators In your swampland of desire End on D. From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/