THE DEAD MILKMEN Watching Scotty Die from Bucky Fellini Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com) This used to be almost my favourite Milkmen song (when I was 14 or 15). However, I never had much luck introducing it to people: they never seemed to find the subject very humorous. This was actually very difficult to tab (ok, chord) accurately. There was another tab floating around but it never really did it for me. The trick to it is the bass, which doesn't strictly follow the guitar. There are various points in the song where you can hear this, most notably in the 2nd verse where it hits "yellow". There are also a few walk downs going on which complicates matters. However, I've done the best I can, and hope to clear up confusion one day by tabbing out the bass. Anyway, enjoy this and please correct me if you know better. Even if you aren't sure, have a shot at it! I had a shot and put in some violin fills (arranged for guitar of course). Only got the stuff over the second verse and the outro to do now, but those bits are by far the hardest. Not easy to hear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bass: ---- There are two walk downs. I'm sure you can hear them. In the intro between the D and the G it goes down D-C-B-A-G. In the verse between the D and the Em it goes down D-C-B-A-E. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: ----- OK, there's 3 parts here. The chords, the violin part arranged for guitar, and the bass. I've written them all out together so you can see where they join up. The last G in the intro bit corresponds to the first G in the verse. G Bm C D G E------------------------------------------------------- B------8--------8-5-8-5--------------------8--8--8------ G-----------------------7------5-5-4-4--7--------------- D-------------------------7-7--------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------- | G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- A---------------2----2-2----3----3-3----5--3--2--------- E---3----3-3-------------------------------------5--3--- Verse: ----- G Bm I've got a kid, his name is Scott C D Em He's going blind and his blood just will not clot C G The doctors line in rows D Em D C To stick tubes up Scotty's nose G Bm C There is a field where Scotty used to play D Em Until Ortho Orange Number 42 C G D C Was dumped in it one day Chorus: ------ D I think it's so funny D I laugh until I cry G Em Just me and God C D Watching Scotty die Em C G C Just me and God Em C G Watching Scotty die Violin again: ------------ E---10----10--7------------------- B----------------10--8-----8------ G-----------------------9--------- D--------------------------------- A--------------------------------- E--------------------------------- Verse: ----- G Bm The chemical plant across the street C D Em Leaves off steam that colors our white sheets C G It's been happening for years D Em D C Now I'm crying rainbow tears G Bm One day our dog went out to play C D Em Instead of gray he came back colored yellow C G The chemical men said stay mellow C G It happens all the time Bm? Em D C Now Scotty's skin is lime Chorus: ------ D I think it's so funny D I laugh until I cry G Em Just me and God C D Watching Scotty die Em C G C Just me and God Em C G Watching Scotty die End: (on G with this little bass riff at the end) --- G------------------------------ D------------------------------ A-----2--3--2--5--3--2--------- E--3--------------------2-/-3-- From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/