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From: Xangel@f1015.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Xangel)
Date: 19 Dec 95 15:04:36 -0800
Subject: TAB: "Rotting Pinata" by Sponge
SONG: Rotting Pinata
GROUP: Sponge
TUNING: Down 1/2 step
Here's one of the fastest ones on the album (and one of my personal
favorites).
The intro riff, which returns later in the song, is something like this:
e:------2-0--2-0-------3-0--3-0--|
B:-3--------------3--------------|
G:-------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------|
If you listen real closely during the intro, you can hear Vinnie saying
something like: "Are ya ready to rrrrrot? Check it out."
The verse riff is a piece of cake.....E5 F#5 E5 D....or it could be E F# E D
depending on what you think sounds better.
e:-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D:-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4---4--4---4--4--4--4--4-|
A:-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4---4--4---4--4--4--4--4-|
E:-0--0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-|-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2-|
e:-----------------------------------|-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|
B:-----------------------------------|-3--3--3---3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G:-----------------------------------|-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|
D:-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|-0--0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A:-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|-----------------------------------|
E:-0--0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------|
The chorus is two more simple power chords: B5 and G5.
e:-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G:-4--4--4---4--4---4--4--4--4--4--4-|-----------------------------------|
D:-4--4--4---4--4---4--4--4--4--4--4-|-5--5--5---5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5-|
A:-2--2--2---2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2-|-5--5--5---5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E:-----------------------------------|-3--3--3---3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3-|
When he's saying "Rotting Pinata" over and over you play open D and G chords.
e:-2--2--2--3--3--3--|
B:-3--3--3--3--3--3--|
G:-2--2--2--0--0--0--|
D:-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A:----------2--2--2--|
E:----------3--3--3--|
This is my attempt at the solo, my favorite on the album. Definitely not
perfect.
e:------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B:------------------------------|-------------------------15\---|
G:-9--9--9--9--9b(11)-11-11~----|-9--9--9--9--9--7--9--7--------|
D:------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A:------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|-------------------------------|
e:-12-12-12-12-12b(14)-14-14~---|-12-12-12-12---------12---------|
B:------------------------------|-------------10b(12)----12-10---|
G:------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D:------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A:------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Then he does some stuff with this scale:
e:-7-12-10-7-----------------------|
B:------------10-7-----------------|
G:------------------9--7-----------|
D:------------------------9--7-----|
A:------------------------------10-|
E:---------------------------------|
Then it goes something like this:
e:--------------------------------------------|
B:----10-12-10----10-12-10----10-12-10-12-12~-|
G:-11----------11----------11-----------------|
D:--------------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------------|
e:-----------------------------------|--------------10~-------|
B:-12--12-12-10----------------------|------------------------|
G:--------------11-9-----------------|-9b(11)-----------------|
D:--------------------12-9-----9--12-|------------------------|
A:--------------------------12-------|------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|------------------------|
e:---------------------|
B:---------------------|
G:----9b(11)(9)-7~-----|
D:---------------------|
A:---------------------|
E:---------------------|
Then it's back to the intro riff, verse, and chorus.
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LYRICS (a lot of these aren't very clear)
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Beat on me
Spill my insides out on the ground
Cut open me
I will go when I say die
I will rot away
(It's a?) rotting pinata
Rotting pinata
Seize our soul
Cut us a hole into the sky
??????
What's the word, ????
Here lies the wreck that was me
Here lies the junk that was me
Oh God help mem rot, I don't look quite the same
Grab my beating heart, take it from this broken cage
Today
I'm rotting
Go away
With red and black I will cross my side
??????
Just pull the plug, yeah, let me die
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There's a 31% chance that most of that is correct. Email me with corrections.
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