The Toadies
“Possum Kingdom”
tabbed by Alex
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
- slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - right hand tap
x - play ’note’ with heavy damping
m - palm mute
intro
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1-----2-----
D--0-0------0-0------0-0---2-2-----
A--2-2------2-2------2-2---0-------
E--0-0-x-xx-0-0-x-xx-0-0-x---------
E--------------------------------------------
B------------------------------3p2-----3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1-------2-------2-----
D--0-0------0-0------0-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-----
A--2-2------2-2------2-2---0-0-----0-0-------
E--0-0-x-xx-0-0-x-xx-0-0-x-------------------
lead
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------9-7-------------------9-7----------------------------
D---------------6-6b-6b-6b-6b---------76-6b-6b-6b-6b-6b-6b-6b---
A--14-7-7-------------------7-7--------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G-------9-7-------------------9-7----------
D-----------6-6b-6b-6b-6b---------76-6v---
A---7-7-------------------7-7--------------
E------------------------------------------
verse
first part- play intro
lead
E-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G-------9-7-------------------9-7-----------
D-----------6-6b-6b-6b-6b---------76-6---
A---7-7-------------------7-7---------------
E-------------------------------------------
both guitars
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1------2-----
D--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-2-2-----
A--2-2-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-2-2-xx-0-------
E--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx---------
E--------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------3p2-----3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1--------2-------2-----
D--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-2-2-2---2-2-2-----
A--2-2-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-2-2-xx-0-0-----0-0-------
E--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-------------------
chorus- strum each chord 4 times
E---------------------
B---------------------
G-----------5---------
D--4--7--2--5--7--4---
A--4--7--2--3--7--4---
E--2--5--0-----5--2---
play verse
play chorus
“give it up to me”
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------6-----------------6-----7-----4-----6-----------
D------7-----6-6-6-6-----7-----6-6-6-6-7-7-7-4-4-4-6-6-6-4-4-4-4--- x2
A--7-7-7-6-6-6-4-4-4-7-7-7-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-5-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-2---
E--5-5---4-4---------5-5---4-4-------------------------------------
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
figure out the strumming pattern yourself
E---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G--------6-----2--4--7--4--6--4--- x2
D--7--6--6--4--2--4--7--4--6--4---
A--7--6--4--4--0--2--5--2--4--2---
E--5--4-----2---------------------
E----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A------------play with the volume---
E--0/12vvvv-------------------------
played along with bass- you can hardly hear it (all palm muted)
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-5-5-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-5-5-5-5---
“do you wanna die?”
E------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------3p2----------------------3p2---3p2---
G---1--1----1-1---1-1---2----1--1----1-1---1-1---2-----2-----
D---0--0----0-0---0-0---2----0--0----0-0---0-0---2---2-2-----
A---2--2----2-2---2-2-0------2--2----2-2---2-2-0-----0-------
E--0--0--000-0-000-0--------0--0--000-0-000-0----------------
guitar 1
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1------2-----
D--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-2-2-----
A--2-2-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-2-2-xx-0-------
E--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx---------
E--------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------3p2-----3p2---
G--1-1------1-1------1-1--------2-------2-----
D--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-2-2-2---2-2-2-----
A--2-2-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-2-2-xx-0-0-----0-0-------
E--0-0-xxxx-0-0-xxxx-0-0-xx-------------------
guitar 2
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-5-5-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-5-5-5-5---
chorus
outro
E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G------------1-1---1-----------1-1---1--
D--2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-0-- x2
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
E------
B--0---
G--1---
D--0---
A--2---
E--0---
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