Artist: OverKill Song: Drunken Wisdom Album: Under The Influence Transcribed by Kevin 'Agonymph' Pasman Tuning: DGCF (1 step down) 'Drunken Wisdom' is what I consider one of the best OverKill-songs, musically as well as lyrically, and therefor I wanted to cover the song with my project. I might as well share the bass tablatures with the internet Metal community! The song starts out with a beautiful acoustic guitar intro by Bobby Gustafson, which hasn't got any bass (and that's good, it would probably have been a minus to the beauty of the intro), after that, a D-chord on the guitar fades in and a heavy mid-tempo riff starts. Bass and drum at the end of the intro. After that the song carries on with the same riff (Riff A). Intro: F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|3-0-3-0-2-3-1---|| Riff A (Play twice): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|3-0-3-0-2-3-6---|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|3-0-3-0-2-3-1---|| The first riff change comes with the first verse Riff B (Play twice): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |0-0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|0-0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|--0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |0-0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|0-0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|--0-3-0-2-3-0-0-|3-3-3-3-2-2-1-1-|| (1st verse) Stop crying Ain't feeling sorry for you Why don't you fade away Got no time No time for what I got to do And get a message through Kiss my ass Your bitching's a bore Don't wanna hear it no more So stop crying Ain't feeling nothing for you Don't like it there's the door For the chorus, play Riff A twice, with the only exception that the last measure of the second measure is like this: Fill 1: |----------------|| |----------------|| |----5---7-5-----|| |3-5---5-----5-3-|| (Chorus) Sorry if I'm not as nice as you could be Why don't you take the time to see That the world does not revolve around only you And we've got better things to do Then repeat the whole part, so Riff B twice and the Chorus (2nd verse) You're starving Just starving to talk I think you know it all I'm sick I eat shit every day Why don't we give you a call Authoritative And a reason to live You answer questions for me Opinionated With a brain like a sieve Why don't you let it be (Chorus) Sorry if I'm not as nice as you could be Why don't you take the time to see That the world does not revolve around only you And we've got better things to do Now with the last Chorus, Fill 1 is extended with the following part: Fill 2: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----5---7-5-----|----------------|----5---7-5-----| |0---------------|--5---5-----5-3-|--0-------------|--5---5-----5-3-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----5---7-5-----|----------------|----5---7-5-----| |0---------------|--5---5-----5-3-|--0-------------|--5---5-----5-3-| |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |5---5---7-5-----|----------------|| |--5---5-----5-3-|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-0-|| This is where the song speeds up, after the last open D-string is held for a couple of measures, there is a drum break for about 6 measures. At the end of the sixth measure there is an E (2nd fret of the D-string) before going over into the bridge: Riff C (Play 2 times, vocals enter 2nd time): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|5-------3---2-3-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|| |0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|----------------|| (Bridge) Come back here Drink our beer Fill my ear With no idea Wrong or right, a true philosopher Defining our performance... Why don't you get yourself a life Just get the fuck out The "Just get the fuck out"-part is in a measure with just one 8th note on the open D string. After that, Bobby Gustafson's guitar solo starts, the riff underneath the solo goes something like this: Riff D: 2x |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| 2x |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5---6---|7---------------|----------------|| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---2---3---5---|7---8-----------|----------------|----------------|| After the solo there is a new riff, which also means that there is a new verse Riff E (Play 2 times, vocals enter 2nd time): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|0-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-|5-6-0-0-6-5-3-1-|| (3rd verse) We don't care what they say We'll be there tomorrow like we're here today And all the criticism in the world Won't change a note we play Riff C follows once, after that, Riff E is played twice and Riff C is played again, twice this time (Bridge) Come back here Drink our beer Fill my ear with no idea Wrong or right, a true philosopher Defining our performance... (4th verse) Mix it up, throw it down We came to play, not to mess around We don't care what they say We'll be there tomorrow like we're here today Don't do it for the money Do it for the thrill True to life is what you get And we're living for the Kill (Bridge) Come back here Drink our beer Fill my ear with no idea Wrong or right, a true philosopher Defining our performance... Drunken Wisdom, drunken Drunken Wisdom, drunken After the second "Drunken Wisdom, drunken"-line the last two bars of Riff E are played, followed by Riff A (twice). The last note of the second time Riff A is played (an Eb), is held a little longer, followed by a fading D note, while an acoustic outro plays.