Time Blind Melon
from the album Blind Melon
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon
transcribed by Travis Miguez (tre@unixg.ubc.ca)
Other transcriptions done by me: Still Remains -S.T.P.
All the Things I Wasn't - Grapes of Wrath
*Blind Melon riffs are hard to transcribe so I just did the bulk of the song so it sounds good if you play it on an acoustic guitar. The end of the song is anybody's guess and I have never heard it done the same way twice so improvise or just end it on the Am chord.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_melon/time_tab.html )
Intro: (Stru[Am]mming Pattern) [E]
1 2 & 4 & 1 2 & 4 &
---------0-0-x-x-||--0---0------0-0-0-|-0---0-----0-0-0--|| -------1---1-x-x-||--1---1------1-1-1-|-0---0-----0-0-0--|| -----2-----2-x-x-||*-2---2------2-2-2-|-1---1-----1-1-1-*|| ---2-------2-x-x-||--2---2------2-2-2-|-2---2-----2-2-2--|| -0---------0-x-x-||*-0---0------0-0-0-|-2---2-----2-2-2-*|| -----------------||-------------------|-0---0-----0-0-0--||
Fill 1
Oooooh
-0-0---0-0-0-----------------|| -1-1---1-1-1----------P------|| -0-0---0-0-0--H--0-0-2^0--P--|| -2-2---2-2-2-0^2---------2^0-|| -3-3---3-3-3-----------------|| -----------------------------||
Repeat Ooooh part
Guitar like Intro Part with the C fill (i.e. the ooooh part)
Riff 1
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [F] [E]
---5---
/ \ 1 & & 3
-3-3-3-3-0--|-0-0----0-0--|-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0----||------------ -1-1-1-1-1--|-1-1----1-1--|-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0----||------------ -2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2----2-2--|-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1---*||------------ -2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2----2-2--|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2----||------------ -0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0----0-0--|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2---*||------------ ------------|-------------|---------|-0-0-0-0----||------------
(Strum Pattern like first 2 bars above but with E in second bar)
Chorus
(1 2 3 4) - Strumming Pattern
(Riff 1) x 4 -lyric timing as above
That its time to go (on first time)
Am (strum)
(Am) x3 (E)
Base part: -------||---------------- ---0-2-||-----x-----x---- -0-----||-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2 -------||----------------
outro (effects, solos etc., free time)o
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