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to the quick (the buck pets) from _tothequick_
transcribed by marcel roy <MarcelRoy@yahoo.com>

notes:  
C#(b5) = a flatted-fifth C# chord = X45XXX (think the intro to "Black 
Sabbath").  The bass guitar plays the flatted fifth (G on E-string, 3rd fret)
Here, B5^C#5 means you slide up to C#5 from B5

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Intro = chorus riff:
B5^C#5 B5 C#5
B5^C#5 E5(7) C#5
B5^C#5 E5(7) C#5
B5^C#5, G5(10)

Repeat once.

First verse:
B^C#5                                C#(b5)                       F#5
"everything's gonna be okay" was the last thing that he said that day
E5(0)         A5
and i still believe it
C#5                      C#(b5)                      F#5  
so cut my losses, cut my hair, hold out you hand and sometimes 
        A5
all you get, is cut to the quick (intro riff x2)

Transition riff (also used in bridge)
guitar:
     B5^C#5  E5(7)  D5  F#5 

bass:  
G-|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|---2^4----7------5----------------|
E-|----------------------2-----------|

Second verse:
I try to do what's right, try to understand and let the bitterness slip
like dirt through your hands
I know it's easy to complain, harder to fix, hard to explain
but if there's a point, would you 
get to it, and cut to the quick (intro riff)

To the quick! (intro riff)

Interlude: (furious strumming by guitars; bass plays 1 note per measure)

E5(7) /  E5(7)  /  G5(10)  /  G5(10)

Bridge:
with transition riff:  bass only x4, then guitars enter with vocals).  
Guitars play a variant of the transition riff: 

(Less distortion, single notes)
e-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------|
A-|--2^4---7---5------------------------------|
E-|----------------2~~~~----------------------|
                   if I could change anything

e-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------|
A-|--2^4---7---5---9~~~---------10^9----------|
E-|-------------------------------------------|
                   I'd change everything

(repeat previous two lines once)

(distortion and power chords)
B5^C#5  E5(7)  D5  F#5 
                                     if I could change anything . . .
B5^C#5  E5(7)  D5  F#5(9)

B5 / C#5  

guitar solo:
(with verse riff x1 (1/2 a verse) behind it).


Third verse:
Everything's gonna be alright was the last thing he ever said that night
I still wanna believe it
So I cut my losses, cut my hair, today is ours every minute
I just want to get -
get to the quick (intro riff)

     to the quick!  (intro riff)

Outro:  similar to bridge, but with distortion/full power chords throughout:

if I could change anything,
I'd change everything
if I could change anything,
I'd change everything
Too many years of doubt
Ready to throw it out
If I could change anything . . . .

End with B5^C#5  E5 D5  F#5.