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From: viktoria@whirlwind.seas.ucla.edu (Viktoria A. Temesvary)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 22:01:20 GMT
Subject: TAB: Carnival by Natalie Merchant

to meet the demands of the throngs of Natalie guitarists on the
net... carnival... congas required (no, it's *not* a drum machine!), 
twirling singer highly recommended, back up singer highly optional

Carnival by Natalie Merchant from the album "Tigerlily" 1995

Transcribed by viki vickenbacker temesvary 
without anyone's permission or request

KEY to TABLATURE:
/   slide up                           \   slide down
^   hammer on or pull off              ~   vibrato
/B  bend up a whole or half note       R   release
/BB bend up more than a whole note     
[E] chord (strum patterns NOT tabbed)     
  

set fx on overdrive; listen for timing and subtle pull-offs-
if you play all notes with equal emphasis, it'll sound wrong!
juice the first slide up to B and bend it for all its worth

Bass intro
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------4-------------------4------------
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-4-5----2-2-2--2-2-2-4-5---5-/--------


|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------8-B-----------
|--------------------4--------------------9-B--9^7---7--
|----------------4-7---4^2^0-----------------------9----
|-/-7-B(9)-R-7^5----------------------------------------

  slide/bend release quietly  (bass fill)


|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---9-----7-----7-----7---------9-9/-11---9^11-/14------
|-9---9-7---7-6---7-6---7-6-7-9---9/-11-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------

   increasing volume ->                        hold


|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-14-BR-14-BR--14^13^11---------------------------------
|-----------------------12-14-----12-14-12-14-----------
|-----------------------------/14-------------14-B------
|-------------------------------------------------------


|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------14~------------------------
|---------------------7-9-11----------------------------
|-14-12-10-12---6-7-9-----------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------

                rest notes


  [Bm7?]  [E]       rhythm riffs      & pick thru [E]
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-x-x------9-------------------------------9------------
|-x-x-8----9--------x-x-8-8^9^8----------9---9----------
|-x-x-7----9--------x-x-7--------------9-------9--------
|-x-x-9-------------x-x---------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------


  before that first A chord        [A]       [E]
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------9---------
|-----------x-x-8-8^9^8-------------6---------9---------
|-----------x-x-7-------9-B-7-------7--strum--9--strum--
|-----------x-x---------------9-\7--7---------7---------
|-----------------------------------5---------7---------

the ascending rhythm chords around (1:46) sound like
C#m -> D (help?)
repeat the Bm7 riff with hammer ons and pull offs

'solo' (3:26)
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|--/11--11^12^11-9--9^11^9-7----6-7-7^6-7^6-------------
|----------------------------/9-------------7/9---------
|-------------------------------------------------------


|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|----13-14-16B-BB-16^14-16---16-14--14-13--14-11-11-11^13^11-
|-16---------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------


|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------11-B--11-13-14--11-13-/16B--14-16-14-16-B---
|-12--12-14---------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------

             [A]
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-14-16-18~-\-6----------------------------------
|-----------\-7----------------------------------
|-----------\-7----------------------------------
|-----------\-5----------------------------------


"Carnival" by Natalie Merchant from Tigerlily 1995
transcribed by viki vickenbacker temesvary 
please! *any* comments or suggestions or if you find any boo-boo's ...
esp. help with those chords, i'd appreciate it!