THE DEAD MILKMEN
Swampland Of Desire

from Eat Your Paisley

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


This is not a perfect tab by any means (are any of them?), but not
only do I think it's pretty good and that you can play it rather
well with what's here, I will of course be adding to it as I puzzle
out the various little riffs.

That said, there's really not a lot missing at all. A couple of notes
I can't hear in the verse, and couple more in the chorus.


Bass:
----
   D/F#      D/F#      D  B A F#  D
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------9-7---------
A--5/9-9-9---5/9-9-9---5------9---5---
E-------------------------------------

This is the bass for the verse only.


Verse:
-----
D
I will trim your fir trees
And I will light your fire
And I will wrestle alligators
In your swampland of desire

There is something else hiding somewhere in that verse, but it's
almost impossible to pick out as it gets overwhelmed by the bass
just when you're coming to it. Sounds pretty good with the jangly
guitar and bass anyway.


Chorus:
------
   D
And I will come upon you
Like lightning from above
Bm                  C      G
And I will plant my feet into     
         Em      F#
Your quagmire of love
Bm          C G
Quagmire of love
            A
Quagmire of love

The only bit missing here is the tiny little riff(s) during the D
at the start of the chorus.


verse:
I will trim your fir trees
And I will light your fire
And I will wrestle alligators
In your swampland of desire

chorus:
So here's to my little sunbelt queen
I'll take you places that you've never been
And I will show you things
That you have never seen
And I will tell you all about Martin Sheen

verse:
I will trim your fir trees
And I will light your fire
And I will wrestle alligators
In your swampland of desire


Solo:
----
The solo continues over the top of a chorus, the words of which I've
included under the notes... though the timing will not be exact. The
7v means to just vibrate the note a little bit (ie not quite a bend,
but a slight variation). In each case the notes are vibrated and held
over onto the next line, which I've tried to show in my own special
way. :)

(1:23)
E---------------------12--10-------12--10----------------------------
B--7--10---7--10--7------------12----------10--12--10--7--10---7v...-
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

(1:30)
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--...7v-------------------------------------------7-----7--7v...-
G---------------7---9---7-------9----7--9-----9-------6-----------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
   I will come upon you like...    lightning from above


E----------------------------------------------------------------
B--...7v---------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------7--9----7------9-----7--9--9---9--6-------
D-----------------------------------------------------------7----
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
   And I will plant my feet into your...  quagmire of love


verse:
I will trim your fir trees
And I will light your fire
And I will wrestle alligators
In your swampland of desire

End on D.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
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