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Date: Monday, January 13th, 2002 
Subject: 
Adavistic Viking by Stuart Davis. (Nomen Est Numen album)
Submitted by Michael Bell (Locke@Lighterside.org)


Stuart does a great job of finger picking when he plays this live, and unfortunately
I lack a live version to base the tab off of. I tabbed out a simplified version of 
what is found on the studio intro/outro. If anyone wants to tackle the monstrosity 
that is the true info, be my guest! It would make a great addition to this tab!


Chords used
	
     E  B  G# A	 E*
E |--0--2--4--5--7
B |--0--3--4--5--9
G |--1--3--5--6--9
D |--2--3--6--7--9
A |--2--2--6--7--7
E |--0--X--4--5--7


(Intro)

E |----------2------------------
B |--4p0h4p0--------------------
G |-----------------------------
D |-----------------------------
A |--2--------------------------
E |----------4-------5-------0--

E |--2---2-2--------------------
B |-----------------------------
G |----------4p2p0--------------
D |-----------------------------
A |--2--------------------------
E |----------4-------5-------0--

E |-----------------------------
B |--4---0----------------------
G |----------1------------------
D |-----------------------------
A |--2--------------------------
E |----------4-------5-------0--

E |------0-----------------------
B |--2-4---4---------------------
G |------------------------------
D |-----------------------------
A |--2--------------------------
E |----------4-------5-------0--

E |------0-----------------------
B |--2-4---4---0------------------
G |------------------------------
D |-----------------------------
A |--2--------------------------
E |----------4-------5-------0--




Verse 1  *muted, plucking only 2 top strings of each chord once each*


       B       G#     A      E
In the state museum

     B       G#     A      E
in a glass display

  B      G#        A      E
a viking sword and shield lay


*Muted, picking more strings in 4/4 time*

  B      G#     A    E
Instinctively I recognised

   B      G#      A      E
my danish blood began to rise

  B           G#                  A       E
I smashed the case and pulled the weapons free

    B    G#     A      E*     *fill 1*
and uprooted my family tree



Fill 1

E |-------------
B |-------------
G |-8h9p8-------
D |-9-----9-7-9-
A |-------------
E |-------------


(riff 1)

E |-2-2-0-0---------0--
B |-4-4-0-0---------2--
G |-4-4-1-1---------2--
D |-4-4-2-2---------2--
A |-2-2-2-2---------0--
E |-2-2-0-0-0-2-4-0-0--

E |-2-2-0-0-------0--
B |-4-4-0-0-------2--
G |-4-4-1-1-------2--
D |-4-4-2-2-------2--
A |-2-2-2-2-------0--
E |-2-2-0-0-4--0--0--

(Pause)

(verse 2) *same as verse 1*

Then I moved up west
built a lakeshore home
out of tree trunk frames with a mud thatch dome

I wrapped myself in a sheepskin coat
and climed on board my wooden boat
With the pent up rage of my ancient kin
a thousand years inside my skin


(Pre chorus + Chorus)


F              
sailing east I spotted a campsite

  A(barre chord)
a group of tourists playin in the moonlight

F
they pointed at me and laughed like hell

E             A
until I came ashore

E           B         A
swinging my sword

       A              B                     F
bodies scattered as I plunged my blade.

                     B
Through their cortex tents

E               A               B
Set fire to the family minivan

           E         B
with their poles and lamps

A                 B
Everybody watched daddy dangle

F                B
from a birchbark limb

E                      A               B
Another visit from the instincts lingering in....

    A
the adavistic viking

(riff 1) x 2

(intro riff)

(verse 3)

As I floated away
from the bloodied ground
the beautiful loot weighed my boat down

And I made my way to a posh resort
where the rich and famous come to port.
Pulling away from a harbor slot
I spied a most resplendid yahct

(fill)



(pre chorus 2 + chorus)

In the middle of a costume party
a little drunk
so they hardly noticed me
climbing on board
in my helmet with the horns
swinging my sword

bodies scattered as I plunged my blade
through the captain's chair
Dragged women to the galley by their hair
and underwear

Set a torch to the master cabin
loaded up my spoils 

Another visit from the instincts lingering in
the Adavistic Viking

(riff 1)



You know the planet hasn't seen such horror

in a thousand years

(riff 1) x2

(intro is same as outro)