The Skeezix Dilemma

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From Tourniquet's :"Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance"

Words & Music by Ted Kirkpatrick

This is some badass song! For this one, tune your guitars down

one and a half step (!). I've only transcribed part of this song

here. I did some transcriptions of the 'first' intro from memory,

but that turned out quite wrong, and I haven't had the time to

fix it. Also the solo and fade riffs are missing. I will probably

add them later, if I get a positive feedback off this.

I'll start this transcription at the '3rd intro' (The heavy stuff):

C# -----------------------------

G# -----------------------------

E -----------------------------

B --2-----2-----2-----2-1-7-5--

F# --2-----2-----2-----3-2-8-7--

C# --0-----0-----0--------------

Two guitars

This is the main riff, which is played numerous times during the song,

and is even harmonized during the last verses (can't remember the

harmonization though):

C# ----------------------------------------------------------------

G# ----------------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------------

F# ------------------7-7-7-7-6-7-6---10-10-10-10-----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-

C# --0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-------------0-0---------------

C# --------------------------------------------------------------

G# --------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------------------

F# ------------------7-7-7-7-6-7-6---5-5-5-5-5-5-----4-4-4-4-4-4-

C# --0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-------------6-6-------------

This is the 'between verses'/chorus riff. Between the verses there is

also some guitars playing the melody, trilling the last note:

C# ---------------------------------------------------------------

G# ---------------------------------------------------------------

E ---------------------------------------------------------------

B ---------------------------------------------------------------

F# --2---4-5-3---2-5---3-2---3-2-----2---4-5-3---5-7---5-2---3--2-

C# --0---2-3-1---0-5---1-0---3-2-----0---2-3-3---5-7---3-0---3--2-

That's sort of what I've figured out. Please drop me a line if you

would like to see more Tourniquet songs transcribed, as I've figured

out most of 'Test For Leprosy', 'Spectrophobic Dementia' and a bit

of 'Ark Of Suffering' as well. This overlooked band is truly great!

Kristian Wichmann

wichmann@fys.ku.dk