From: st1o5@Rosie.UH.EDU
Subject: TAB:  Ministry!!!
Reply-To: st1o5@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 03:47:37 GMT

OK guys, just got back from Lollapalooza in Houston.  Bad ass show, if you
missed it where you live then you f*cked up.  Back to the matter at hand.
While getting thrown around in the Ministry pit and being passed over the
heads of the crowd, I happened to pick up a few Ministry licks.  Granted
they may not be accurate or complete but they sound OK.  Since I was getting
no replies on my request for Ministry tab I thought I'd post it for my 
like-minded brethren.  By the way, if you enjoy this kind of music or in
any way decide that the tab was worthwhile, drop me a line and let me know.
I'd like to think that the effort wasn't wasted.  While I'm at it, let me
request "We Die Young" by Alice in Chains again.  I know one of you has it.
Be cool and send it on up.
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"So What" from the album, The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
 
These notes are natural harmonics.  
 
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--12------------------------------
------9------7--------------------
--------9------7------------------
----------9-----------------------
----------------------------------
 
The rest of the song is the following (the baseline is also the same thing)
Repeat it until you get tired, then go back to the harmonics.
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----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
2-2-2-8-8-8-7-7-7-4-4-4-5-5-4-5---
0-0-0-6-6-6-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-2-3---
 
 
"Thieves" from The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
 
Intro (The open A string should be "speed picked".  Play enough reps
so that it sounds about right).
 
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
------------------------3----------
-0----------------------1----0-----
-----------------------------------
 ^speed pick this note       ^this one too
 
Repeat this until it's the last rep before the fast part, then...
 
D -------3---------3--------
A -0-----1----0----1--------
                   ^Hold this chord until the transition into the fast part.
 
Fast Part (A)
You may want to go ahead and use these as the roots of power chords. It
didn't look like they were doing it at the show but they also had 2 or 3
guitarists filling in.
 
D -------------------------------
A 0-1-0-2-0-1-0-2----------------
E -------------------------------
 
Fast Part (B)
 
D -------------------------------
A 3-3-2-1-3-3-2-1-3-3-2-1-3-3-2-1
E -------------------------------
 
At the end of the fast part, hold the following chord through the
transition back to the slow part.
 
D --3---
A --1---
E ------
 
 
"Stigmata" from The Land of Rape and Honey
 
Guitar 1
Speed pick these harmonics, you'll need to listen to the song in order
to get the feel for how they should be played.
 
D ---------------------
A ---9--7--9--7--------
E ---------------------
 
Guitar 2
This riff actually has pseudo-timing built into the tab!
 
D -2--2-5--8----------
A -0--0-3--6----------
E --------------------
           ^Bend this chord up
 
That's about it.  Ministry is not known for imaginitive guitar riffs.  Oh
yeah, when I use the term speed pick I am trying to describe what I believe
Guitar for the Practicing Musician calls tremolo picking.  

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