tab for Absolutely by the Headstones
from the album Picture of Health
transcribed by Matthew Hansen

intro and chorus riff:

e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----4--4-4----7-7-7--------------------
D-----4--4-4----7-7-7----7----2-2-2-2-2-2
A-----2--2-2----5-5-5----7----2-2-2-2-2-2
E------------------------5----0-0-0-0-0-0

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----4--4-4----7-7-7----11----9-9-9---7---9-9
----4--4-4----7-7-7----11----9-9-9---7---7-7
----2--2-2----5-5-5----9-----7-7-7---5---7-7
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verse: let this chord (B5) ring:

e-----
B-----
G---4-
D---4-
A---2-
E-----

other verse riff( ..to a sea of belligerance..)

e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------4--------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
D-----4----------7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
A---2----------7-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E------------5------------------------


bridge riff

e-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D---77777777----22222222----44444444----77777777
A---77777777----22222222----44444444----77777777
E---55555555----00000000----22222222----55555555

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----77777777----22222222-----4444444444444444:palm mute these F#5 chords
----77777777----22222222-----4444444444444444:
----55555555----00000000-----2222222222222222:

during the solo you just play the intro/chorus riff

The timing is probably off, but you should be able to
get the fell for it from listning and playing along with
the album.

Lyrics:

(intro)

VERSE:
And now it's coming on down
A hard and fast regime
I see 'em coming man but I'm a fish you cannot clean
Could be it's coming apart
so close they cannot miss
I rise above the silence
to a sea of belligerance
I hear it come to this
choke on that dialouge
Just how could I predict when we'd get here
man we wouldn't get along
And now it's comin on up a hard and fast regime
I see them smiling
they're smiling on amphetamines

CHORUS:
Absolutely Absolutely Absolutely mine
Try to soothe me get my back up and I'll paint the sky

2nd VERSE
All told it's a personal bias try to pry them apart
No Question It's one sided here
where the bones are charred
Could be they're comin on easy
they've mastered their technique
No way to rise above it
I'm sure that it is obscene
It's a driving shame
I can peel their paint
It's a driving shame

(chorus)

Bridge:
I can hear them swaying
I can hear them swaying
I can peel thier paint
It's a driving...It's a driving shame

Guitar Solo(play chorus riff)

3rd Verse:(don't play anything, just feedback)
Another inane confession so bad it makes me cry
So hard to come apart
That this thing is mummified
Here now it's torn up easy a hard and fast regime
I see them smiling,
smiling on amphetamines

(chorus)