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Die Die My Darling

by Misfits, Metallica · posted by gene

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Tab
This is a version done by Hakan Ehn on You Tube
The song is in the key of D.  He plays it in 2nd and 3rd positions.

It starts with a G harp and switches to a C harp.

G HARP


-(3 4) -(3 4) -(3 4)  2  -2  -3’ 
  Die,   die,   die,  my dar-ling 

- 3’   -3’     -3”  -3” -3” 
Don’t utter  a sing-le word 

-3’  -3’ -(2 3) 2  -2   -3’ 
Die, die,  die  my dar-ling 

 -3’  -3’  -3’  -2  2  -1 
Just shut your pret-ty eyes 

 -2  -3” -3’ -3”  -2  2  -2 
I’ll be  see-ing  you a-gain 

-4 -4’ -3 (-4 5)
     Yeah 

 -3  -3” -3’ -3”  3   3 -3”  -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
I’ll be  see-ing you   in       Hell 


 -2  -(3 4) -(3 4)  4 -4 (gliss to -2) 
Don’t  cry     to    me 

 -2  -3’ -3’   -3’ -2 -3’ -3’ -2 (slur to -2”) 
Your fu-ture’s in  an ob-long box 

 -2   -4  -4 -4  4  -4 
Don’t cry to me, ba-by 

_________________________________________________ 
|(EITHER play what’s in the box to continue     | 
|the melody OR play “Hakan’s Improv #1” below.) | 
|                                               |                                     |                                               |
|  -2   -3’    -3’  -3’  -3   -2 -3’ -3’ -2     |                      |  You should have seen  it    a-com-ing on     |                                      |                                               |
|                                               | 
|                                               |                                        |                                               |
|  -4    -4 -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba- by                    | 
|                                               | 
| -3’ -3’   -3’  -3’-2  -3’ -3”   2             | 
|  I don’t know. It was in your cards           | 
|                                               | 
|                                               |
| -4   -4  -4 -4   -2 3” -2                     | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba-by                     | 
|                                               | 
|  -3’ -3’  -3’ -3’ -2  -3’ -3”  2              | 
| Dead end soul for  a dead end girl            | 
|                                               | 
|  -4   -4  -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba- by                    | 
|                                               | 
| -3’ -3’  -3’  -3’   -2   -3’-3”   2           | 
| And now your life drains on the floor         | 
|                                               | 
|  -4    -4 -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don,t cry to me, oh ba- by                    |
|_______________________________________________| 

-(3 4) -(3 4) -(3 4) -2 -3’  -4 
  Die,   die,   die, my dar-ling 

 -3’  -3’-3' -3’ -3”  -3” -3” 
Don’t ut-ter  a  sing-le word 

-3’  -3’ -(2 3) 2  -2   -3’ 
Die, die,  die, my dar-ling 

 -3’  -3’  -3’  -2  2  -1 
Just shut your pret-ty mouth 

 -2  -3” -3’ -3” -2  2  -2   -(3 4) w/dips 
I’ll be  see-ing you a-gain, yeah,yeah,yeah 

  3  -3” -3’ -3” -2   -4 (-3/-4 shake) 
I’ll be  see-ing you, in   Hell 

_________________________________________________ 
|(EITHER play what’s in the box to continue     | 
|the melody OR SWITCH TO C HARP and             | 
|play “Hakan’s Improv #2” below.)               | 
|                                               | 
| -2    -3’   -3’  -3’ -3’ -2 -3’ -3’ -2        | 
| You should have seen it   a-com-ing on        | 
|                                               | 
|  -4   -4  -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba- by                    | 
|                                               | 
| -3’ -3’   -3’  -3’ -2  -3’ -3”   2            | 
|  I don’t know. It  was in your cards          | 
|                                               | 
|  -4   -4  -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba- by                    | 
|                                               | 
|  -3’ -3’  -3’ -3’-2  -3’ -3”  2               | 
| Dead end soul for a dead end girl             | 
|                                               | 
|  -4   -4  -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don’t cry to me, oh ba- by                    | 
|                                               | 
| -3’ -3’  -3’  -3’   -2   -3’-3”   2           | 
| And now your life drains on the floor         | 
|                                               | 
|  -4   -4  -4 -4  -2 -3” -2                    | 
| Don,t cry to me, oh ba- by                    |
|_______________________________________________| 

C HARP:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgAXTkefFUE 

-6   -6   -6   -4 -5    6 
Die, die, die, my dar-ling 

 -5   -5 -5 -5   5  5   5 
Don’t ut-ter a sing-le word 

-6   -6   -6   -4 -5   6 
Die, die, die, my dar-ling 

 -5   -5    5  -4  -3”
Shut your pret-ty mouth 

-4   5  -5   5  -4  4 -4 
I’ll be see-ing you a-gain 

[FILLER] 
-6 -6’ -5 -6’ -6 -6’ 10 -10 9 -9 -8 
          ___slur__

 
-4   5  -5  5  -4 
I’ll be see-ing you 

-6  -6  -6 
Die-die-die 

-6  -6  -6 
Die-die-die 
_________________________________________________ 
_________________________________________________ 






Hakan’s Improv #1 (G harp) 

(Gliss up to)6 -5 4 -4 -4, -4 -4’ -4 -4 4 -3 4 
                    Quick     slur 

-3’  -2 -3’ -3’, -3’ -2 -3’ -3’, -4 -3’ -4 -4 -4 
        Quick           quick 


(gliss)6 -5 4 -4, -4’ -4 -4’ 4 -3 4 -2 -2 
                   Slur (twice) 

-2 -3’ -2 -(3 4) 4 -3’ -(3 4) -2 -2 


(gliss)6 6 -5 6, 6 -5 6, 6 -5 6 -7 6 -5 6 

6 -5 6, 6 -6 -7 -8  -7 -8  -7 -8 -4 
              Gliss  gliss  gliss 

(gliss)6 6 -5 6, 6 -5 6, 6 -5 6 -7 6 -5 6 

6 -5 6, 6 5 6 7 8 6, 8 7 8 8 6 
        Gliss             gliss 
____________________________________________ 
____________________________________________ 
Hakan’s Improv #2 (C harp) 
-3 -4 
shake 

-5 5 -5 5 -6 

-5 5 -6 -4 -5 5 -4 -(3' 4') -(3' 4') 
                   start bent & straighten 

(-4' -5') (-4' -5') 5 -4 
Play this line 7 times 


-1 -2 -3   3 -3 -4   4 -4 -5   5 -5 6 
6 -6 -7   7 -7 -8   8 -8 -9   9 -9 -10 
10 -10 -9   9 -9 -8   8 -8 -7 
7 -7 -6   6 -6 -5   5 -5 -4 
-4 -7 -6 -5 -4   -4 -7 -6 -5 -4 
-4 -7 -6 -5 -4   -4 -7 -6 -5 -4 
-6' -6 -6'   -5 -5 -4 -5
   slur              (scoop) 

-6   6 -5 6 -5 -4 3   -4’-4   -5 -4 
                       slur
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