Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 03:01:29 -0400
From: "Brendon Myers" 
Subject: m/marilyn_manson/*

Portrait of an American Family
music:(to the best if my feeble memory) berkowitz/(gacy?) lyrics: manson
All tabbing by Brendon Myers  *

okey-doke, after seeing the version of this song that Chris Peters did, 
which was quite good really, but didn't include the solos, i decided to do 
my own. here is in its entirety, as heard on "Portrait of an American 
Family"...... the dope hat.

key  /- slide up   \- slide down  h- hammer on   p- pull off

standard tuning (medium distortion)

riff 1

e|------------------------------
b|------------------------------
g|----------------------5-x-4-x-
D|-444444-777777-444444-5-x-4-x-
A|-444444-777777-444444-3-x-2-x-
E|-222222-555555-222222---x---x-

riff 2

e|------------------------------
b|------------------------------
g|-------6-6-x-5-5-x-4-4-x------
D|-4-4-x-6-6-x-5-5-x-4-4-x------
A|-4-4-x-4-4-x-3-3-x-2-2-x------
E|-2-2-x------------------------

riff 3

e|---------------------------------------------
b|---------------------------------------------
g|-11-11-11-10-10-10-999-888-777-666-555-4-----
D|-11-11-11-10-10-10-999-888-777-666-555-4-x-4-
A|--9--9--9--8--8--8-777-666-555-444-333-2-x-4-
E|-----------------------------------------x-2-

bass 1

G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------3-2---
E|-222222-555555-222222-------

bass 2

G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|-----4-4--3-3--2-2-2-0------
E|-2-2------------------------

bass 3

G|-------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------
A|-7777------7777------9999----------9999----------
E|------8888------8888------10101010------10101010-

ok, now here's the fun part. these solos took me several long, sleepless 
nights, but it was worth it. be happy. oh by the way, i'm completely sure 
about the first part of solo 1. it might be a keyboard part,i dunno. oh 
well. it's there anyway if you feel like playing it.

solo 1

e|-2-2/9-12\8-5/7-7--12-----------------
b|----------------------12-10--10-12-13-
g|--------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------

solo 2

e|---9---8888\7--------------------------------------8-8/12-
b|-7---7--------7-----7-10--7--------9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7--------
g|----------------999---------6-5-4-------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------

solo 3

e|-------------------------0000-2-0-0-2-0---0---
b|---------------------5------------------2---2-
g|--------2-2222-4-5-6---6----------------------
D|-4-4444---------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------

e|-000-2-0-2-0-2-0-2/5-55/9/14-17-17-17-17/16--
b|---------------------------------------------
g|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------

order

intro: bass 1 w/ riff 1
(willy wonka soundbytes and such)
bass 2 w/ solo 1
*verse 1*
bass 2
bass 2 w/ solo 2
*verse 2*
bass 2
*interlude*(the great hoodoo, etc....)
*chorus*
bass 1 w/ riff 1
bass 3
riff 3
*verse 3*
(hoodoo,hoodoo......)
bass 2 w/ riff 2
bass 2 w/ solo 3
*chorus*
bass 1 w/ riff 1
bass 3 (2x)
riff 3


there it * hat. the whole damn thing. enjoy.i worked hard on this. 
email any suggestions/corrections/hatemail to: *



                                                  brendon