Garbage - Medication

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Section 1:
Guitar 1:clean electric.
Guitar 2:moderate distortion.
Each line of the tab is equal to 2 bars.
Riff 1, Guitar 1: 2 bars long
(Ab) (Cm)
E I------6-4--I-----3----I
B I---4-----4-I---4---4--I
G I-----5-----I----5---5-I
D I-----6-----I--5---5---I
A I--6----6---I-3--------I
E I-4---------I----------I
 
Riff 2, Guitar 1: 4 bars long
 
E I-----------I---1------I
B I---2--2----I---2--2---I
G I-----------I----------I
D I--3--3-----I--3--3--3-I
A I-4--4--4-3-I-1--1--1--I
E I-----------I----------I
 
E I-------4-1-I--------I
B I---2--2--2-I--------I
G I---------1-I---1--1-I
D I--3--3---3-I--3--3--I
A I-4--4------I-1--1---I
E I-----------I--------I
 
Riff 3, Guitar 1: 8 bars long
(Ab) (Cm)
E I--4---------I--3---------I
B I--4---------I--4---------I
G I--5---strum-I--5---strum-I
D I--6---------I--5---------I
A I--6---------I--3---------I
E I--4---------I--3---------I
 
(C#m) (C#)
E I--4---------I--4---------I
B I--4---------I--6---------I
G I--6---strum-I--6---strum-I
D I--6---------I--6---------I
A I--4---------I--4---------I
E I--4---------I--4---------I
 
Then play bars 1 to 3 again, replacing the last with:
E I--------6--------6--------6--I
B I------8--------8--------8----I
G I----6--------6--------6------I
D I--6--------6--------6--------I
A I-----------------------------I
E I-----------------------------I
 
Fill in 1, Guitar 2: 1 bar long
 
E I-------------I
B I--------4~---I
G I-----5~------I
D I--5~------6~-I
A I-------------I
E I-------------I
 
Fill in 2, Guitar 1: 1 bar long
 
E I-----8---8--10--8----8-I
B I--11--11-----------11--I
G I-----------------------I
D I-----------------------I
A I-----------------------I
E I-----------------------I
 
Chords, Guitar 2:
Name Structure(EADGBe)
Bb 113331
D5 557775
Eb 668886
Ab 466544
Dm7 8/8/10/10/10/8
 
OK That's the various pieces of the jigsaw, here's where they fit:
 
Section 2:
G1:Guitar 1
G2:Guitar 2
L:lyrics
 
N.b: Each line represents four bars this time.
 
Verse 1:
 
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: -
L:
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: -
L: I don't need an education, I learnt all I need from you.
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: -
L: They got me on some medication, my point of balance was askew.
G1:Riff 2
G2: -
L: It keeps my temperature from rising, my blood is pumping through my Veins
 
Chorus 1:
 
G1: -
G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb Ab D5 Eb
L: Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself.
G1: - G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb
L: Nobody gives a damn about me, or anybody else.
 
Verse 2:
 
G1: Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: Fill in 1 Fill in 1
G1: Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: - Fill in 1
L: I wear myself out in the morning, your asleep when I get home
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2: -
L Please don't call me self-defending, you know it cuts me to the bone
G1: Riff 2
G2: -
L: It's really not surprising, I hold a force I can't contain.
 
Chorus 1:
 
G1:
G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb Ab D5 Eb
L: Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself.
G1: -
G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb
L: Nobody gives a damn about me, or anybody else.
 
verse 3:
 
G1:Riff 3
G2: -
L: And still you call me self-dependent,somehow you layed the blame on me
G1:
G2:
L: And still you call me self-dependent,somehow you layed the blame on me
 
chorus 2:
 
G1: Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2
G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb Ab D5 Eb
L:Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself.
G1: Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2
G2: Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb
L: I've got to make a point these days, to educate myself.
 
chorus 1:
 
G1: Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2
G2:Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb Ab D5 Eb
L: Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself.
G1: Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2 Fill in 2
G2: Bb D5 Eb Ab D5 Eb Dm7 Bb Eb
L: Nobody gives a damn about me, or anybody else.
 
Verse 4:
 
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2:
L:And still you call me coltapendent,somehow you layed the blame on me
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1
G2:
L:And still you call me coltapendent,somehow you layed the blame on me
G1:Riff 1 Riff 1*
G2: -
L:somehow you layed the blame on me. somehow you layed the blame on me
 
(*strum the last notes of this riff(i.e a perfect cadence))
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