Riff 1: Intro (Distortion)
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      Bb5                      Bb5                 Gb5
e||------------|-----------||-------------------|--------------------||
B||------------|-----------||-------------------|--------------------||
G||o-----------|----------o||o------------------|-------------------o||
D||o--8-8-8----|----------o||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--o||
A||---8-8-8----|-----------||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
E||---6-6-6----|-----------||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||

Riff 2a: Verse (Distortion)
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      Bb5            Gb5            Bb5            Gb5
e||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
B||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
G||o-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------o||
D||o--8-8-8------|---4-4-4------|---8-8-8------|---4-4-4-----o||
A||---8-8-8------|---4-4-4------|---8-8-8------|---4-4-4------||
E||---6-6-6------|---2-2-2------|---6-6-6------|---2-2-2------||

Riff 2b: Verse (Distortion)
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(Strum for 4 beats each)

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By: David Harrison: blaze@interlog.com
Song: "Silence Is Their Drug" by "Sponge"
Album: "Wax Ecstatic"(1996)

Here's the riffs that a second guitar plays in this song. There
may even be a third guitar for [Riff 2] but if your quick and
have a distortion peddle you'll be able to go from one to the
other.

[Riff 1]
Distortion -(00:07)
E|----______-------------------------------______------|
B|-6-/6-6-6-\---------------6-6-6-------6-/6-6-6-\-----|
G|-8b-8-8-8r--8-6-8-6-------6-6-8-------8b-8-8-8r--8-6-|
D|--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|----______________--|
B|-6-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-\-|
G|-7b-7-7-7-7-7-7-7r--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

[Riff 2]
Clean -(00:14),(01:05),(02:16)
E|-------14----------14-----------14----------14----|
B|----13----13----13----13-----------13----------13-|
G|-15----------15--------------15----------15-------|
D|--------------------------16----------16----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

[Solo]
Distortion-(02:02)
E|----_____-----------------------------_____--11-9--11b-|
B|-6-/6-6-6\------6-----6-----6----6-6-/6-6-6\-11-9--11b-|
G|-8b-8-8-8-6-8-6-8br-6-8br-6-8b-6---8b-8-8-8------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

E|----11b--11b----9----------------------______-------5--|
B|--9-11b--11b--9-9--9b---------------6-/6-6-6-\------8b-|
G|-----------------------7-9b~r--7-8b--8b-8-8-8r--6-6----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
               ______________
E|-6---7----8-/---8-8-8-8-8-8\-|
B|-9b-10b--11b---111111111111\-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|