Ball Tongue
View chords used in this chart
Intro (play once) Riff 1
G|------10\9--------10--9--||---------10\9--------10--9--||
D|--7/8--8\7---7/8--8---7--||-----7/8--8\7--7/8---8---7--||
A|--5/6-x----x-5/6-0-------||--00-5/6-x----x-5/6-0-------||
Fill 1
G|------------------10--9--|-------------------10--------9--|
D|--(Bass)----------8---7--|--(Bass)-----------8---------7--|
A|-------------------000---|--------------------0--0--0-----|
Riff 2...............(1-3)........ (4)..........................
G||-------10\9------10\9----------||-------10\9------10-----10---||
D||--7/8---8\7-7/8---8\7---8\7----||--7/8---8\7-7/8---8-----8----||
A||--5/6-x-----5/6-x-----x-6\5----||--5/6-x-----5/6-x----00------||
Right before "record player" riff, use Fill 1 at end(4) of this riff
Fill 2
a||--------------------------21-------||
F||------21---------------21----------||
Verse
d||---------------------|| Use a tremolo pan pedal for this
a||--22^~~~~~~~~~~~-----|| effect (I think)
Chorus
G||---------------------||
D||--2-2-x---2-2---3-3--||
A||--0-0-x--00-0--01-1--||
Fill 3
d||--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|| <-Gtr1
a||------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|| <-Gtr2
Record player Riff
d||--8^-------||----8^------||------ <-guitar
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D||-----7-----||-------7----||------ <-bass-I think the slide is right,
A||-------6---||----0-0--6--||--6\-- I dont have a 5str.--use a
*triplet fretless for best sound or
use the tuning pegs
"How can you..." Riff |........ |...Last time
F||--------------------------------||-----------||
C||--<13----<11-----------<11------||-----------||
G||----------------<12-------------||--<14------||
Last Chorus-same feel as other w/ triplet
G||---------------------||
D||--2-2-x---2-2-----3--||
A||--0-0-x--00-0--0001--||
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Ball Tongue-Korn
There you are, alone, with no hope of ever having
Something to be proud of, something, I'm without begging
Yes I know you're a person, a person close to me
Who do you think you are, what more do you want from me
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
(w/ vocal ad-libs)
Why are you home, buried in your self pity
Why do you insist on making a laughing out of me
Yes I know you're a person, a person to tell me
Just give you the right, to expect your life to remove the wrong man
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
(w/ vocal ad-libs)
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-I'm not gonna give in
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-why does a friendship end
You were my bride-I'm not gonna give in
How can you fucking doubt me, but then again...(8x)
(Repeat Verse 1 in the background)
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!
Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Ball Tongue!-Dike!
(w/ vocal ad-libs)
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I think this one is easy once you get the riffs down. I didn't have time
to tab out all the funky noise Munkey plays, so this is not "complete"--
but really, how many of you have whammy pedals and a rack of effects?
Check out the Korn page at Sony or use the Net Search for "Korn".
Also check Munkey and Brian "Head" in the December issue of Guitar World
(they're in the first section--I think it's called Tune-ups).
More to KoRn to come as well as some Deftones (similar to KoRn) when
classes end.
Laters--
James <jalbers@ucsd.edu>
How to play Ball Tongue
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.