Brent Mason: First Rule Of Thumb
Brent Mason:First Rule of Thumb
Tabbed by C Van Etten 12/31/06
Please note Dropped D tuning
My apologies to Brent, this is as close as I can get it.
This tab is a framework. Brent has many nuances that just
can't be tabbed. Flesh it out on your own.
I did not tab the solo, will do separately.
Intro, loose rubato feel
E-5---0-----------------------0-------0-----------------------0-3-
B---6---3---0---------------------0---3-------2p0-2-0-----0-------
G---------6-----0---------------6-----4-4-3-2---------------5-----
D-------------7---------5-7-5---------4-----------------5---------
A-----------------8---8-------------2-----------------0-----------
D-------------------5---------------------------------------------
E-4-------------------7-5-10-8-6/7-5-----------------------
B---0-------------5-8----------6/7-5-5-6-5-3---5---------3-
G-----5-----4-5-7----------------------------4-3-----3h4---
D-------6-7------------------------------------------3-----
A----------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------4-5-------
E---3-2---0-1/2-0-------0---------------------------2-0---0-
B---5---4-----3-----1-2-----2-3---------------0-3-0-----3---
G---4---4-----3-----3-------3-2-----------0h1---4---0---4---
D-------------------2-------4---3-4-5-----------------------
A-4-----------3-----------2---------------------------------
D-----------------4-------------------1-2-------4---5---6---
E-5-----5---7-5--------
B---2-3---4---5--------
G---2-4---5---6--------
D----------------------
A-0--------------------
D----------------3p2-0- let ring
A section repeats twice 1st and 2nd endings follow
E-----5-7-------------------------5-------7---------------1-0------
B-6/7-------5h6-5-5h6-5---3---6/7-------------------0-3------------
G-6/7-------5-----0---------4-------7-7h8-------0h1---4---1-0---0--
D-------------------------3-----------7-----7---0-----------------3
A-------------------------------------------6-----------0-----4----
D---------4-------5-----6-----0-----8-9-------2-------4------------
1st ending for A section
E-----5/7---5-3-0h1- -0---------0-----5-5-7-5---------------------
B---3--------------- ---3-0---3---6/7-------5h6p5---0-3-3-3-------
G---------------0--- ---------1-----6-------------7---4-4-2-------
D-4----------------- ---------------5---------------------4-------
A---------0-3---2--- -------1-----------------------------0-------
D-0----------------- ---------------------------------5-6---3p2-0-
2nd ending for A section
E-0---------0-----5-7-10-5---------------------
B---3-0---3---6/7--------7-6p5-----5-3-3-3-6---
G---------1---6----------------7-4---4-4-2-5---
D-------------5--------------------------4-4---
A-------1--------------------------------0-5---
D------------------------------------5-6-----0- To Section B
B Section
E---0-----0-----------0-2-7---5-3---1/2-0-0-0-0-0-------5-------3-2
B---0-----------2-3---1-1---3-------1-------------1/2-2------------
G---2-----3-3/4-------2-2---4-------2-----1-2-3-4-0----------------
D---3-----0-3/4---------0---3-------1------------------------------
A-------------------0---------------2-------------0---0---0-1-2----
D-5---5-4---------------------------------2-4-5-6------------------
E-----2-1-0-5-7\----0-2-4/5-4-3-------1/2--1-0-------
B-----------7-7\------3-1/2-1-0----------------------Repeat A
G-----2-1-0-6-7\--1-2-0---------------1/2--1-0-------Section with
D-----------5-6\--0-0--------------------------------2nd ending
A-2-3---3-4---------------0-----0-0-----0------------only then
D-----------------2-4-5-------------5----------3p2-0-
E-----------------5--------------------5-7------8----8----8-7---5-
B---0---3-3-5h6-8-----6-3-3------3-5/7-------9h10-9h10-9h10-8-6h7-
G---0---4-4-5-----------4-5--2-4-----------7----------------------
D-----------------------5-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------0-----------------------------------------
D-0-4-5---6-0-----4-5-----0---------------------------------------
E-------5-------5-------5-5-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5-Guitar & Keys
B---6-8-----6-8-----6-8-----------------------------Solo through
G-7-------7-------7---------------------------------A and B
D---------------------------------------------------section
A---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
Repeat A section with 2nd ending, cut the last part off and
instead play
E----------2---3-1/2-------------------0---1/2-2/3-4/5-1/2-------0
B-3-3-3--1---3-------3-------------0-3-0-----2-------------3------
G-4-4-4--2-------------2-------0h1---4-------0---------------2----
D-3-2-4--1---------------3p2p0---0-0---------------------------5--
A-----0--2-------------------------------0------------------------
D-5-6----------------------------2-4-5-6--------------------------
E------------------------
B-3-0---3-3-3--------<7>-Harmonics
G-------4-4-2--------<7>-
D-4-----3-3-4--------<7>-
A-----------0------------
D-0-4-5---6----6h7-0-----