tabbed by Dave Hancock
We wanted it. We were patient. I got impatient. I gave it a go.
I hope you all like it. Its not perfect, but its as close as I
could get.
Alternating bass, alternating bass, alternating bass... Ingrain it
into your brain.
Tuning : Open D - (low to high) D A D F# A D
: To play with the recording. When I tabbed it my guitar was down a half step
and I said . Thanks to Larry for pointing that out.
I chose to tune down to Open D instead of tuning up to Open E because
I like my guitar and I want to keep it. Too much tension is bad for
a guitar, especially acoustics.
To tune to Open D, start out in standard tuning (EADGBe). Then tune
your E (bass E) string down to match your D string. It will sound
the same but an octave lower(?). Then tune your e (high e) string
down to match the D string, but it will sound an octave higher. Then
tune your B string down to match the A string, again the pitch of the
detuned string will be an octave (or 2) higher than the bass A string.
Now tune the G string down to match the 4th fret of the D string (the
original D - 3rd down from bass E). Shown below are the steps you
take to re-tune in graphic form. The two notes shown in each step
are the notes you are matching. Each step shows the note the strings
are tuned at during the step.
1 2 3 4
E|----D|-0--D|-----D|----|
B|----B|----A|-0---A|----|
G|----G|----G|----F#|-0--|
D|-0--D|-0--D|-----D|-4--|
A|----A|----A|-0---A|----|
D|-0--D|----D|-----D|----|
All notes are relative to the capo.
ls = long slide p = pulloff b = bend h = hammer on
{Main theme}
|----------7------7--------|-----9p7-----------9---------|---7------7-----------7---|
|-ls9--------------0-------|-------0------------0-----8b-|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------0-------------0-|------------0-------------0--|----------0-------------0-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|---0-------------0--------|-----0-------------0---------|---0-------------0--------|
|---------------------7--|-----------7------7--------|---9p7------------9---------|
|------------------------|--8s9--------------0-------|-----0-------------0-----8b-|
|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-|-----------0-------------0-|-----------0-------------0--|
|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-------------0--------|----0-------------0--------|---0--------------0---------|
|-0------0------------------|----0------0-----------0---|
|--------------------0h2----|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0-------------0----|-----------0-------------0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------|----0-------------0--------|
During the verses something similar to the following is played
|------0----------0-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|------0----------0-|
|-------------------|
|-0---------0-------|
good mourning Montgomery...
|---------------------------|
|-------------0-----0-----0-|
|----0-----0----------------| x 3
|-3-----3--------0----------|
|---------------------------|
|----------------------0----|
so glad, don't be sad...
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|--------0------2s4----0-|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------0--|-0h2--------------------|
|-----1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1---------|------------------------|
|-----0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|--------0-------------0-|
|-2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-0-------------0--------|
|--------0------2s4----0-|-----------0------2s4----0-|----0---------------0------|
|-0h2--------------------|----0h2--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-|-----------0-------------0-|-----------0-------------0-|
|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------0--------|----0-------------0--------|----0-------------0--------|
repeat...
This is played later in the song after the instrumental main theme
|---------0----------0----------|
|---------0----------0-----0----|
|------0------------------------|
|-2s3--------3s2--0-----------0-|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------0-------|
This one is definitely not easy to play. I'm not up to tempo myself, so don't worry.