Copyright 2009 Ian Marquis, all rights reserved.
Tuning: Drop D, half-step down (Drop C#) - C# B# C# F# A# D#
Tone: Bridge humbucker, moderate distortion
Use: Steel pick and steel tube slide
Verse 1 (single guitar) - Play 2x
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7----7-7-7----7-7X--7--5-5-5----5-5-5--|
|--7-7-7----7-7-7----7-7X--7--5-5-5----5-5-5--|
|--5-5-5----5-5-5----5-5X--5--3-3-3----3-3-3--|
|---------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (same as V1, but with second guitar) - Play 2x
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7----7-7-7-------------5-5-5----5-5-5--|
|--7-7-7----7-7-7-------------5-5-5----5-5-5--|
|--5-5-5----5-5-5-------------3-3-3----3-3-3--|
|--5-5-5----5-5-5-------------3-3-3----3-3-3--|
Wind-up (first guitar)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------5---------------------|
|--3--------------------5---------------------|
|--1--------------------3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Wind-up (second guitar, played with slide)
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
|--1///////////////////-9///////////////////--|
Then, we enter into a "blank verse" where the first guitar
is playing the usual chords, with some embellishments.
After the first set: And after the second:
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------3h5---------| |--------3-2-3-2-----|
|--0-3h5-------------| |--0-3-5-------------|
While the first guitar is playing that, the second guitar
continues with the slide. Hover the slide over the neck pickup
and pluck a string, moving the slide towards, then away
from your picking hand to create that "rise and fall" sound.
Each time you do it, pick a higher string to pluck. If you listen
to the recording, you'll hear what I'm talking about.
After that, we get to the third verse. Here, we've got the
Two guitars playing rhythm together, just like in the second
verse, but with some of those embelishments thrown in. If you listen
to the track, you'll get the idea.
Then, we come to the chorus. Here, we've got the windup, plus
a pick scrape thrown in for fun (every other time). This repeats 4x.
|------------------------------------------X--|
|----------------------------------------X-X--|
|--3--------------------5----------------X-X--|
|--3--------------------5----------------X-X--|
|--1--------------------3------------------X--|
|------------------------------------------X--|
In the background, you've got the slide playing again, for context.
And from there on out, you've seen it all. Very simple song. I almost
didn't finish working on it for that reason alone.
