Sweet Al George

Sent: Saturday, January 17, 1998 12:55 AM

To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: TAB: "Sweet Al George" tab - Brad

Sweet Al George - Brad

>From the album "Interiors"

x mute

b bend

r release

h hammer on

p pull off

~ vibrato

/ slide up

\ slide down

^^ tremolo

The intro chord(s) are just variations of the G# chord:

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|8--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|6---6----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|----6----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|----4----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

This goese straight into the intro and verse riff:

 

 

 

Then comes the interlude/bridge bit. This is repeated several times,

with the

first bar inprovised differently around the notes tabbed. I'm still not

sure

about the exact timing but here's my best guess at the moment:

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------1-----------------------|

|3b--------3b------------------0--------|----------0----------------------------|

|5---------5-------------------5--------|-----2---------------------------------|

|------------------------------5--------|3--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------1--------------0--------|---------------------------------------|

|----------0----------------------------|----------0----------------------------|

|-----2---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|

|3--------------------------------------|3--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

(I just saw Brad play live with Ben Harper last night in Melbourne and

they

rocked. I'm pretty sure that the above is correct now.)

Then comes the guitar solo. I'm no soloist and I've never tried to tab a

but here's my effort and you can get the general idea of it anyway.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|11---11--------9--------------11---11--|-----9--------------11---11--------10--|

|----------10---------------------------|10----------------------------9--------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|--------------------11---9-------------|------------------------------9----11--|

|------------------------------10-------|---------\1--------------10------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|13---13--------11-------------13---13--|-----11-------------11---13---11---13b-|

|----------12---------------------------|12-------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|--------------------13131313--11---11--|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------11h13|

|12b14----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|11b13-------------------------13b11----|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|--------------------1313---11----------|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------12------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|--------------------9------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

+

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|------------------------------10-------|

|---------------10---12--------10-------|--------------------10---12------------|

|-------10h12---------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|9h11h12--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

This last note rings on into the chorus where there is more soloing, but

I'll be

darned if I can hear it properly to work it out.

The song ends on:

Transcribed by me (Ben Cas)

bennycas@hotmail.com

Lyrics:

The land of our forefathers was

A circle of love and trust

A golden smokin' victory

And who knew what the future would bring.

And now I'm at the end of the line

Trying it all the time

And you've got the baddest car

Yes you know who you are you know who you are

So give it to me

Come sweet emotion

Show us how to ride

Give us a wink

Hitch up the saddle

Ridin' off with pride

Shoot your gun

Theres no religion

This is supposed to be fun

Come sweet emotion

Come sweet emotion

Yeah yeah

A purple shootin' magazine

Another gift to the lovin' queen

Yes you got down 'cause you felt like

That was the way the old river run

You think you got it all made out

A hot shot was checkin' it out

Yes you've gone down to it

Down to it down to it once again

And I said my friends

The greatest thing about the blues

Is baby you got nothin' to lose

Do you have to draw the line?

Come on

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