Transcribed by Berke Spivey (neptunewaync@yahoo.com)
Texas - String Cheese Incident
Intro: {C D Dfunk}
Intro and Chorus Riff
e----------------------------------(gm)----
B----------------------------------(gm)----
G-(0)-3p0-0-0----------------------(gm)----
D-----------3p0-0-0----------------(gm)----
A-------------------3p1-1h3-3p1-1--(gm)----
E----------------------------------(gm)----
Gm7 Eb Ebmaj7 Cm D Am7 D7 C Bb Gm Gm7 (x12)
Gm7 Eb Ebmaj7 Cm D
Me and my friends went to Dixieland, and we drove an R.V.
Am7 D7 C Bb Gm Gm7
With a cabinet full of mushrooms and a cooler full of beer
It was springtime in the mountains when we headed out of town
The peaks were white, the sky was blue, and the sun was beatin' down
We were rollin' down the highway just havin' a little fun
Sure can drink a lot of beer underneath that Texas sun
So I pulled into a liquor store -- that's where the trouble all began
Cause I ran into their awning, and we had a run-in with The Man
Cm D
Get me outta this small town Texas town
G E
Cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail
E7 Am Am7 D7
When the sun goes down -- you can't bust me
C Bb G Cm D7
If you don't know what you found
Well, I got to talk with the girl inside I even offered her some cash
But she wouldn't listen - she was callin' the cops cause her gutter had
been smashed
And next thing I knew when I walked outside there were police all around
Askin', who was drivin' the vehicle - can I see your license?
What you doin' in our town?
Get me outta this small town Texas town
Cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail
When the sun goes down -- you can't bust me
If you don't know what you found
*Jam*
We were sittin' on the steps of the liquor store
just tryin' not to look too scared
They were searchin' the RV and I was thinkin'
sometimes life just isn't fair
When they opened up that cabinet - they found our little stash
But they didn't know what it was and let us go
minus eighty bucks in Cash
Get me outta this small town Texas town
Cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail
When the sun goes down -- you can't bust me
If you don't know what you found - no~
Get me outta this small town Texas town
I been running since my feet hit the ground
You can't bust me
Cause you don't know what you found
*Jam*
Verse:
Gm7 Eb Ebmaj7 Cm D
e |-3----------|------------|-6-----6----|-3----5-----|
B |-3----------|------------|-8-----8----|-4----7-----|
G |-3----------|------------|-8-----7----|-5----7-----|
D |-3----------|------------|-8-----8----|-5----7-----|
A |-5----------|------------|-6-----6----|-3----5-----|
E |-3----------|------------|-x-----x----|-x----x-----|
Am7 D7 C Bb Gm Gm7
e |-5----------|-5-----x--x-|-3----------|-3----------|
B |-5----------|-7-----5--3-|-3----------|-6----------|
G |-5----------|-5-----5--3-|-3----------|-3----------|
D |-5----------|-7-----5--3-|-5----------|-3----------|
A |-7----------|-5-----3--1-|-5----------|-5----------|
E |-5----------|-x-----x--x-|-3----------|-3----------|
Note: This is the chord and timing pattern, while the rhythm pattern
is much brisker. Also, you don't add the 7th on the G at the end of
the verse right before the chorus.
Chorus:
Cm D G E E7
e |-3----------|-2----------|-3----------|-0-----0----|
B |-4----------|-3----------|-3----------|-0-----0----|
G |-5----------|-2----------|-4----------|-1-----1----|
D |-5----------|-0----------|-5----------|-2-----0----|
A |-3----------|-0----------|-5----------|-2-----2----|
E |-x----------|-x----------|-3----------|-0-----0----|
Am Am7 D7 C Bb G Cm D7
e |-5-----5----|-5-----x--x-|-3----------|------------|
B |-5-----5----|-7-----5--3-|-3----------|------------|
G |-5-----5----|-5-----5--3-|-4----------|------------|
D |-7-----5----|-7-----5--3-|-5----------|-------4--7-|
A |-7-----7----|-5-----3--1-|-5----------|-3--6-------|
E |-5-----5----|-x-----x--x-|-3----------|------------|
Note: You don't play the Cm D7 at the end of the 1st chorus when
you do the chorus twice - play a G7 instead - then play the Cm D7
at the end of the 2nd time through the chorus.
End Jam:
The jam at the end is mostly a Gm7 jam. One of the guitars plays
jazzy Gm7 while the other plays the following lick, the (p*) being
a muffled pull-off:
e |-----10p*--9p*--8-6-|
B |-8-8-----8----8-----|
G |--------------------|
D |--------------------|
A |--------------------|
E |--------------------|
This is played 16 times, and resolves into the following run:
Gm7
e |------------|----------8-|-3----------|-3---3---3--|
B |------------|-------7----|-3----------|-3---3---3--|
G |------------|-5--8-------|-3----------|-3---3---3--|
D |-------4--7-|------------|-3----------|-3---3---3--|
A |-3--6-------|------------|-5----------|-5---5---5--|
E |------------|------------|-3----------|-3---3---3--|
HERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO PLAY THE VERSE AND CHORUS
Example verse:
gm
Me and some friends went to Dixieland
gm7 cm (2x hits) D7
And we drove a big RV
am7 D7
With a cabinet full of mushrooms
gm D7
And a cooler full of beer
Example chorus:
cm D7
Get me outta this small town Texas town
gm gm7
'Cos I don't wanna be stuck in jail, when the sun goes
am7 D7
Down, you can't bust me, if you
gm * riff #2 (tabbed below)
Don't know what you've found
Riff #2:
e----------
B----------
G-------2--
D---1-4----
A-3--------
E----------
As you may have noticed, this just arpeggiates a C fully diminished 7th.
