REO Speedwagon - Ridin' the Storm Out

Transcribed by Xenoxiduis

Notes:

This is the first tab i created.
This was transcribed by ear.

This is close to accurate but some notes may be different.
Instead of possible hammer-ons/pull-offs i used chromatics
Use what feels best to you

The "verse bassline" is very tight, each riff starts with "E|5-5"
listen to the synth/piano in the mix to help get the groove.
Once you get the groove improvise using my notes!

listen to the song for timing and tricky off-beat notes
This tab includes numerous aids to help:

> Section or bar dividers
> "0.00" references
> Lyric placement
> Other instrument inputs
> Cues
KEY
"3|2" = "quick note" similar to a semi-quaver
\ = Slide
Not all slides are there feel free to improvise your own slides

Enjoy :D


EADG Standard tuning

Intro

            0:03                  0:20
G|----------|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
D|--Synth---|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
A|-Harmonic-|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
E|----------|5----------5---------|-5---5---5-|-5-3-0-5-|-0-3-4-0-5-|--0-5--|

           "Ridn'n the storm out"              "I ran by his door"

 0:37
G|----------------|-----------|
D|----------------|-----------|
A|----------------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|-0-3-0-555555555|-----------|



Chorus

 0:42
G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                                                  |        Repeat X3     |



Verse

 1:02                                               1:09
G|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|------------------|
D|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|------------------|
A|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|-------3|3-5-3----|
E|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-5|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-4-|55555|5--------5-3|


                                  1:19
G|-------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-----------5675-|----------------|
A|--------3-32-|----------3-32----|----3-5\7-7----7|----4-5-7-7\3---|
E|5-5-0345----3|--5-5-0345----2345|5-5-------------|5-5----------532|

 "maybe beside me"                                       "life of a city"

 1:26                                1:33
G|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
A|--------3-32---|--------3|3-5-3----|---------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|5-5-03-5----323|5-5-0345-------5-3-|555555555|-----------|



Chorus II

 1:37
G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                                                  |        Repeat X3     |


Bridge

G|--------------|--------------|--------------|    |
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|    |
A|--------------|--------------|--------Solo Starts|
E|555-55-3-55553|555-55-3-55553|555-5---------|    |


Solo

G|------------|------------------------|----------------------|
D|-2:05-2:07--|------------------------|----------------------|
A|-Bass-Rest--|------------------------|----------------------|
E|------------|-5--5----5--5--3-3-3-3-5|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                              ^ ^ ^ ^  |        Repeat X3     |
                             Staccato
                               Notes

G|----------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
D|Guitar-chromatic-sweep|-------------|----------|-----------|
A|----------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
E|11111111-33333333--5--|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-5|-0-5-3-0-4-|



Verse II


G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-------3|3-5-3----|
E|55555|5--------5-3|


G|-------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-----------5675-|----------------|
A|--------3-32-|----------3-32----|----3-5\7-7----7|----4-5-7-7\3---|
E|5-5-0345----3|--5-5-0345----2345|5-5-------------|5-5----------532|

"waitin for the thaw out"

 1:26                                1:33
G|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
A|--------3-32---|--------3|3-5-3----|---------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|5-5-03-5----323|5-5-0345-------5-3-|555555555|-----------|



Chorus III


G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                                                  |        Repeat X3     |
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|1111111-33333333--|


Outro

                                                       |   3:29-3:35   |
G|------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|-------------|--------------------|-Keep-going!---|
A|------------------|---3---------|--------------------|---------------|
E|11111111-33333333-|1-----5---3-3|111111-22-333333-44-|55555555...3-4-|


 |          Outro Solo              |
G|-------------------|--------------||
D|-------------------|-Song starts--||
A|--------22-33333-2-|-to fade away-||
E|-555555-----------3|--------------||
 |   Repeat to End   |


Unfortunetely UG had formatting problems which means i had to compact the
tab which IMO makes it harder/more confusing to read espeically some parts of the song.

If you want i'd be happy to Email you the orginal word-pad file

Enjoy :D

Xenoxide-wong@hotmail.com