------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRTY CITY - Steve Winwood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Alan Beaulieu Email: ajb0429@gmail.com Tuning: Standard This is a basic interpretation of the distorted rhythm guitar part of the song. Key: D VERSE - Palm mute an open 'D' string, finish with various short fills ending in D. Example: D5 Short fill(*) e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-1--------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------1-3----| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| pm ----------------------------------------------------------->let ring--->| "A gangster came to see my boy....to pay one more bill" (*) Other fills: Various D minor Penatonic riffs, ending in D. Go nuts. Open postion (below) works best. Dm Pentatonic Scale, D Shape ('open position') (D, F, G, A, C): e|--1---3----------| B|--1---3----------| G|0---2------------| D|0-----3----------| A|0-----3----------| E|--1---3----------| CHORUS Bb5 C5 D5 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------| D|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------| A|-1---------------|-3---------------|----5------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| "Dirty City, this is a dirty town" C5 Bb5 C5 D5 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| G|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------| D|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------| A|-3----1----------|--------3--------|-----------------|---------5------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| "Where's the pity, I can't move on up to higher ground" That's the basic structure. Use your imagination to fill in the rest. - AJB