Here's their website: www.bigandrich.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Jeff Krivo Email: krivo@rice.edu Here are all of the chords (and some of the main riffs) from this album. A few chords are listed at the end, and most of the chords can be played many different ways that still sound good with the album. I didn't attempt to tab the solos . . . feel free. Please tell me if something is not right. Tuning: standard throughout the whole album (e-B-G-D-A-E) Tracks: 1 - Rollin' (the Ballad of Big & Rich) 2 - Wild West Show 3 - Big Time 4 - Kick My Ass 5 - Six Foot Town 6 - Holy Water 7 - Saved 8 - Real World 9 - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) 10- Drinkin' 'Bout You 11- Love Train 12- Deadwood Mountain 13- Live This Life ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- intro: D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5->F5->G5->Bb5->D5->F5->G5->Bb5 verse: D5 - F5 - G5 - F5 Chorus: (don't play the last F5 of the verse) D5-F5-G5 Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Wild West Show ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instrumental intro . . . Verse: A5 - C5 - G5 - D5 (palm-muted most of the time) Chorus: C - G - Am - F - G (quickly) C - G - F Bridge: F - F - Em - G The riff: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------6-5-----------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0-0-0-2-3------0-0-0-2-3-------------------------------------------------| E|------------3--------------3-----------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Big Time ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: D - G - A - D (the Ds are sometimes Dsus4, Gs can also be Gsus4, and A can be Asus4 or Asus2) Prechorus: Em - A - Em - A - Em - A - G - A Chorus: D - G - Em - A - D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Kick My Ass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: E - B7 E - A Chorus: A - E - A - B->Bb5->A - E - A Bridge: "Why does everybody want to . . . Why does everybody . . ." : A - B - A - B . . . etc . . . A Outro: Bass and guitar play a D-->E thingy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Six Foot Town ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Riff: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----13-12-10----------------------------5h6-------------------------------| G|--------------12-9h10-12---------------5-----5-----------------------------| D|-------------------------10/10-----5h7-------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: C5 - G/B - A5 - F5 (also played as: C - G - Am - F) Chorus: C - G - Am - F Bridge: F - G - F - G - etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Holy Water ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Riff thing w/ delay and echo: e|-----3-5-8-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: The guitar and bass often just play an E note, then an F note (7->8 on the A string) : The chords are basically C-F-C-F-etc for the verse Alternate verse chord voicings: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------9--10------------------------------------------| D|--------10--10-------OR-----5--10------------------------------------------| A|--------7---8---------------7--8-------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------8----------------------------------------------| Prechorus: Am - F Chorus: C - F - C - F . . . Bridge: Am - F - G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Saved ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Riff: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------5-5-4----2h3-2-2h3p2-----------------------------------------------| A|--5/3-5--------5-------------3---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: D5 - (C+A)->C5 - G5 Chorus: D5 - C5 - G/B - G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Real World ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: C - G - Am - F Chorus: C - G/B - Am - F C - G Solo: C - G - Am - F The song changes after a while . . . Here's the fast part: basically Am-Am-C-Am . . . e|---------0-------------0---------------------------------------------------| B|---------1-------------1---------------------------------------------------| G|---------2-------etc.--0---------------------------------------------------| D|-----------0h2---------2---------------------------------------------------| A|-------0---------------3---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Base line for fast part: G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------3---3---0---0-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------3---3---0---0---------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: E - A - E - A Chorus: D5(slide to)E5 - A5 Verse riff: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------2-2--4-4--5-5-------------------------------------------| A|---2-2--4-4--5-5---0-0--0-0--0-0-------------------------------------------| E|---0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------------------------------| part o the fill (on banjo): e|-----0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------------| B|-------0---0---2---2-------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Drinkin' 'Bout You ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro/Verse: C - C* - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C Chorus: Am - C/G - Dm - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C Lead into chorus: C - G/B - Am C* (don't remember what this chord is called) e-3 B-5 G-3 D-5 A-4 E-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Love Train ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: A - D - G - C Chorus: A - D - G - D the Riff: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------4-5-5------------------------------| D|-----------------------------4-5-5-5h7-------------------------------------| A|------------------4-5-5-5h7------------------------------------------------| E|--0-2-4--5-5-5h7-----------------------------------------------------------| Riff during verse: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------7-5-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Deadwood Mountain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: Em - C - Em - C (hammer on the E note--2nd fret on D-string--for both chords) Verse: Em - C - D - G Chorus: Em - G - Em - G - Em - G - C - D - G - C - D Lead to Bridge: Em Bridge: Em - C - D - Em - D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big & Rich - Live This Life ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo II (Chords relative to capo) Em - G - D - A (THE WHOLE TIME) Intro thingy: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------2-------2---------2---------------------------------------| D|--------2------0---0---0---0-----2---2-------------------------------------| A|----0h2---2--------------------0-------------------------------------------| E|--0----------3-------------------------------------------------------------| Chords: Dsus4 Gsus4 Asus2 Asus4 B7 G/B C+A C/G e|----3-------3------0------0------2----2---3--------------0----3------------| B|----3-------3------0------3------0----4---3--------------1----5------------| G|----2-------5------2------2------2-or-2---0--------------0----5------------| D|----0-------5------2------2------1----4---0-or-5----7----2-or-5------------| A|------------5------0------0------2----2---2----2----3----3----3------------| E|------------3--------------------------------------------3----3------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================