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Road House Blues
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
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Tabbed By : Mkbass74
Standard Tuning: E, A, D, G
This song is awesome so i tried to tab it but mabye not very well, so tell me about any
and feel free to upgrade.
Banjo Intro (0:00)
Bass Fig.1 (0:08) {[x]'s played on 2nd time only}
G|----[x]---[x]---[x]-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----3-----1-----/4----4p3---1------------------4p3---1----x-----x---|
E|-----------------------------------3--x--x--x--3------------3---x-x---x-|
S [P] S [P] S [P] S S S S S S S S P S S P L S P L
x2
G|----------------------------------------------x----------||
D|----------------------------------------/5------------x--||
A|---4p3--1-----3----x---x-----4p3--1---------x------------||
E|3----------3-----x---x----3----------3-----------x--3----||
S P S S P S P S P S P S S P S P L S P
Bass Fig.2 (0:29)
G|-----x-----x---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------5----------|
A|--5-----3-----1----/4---4p3---1---3--------3--x-x-8------------|
E|--------------------------------3----x-x-3------------x-x-3-6b-|
S P S P S S S S S S
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5----------------5------------------------5--|
A|--3--------3----x-x-8----------3---3-3----3-3---------3---x-x-8----|
E|7----x-x-3---------------x-x-3------------------x-x-3--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5---------------|
A|-------------3--------3---x-x-8---------4p3--1--|
E|x-x-3-6b---7----x-x-3-------------x-x-3---------|
Bass Fig.1 (Repeated) (0:48)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x--------4p3--1-----3----x---x-|
E|3-----x-----3--------3----x-x---x--3-----------3-----x---x---|
S P S P S P S S P L S P L S P S S S S P S P
Let Ring
G|----------------------x---------------------------------------0-------|
D|----------------/5--------------------------------------------5-------|
A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3----1----/4--4p3---1-------------|
E|3-----------3-----------x--3-------------------------------3----------|
S P S S P S P S S S S S S S S S P
Bass Fig. 3 (1:05) Let Ring
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--3h5--3---1-----------------------------3--3h5-|
E|------------------3--3-----------------------------|
/ Volume Swell \
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3---5---1---3---3---5---1--2--3--4--5---/7---3--3h5--3h5-3h53h53h53h5-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S
Bass Fig.1 (Repeated) (1:26)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|4p3--1---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x------4p3--1------3----x---x-|
E|-------3---x-x---x-3--------3---x-x---x-3-----------3-----x---x---|
P S S P L S P L S P S S P L S P L S P S S P S P S P
Let Ring
G|----------------------x----------------------------------------0-------|
D|----------------/5---------------------------------------------5-------|
A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3-----1----/4--4p3---1-------------|
E|3-----------3-----------x--3--------------------------------3----------|
S P S S P S P L S S S S S S S S P
Improvisation: I only managed to tab the main solos but not the bits in between.
Solo 1 (1:43)
G|---0-----0-----33p0-0------------|
D|/5----/5--------------0h3--/5----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
S P S P PP P S S
Solo 2 (1:47)
G|---0--55-3p0--------3------------|
D|/5-----------3p0--3---5----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|------------------------3--------|
S P PP P S S P S S
Solo 3 (1:51)
G|3p0---------5p0----3----------------------------0--|
D|----0h3-3h5------0---3--5----5---------------------|
A|------------------------------------4p3---1--------|
E|--------------------------3------------------3-----|
P S S P S S S
Bass Fig.2 (Repeated)(2:33)
G|-----x-----x---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------5----------|
A|--5-----3-----1----/4---4p3---1---3--------3--x-x-8------------|
E|--------------------------------3----x-x-3------------x-x-3-6b-|
S S S S S S S S
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5----------------5------------------------5--|
A|--3--------3----x-x-8----------3---3-3----3-3---------3---x-x-8----|
E|7----x-x-3---------------x-x-3------------------x-x-3--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5---------------|
A|-------------3--------3---x-x-8---------4p3--1--|
E|x-x-3-6b---7----x-x-3-------------x-x-3---------|
Bass Fig.1/Outro (Varied Ending) (2:51)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x--------4p3--1-----3----x---x-|
E|3-----x-----3--------3----x-x---x--3-----------3-----x---x---|
S P S P S P S S P L S P L S P S S S S P S P
G|----------------------x--------------------------------------|
D|----------------/5-------------------------------------------|
A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3----1----/4--4p3---1----|
E|3-----------3-----------x--3-------------------------------3-|
S P S S P S P S S S S S S S S S
G|---x-----x-----x------------------x----x-----x---------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-----3-----1-----/4--4p3-----/5----3-----1----/4--4p3-------|
E|---------------------------3----------------------------3----|
S P S P S P S S S S P S P S P S S S
G|---x-----x-----x---------------0~---|
D|------------------------------/5~---|
A|5-----3-----1-----/4--4p3-----------|
E|---------------------------3--------|
S P S P S P S S S P
Cheers.
| S slap
| L left-hand slap
| P pop
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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