• Song:

    Ballad In Urgency

  • Artist:

    Black Crowes

  • Album:

    Sho' Nuff

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

The Black Crowes
Song Title: Ballad In Urgency
TBC Original? Yes
Written By: C.R & R.R.
Recording Session: Amorica
Record: Amorica
Live Debut: 08/22/1994
Shows: 238 times played live
Related Song: Low Down
Notes: A markedly different version of this song was recorded during the Tall sessions. 
song was called Low

Down and had different verses but shared the same "hate and greed, swollen and sweet" 
The song's working

title was "Ballad Of Urgency" during the Amorica Sessions.

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The above information was taken from www.crowesbase.com

Tuning: EADGBE (Standard)

Intro/Pre-Chorus:
E-------------------|
B----0-------0---2--|
G------4-------0-0--| x2
D--5-----5-4-----2--|
A----------------0--|
E-------------------|

This is tough to hear on both studio and live recordings.  On the studio song there is 
Ford's part and a sitar

played over it and during live shows this is once again mixed with Marc's part, 
things up, but after

numerous listens to the song on the album and live, this is what I could come up with 
Rich's part.

Pre-Verse 1:
E-----7-0-------------------|
B-----------7------7-5------|
G-------------6----------6--| x4
D---------7------7-----7----|
A--0------------------------|
E---------------------------|

This is only played before the first verse.

Verse:
E-----7-0-------------------|
B-----------7------7-5------|
G-------------6----------6--| x2
D---------7------7-----7----|
A--0------------------------|
E---------------------------|

E--5----5-5----------5-5-5-5--|
B--7----7-6----------6-6-6-6--|
G--7----7-7--------7-7-7-7-7--|
D--7----7-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A--5----5-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E-----------------------------|

The timing and number of times the repeated Dm is played here varies from verse to verse.

E-----7-0-------------------|
B-----------7------7-5------|
G-------------6----------6--| x2
D---------7------7-----7----|
A--0------------------------|
E---------------------------|

Chorus:
E------------------------------------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--------5-5--5-5--5-5--|
B------7-7--7-7--7-7--------5-5--5-5--5-5--------5-5--5-5--5-5--------5-5--5-5--5-5--|
G------7-7--7-7--7-7--------5-5--5-5--5-5--------6-6--6-6--6-6--------6-6--6-6--6-6--|
D--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7----5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--------7-7--7-7--7-7--------7-7--7-7--7-7--|
A--4-4-5-5--5-5--5-5----2-2-3-3--3-3--3-3----7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7----7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--|
E--------------------------------------------4-4-5-5--5-5--5-5----4-4-5-5--5-5--5-5--|

E------------------------------------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--|
B------7-7--7-7--7-7--------5-5--5-5--5-5--------5-5--5-5--5-5--|
G------7-7--7-7--7-7--------5-5--5-5--5-5--------6-6--6-6--6-6--|
D--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7----5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--------7-7--7-7--7-7--|
A--4-4-5-5--5-5--5-5----2-2-3-3--3-3--3-3----7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--|
E--------------------------------------------4-4-5-5--5-5--5-5--|

E------3-3--3--3-3--------1-1--1--1-1--3-----|
B------3-3--3--3-3--------1-1--1--1-1--3--5--|
G------4-4--4--4-4--------2-2--2--2-2--4--6--|
D------5-5--5--5-5--------3-3--3--3-3--5--7--|
A--7-7-5-5--5--5-5----5-5-3-3--3--3-3--5--0--|
E--4-4-3-3--3--3-3----2-2-1-1--1--1-1--3-----|

Solo Rhythm:
E-------------------------------|
B--2--2--0----0-----0-----0-----|
G--2--2--0----7--6--7--6--7--6--| x4
D--2--2--0----7--7--7--7--7--7--|
A--0--0-------7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E--------3----------------------|

I believe the last chord here is supposed to be an Asus4, but in every video I've 
this is the position

Rich appears to be using.  You can play it in the familiar open A chord position, or 
it as I have it written

here, and have a droning open B string, which is how I hear it on live versions.
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