Artist: The Go-Betweens
Song: "Cattle and Cane"
Album: Before Hollywood (1983)



Standard Tuning



Guitars: Robert Forster and Grant McLennan



INTRO:
e|------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------||
G|-9----------------------------------------------|| x 4
D|------------------------------------------------||
A|-------7-----9----------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------||



MAIN RIFF:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------(0)---------------------------------------|
G|------------------------(0)---------------------------------------|
D|-4----------(4)(4)---(4)(4)---------------------------------------|
A|-------5-----5--5-----5--5--0--------4-----5-----5--5-----5--5--0-|
E|----5--------5--5-----5--5--0--7--x--5--x--7-----7--7-----7--7--0-|



VERSE I:
e|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
B|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
G|---------------(0)------------------------------------------(0)---|| x 3
D|-4----------(4)(4)---(4)(4)---------------------------------(x)---||
A|-------5-----5--5-----5--5--0--------4-----5-----5--5-----5--5--0-||
E|----5--------5--5-----5--5--0--7--x--5--x--7-----7--7-----7--7--0-||



CHORUS I:
e|----------------------------3-----------------------3-------|
B|---------------------------0-------------------0---0--------|
G|--------------------------0-------------------0---0-------0-|
D|-------------------------0-------------------0---0--------x-|
A|-5--x--4--x--2------------------------------2-------------5-|
E|-7--x--5--x--3-----x--x--------------------3-----x-----x--7-|



VERSE II:
e|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
B|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
G|---------------(0)------------------------------------------(0)---|| x 3
D|-4----------(4)(4)---(4)(4)---------------------------------(x)---||
A|-------5-----5--5-----5--5--0--------4-----5-----5--5-----5--5--0-||
E|----5--------5--5-----5--5--0--7--x--5--x--7-----7--7-----7--7--0-||



CHORUS II:
e|-------------------------3--------------------3-------------------|
B|------------------------0--------------------0--------------------|
G|-0-----0---------------0--------------------0---------------------|
D|-x-----x-----0--------0--------------------0----------------------|
A|-5--x--4--x--2-----------------2--x--2------------------2--x--2---|
E|-7--x--5--x--3-----------------3--x--3------------------3--x--3---|
+
e|--3--------------------------3-----3-----3-|
B|---0------------------------0-----0-----0--|
G|----0----------------------0-----0-----0---|
D|-----0--------------------0-----0-----0----|
A|--------------2----------------------------|
E|--------------3----------------------------|

x 4

VERSE III:
e|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
B|------------------------------------------------------------(0)---||
G|---------------(0)------------------------------------------(0)---|| x 4
D|-4----------(4)(4)---(4)(4)---------------------------------(x)---||
A|-------5-----5--5-----5--5--0--------4-----5-----5--5-----5--5--0-||
E|----5--------5--5-----5--5--0--7--x--5--x--7-----7--7-----7--7--0-||



CHORUS III:
e|-------------------------3--------------------3-------------------|
B|------------------------0--------------------0--------------------|
G|-0-----0---------------0--------------------0---------------------|
D|-x-----x-----0--------0--------------------0----------------------|
A|-5--x--4--x--2-----------------2--x--2------------------2---------|
E|-7--x--5--x--3-----------------3--x--3------------------3---------|
+
e|-----3-----3-----3-----------3-----3-------|
B|----0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-0---0--|
G|---0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-0---0---|
D|--0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-0---0----|
A|--------------------2----------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------|



BRIDGE/OUTRO: x 30
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)----------------------------------0-|
E|-5--5--5-----5--5-----5--5--5--7-----5-----7--7--7--7-----7--7----|
+
 * variation
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------(0)---(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)---|
D|-4----------(4)(4)---(4)(4)---(x)---(x)---(x)(x)(x)(x)---(x)(x)---|
A|-0--5--5-----5--5-----5--5--0--5-----4-----5--5--5--5-----5--5--0-|
E|-5--5--5-----5--5-----5--5--0--7-----5-----7--7--7--7-----7--7--0-|



BRIDGE LEAD I:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 6
D|-4--------4--------4----------------------------------------------||
A|-------5--------5-----------5--5-----4-----5-----5--5-----5--5----||
E|----------------------------5--7-----5-----7-----7--7-----7--7----||
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-7-----------7--------------0-------------------------------------||
G|----7--7-----7--7-----7--7--0-------------------------------------|| x 2
D|-------0-----0--0-----0--0--0-------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------5-----4-----5-----5--5-----5--5----||
E|-------------------------------7-----5-----7-----7--7-----7--7----||



BRIDGE LEAD II (played live by guitar):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 2
D|-5--4-----------5-----4-----------5-----4-------------------------||
A|----------7-----------------7-----------------------5-------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 2
D|-5--4-----------5-----4-----------5-----4-------------------------||
A|----------7-----------------7-----------------5-------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 2
D|-7--7--7--5--------------5--5-----4-------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------7-----------5-------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||



SONG STRUCTURE:

INTRO
MAIN RIFF x 4
VERSE I
CHORUS I
MAIN RIFF x 2
VERSE II
CHORUS II
MAIN RIFF x 4
VERSE III
CHORUS III
BRIDGE/OUTRO x 30
Second guitar plays MAIN RIFF x 30
Play BRIDGE LEAD I & II over beginning of BRIDGE/OUTRO
Go back to BRIDGE/OUTRO when Robert's spoken word part begins



That's it.  Here's footage of a great live version: http://youtu.be/3egjP1qKyOg
Please feel free to leave comments, corrections, requests, and suggestions. Cheers!
-Bennyshambles78-
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