Title: Whiskey On Ice
Artist: Hank Williams Jr.
Album: Volume 8 - High Notes
Tabbed by: Levi Garrett (TheLeadGuitarist@Hotmail.com)
This is my variation of the original tab for this song. If you get the strumming patterns right,
it sounds exactly like Hank's version. For the intro & Fill 1, simply move your 1st (index) finger
from the G string to the A string to play the variations on the D chord. It's much easier to play
than the fingerpicked version and it sounds just like the song. I've rewritten the song in Dropped-D
tuning for this variation; simply mute the low E string with your thumb while strumming the D chords,
and you can mute it with your second finger by forming a normal G chord but not actually fretting the E string.
Use your first finger for the 0-2 (this is not a hammer on, listen to the song for the correct timing)
and your second (middle) finger for the 3B, then move your hand back into the D position. Let me
know your opinion on this tab. Thanks!
Legend
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v | strum down |
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^ | strum up |
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B | bend |
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D | xx0232 |
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C | x32010 |
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G | x20033 |
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: | repeat |
Intro:
D
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3------------------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
The strumming pattern for the verse is the same as the intro. Just listen to the
song and follow along with the chords.
Note: Hank throws in a dsus4 (xx0233) after "on fire" so just listen for it.
Verse 1:
D C G D
Woke up this morning tasting Jim Beam. Holdin' the answer to some ole? boys dream,
D C G D D Dsus4 D
Got a bad reputation, yes I'm a live wire, like my Whiskey on ice and my women, on fire.
D C G D
From memphis to Mobil I've played all the dies, lord knows I'm lucky just to still be alive. Im
D C G D D Dsus4 D
an all around rebel and I won't be denied with my Whiskey on ice and my women on fire.
Chorus:
D C G D
I like my whiskey on ice, my women on fire, I like a good soundin guitar and I won't be called a liar.
D C G D D Dsus4 D
Spent many long nights with a burning desire for my whiskey on ice and my women on fire.
D
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3------------------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
Verse 2:
D C G D
Some folks talk about me, yes they always will, they think its been an easy ride and all been down hill,
C G D
what they dont think about. what they dont realize, is the shoes that I'm fillin' are a mighty big size.
C G D
One night in Nashville tried to take my life, cause my friends had all left me and so had my wife
C G D
but a fast ride to Florida made me realize, I had some whiskey on ice and some Florida women on fire!
Chorus X 2
Outro:
D
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2-----------------2---------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-----------------3---------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-----------------2---------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-----------------0---------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^
