• Song:

    White Rabbit

  • Artist:

    Jefferson Airplane

  • Album:

    Surrealistic Pillow/Cro...

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From: Mike Bremford 


                   The White Rabbit, by Jefferson Airplane
                           Tabbed by Mike Bremford


Notation: h  - Hammer on                /  - Slide up
          p  - Pull off                 \  - Slide down
          () - Quickly sound this note



Intro: G5 (Just Bass) then G#5 (With drums as well)

Solo: Over  G5 G#5 G5 G#5

  G5                                     G#5
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
+-------------------------------9/10---+---------(10)h12-10---------------+
+-----------------------------8--------+--------------------13-12----10\8-+
+-10--------------------10-11----------+----------------------------------+
+-----------------10h11----------------+----------------------------------+


  G5                                  G#5
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
+----9------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
+-10-------10-11-----------------10-+-11p10---------------------------------+
+------------------11-10---10-11----+-------11-10-8-10-11-10-8h10p8\6-8-6-4-+

Verse 1 Start.
  G5               Bass Tab: (I dont play bass but I think its right.)
+-----+
+-----+            G5                          G#5
+-----+          +-0---0-------------0-----0-+-1---1-------------1-----1-+
+-----+          +---------0-0-0-0-----------+---------1-1-1-1-----------+
+-----+          +---------------------------+---------------------------+
+-3---+          +---------------------------+---------------------------+


G5                             G#5
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
        G5                                  G#5
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all
       A#5   C5         D#5      A#5        A#5
Go ask Alice, when shes ten feet tall.


G5                                     G#5
And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall
           G5                            G#5
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking Caterpiller has given you the call
     A#5   C5    D#5          A#5        A#5
Call Alice, when she was just small.


F5                                    A#5
When men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go,
           F5                                      A#5
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving(?) ???
       G5                    G5
Go ask Alice, I think she'll know.


     G5                        G#5
When logic and proportion have fallen slightly dead,
        G5                                         G#5
And the White Knight is talking backwards, and the Red Queens off her head,
  A#5   C5        D#5       A#5    F5        A#5   F5        A#5      A#5
Remember what the Doormouse said - Keep your head, Keep your head



* I play all the chords as standard 2 note power chords in the 5th and 6th
  string, except for F5, which I play at the 13 position instead of the 1st.
  Keep the beat military! And if there are any chords other than 5ths in
  here, I can't hear 'em...
  PS.  I think the solo is in G Phyrigian, played on a Strat, neck pickup with
       just a bit of gain.
  PPS. Can anyone tell me what she sings just after the mushrooms? And is she
       really smoking Caterpillers? Why?

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From: eisenboc@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Thomas `E.T.` Eisenbock)
Subject: CRD/TAB : White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)

Here's Dave's version, a bit of overworked. Still some words a missing ( ? ).

Key:
H    - Hammer On
P    - Pull Off
/    - Slide Up
\    - Slide Down
(44) - very slightly played

INTRO

    F#            G                      F
----------------------------------------------------------
T--------------------7H8P7--------------------------------
A---------------8/9--------9--7-6---4\2----3--------------
B---4-----4/5/7--------------------------4----------------
------4/5-------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
                   G                                  F#
----------------------------------------------------------
T---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
B--4/5-----------4\5-4------------------------------------
-------5\4(44)/5--------5-4--2-4-5-4---2-4-5--4--2--5-----
------------------------------------------------------2---

The Slides could also be Legatos, but I think only Jefferson knows. ;) 



F#m                           G
One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
        F#m                                 G
And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all
       A      C        D    A
Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits and you know you're gonig to fall.
(                        ?                       )
Go ask Alice when she's just small.

      E                               A
When men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go..
E                                                   A
And you've just have some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving low.

       F#m            
Go ask Alice   I think she'll know
F#m                              G
When logic and proportion   have fallen  ( ?)ly dead.
        F#m                                           G
And the white knight is talking backwards and the red queen's off with her head
  A      C          D          A
Remember   what the door mouse said
E         A
Feed your head
E         A
Feed your head


Originally typed by Dave Singer.

From: mjp@jach.hawaii.edu (Magnus Paterson)
Subject: Re: CRD/TAB : White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)

This won't be comprehensive, but it might help...

In article <2tpfcr$303@hpsystem1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>, eisenboc@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Thomas `E.T.` Eisenbock) writes:
>
>
>F#m                           G
>One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
>        F#m                                 G
>And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all
>       A      C        D    A
>Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall
>
>And if you go chasing rabbits and you know you're gonig to fall.
>(                        ?                       )

Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call(?)

>Go ask Alice when she's just small.
>
>      E                               A
>When men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go..
>E                                                   A
>And you've just have some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving low.
>
>       F#m            
>Go ask Alice   I think she'll know
>F#m                              G
>When logic and proportion   have fallen  ( ?)ly dead.
>        F#m                                           G
>And the white knight is talking backwards and the red queen's off with her head
>  A      C          D          A
>Remember   what the door mouse said
                     ^^^^^^^^
                     dormouse


>E         A
>Feed your head
>E         A
>Feed your head
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