• Song:

    Smoke Like Ribbons

  • Artist:

    Ugly Casanova

  • Album:

    2001-11-23: San Francis...

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                             Smoke Like Ribbons - Ugly Casanova
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Tabbed by:007ads2
E-mail:brianbrito@msn.com

Tuning: Standard, Capo 1

I haven't seen a correct tab to this song, so I decided to learn how to play it by ear and post the tab myself.
I have most of the song down, but the chorus needs a little bit of touching up.

       INTRO - PLAY VARIATIONS OF THESE NOTES
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1------1------1-----1-----1--------1-------------------------------------|
G|--2------0------2-----2-----2---OR---0-------------------------------------|
D|--2------2------3-----0-----0--------2-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------3--------3-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       VERSE - LISTEN FOR STRUMMING PATTERNS
  "Smoke was pulled in ribbons.."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--------------------------0------------------0\-------------------------|
G|--9\-------------------------2/-----------------9\----------REPEAT---------|
D|--9\-------------------------2/-----------------9\-------------------------|
A|--7\-------------------------0------------------7\-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       VERSE - WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING THE x0220x YOU CAN DO THE SLIDES
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0----0------0----1------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2/---4------4\---1------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2/---4------4\---1------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0----0------0----0------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     CHORUS - AS SOON AS HE SAYS "DIME" PLAY THE FOLLOWING CHORD
  WHEN HE'S DONE SINGING "SMOKE LIKE RIBBONS," DURING THE LITTLE BREAK PLAY
  x7990x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------|
G|---2-------------------------------9---------------------------------------|
D|---0-------------------------------9---------------------------------------|
A|---0-------------------------------7---------------------------------------|
E|---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    CHORUS - RIGHT BEFORE HE STARTS SINGING "SMOKE LIKE RIBBONS," 
 PLAY THIS LITTLE LEAD PART AS MANY TIMES AS ON THE RECORDING
e|--------13-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

If you find a better way to play some parts, please post them in the comments and I'll gladly edit the tab!
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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