Here's their website: www.bigandrich.com
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Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color
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Tabbed by: Jeff Krivo
Email: krivo@rice.edu
Here are all of the chords (and some of the main riffs) from this album.
A few chords are listed at the end, and most of the chords can be played
many different ways that still sound good with the album. I didn't attempt
to tab the solos . . . feel free. Please tell me if something is not right.
Tuning: standard throughout the whole album (e-B-G-D-A-E)
Tracks:
1 - Rollin' (the Ballad of Big & Rich)
2 - Wild West Show
3 - Big Time
4 - Kick My Ass
5 - Six Foot Town
6 - Holy Water
7 - Saved
8 - Real World
9 - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
10- Drinkin' 'Bout You
11- Love Train
12- Deadwood Mountain
13- Live This Life
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Big & Rich - Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)
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intro: D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5->F5->G5->Bb5->D5->F5->G5->Bb5
verse: D5 - F5 - G5 - F5
Chorus: (don't play the last F5 of the verse)
D5-F5-G5 Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5
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Big & Rich - Wild West Show
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Instrumental intro . . .
Verse: A5 - C5 - G5 - D5 (palm-muted most of the time)
Chorus: C - G - Am - F - G (quickly)
C - G - F
Bridge: F - F - Em - G
The riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------6-5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-0-0-2-3------0-0-0-2-3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------3--------------3-----------------------------------------------|
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Big & Rich - Big Time
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Verse: D - G - A - D (the Ds are sometimes Dsus4, Gs can also be Gsus4,
and A can be Asus4 or Asus2)
Prechorus: Em - A - Em - A - Em - A - G - A
Chorus: D - G - Em - A - D
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Big & Rich - Kick My Ass
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Verse: E - B7
E - A
Chorus: A - E - A - B->Bb5->A - E - A
Bridge: "Why does everybody want to . . . Why does everybody . . ."
: A - B - A - B . . . etc . . . A
Outro: Bass and guitar play a D-->E thingy
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Big & Rich - Six Foot Town
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The Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----13-12-10----------------------------5h6-------------------------------|
G|--------------12-9h10-12---------------5-----5-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------10/10-----5h7-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: C5 - G/B - A5 - F5
(also played as: C - G - Am - F)
Chorus: C - G - Am - F
Bridge: F - G - F - G - etc
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Big & Rich - Holy Water
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Intro Riff thing w/ delay and echo:
e|-----3-5-8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: The guitar and bass often just play an E note, then an F note
(7->8 on the A string)
: The chords are basically C-F-C-F-etc for the verse
Alternate verse chord voicings:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------9--10------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--10-------OR-----5--10------------------------------------------|
A|--------7---8---------------7--8-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------8----------------------------------------------|
Prechorus: Am - F
Chorus: C - F - C - F . . .
Bridge: Am - F - G
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Big & Rich - Saved
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The Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5-5-4----2h3-2-2h3p2-----------------------------------------------|
A|--5/3-5--------5-------------3---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: D5 - (C+A)->C5 - G5
Chorus: D5 - C5 - G/B - G
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Big & Rich - Real World
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Verse: C - G - Am - F
Chorus: C - G/B - Am - F
C - G
Solo: C - G - Am - F
The song changes after a while . . .
Here's the fast part: basically Am-Am-C-Am . . .
e|---------0-------------0---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-------------1---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-------etc.--0---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0h2---------2---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0---------------3---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Base line for fast part:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3---3---0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------3---3---0---0---------------------------------------------------|
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Big & Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
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Verse: E - A - E - A
Chorus: D5(slide to)E5 - A5
Verse riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2-2--4-4--5-5-------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4-4--5-5---0-0--0-0--0-0-------------------------------------------|
E|---0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
part o the fill (on banjo):
e|-----0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0---0---2---2-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Big & Rich - Drinkin' 'Bout You
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Intro/Verse: C - C* - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C
Chorus: Am - C/G - Dm - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C
Lead into chorus: C - G/B - Am
C* (don't remember what this chord is called)
e-3
B-5
G-3
D-5
A-4
E-3
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Big & Rich - Love Train
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Verse: A - D - G - C
Chorus: A - D - G - D
the Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------4-5-5------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4-5-5-5h7-------------------------------------|
A|------------------4-5-5-5h7------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-2-4--5-5-5h7-----------------------------------------------------------|
Riff during verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------7-5-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Big & Rich - Deadwood Mountain
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Intro: Em - C - Em - C (hammer on the E note--2nd fret on
D-string--for both chords)
Verse: Em - C - D - G
Chorus: Em - G - Em - G - Em - G - C - D - G - C - D
Lead to Bridge: Em
Bridge: Em - C - D - Em - D
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Big & Rich - Live This Life
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Capo II (Chords relative to capo)
Em - G - D - A (THE WHOLE TIME)
Intro thingy:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------2-------2---------2---------------------------------------|
D|--------2------0---0---0---0-----2---2-------------------------------------|
A|----0h2---2--------------------0-------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords:
Dsus4 Gsus4 Asus2 Asus4 B7 G/B C+A C/G
e|----3-------3------0------0------2----2---3--------------0----3------------|
B|----3-------3------0------3------0----4---3--------------1----5------------|
G|----2-------5------2------2------2-or-2---0--------------0----5------------|
D|----0-------5------2------2------1----4---0-or-5----7----2-or-5------------|
A|------------5------0------0------2----2---2----2----3----3----3------------|
E|------------3--------------------------------------------3----3------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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