Candlebox
"Vulgar Before Me"
From the album "Lucy"
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)

Tuning: Standard, low to high (E A D G B e)

This is a very easy song... very good too.

Symbols used:
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/ = slide up
* = hold notes/chord

Intro- Riff 1:
(Clean tone, let notes ring)

e|-----------0-------------------0-------------------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B|--------------0-------------------0-------------------------0------------0-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------8-----------------------|
D|----------------------------9----------9--9------------------------------9-----------------------|
A|------11-----------------9-------------------9--9/11---------------------9-----------------------|
E|---9------------------7-------------------------------9------------------7-(let last chord ring)-|

Band enters
Verse- Riff 2: ( This is the main riff)
											       (4x)
e|-----------0-------------------0-------------------------0---------------0----------------------|
B|--------------0-------------------0-------------------------0---------------0-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------------8---------------*|
D|----------------------------9----------9--9--------------------------------------9--9----------*|
A|------11-----------------9-------------------9--9/11-----------------------------------9--9/11--|
E|---9------------------7-------------------------------9---------------7-------------------------|

-There's a lot of improvising in this riff. But this is the basic pattern. Stick with the B and C# 
 chords, and mess with the timing of the notes to get it.

Chorus- Riff 3:
							(1x)
e|-------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2*------------------------2----/6-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------0-----------------|
A|--0--0---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------2-------/5*----------------|
         "Anything I can do...        I can do anything"

Then back to Riff 2, for the second verse.
2nd Chorus- Play Riff 3 1x
Play Riff 2 1x

Bridge- Riff 4: (at 2:28)
					(4x)
e|---------0----0-0---------0-----0-0----|
B|---------0----0-0---------0-----0-0----|
G|---------4----4-4---------4-----4-4----|
D|---------2----2-2---------4-----4-4----|
A|---4---4----4-------2---2----2--2------|
E|---------------------------------------|

3rd Chorus- Play Riff 3 1x
Outro- Play Riff 2 2x

There is some improvisation on Riff 2 at the end as well.
Just mess around with the riff to figure it out.

And that's it.
Any comments or questions, e-mail me.
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