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: ============= / = 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.