Matt Costa
Ballad of Miss Kate
The Elasmosaurus e.p.
Ok, all the other tabs were pretty bad. So, I'm tabbing this up
correctly. Listen very carefully to the root notes he plays, I don't
bother playing the root notes because you can hardly hear them and
it mixes up your fingers. Also, Matt plays this song in a really weird
tuning. I think he tuned it so it sonds like a G chord when he plays all
6 strings open. Because, every time I see him in concert, he strums his
guitar completely open on some parts. AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A CAPO LIVE!!
Everything in ( ) is an optional note that he DOES play.
h hammer-on
B bend
/ slide up
slide down
~ let it ring
p pull off
Intro:
This is pretty much just a G chord being slid up and down.
And, there are two guitars on this part, so I combined them.
e|---6-----6---|---61----1/3-3-(3)-|---63-----31---1/3-1/3-|
B|---6-----6---|---61----1/3-3-(3)-|---63-----31---1/3-1/4-|
G|---0-----0---|---0 ----0/0-0-----|---0 -----0 ---0/0-0/0-|
D|---0-----0---|---0 ----0/0-0-----|---0 -----0 ---0/0-0/0-|
A|---x-(5)-x---|---xx----x/x-2-----|---xx-----xx---x/x-x/x-|
E|-3-6-----6---|-3-61-(3)1/3-3-----|-3-63-(3)-31-3-1/3-1/3-|
e|-31-3-86-----63-----31---|---63---31---1~~-1-1~~-|
B|-41-3-86-----63-----31---|---63---31---1h3-3-1h3-|
G|-0 -0-0 -----0 -----0 ---|---0 ---0 ---0~0-0-0~0-|
D|-0 -0-0 -----0 -----0 ---|---0 ---0 -------------|
A|-xx---xx-----xx-----xx---|---xx---xx-------------|
E|-31---86-(3)-63-(3)-31---|-3-63-3-31-3-----------|
e|---3-3-1~~-1-1-1~~-| |---3-3-3-3-3-/6-86-3~~-|
B|---3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-| |---3-3-3-3-3-/6-86-3~~-|
G|---0-0-0~0-0-0-0~0-| |---0-0-0-0-0-/0-0 -0~~-|
D|-----0-----0-0-----|x3 |-----0-0-0-0-/0-0 -0~~-|
A|-------------------| |----------------xx-2~~-|
E|-3---3-------------| |-3---3----------86-3~~-|
This is were the starting solo comes in. And, here too, are two guitars.
One just plays |-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|x2
|-----------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
[e|-------1~/6-3---3-|---6p3---------|-------1----------------|
[B|---1h3--------6---|-------6-6-3--|---1h3------------------|
[G|---0--------------|--------- -0--|------------------------|
[D|------------------|---------------|---------5p3p0--------5-|
[A|------------------|---------------|---------------3p0------|
[E|-3----------------|-3-------------|-3-----------------3b---|
e|-------1---------|]
B|---1h3-----------|]
G|---0-------------|]
D|---------3/5-53-|]x2
A|---------1/3-31-|]
E|-3---------------|]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|x4
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
You gave me your word...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
Black seein' black...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|x4
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
I gave you up...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
Black seein' black...
e|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-------------------------|
You gave me your word...
e|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
flew like a bird...
e|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
B|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
G|---------------------------------|[-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|[-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|[-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|[-----------------|
back.
e|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
B|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|---------------------------------|]
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|]x2
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|]
E|-----------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|---------------------------------|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3h5-5-5-5h3-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|x4
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
You played me for a fool...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
Black turnin' black...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|x4
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
Never could have seen...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
back, on my back
e|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-------------------------|
You shot me with your gun...
e|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
run, run, run, run...
e|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
B|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
G|---------------------------------|[-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|[-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|[-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|[-----------------|
back.
e|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
B|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|---------------------------------|]
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|]x2
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|]
E|-----------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|]
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-----------------------------|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-|
E|---------------------------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3---3-3-3~~-|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
and if you
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
I'll chop you down
e|-----------------|-x--x--x--x|
B|-----------------|-x--x--x--x|
G|-----------------|-x--x--x--x|
D|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-x--x--x--x|
A|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-x--x--x--x|
E|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-x--x--x--x|
tree
Then, repeat the lead and add on:
e|-6p3-1-3-1-1h3/6-8-6-3-63-1-3p1-3-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|x2
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Then comes some crazy fingerpicking on G
that I'll figure out later and update.
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-3/5--3--------------------|
D|-3/5--3--5-----------------|
A|-1/3--1--5-----------------|
E|---------3-----------------|
I rode into town..
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
cheap, your price is...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
cheap
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|x4
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
The house with...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
poor, find you poor...
e|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-------------------------|
The sheriff found...
e|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
guaranteed no doubt...
e|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
B|---------------------------------|[-----------------|
G|---------------------------------|[-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|[-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|[-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|[-----------------|
back.
e|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
B|-----------------|---------------------------------|]
G|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|---------------------------------|]
D|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|]x2
A|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|]
E|-----------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|]
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-----------------------------|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-|
E|---------------------------------|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3---3-3-3~~-|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
and when you...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
A|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
E|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|-5~~-5-5-5~~-5-5-|
D|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|
A|-1~~-1-1-1~~-1-1-|-3~~-3-3-3~~-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
We watched you...
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
tracks
e|------------------------------|
B|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
G|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
D|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|x4
A|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|---------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Black, seein' black
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marcelaguiar wrote on July 18 2008, 12:31 pm
For some reason UG names this song Ballad Of Miss Kate BLACK.????I can't change it. And this is the 80th Matt Costa tab posted.
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Beckon wrote on December 12 2010, 11:30 pm
Could you put this in Guitar Pro please? That would be a wonderful help.
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honest john wrote on February 26 2012, 08:16 pm
Matt uses an E minor tuning EBEGBE capo 3rd fret for the recorded track. Live he sometimes plays without a capo or even with a D minor tuning DADFAD The same intervals but you tune the strings down instead of up.
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