Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Theif
Tabbed By Richard Pugh
One of their best live songs. Me and my brother cover this song in out band, and this is how we play it:
Key:
x = Muted strings
~ = Let ring/ vibrato in the solo (and where it sounds good)
/ = Slide up to...
= Slide down to...
"-"s are used only to make the tab seem clear, they are used for timing only, nothing else.
Intro:
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------|
d|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
a|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
Verse:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
When you think about it......
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2
Saaaaaay........
VERSE
Pre-Chorus:
Slide up to the first chord every time
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X3
Gone fishing...
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chorus:
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|3~~~3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X4
VERSE
Verse 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
She couldn't....
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~|
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
Middle 8 (solo)
With Wah
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2
Live there is a solo over this second bit, i just make it up as i go along using the pentatonic scale of D.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~|
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS X 4 (the do's go over the chorus chords)
Outro (live)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| X 4
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|0///12~~12\ -let ring-|
|0///12~~12\ -let ring-|
|0///12~~12\ -let ring-|
This is how i play it, it sounds ace, and is pretty much 100% accurate i think.
Info. from stereobase.co.uk:
Wah pedal - Crybaby Wah
Distortion/Overdrive - Either a Boss BD-2 (which i have and use) or a Marshall Guvnor
Thanks and enjoy.
