• Song:

    Barfly (live)

  • Artist:

    Strung Out

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Hey boys and girls,
I got the live Strung Out album, Live in a Dive, and I reckon this is one of the best songs on it. So I figured it out and decided to tab it. Hence this tab. Hope you like it.

Song: Barfly (live)
Band: Strung Out
CD: Live in a Dive
Tuning: Drop D (D,A,d,G,B,E)
Guitars: Two (Rhythm and Lead)

----------------------------

Intro (0:00)
Lead
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-----|
|-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-----|
|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-----|
|-------------------------------------|

Intro (0:03)
Rhythm
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-2-2---2-2-2---2-3-3---3-3-3---3-8-8---8-8-8---8--|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-2-2---2-2-2---2-3-3---3-3-3---3-8-8---8-8-8---8--|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-2-2---2-2-2---2-3-3---3-3-3---3-8-8---8-8-8---8--|

Main Riff (0:22)
Lead
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-9--7--7-8---7-7-9--7--7-8---7-7-9--7--7-8---7-7-9--7--7-8----|
|-x-x-x--x--x-x---x-x-x--x--x-x---x-x-x--x--x-x---x-x-x--x--x-x----|
|-5-5-7--5--5-6---5-5-7--5--5-6---5-5-7--5--5-6---5-5-7--5--5-6----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm
Play these chords and let them ring:

D5 [000---], A5 [-022--], G5 [555---]
                          (ring G5 twice as long)

THEN - REPEAT THAT RIFF, CONSISTANLY STUMMING THE RHYTHM CHORDS


Verse (0:44)
Both guitars
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0---0-000-7-7---7---7-777-5-5---5---5-555-5-5---5---5-555--|
|-0-0---0---0-000-7-7---7---7-777-5-5---5---5-555-5-5---5---5-555--|
|-0-0---0---0-000-7-7---7---7-777-5-5---5---5-555-5-5---5---5-555--|
P.M           ...             ...             ...             ...

Chorus (1:05)
Both guitars
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

Pre-Chorus (1:23)
(Here on my own...)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--|

Repeat the approptiate riff until...

Bridge (2:14)
Both Guitars
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-----------4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7------------|
|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------------7-5-5-5-5-----------------------7-5-5-5-5--|

After which, at 2:27, you play the "pre-chorus" riff

They?re all the riffs you need.
Play along to the CD to get the order, structure and stumming right.

Hope you like it
-Luke (the_cookie_monster49@hotmail.com)
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