• Song:

    Sad Mans Tongue

  • Artist:

    Volbeat

Volbeat – Sad Man’s Tongue

Standard D tuning

E = 0-2-2-1-0-0
G = 3-2-0-0-0-3
B = 2-2-4-4-4-2

E5 = x-7-9-9-x-x
D5 = x-5-7-7-x-x
G5 = 3-5-5-x-x-x
A5 = 5-7-7-x-x-x
B5 = 7-9-9-x-x-x

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down

Acoustic
E
Well my mama told me: son you better watch out
E
All those nasty woman gonna rip you dime for dime
G 					 			   E
But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode
B 				E
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Electric
E5							     D5\E5	          
Left my mama and papa's nest, I got the fever rambling my bones
E5
Papa said: my boy, take my Johnny Cash vinyls and go
    G5\A5	                        G5\A5		    D5\E5
Well I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5					  	 E5		     
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Bridge
D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|

D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|

D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|

D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|

D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|
	     			
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH	
	
E5									          
Strollin' down the highway with uncle Sam roaring: rebel kid get
             D5\E5
your ass home  
E5
Your ass belongs to me, leave your Johnny Cash songs and get home
   G5\A5 			    G5\A5	            D5\E5                
But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5					 	->bridge		      
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Bridge
D|------------------| 
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|-2-2--------------|
G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’
D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-| 

Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm
 
sitting my time

A5
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Solo
E5  B5 

B5-A5-G5 

E5

 
E5							    D5\E5		     
Left 1.40.9.5 with plenty rock'n'roll songs painting the road
E5
Education sucks, so I sing my song for you
   G5\A5           	             G5\A5	            D5\E5
And I got my pocket full of real tales and a broken guitar mode
D\E
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5					  	E5
And the story keep on rollin' out from a glad man's tongue

Tabbed by Jacquimo
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