Lesson - Tabs

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Tabs

Intro

Opens with pickup noise combined output jack noise.

Intro riff

With pick and front pickup if possible. If not bridge pickup can be used. Slash uses the bridge pickup for the opening to sweet child o mine but I prefer the milder tone of the front pickup sound, which is why I often take that route with both my riff and his riff.

This intro utilizes the "Dorian mode" a minor scale with a Major 6th. In this case the C# instead of a C that would normally occur in our E minor scale.

E_____________________________________________________14________
B_______15___________14_15__________15__________17_14____15_____
G__________14_____14_______14___12_____14_______________________
D__12__________14__________________________14___________________
A_______________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________

E______________________________________________________15_14____
B_______15___________14_15__________15__________17_14___________
G__________14_____14_______14___12_____14_______________________
D__12__________14__________________________14___________________
A_______________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________

Band kicks in here...

Riff continues with band playing main beat

E__15_14____14_______14_________________________
B________15____17_15____17___15_14_15_14_15~___
G______________________________________________
D______________________________________________
A______________________________________________
E______________________________________________

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Intro chord hits chord shapes

D5 A5 G5 D5

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__7_____2____________7_________________________
D__7_____2_____5______7_________________________
A__5_____0_____5______5_________________________
E______________3________________________________

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Verse

This is part that's ripe for vocals, but since we don't do that here, I decided to put some Slash style leads in, I used more of a Slash acoustic guitar technique for these verse leads than I did an electric style technique. Take note of the positioning and the bent notes etc.

Guitar 1 is in Black and is the Lead Guitar part

Guitar 2 is in Blue and is the Rhythm Guitar part.

Guitar 1: Use front pickup

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__14~__16_11~__12_9~__11_7~___9__2~~_________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E___________________________________________________________
B________10_____________________10__________________________
G__9^1~______9^1__9^1__9^1~~~______9^1~>release_9__7-9-7~~____
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______7_7_____________________________________
D_5---7__7_7_____________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E______________________________________________________________
B____________________10_________________________10_____________
G_____________7_9^1______9^1__9^1__9^1__9^1~~_____9^1>slight release__
D_________7-9__________________________________________________
A__2-----9______________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________

E______________________________________________
B__10__________________________________________
G_____9_7~~~___9^1>release_9-7____9^1~~___________
D___________________________9__________________
A______________________________________________
E______________________________________________

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Guitar 2: Rhythm that's under the leads tabbed above

D A Asus4 A Asus4 A/E

E_________________________________________________
B___3__3______3_______3______________3-2__ 3__2____
G___2__2__2___2__2____2__2____2______2____2__2____
D___0_____0______0_______0____2___________2__2____
A_____________________________0___0_______________
E_________________________________________________

G5 D5

E__________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________7__7_7_7_7___7_7_7_7__7_7________
D__5___5_5_5_5___5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__5_5____7__7_7_7_7___7_7_7_7__7_7___7__7_
A__5___5_5_5_5___5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__5_5____5__5_5_5_5___5_5_5_5__5_5___5__5_
E__3___3_3_3_3___3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3__3_3_____________________________________

Lines below are over the second set of leads or the second half of the verse part.

D/A A5 G5 D/A

E______________2_3_2-3-2-0________________________________
B__3__________________________________________________3__
G__2________________________ 2________________________ 2__
D__0_>let ring________________ 2_>let ring____5___________0__
A__0________________________ 0____________ 5_>let ring__ 0__
E_________________________________________3______________

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Chorus

Guitar 1 plays intro riff

D/A A

E______________________________________________________________
B_______15___________14_15__________15___________14~>>sl dwn>>____
G__________14_____14_______14___12_____14_____14_______________
D__12__________14__________________________14__________________
A______________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________

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Guitar 2

Chorus rhythm section chord shapes

D/A A G5

E______________________________________________
B__3_____2_____________________________________
G__2_____2_____________________________________
D__0_____2_____5_______________________________
A__0_____0_____5_______________________________
E______________3_______________________________

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Solo

The chord pattern changes for our leads. The chord pattern I used is a common one for Slash. He used it on several tracks. This solo has an off beat feel to start then when it kicks in it goes to a driving feel. The chord pattern remains constant though. It's a traditional Em chord pattern, Em, G, Am, C, D. This pattern in some form, like I said already has been used for leads on many GNR tracks.

Notice the scale usage in the solo. Compare what I tabbed to the scale lesson at the top of this page. Also notice what note the solo is on when a given chord is in play. The chords are written above the tab. That's part of the lesson here. I assure you, it's not because I like leaving my cap lock on and typing letters. lol

Rhythm under the solo

Below is the Rhythm Guitar part that's under the entire solo to this track. I suggest if you play along with this stuff that one time around you be the rhythm guitarist and then rewind and next time you be the lead guitarist. This helps you to get familiar with your fret board and understand a little more about the solos you're playing and hopefully writing.

These are just standard chords, leave the chord shapes down and pick the notes tabbed out.

Em G

E______________0___________________________3____
B________________0____0_________________0_______
G_______0__________0_____________0______________
D_____2____2__________________0_____0___________
A_______________________________________________
E__0_______________________3____________________

Am C D

E_________________________________________________
B______________1_________________________3________
G________2_______2____2________0____________2_____
D_____2_____2______2_________2___2___0____________
A__0______________________3_______________________
E_________________________________________________

Em G

E_________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________
G__2_______2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2_______________________________________
D__2_______2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2_>builds up to kick in the wah portion of solo__
A__0_______0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0_______________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________

Main kick in Wah portion of the solo

Same chords as above for the most part but in power chord form this time.

E5 G5 A5 C5 D5

E_________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________
G______________2_____2_2_2_2_2_2___5_5___7_7______
D__2_____5_____2_____2_2_2_2_2_2___5_5___7_7______
A__2_____5_____0_____0_0_0_0_0_0___3_3___5_5______
E__0_____3________________________________________

E5 G5 A5

E_______________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________
G_____________2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__________________________________
D__2____5_____2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2___>into mellower wah portion of solo__
A__2____5_____0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__________________________________
E__0____3_______________________________________________________

E5 G5 A5 C5 D5

E_________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________
G____________2____5___7___________________________
D__2____5____2____5___7___________________________
A__2____5____0____3___5___________________________
E__0____3_________________________________________

E5 G5 A5

E____________________________________________
B____________________________________________
G____________2_______________________________
D__2____5____2_______________________________
A__2____5____0_______________________________
E__0____3____________________________________

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LEADS

Front pickup, NO WAH

Solo is broken up into it's individual phrasing sections for ease of reading.

Em G

E__17^1~~slight release__17_14~__15-14_________________
B_______________________________15~_____________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

Am C D Em

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__11~__12_14__12_11__9~_11_9__7~_9____________
D_____________________________________9~~______
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G________7_9~~_________________________________
D__5----9________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

Wah is turned on, switch to bridge pickup

This is a close approximation of what I did here for this lead in. Slash usually will do this sort of thing all on one string. I chose to take you through the scale. You can add some picking to these as well to keep them going. See video for an explanation of this technique.

E_________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________13-12_13-12____
G_4----9~_11-9_11-9_11-9__12-11_12-11_12-11__14-12_14-12_14-12_______________
D________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________

E______________14-12_14-12__15-14_15-14__17-15_17-15________
B__15-13_15-13____________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________

Band kicks in with driving beat here

Em G

E____________________________________________________________________
B__15^1~~__15^1~~__15^1~~__15^1~~_____15^1~~___15^1~~__15^1~~____
G___*take some of the 3rd string with you to add feel________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________

A5 C D Em

E__17^1~~>slight release__17^1>release_17__15____17^1_17~_15____________
B__________________________________17______________17_17~____
G____________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________

See video for help with this line of tab. I have simplified it in the tab for ease of reading. A demo might help.

E_2------12-14-12_15__12-14-12_15_14__15///_14///-12__15///_14///-12____
B__________________________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________________________
D__________________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________

E_12_____________________________________________
B____15^1>release_15__15^1>release_15>>slide downward>>________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

Beat changes back to the mellow solo opening off beat, Wah continues but the feel changes

Em G

A5 C

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__11~__12__14_14~~___11__14-12-11_14-12-11_____
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

D Em

E_______________________________________________
B__15^1~~_15^1~~__15^1~~>release_15__________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E_______________________________________________
B_12_15-12_______12_15-12_______12_15-12_________
G__________14~___________14~___________14~_____
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E________________________________________________________17^1~>slow release>>_
B_12_15-12_______12_15-12_______12_15^1~~>slight release_15^1~~________________
G__________14~___________14~__________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________

Wah off here!!

Outro

Big LA based 80's rock ending to this track. The trick here is 2 guitars, BUT, the two guitars are NOT playing the same thing, even though they are in the same Octave. See guitar 1 and guitar 2 tabs below and of course the video.

Guitar 1 is in Black and is the Lead Guitar part

Guitar 2 is in Blue and is the Rhythm Guitar part.

Guitar 1: Main Guitar part.

Riff

E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G__________________2_______ 2____________________
D__________________2_______ 2____________________
A____________0-2-0__________0____________________
E__0_0_2---4____________2-3_______________________

Guitar 1's version of the chord hits

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D__7__5__2________2_____________________________
A__5__3__0________0_____________________________
E____________3~~________________________________

Guitar 2's version of the chord hits - done at the same time as guitar 1 - notice they are the same chords but not in the same spot

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D________________________2______________________
A___12___10____7_________0______________________
E___10____8____ 5____3~__________________________

Riff

Guitar 1's version of the chord hits

E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G___________________________________________
D__5__4__2__________________________________
A__3__2__0______4___________________________
E_______________2_>into jungle riff_____________

Guitar 2's version of the chord hits - done at the same time as guitar 1 - notice they are the same chords but not in the same spot

E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G___________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A__10___9____7_____4________________________
E___8___ 7___ 5_____ 2__>into jungle riff_________

Jungle riffing

Guitars 1 and 2 come together here and play the same thing for this riff. Only guitar 1 does the fill riff. I have only tabbed guitar 1 below. Guitar 2 is the same but like I said, there is no fill riff.

X = slight palm mute in the case of the tabs below.

E________________________________________
B________________________________________
G__2__2_______2__________________________
D__2__2_______2__________________________
A__0__0_______0______4x__5x__4x__________
E________3_0_____0x__2x__3x__2x__________

E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G__2__2_______2__________________________________
D__2__2_______2__0x_0x_0x__4--5--sl dwn and away--_______
A__0__0_______0__0x_0x_0x__2--3--sl dwn and away--_______
E________3_0_____________________________________

E___________________________________________________________5~__
B_______________________________________________________________
G__2__2_______2___________________4^1a.h>release_4-2____4-2___________
D__2__2_______2_________________________________4______4________
A__0__0_______0______4x__5x__4x_________________________________
E________3_0_____0x__2x__3x__2x_________________________________

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D__7__5__2________2____and repeat from riff again____
A__5__3__0________0_____________________________
E____________3~~________________________________

Outro riff and Jungle riff repeat again then the song goes into the final ending below.

Final ending

These chord hits are left alone and are designed to have an Axl like person do Axl like things around then. Again, song structure and song writing is part of what I teach around here.

Notice once again how Guitar 1 and Guitar 2 are doing different versions of the same thing.

Guitar 1 is in Black and is the Lead Guitar part

Guitar 2 is in Blue and is the Rhythm Guitar part.

Guitar 3 is in Green and is the wah part designed to mimic Axl.

Guitar 1: Let chords ring out

E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G__2_____7______2_____0__________________________
D__2_____7______2_____0__________________________
A__0_____5______0_____x__________________________
E_____________________3__________________________

Guitar 2: Let chords ring out

E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G__2_____7______2________________________________
D__2_____7______2_____5__________________________
A__0_____5______0_____5__________________________
E_____________________3__________________________

This is a classic Rock and Roll style Guitar power riff ending. Usually these types of endings begin on the 5th of the last chord in the song. In the case of our track here the last chord in the song is "G" and our power chord pattern starts on the 5th of that "G" which is "D".

The scale you choose to use is up to you. Just do what sounds good to you. You know what sounds good, just tinker around. I went with a GNR sounding ending because this is a GNR lesson.

The scale I used consists of the pitches, D, C, G#, G, F, E. There are endless combinations of notes you could do for something like this, See video for extra tips.

Guitar 1: Main guitar part

D5 C5 G#5 G5 F5 C5 G#5 G5 F5 D5

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D__7__5_______________5_____________7~___7______
A__5__3__6__5__3______3__6__5__3____5~___5______
E________4__3__1__0x_____4__3__1________________

Guitar 2: Secondary guitar part

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_________________________5____________12___12__
A___12__10___6__5__3______3__6__5__3___12___12__
E___10___8___4__3__1__0x_____4__3__1___10___10__

Guitar 3: Single note riff done with the Wah to mimic an Axl Rose type vocal thing moving with the ending Chord hits of guitar's 1 & 2.

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A__5~__3~_______________3~_____________5~~~___
E___________4~_3~_1~_0______4~_3~_1~__________

End

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"Sweet brownstone in the jungle"
Written by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Performed by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Transcribed by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Engineered by:	Mick the mixer


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