Tab Gitar Stereophonics – Bartender and the thief Versi 1

Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief Tabbed By Richard Pugh One of their best live songs. Me and my brother cover this song in out band, and this is we play it: DROP D, it does say so at the start of the first bar. I made some minor changes after rediscovering this tab after several years, though I'm sure why people think it sounds very wrong, either they're not playing in drop D, or ... ' 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: |----------------------------------------------------------------| |6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-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: |----------------------------------------------------------------| |6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-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 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.