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SONG: MR. BIG
BAND: FREE
TABER: Jono
TABED: 30/3/2004
My tab explanations:
h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - Slide down
- Slide up
b - bend
r - release
~ - vibrato
br - bend then release
b~ - bend and vibrato
This is my second attempt to tab this song
Intro/verse: clean/reverb
Chorus/solo: overdrive/reverb (I use an Ibanez ts9, sounds great with this song)
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|-------------------8-------------------------8--8--------
g|-------------------7-------------------------7--7--------
d|-------------------6-------------------------6--6--------
a|------0h2----------7------------0h2----------7--7--------
e|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------
Verse
When bass starts play this. Bass starts after 2 of the above riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|-------------------8-------------------------8-----------
g|-------------------7-------------------------7-----------
d|-------------------6-------------------------6-----------
a|------0h2----------7------------0h2----------7-----------
e|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------
Chorus - heavy picking
e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|-----------------------------------------------8---------
g|------9----------------------------------------7---------
d|------9------9---------------------------------6---------
a|------7------9-------7--7--9--7---7--9--7------7---------
e|-------------7-------5--5--5--5---5--5--5----------------
- play verse then chorus again
Guitar Solo - the solo is in E so it's pretty easy to add to
e|-----------------------------------------
b|----------7h8p7--------------------------
g|----9~-------------9~--9~---------9~-----
d|-----------------------------------------
a|-----------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------10-------------------
b|------8----10b---r8---8h10~------------10----8h10br~-----
g|----9---9---------------------------------9--------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------------------
e|---------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------------
b|----8h10~-----8p7---------7~----7h8-7----------
g|------------------9~-------------------9~------
d|-----------------------------------------------
a|-----------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------------
e|---------10-----------------------15b~-----15b-----12--15-------
b|---10b~-----r10----8h10--------12-------12----------------15b~--
g|------------------------9~--------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------------------
a|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15------
b|-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-----15b--15b--15b--15b--15b--15b--15b—-15b~/-
g|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------------------------------
Bass Solo - play this heaps of times during the bass solo
e|-----------------------------------------
b|-----------------------------------------
g|----9----------7----------9----------7---
d|----9----------7----------9----------7---
a|----7----------5----------7----------5---
e|-----------------------------------------
Drums & Guitar slowly build up and riff changes to:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|------------------------------------------------------------------
g|---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7--
d|---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7--
a|---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5--
e|------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo 2 - play this after the bass solo
e|------15-----------15-----15-----------14b~--14br------12--12---
b|--15b----15b~---------15b-----15b~-----------------15-----------
g|----------------------------------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------------------
a|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus - play twice (heavy picking)
e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|-----------------------------------------------8---------
g|------9----------------------------------------7---------
d|------9------9---------------------------------6---------
a|------7------9-------7--7--9--7---7--9--7------7---------
e|-------------7-------5--5--5--5---5--5--5----------------
Second time riff is played, finish on the last chords strumming for a nice little finish.
Any question or problems with songs e-mail me at [email protected]
I will be tabbing a lot more free tabs in the near future. I have no idea why there's
only a couple of free song on the net that have been tabbed, ill soon change that.