'The Eaton Rifles' by Jam - Guitar Tutorial

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                            'The Eaton Rifles' by The Jam
			   -------------------------------

From the album 'Setting Sons'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis 	email [email protected]

The guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E  (from low to high)

Rhythm Guitar Chord TAB Stave (Guitar1, Guitar2)
------------------------------------------------

The stave below shows the TAB for the rhythm chords played by Guitar1
and Guitar2.

   	C(III) C(VIII) D(V)  D(X)  E(VII) F(I) F(VIII) G(III) A
  	E--3-----8------5-----10----------------------------------|
  	B--5-----8------7-----10----9-----------10----------------|
  	G--5-----9------7-----11----9------2----10------4------2--|
  	D--5-----10-----7-----12----9------3----10------5------2--|
  	A--3-----10-----5-----12----7------3----8-------5------0--|
  	E--------8------------10-----------1------------3---------|


Intro (Guitar1)
---------------
				       rake		     ~~~~~~
E------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
B(5)---------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|-0----------------|
G-5----------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|------------------|
D-5----------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|------------------|
A-0----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
					  ~~~~~~~	  harm
E------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
B------------------|-random-slides--4-|-0----------------|-5----------------|
G-2----------------|-w/plectrum-----4-|------------------|-5--------------0-|
D-2----------------|--------//------4-|------------------|----------------0-|
A-0----------------|-----//-----------|------------------|----------------0-|
E------------------|--//--------------|------------------|------------------|
					 ~~~~~~	   	   ~~~~~~	 X
E------------------|-------------0----|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|-------------0----|------------------|------------------|
G-2----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-2-----------//---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-0--------//------|------------------|-3--------------3/|5--------------10-|
E-------//---------|------------------|-1--------------1/|3--------------8--|


Verse1 (Guitar1, Guitar2)[Play Twice]
-------------------------------------
 Guitar1   D   U D	      D   U D ..... etc
  C		 X   D		    X	C	       X   D
E----------3-------|----------5-------|----------3-------|----------5-------|
B----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
G----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
D----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 Guitar2           |		      |			 |		    |
E-Palm-Mute-Throughout----------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A----------10--10--|-----------12-----|----------10--10--|-----------12-----|
E-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|
 Sup up your beer    Collect your fags  Theres a row	   Down near Slough
 and					going on
[second time]
 Thought you were    When you took	But you didn't     In their artillery
 all smart	     them on		take a peep	   room

  C		 X   D		    X	C	       X   D		X
E----------3-------|----------5-------|----------3-------|----------5-------|
B----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
G----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
D----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|-second-time-play-|-fill-1-----------|------------------|
 	           |		      |			 |		    |
E-Palm-Mute-Throughout----------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A----------10--10--|-----------12-----|----------10--10--|-----------12-----|
E-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|
 Get out your mat    Pray to the West   I'll get out mine  Pray for myself
 and					and
[second time]
 All that rugby puts Hairs on your chest What chance have Against a tie and 
					 you got	  a crest
  F5  G5
E------------------|		 Guitar1 - fill1
B------------------|		  D		 X   C		    X
G------------------|		E----------5-------|----------3-------|
D------------------|		B----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
A-3---5-5----------|		G----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
E-1---3-3----------|		D----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
		   														|		A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|		E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-3---5-5----------|
E-1---3-3----------|


Chorus1 (Guitar2)
-----------------
[play twice]
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|---------2--------|---------5---2----|---------5---2----|
A-3---5-5----------|-3---2---0--------|-0---3------------|-0---3------------|
E-1---3-3----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 Hello hooray	     What a nice day for The Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
[second time]
 Hello hooray	    I hope rain stops  The Eaton Rifles	   Eaton Rifles
		    play with

	   ~~		      ~~
E------------------|------------------|
B---------5--------|---------5--------|
G(5)--5-------5----|-----5-------5----|
D-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|


Verse2 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
-------------------------

  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Thought you were   You lit the fuse	Tore down the	   In your brand new
  clever when				House of Commons   shoes
  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Composed a 	     Symphony		Then went to bed   Charming young 
  revolutionary				with a		   thing
  F	G
|------------------|

	Verse2 is exactly the same as the first 9 bars of Verse1.


Chorus2 (Guitar2)
-----------------

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     Cheers then mate	Its the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     An extremist       With the Eaton Rifles Eaton Rifles
		     scrape

|------------------|------------------|
		
		Chorus2 is exactly the same as the Chorus1.


Bridge (Guitar1, Guitar2)
--------------------------

 E(VII)	    	    F(VIII)	       E(VII)	     	  F(VIII)
 |		    |		       |		  |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  What a catalyst    You turned out to  Loaded the guns	   You run off home
		     be			then		   for your
  G(III)	    G(III)	       G(III)		  G(III)   G
 |		    |		       |		  |	   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Tea		     Left me standing	Like a guilty
					schoolboy
 G(III)
 | |  | |  | |  | |  
|------------------|

Guitar1 (let ring)
E-------8----------|---------10-------|---------8--------|--------10--------|
B---------8--------|-----------10-----|------------8-----|----------10------|
G------------9-----|--------------11--|---------------9--|------------11----|
D--------------10--|----------------12|------------------|--------------12--|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar2 ~~         |	   ~~	      |	      ~~	 |	 ~~	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D----10------------|-----12-----------|-----10-----------|-----12-----------|
A--10--------------|---12-------------|---10-------------|---12-------------|
E-8----------------|-10---------------|-8----------------|-10---------------|
 w/delay
E-8-----8----------|-10-----10--------|---------8--------|--------10--------|
B-8-------8--------|-10-------10------|------------8-----|----------10------|
G-9----------9-----|-11----------11---|---------------9--|------------11----|
D-10---------------|-12------------12-|------------------|--------------12--|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 	~~         |	   ~~	      |	      ~~	 |	 ~~	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D----10------------|-----12-----------|-----10-----------|-----12-----------|
A--10--------------|---12-------------|---10-------------|---12-------------|
E-8----------------|-10---------------|-8----------------|-10---------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B----------8-------|----------8-------|----------5-------|----------5-------|
G--------------9---|--------------9---|----5---------5---|----5---------5---|
D-7---9------------|-7---9------------|-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

 E(VII)	    	    F(VIII)	       E(VII)	     	  F(VIII)
 |		    |		       |		  |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  What a catalyst    You turned out to  Loaded the guns	   You run off home
		     be			then		   for your
  G(III)	    G(III)	       G(III)		  G(III)   G
 |		    |		       |		  |	   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Tea		     Left me standing	Like a naughty
					schoolboy
 G(III)
 | |  | |  | |  | |  
|------------------|


Verse3 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
-------------------------

  C		     D		     	C	           C*		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  We came out of it  Naturally the	Beaten and bloody  Was sick down my
		     worst		and I		   shirt
  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  We were no match   Untamed wit	Though some of the They'll be back 
  for their				lads said	   next week
  F	G
|------------------|

Verse3 is exactly the same as the first 9 bars of Verse1, except for bar 4
in which Guitar1 plays an extra bar of C - instead of the expected D.


Chorus4 (Guitar2)
-----------------
[play 4 Times]
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|---------2--------|---------5---2----|---------5---2----|
A-3---5-5----------|-3---2---0--------|-0---3------------|-0---3------------|
E-1---3-3----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     Theres a price to  For the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
		     pay
[2]
  Hello hooray	     I'd prefer the	To the Eaton Rifles   Eaton Rifles
		     plague
[3]
  Hello hooray	     Theres a price to  For the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
		     pay
[4]
  Hello hooray	     I'd prefer the	To the Eaton Rifles   Eaton Rifles
		     plague

	   ~~		      ~~
E------------------|------------------|
B---------5--------|---------5--------|
G(5)--5-------5----|-----5-------5----|
D-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|

Noise Section (Guitar1)
-----------------------

-38 bars of random guitars sounds, base this section on the intro-

Ending (Guitar2)
-----------------
 
E-Play-Staccatto-and-Mute-throughout--|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D---------55--22---|---------55--22---|---------55--22---|---------55--22---|
A-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
					Eaton Rifles	   Eaton Rifles
  A~~~~~~
E------------------|
B------------------|
G-2----------------|
D-2----------------|
A-0----------------|
E------------------|


TAB Key
--------

	/  - slide up
	  - slide down
	X  - mute with palm of picking hand
	U  - upstroke
	D  - downstroke
	() - incidental note
	~  - hold note
	harm - harmonic
        rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes
------

This song is in 4/4 time, and uses 2 Guitars.

The intro voicings are based on an open A-shape, slid up and down
the neck. The scraping noises are achieved by scraping the plectrum
up and down the strings. The guitar sound (for Guitar1) is slightly
distorted - too much distortion will make this section 'mushy'.

The verses are made up of 2 guitar parts. Guitar1 plays partial bar
chords, based upon the open A-shape, at the 3rd and 5th positions.
Guitar2 plays muted root notes and power chord versions of the bar
chords, based upon the open E-shape, at the 8th and 10th frets.

The choruses consist of power chords and a 5 bar riff.

The bridge makes extensive use of Bar chords. Verticle lines above
the TAB stave show the rhythm pattern used.

The picking patterns in the bridge, bars 10-17, are based around the
moveable E-shape at the 8th and 10th frets. This has been shown as a
2 guitar part, because of the way the notes are allowed to ring over
each other - it is possible to approximate this part with one Guitar.

The noise section lasts 38 bars and is a more extreme version of the
intro. I haven't tabbed it out, but use the Intro as a guide to what
you could do here. Use plenty of string scrapes, and also the pickup
selector to switch between pickups, creating a rhythmic effect.

The outro is based on bars 3 and 4 of the chorus - but played in a
staccato style.

This Transcription (c) Copyright DarkMusic 1997.

This Transcription (and others) is also available at:
	http://www.mandy.co.uk/music/tabs/

Comments and corrections welcome.

		Wayne Ellis	email [email protected]