BIG SUGAR - "all hell in a basement" Tablature
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Band: Big Sugar
Song: All Hell for a basement
Album: Brothers and Sisters Are You Ready
Tab: Paulo Day (amskatevic@hotmail.com)
Canada rules!
guitar: mellow overdriven fender twin reverb like smoothness,
but lay into it when the chorus hits
bass: semi-deep synth feel always pushing in the background
The bass is extremely important (Bass tab coming soon)
Verse 1+3 is a single note guitar interpretation of the bass part.
You can sing Verse 1+3 with the beginning riff or the notes above the lyrics:
(Beginning riff)
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--------1--3--5-----------5--3--5-----------5--3--1-----hold as long as possible
--3--5----------------------------------------------with feedback through the bass riff
(verse 1)
G Bb D# Bb D# Bb
I'm a working man..... but I ain't worked for a while
G Bb D# Bb D# Bb
like some old tin can..... from the bottom of the pile.. from the bottom of the pile
{chorus}
Eb Bb F
I have lost my way
Eb Bb Eb
but I hear tale
Bb Eb F
about a heaven in Alberta
Bb F Eb Bb
where they have got all hell for a basement
{guitar interlude}
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--------1--3--5-----------5--3--5-----------5--3--1---------------------------
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(Verse 2)
G Bb D# Bb D# Bb
my weapons are like a rope..... that's wrapped around my throat
G Bb D# Bb
wash my mouth with soap..... for words unfit to quote
{Chorus}
Eb Bb F Bb F Eb
I have lost my way.... but I hear tale
Bb Eb F
about a heaven in Alberta
Bb F Eb Bb
where they have got all hell for a basement
Eb Bb F Bb F Eb
I have lost my way.... but I hear tale
Bb Eb F
about a heaven in Alberta
Bb F Eb Bb
where they have got all hell for a basement
{guitar solo}
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--^----------------8--10s--12s--------------------------12--10--8---hold with
--13--12--10--12-------------------------------------------------------feedback
-------------------------------------------------------------through the base riff
Main riff
(Verse 3)
G Bb D# Bb D# Bb
now I'm free to go.... but time cannot remove
G Bb D# Bb
the only life I know....now only time will prove
D# Bb
yes, only time will prove
{chorus banjo}
Eb Bb F Bb F Eb
I have lost my way.... but I hear a tale
Bb Eb F
about a heaven in Alberta
Bb F Eb Bb
where they have got all hell for a basement...........
{chorus no banjo}
Eb Bb F Bb F Eb
I have lost my way.... but I hear a tale
Bb Eb F
about heaven in Alberta
Bb F Eb Bb
where they have got all hell for a basement...........
{End guitar solo}
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