HUM - "iron clad lou" Tablature
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From: "Jeremy Styron" <styron@hotmail.com>
Subject: h/hum/iron_clad_lou.tab
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 23:46:23 GMT
Band: Hum
Song: Iron Clad Lou
Album: Electra 2000
Transcribed by Jeremy Styron
Ok, this song starts with a bass, but to account for the
lack of me having a bass and I’m sure a lot of you likewise,
this intro is tabbed for guitar. The bass part that is
tabbed for bass is this thing...(5-8-5-2-0)...the other
parts are played on guitar.
(clean)
D |----------------------------------------|
A |--5-7-5-2-0---7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5---------|
D |----------------------------------------|
A |-(-5-7-5-2-0-)—7-h-9-9-h-7-7-9-9--------|
||==you can hit this bass note open if===||
||=you want to have low note to make=====||
||==it sound bassy=======================||
D |---------------------------------------------|
A |--(-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5------------|
D |---------------------------------7---lightly-|
A (-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-9-9-(9)-------------|
D |-0----just for a bassy effect----------------|
||================================ring========||
B |-----(7)-----------------------------------------|
G |-----(7)-----------------------------------------|
D |-----9—9-9-9-9-----------------------------------|
A |-----7---hold this out--------0----0-0-----------|
D |-0-------let ring-------------0----0-0-----------|
||==ad lib this, play various notes in this chord==||
||=================lightly=========================||
||====very strummy, get quieter and quieter========||
now the bass starts playing the main line…
A |---7-h-9-9-h-7-5-5-----------------------|
...while that goes on the guitar strums this along under
the bass line...
{riff 1}
E |------------------------------------0-0-0-------|
B |----------------3---5---------3--5---3-3--------|
G |--------(2)----2-2-2-4-4-4----4-----------------|
D |-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0----4-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----(4x)-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
D |-0-0-0------------------------------------------|
B |--3--3-------------------|
G |--4--4-------------------|
D |--4--4--0-0-0------------|
A |--------0-0-0---hold out-|
D |--------0-0-0------------|
(hold this open chord
out until the rocking part)
for all of riff 1 just ad lib and play around
with it, it sounds ad libbed on the album
the whole riff is repeated while that bass line
is played.
...feedback...
now the main riff...distorted...
fig. 1
G |------------------------5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7---0-X-|
A |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---3---3---5---5-5-5-5-5-5---0-X-|
D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0-----------------------------0-X-|
"Now he’s alive and while he ...
now play this...
fig. 2
D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
A |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
then fig.1 again and the 2nd verse starts...
then fig.2...then
E |----0----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0--|
B |----0----0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G |----0----4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-4--|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----hold throughout--------------------------------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
still distorted
play with the above notes and chords in the
"It sure gets lonely at the top" part
"I win I win I win..."
Bass plays this clean first…
A |---------------------------------|
D |----10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12----|
then the distorted guitar comes in with
D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
A |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
||===repeated many a time===||
there’s some lead parts during the 8 10 stuff…
G |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-17-17-17~~-|
B |--17-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-15-b-15-b-15-b-15~~~--|
B |--(17)------------------------------------------------|
G |------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-~~s--|
E |----------------------------------------|
B |-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-17-b-18-18-18-18-b--|
E |-------------------------|
B |-19-19-20-20-21-21-b~~~~~|
B |---------------------------------------|
G |-7--7--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-9-7-7--------|
D |-----------------------------------0---|
A |-5--5--7-7-7-7--9--9--9-7-7-5-5----0---|
D |-----------------------------------0---|
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