WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Stereophonics - Bartender And The Thief Tabs | Ver. 2
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Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
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\\\0-let ring-|
|0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-|
|0///12~~12\\\0-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.
