Old Man Sam
By Spiderbait
This is a bass tab but the guitar is exactly the same as the bass basically.
All you have to do to play this on guitar is play all the riffs the same
except the parts which are marked WITH HEAVY DISTORTION for these parts just
play the power chords for the note written for the bass. For example say
the note for the bass is
G-|----------
D-|----------
A-|----------
E-|----3-----
Then the guitar just plays this
E-|---------
B-|---------
G-|---------
D-|----5----
A-|----5----
E-|----3----
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Guitar Intro
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Verse 1
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Chorus Thingy With Heavy Distortion Verse 2
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With Heavy Distortion
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Verse 3
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With Heavy Distortion
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Interlude Heavily Distorted Outro
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Finish Off With This Or This Normal Guitar Plays This
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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---------- ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost Note
---------- ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff ----------
---------- ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead Note
---------- ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down ----------
---------- ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*||
---------- ||*----*||
---------- ||------||
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
^ = triplet
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Old Man Sam by Spiderbait
Off the album Shashavaglava
Transcribed by Trent Paton (trentus@hotmail.com)
I know this has already been done but i thought i'd give my version
as it's fun to play it this way when sitting around with friends
having a singalong on the good old acoustic.
(0:16)Bassline intro (played on guitar)
e--------------------|------------------------------------------
B--------------------|------------------------------------------
G--------------------|------------------------------------------
D---3----4----5----6-|---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6---
A--------------------|------------------------------------------
E-1----2----3----4---|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4-----
|
|repeat this part 4x leaving out the last
|note the 4th time around. This also gets
|played in between the verses and the heavy
Verse |distortion parts later in the song
Johnny was a man....
e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6-----5----5----5----5---
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4----3----3----3----3----3-
e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D-5----5----5----6----7----7----7----7----7----7----------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---3----3----4----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4---------
Play verse 2x and then....
With heaps of distortion
A5 F5 G5
e--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5--
A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5--
E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3--
A5 F5 G5
e--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5--
A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5--
E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3--
Play the bassline intro next (only what's after the line)
and then back into verse. Repeat the same way until after the
third verse then play this next part straight after the loud part
G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 C5
e--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10-----
A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10-----
E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--8------
G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
e--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555---------
A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555---------
E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3333--3333---------
* *
Not too sure what chords are played here(*) in the actual song
but i play these G5 chords anyway
Song finishes off with bassline intro (only the part after line)
played twice
I hope whoever reads this can understand it all, if not then
just email me at trentus@hotmail.com