Steeltown (tabs)

Steeltown
written by Big Country
Cd Without The Aid Of A Safety Net
any queries or corrections (I'm sure there's loads) e-mail me, tom, at :-toma29@hotmail.com

This is an awesome live version of an already great album track about the decline of the industry in Western Europe, and how one man would swap anothers destiny for his own. God knows what key it's in I'm really a bad guitar player, I just love Big Country, anyway this is my attempt at tabbing it.

Stuart Intro with chorus and delay (about 280ms?) Dunno what the hell Bruce is playing, but it rocks. This is not very accurate especially the last bit, but looking at the dvd it looks ok just can't work out the last bit.

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-4-6---|--6-6-6---4-4---|--4-4-6-4-2-----|--4-4-4-4-6-2---|--4-4-4-4-4-4---|--4-2---------| X3
D|--0-0-0-0-2-4---|--4-4-4-0-2-2---|--2-2-4-2-0-4---|--2-2-2-2-4-0---|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-0-2?------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------2---|----------------|----------------|------2?------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|

Stuart (with delay and chorus still)                     Distortion
   F#M F#M F#M7 F#M D2 E2 F#M F#M7 F#M D2 E2 F#M E2 D2 C#2
E|--9----------9--|--9---9---5---7-|--9---9---9---5-|--7---9---------|--7---5---4-----|----------------|
B|-10---------10--|-10--10---5---7-|-10--10--10---5-|--7—-10---------|--7---5---4-----|----------------|
G|-11---------11--|--9--11---7---9-|-11---9--11---7-|--9--11---------|--9---7---6-----|----------------|
D|-11---------11--|-11--11---7---9-|-11--11--11---7-|--9--11---------|--9---7---6-----|----------------|
A|--9----------9--|--9---9---5---7-|--9---9---9---5-|--7---9---------|--7---5---4-----|----------------|
E|--9----------9--|--9---9---5---7-|--9---9---9---7-|--7---9---------|--7---5---4-----|----------------|

Verse - intro again with distortion and palm muting and a slight variation toward the end (can't work it out)

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-4-6---|--6-6-6---4-4---|--4-4-6-4-2-----|--4-4-4-4-6-2---|--4-4-4-4-4-4---|--4-2---------| X3
D|--0-0-0-0-2-4---|--4-4-4-0-2-2---|--2-2-4-2-0-4---|--2-2-2-2-4-0---|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-0-2?------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------2---|----------------|----------------|------2?------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
Here I Stand.....                                                       At The End.....

Bridge/Pre chorus

E|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|
G|--11--11--11----|-9--9--10-------|                |-11--10--10-----|--9--9--10------|
D|--12--12--12----|-9--9---9-------| X2             |-12---9---9-----|--9--9---9------| X2
A|--12--12--12----|-9--9--11-------|                |-12--11--11-----|--9--9--11------|
E|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|
I Came Here....

E|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|
G|--11--11--11----|-9--9--10-------|                |-11--10--10-----|--9--9--10------|
D|--12--12--12----|-9--9---9-------| X2             |-12---9---9-----|--9--9---9------| X2
A|--12--12--12----|-9--9--11-------|                |-12--11--11-----|--9--9--11------|
E|----------------|----------------|                |----------------|----------------|

Miss out 1 of these for the "stop" bit

Then play Intro again with distortion

Then verse as intro with palm muting

Chorus

   x4                     x4                     x5             x4
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
B|-10---7--10-----|-10---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5--10---7-----|
G|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|--7--11---9-----|
D|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|--7--11---9-----|X1
A|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
In A Steeltown......

   x4                     x4                     x5             x3
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
B|-10---7--10-----|-10---7---5-----|--4---5---------|-10---7--10-----|
G|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|-11---9--11-----|
D|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|-11---9--10-----|X1
A|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
I Went Down.....

   x4               x4                x5              x4
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
B|-10---7--10-----|-10---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5--10---7-----|
G|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|--7--11---9-----|
D|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|--7--11---9-----|X1
A|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--5---9---7-----|
In A Steeltown....

   x4                     x4                     x5             x3
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
B|-10---7--10-----|-10---7---5-----|--4---5---------|-10---7--10-----|
G|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|-11---9--11-----|
D|-11---9--11-----|-11---9---7-----|--6---7---------|-11---9--10-----|X1
A|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
E|--9---7---9-----|--9---7---5-----|--4---5---------|--9---7---9-----|
I Went Down

Solo
Play something like this removing middle fingers at will
E|------9---------|   |----------------|                |--5-----7---------|---9--X------------|
B|--10----10------|   |----------------|                |--5-----7---------|--10--X------------|
G|--11-------11---|   |--------9—11—9--|x16             |--7-----9---------|--11--X------------|
D|--11----------11|   |---9h11---------|                |--7-----9---------|--11--X------------|x a few
A|----------------|   |----------------|                |--5-----7---------|---9--X------------|
E|----------------|   |----------------|                |--5-----7---------|---9--X------------|

E|--5---7---9-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--5---7--10-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--7---9--11-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--7---9--11-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--5---7---9-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--5---7---9-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Then Intro bit again

Then Chorus x3 ending on F#M Esus2 F#M riff..

Steeltown

http://jfng.com/stT