Tab by Colin Dawson - colin_g_dawson@hotmail.com - September 2005
Comments and corrections welcome!
For more info about Big Country visit www.bigcountry.co.uk
I'll try to get round to tabbing this properly some time, but in response to a request
on the Big Country web site, I've posted this rough guide.
Intro chords (Bruce);
A(1) A(2) A(1) F#m repeat twice
A(1) A(2) A(1) A(2) repeat for rest of intro
CHORD | E A D G B E
----------------------------
A(1) | X X 11 9 10 12
A(2) | X X 11 9 10 9
F#m | X X 11 11 10 9
Intro (Stuart):
Stuart plays this 5 frets higher, mainly on the A and E strings, but I find
it easier to play like this;
~ = slide
A A E D D E C#m~B B~C#m B A A E D D E C#m ~B B~A A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9--9-----------------------------------9--9-------------------------------|
D|7--7--9--7----7--9--11-11s9-9s11--9----7--7--9--7----7--9--11-11s9-9p7--7-|
A|------7--5----5--7--11-11s9-9s11--9----------7--5----5--7--11-11h9-9rr--7-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
h = hammer
p = pull
s = slide
sd = slide down
r = let ring (sustain)
F#m A D F#m F#m A D A
E|----9-2-9h2p9---------4-7-4h7p4---------4-7-4h7p4-------------------------|
B|0h2----------2-0rr-4h7---------7-4rr-4h7---------7-4rr----0-4-0h4p0---0rr-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------9h1----------1-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m A D F#m F#m A D A
E|----9-2-9h2p9---------4-7-4h7p4---------4-7-4h7p4-------------------------|
B|0h2----------2-0rr-4h7---------7-4rr-4h7---------7-4rr----0-4-0h4p0---0rr-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------9h1----------1-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A E F#m D A E D E F#m A E D F#m E D E
E|9-2-9-2-9h2p9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------0-0-2s4-2----2h4-2sd---0h2-0rr-2-2s4-2h4p2------4-2h4p2------------|
G|----------------------4-4--------9h1-------------------4-1-4--------4-1-9-1s3-3-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A E F#m D A E D E F#m A E D F#m E D E
E|9-2-9-2-9h2p9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------0-0-2s4-2----2h4-2sd---0h2-0rr-2-2s4-2h4p2------4-2h4p2------------|
G|----------------------4-4--------9h1-------------------4-1-4--------4-1-9-1s3-3-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro for live version;
(same shorthand as above)
(damp strings with palm of right hand - use delay to double the speed)