Chickenfoot - 'Something Going Wrong'
From Chickenfoot III
Eb Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand
Nice bluesy number with a lot of bends, legato sliding and nice arpeggios.
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Intro/Verse (0:00-0:35), on 12-string Acoustic
eb|----------------------|--------------------0-|---------------------------|Bb|----------------------|-------------------0--|---------------------------|Gb|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------7/9-99-|Db|----------5--7--7/9---|----------5-/7--5-----|----------5--7--7/9--------|Ab|-5/7--7-7-------------|-5/7--7-7-------------|-5/7--7-7------------------|Eb|-0--------------------|-0--------------------|-0-------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------||-\7---------------------||----9--5----------------| Some rhythmic strums and ringing open|----------7p5-7---------| strings (G) are heard randomly|------------------------|
Verse:
"Summer gonna bring big fire
Summer gonna bring big fire
Water gonna bring big rain
Water gonna bring big rain"
Acoustic Chord Part - listen for strum rhythm
|-0-----3----|-2----3-----|-0-----3------|-2-----3-----||-0-----0----|-3----3-----|-0-----0------|-3-----3-----||-0-----0----|-2----2-----|-0-----0------|-2-----2-----||-2-----0----|-0----0-----|-2-----0------|-0-----0-----||-2-----2----|-0----0-----|-2-----2------|-0-----0-----||-0-----3----|------------|-0-----3------|-------------|
"Oh, I... gotta feelin' Something's going on"
"I... gotta feelin' Somethin's goin' wrong"
(0:48) Lead Guitar during Chorus I|----------|--------|----------------------|----------------------------||----------|--------|---7-8---7----------7-|-8---7----------------------||-9~-------|--------|-9-----9---7----7-9---|---9---9---9---7----7---7/9~||----------|--------|----------------------|----------------------9-----||----------|--------|----------------------|----------------------------||----------|--------|----------------------|----------------------------|
Pre-Verse Acoustic, played 2x|-----------------||-----0-----0---0-||-2/4---4-----4---||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
Play Verse Again
"Somethin's in the air
My baby can't breathe the air
Ground gonna tremble and shake
Cold gonna bring big quake"
Electric Part in Verse (1:18)|---------------------|-----------|-----------------/12--|-(12~)\----||-----8--10--/12------|-(12~)-----|------8--10--/12------|-----------||-9-------------------|-----------|-9--------------------|-----------||---------------------|-----------|----------------------|-----------||---------------------|-----------|----------------------|-----------||---------------------|-----------|----------------------|-----------|
Play Chorus Again -
Electric in Chorus 2 (1:36)|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------|----------------||-7-8-7--------7br8~~~~-|-(7br8~)-----7-8-7-|-------------|----------------||-------9-7-------------|-------------------|-9-----------|-(9)------------||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------|----------------||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------|----------------||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------||--------------------7br8~~-|-(7br8~)--------||----7--------7-------------|------------9p7-||--9---9----9---9-----------|----------------||--------7--------7---------|----------------||---------------------------|----------------|
Bridge - Acoustic chords indicated above Lead Part, written for Std Tuning
C Am Em|-------------------|--------------------|------------|----------------||---------/12-p10p8-|----------10-8h10p8-|------------|----------------||-9~----------------|-9~~~~\-------------|-9----------|-(9)-12p9-12p9--||-------------------|--------------------|------------|----------------||-------------------|--------------------|------------|----------------||-------------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|
"I'm gonna buy myself an ark
That goes seven, seven, seven
And we'll win that solar power
I'm gonna ride my way to heaven"
Solo|------12------------12---------------------------------------------||-15b17--15p12-----12--15p12----------------------------------15p12-||-------------14b16---------14br16p12--14--12-----------------------||------------------------------------14--14--14p12------------------||-------------------------------------------------14p12\10----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12--------12--17b19-17~--12--------12~~---12------||-------12--12-15b17--12-------------12-15b17---------15p12-||-14b16-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||-------------15---------------------------------||-14b16~~~------16pbr14-12--12h14~~---12h14------||-------------------------14------------------14-||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-----------||---------15-------------------------------------15p12------||-12-14b16--16pbr14p12-14--12h14~-14p12---------------14b16-||------------------------14------------14-------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------||-15p12----------------------------------------------------------||------14-14br16--14--12-----------------------------------------||---------------14--14--12h14-12---------------------------------||-------------------------------14p12\10--12--10h12~~-10h12p10---||---------------------------------------12--12----------------12-|
|------------------------------0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0------------||------------------------------0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0------------||----7--9--7--6--7--6h7p6--2/4___4___4___-|--/2--/2--/2--------0-2/4-||-9---------------------------------------|---------------2p0h2------||-----------------------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------12-----12---17b19~||3---3-3~~---3-3~~---3---------8~--|-----------------12--15b17--12-------||--4-------4-------4-4/7---7-9-----|--12-14~-12-14b16--------------------||----------------------------------|14-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----17-17-17p15-17-17~~-15-17b19-15-----|-17b---15b----12--12-----12-------||-----------------------------------17---|----------------12--15b17--12--12-||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------15---||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-15-14-12-14--12------------------------||------------14--14p12-------------------||---------------------14-12\10-----------||-----------------------------12~-Hold---|
Play Acoustic Intro/Verse, Lyrics are:
"Somebody got left behind
Who will be the next in Line"
Electric Lick before Final Chorus:
|-15p12----------------------||------15p12-----------------||-----------14p12------------||----------------14p12-14~~--||----------------------------||----------------------------|
Play Chorus again 2x, similar to before
Ending -
Repeated Acoustic Riff until end:|----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||---2-----2~-----------0-----|---2-----2~-----------0---||------------------0-2---2---|------------------0-2-----||-0-----0------0-3---------3-|-0-----0------0-3---------|
Lead (3:56)|---------------------------------------||--8------------------------------------||-9--7/9\7/9~~--------------------------||--------------9\7-7-7\5-7-7/9-7-5-7~---||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
(4:03) with echo feedback|-----------0---|-------------|--------------------------||-5\3p0-3/5-----|-8-----------|-8------------------------||---------------|---9~~~~p7---|--9-7/9\7/9-7---7/9-/12---||---------------|-------------|--------------9-----------||---------------|-------------|--------------------------||---------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------||---8-10--10p8-----8h10-8h10-|-8h10\8-------8-----------||-9-----------9--------------|-------9--9~~-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-12----12-------------------------------|---------------------||-12----12--12---------------------------|---------------------||-14b15-b16-b16r14-13---15p14p12-14-12---|--------12~----------||-------------------------------------14-|---12h14-----14p12---||----------------------------------------|-14------------------||----------------------------------------|---------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|-12h14-11-12-14-12-11-12-|-11h12p11\9-11/12\11-9-7~~~\5-|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
(4:25)|--0-0-0-0-0-0---------3-----|-0------------------12----||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-5---5-3-|--/5-5~~~\----------12----||----------------------------|--------------------14b16-||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------|---------------------------||-12-------------------------------|---------3-3--3------------||-14b16-14b16r14p12-14p12----------|--12-----4-4--4--2b4r2p0---||------------------------14--1414--|-x--14~------------------2-||----------------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3b-|-------3-------3-5-6-5-3-0-5-3-5~-||--------5-------3---0h3h5---|-5-3-5-----3-5--------------------||-2b4r2p0--2b4r2-------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-5h6p5-3-5h6p5-3-5h6p5-3-----||-5-3-5-/8--8\5--3p0------------|-------------------------5~~-||--------------------2p0-2p0--0-|-----------------------------||---------------------------2---|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
(4:50)|-15b17-15-12----12-----------------------------------------||-------------15b---12-15--12-15-12--12---------------------||------------------------14--------14--14b16r14p12-11-------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14h17p14-------------------------------------------|---------||-----15--------15-----------------------------------------|-15/17~--||---16------------16-------------------------11h12-11------|---------||-16----------------16------------------12h14--------14p12-|---------||----------------------------------12h14-------------------|---------||-------------------------17p15p14-------------------------|---------|
Acoustic Chords: Eb B Eb|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------15----------------|-----------------------------||-------------14b15r14-12----|-12b------14b16r14-12~~~~----||-------------------------14-|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend string then release bend after picking
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