Song: Tommy Gun
Artist: The Clash
Album: Give Em' Enough Rope
Tabbed by: Trent (trentstabs@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard
Tab key:
* = mute note or cord after playing
/ = slide
( ) = harmonics
x = play muted strings
~ = hold note
r = release bend
RM = Palm mute
Intro: (Drum roll) (Drum roll) (Drum roll)e||--------------------------------------------------------------||B||--------------------------------------------------------------||G||--9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9*--||D||--9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9*--||A||--7-7~----------7-7~----------7-7~----------7-7~----------7*--||E||--------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 1: (Listen to the song for timing.)
Guitar 1: ^ ^ ^e||--------------------------------||B||--------------------------------||G||---------6-6----6-7-7----7------||D||--7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||A||--7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||E||--5----5-------------------5-5--||
^ ^ ^ ^e||------------------------------------||B||------------------------------------||G||--9----------6-6----6-7-7----7------||D||--9-7-7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||A||--7-7-7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||E||----5-5----5-------------------5-5--||
Guitar 2:
e||-----------------------------------------------||B||-----------------------------------------------||G||-------------6-6--6-6-6-7-7--7-7-7-------------|| x2D||--7-7--7-7-7-6-6--6-6-6-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--||A||--7-7--7-7-7-4-4--4-4-4-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7--||E||--5-5--5-5-5-----------------------5-5--5-5-5--||
Guitar 3: (Comes in on the second bar of the verse.)e||--------12---------||B||-------------------||G||--9/13----13--14~--||D||-------------------||A||-------------------||E||-------------------||
Chorus 1:
Guitar 1: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Drum roll)e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||G||--7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------9-9~----------9-9~--||D||--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--9-9~----------9-9~--||A||--5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7~----------7-7~--||E||-------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)e||-------------------------------------------------------||B||-------------------------------------------------------||G||-------------------------------------------------9-9~--||D||--9b10~--10r9--7----9b11~---11r9----9----10--9---------||A||-------------------------------------------------------||E||-------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 2:
Guitar 1: (Timing is off here listen to the song to get it right.)e||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||B||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||G||-----------------6*---------------7*------------9-----------------6*-------------7*-------------9-----||D||--7-7*-----------6*---------------7*------------9-7*--------------6*-------------7*-------------9-7*--||A||--7-7*-----------4*---------------5*------------7-7*--------------4*-------------5*-------------7-7*--||E||--5-5*--------------------------------------------5*----------------------------------------------5*--||
Guitar 2: (-----------------------------PM-------------------------------------||e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||G||------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|| x2D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||A||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------||
Guitar 3: (Listen to song for timing.)e||--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--9-9--||B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x2D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus 2:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Drum roll)e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||G||--7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------9-9~----------9-9~--||D||--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--9-9~----------9-9~--||A||--5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7~----------7-7~--||E||-------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2:e||-------------------------------------------------------||B||-------------------------------------------------------||G||-------------------------------------------------9-9~--||D||--9b10~--10r9--7----9b11~---11r9----9----10--9---------||A||-------------------------------------------------------||E||-------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 3: (This part is actually carried on from the verse. Listen to the song for the timing.e||--12~----12-9-------12-9-------12-9----------||B||-------------10~--------10~--------10~-------||G||-----------------------------------------9~--||D||---------------------------------------------||A||---------------------------------------------||E||---------------------------------------------||
Solo:
Guitar 1: ^ ^ ^e||--------------------------------||B||--------------------------------||G||---------6-6----6-7-7----7------|| x2D||--7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||A||--7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||E||--5----5-------------------5-5--||
Guitar 2:e||--------------------------------9-----------||B||---------------------------------11---------||G||--12b14~----6-7-9---------6-7-9----9/11-9~--||D||-----------------7~----7-9------------------||A||--------------------------------------------||E||--------------------------------------------||
Guitar 1: (Let the first D ring out slightly before muting.)e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||G||--7-*-7-7---------7-*-7-7---------7-*-7-7------------9-9----------9-9--||D||--7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7----9-9----------9-9--||A||--5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7-5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7-5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7----7-7----------7-7--||E||----------5-*-5-5---------5-*-5-5---------5-*-5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)e||------------------------------|----------------------||B||--14----------14--------------|----------------------||G||---16b18~18~18--16b18~18---x3-|--9-9~----------9-9~--||D||------------------------------|--9-9~----------9-9~--||A||------------------------------|--7-7~----------7-7~--||E||------------------------------|----------------------||
(Ok, so that this tab isn't incredibly long, I'm going to tell you which parts to repeat
the rest of the song.)
Repeat:
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Verse 1
Chorus 2
Interlude 1: (Technically two if you count the solo as an interlude.)
Guitar 1:e||------------------------||B||------------------------||G||--------9~--------------|| x2D||--9~----9~----7~----9~--||A||--9~----7~----7~----9~--||E||--7~----------5~----7~--||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.) ^ ^ ^e||-------------------------------||B||-------------------------------||G||---------9~-9-9----------------|| x2D||--9~-9-9-9~-9-9-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||A||--9~-9-9-7~-7-7-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||E||--7~-7-7--------5~-5-5-7~-7-7--||
Guitar 3:e||--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--4-4--||B||----------------------------------------------------------||G||----------------------------------------------------------|| x2D||----------------------------------------------------------||A||----------------------------------------------------------||E||----------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 1:e||------------------------||B||------------------------||G||--------9~--------------|| x3D||--9~----9~----7~----9~--||A||--9~----7~----7~----9~--||E||--7~----------5~----7~--||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.) ^ ^ ^e||-------------------------------||B||-------------------------------||G||---------9~-9-9----------------|| x3D||--9~-9-9-9~-9-9-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||A||--9~-9-9-7~-7-7-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||E||--7~-7-7--------5~-5-5-7~-7-7--||
Guitar 3:e||---------------------------------------------------||B||---------------------------------------------------||G||---------------2-----------------------------------|| x3D||--4--2-1----------2-1----4--2-1--------------------||A||--------4--2-2---4--------------4--2-2---4--2-4-2--||E||---------------------------------------------------||
And there's the end of the song! Credit goes to clark@theoddmenout.com for the 3rd
part in the interlude and 14m3bot@hotmail.com for the solo. Email corrections to trentstabs@hotmail.com.
