Seasick Steve – Cut My Wings tab

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			     CUT MY WINGS – Seasick Steve
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Tabbed by: Captain Sensible
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Seasick Steve website - http://www.seasicksteve.com/

For those of you watching Jules Holland New YearÂ’s EveÂ’s bash who were blown away by
SteveÂ’s performance on his 3 string guitar (his 3 Trance Wonder), hereÂ’s a simplified tab
one of his keynote songs, Cut My Wings, tabbed from the Belladrum Festival (see 'You
 Tube' to watch the vid).  IÂ’ve tried to come up with a simple way of reproducing this without
ripping off 3 of your strings.  Basically, downtune your 5th string and ramp up your 6th string
so you have two bass G strings.  It then kind of works as a hybrid open G tuning but, if
you watch the video, youÂ’ll see thereÂ’s a lot of improv around this as well.  Guitar and amp 
should be loud with some distortion to get the authentic 'messy' effect.  If anyone can
improve on this, please do

Tuning: Tune 6th string up 3 semitones and the 5th string down 2 semitones

HereÂ’s the main tab covering the basic guitar accompaniment

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--6---6------8--6--------------------5bp--3------------------5bp--3-------|G|--------7---------7p—0--3p—0--3b--0----------5--3p--0----------------5—3p-|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|/7---7-----/5------------------------------------------3p--0--------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|0--------5bp--3------------------5bp--3----------------------8--6---------|G|-----------------5—3p--0-----------------5—3p--0-------------------7--5---|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--3p--0-------------------3p--0-------------------3p--0--/5---------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---8--6-----------------------5bp--3------------------5bp--3--------------|G|---------7p--0—3bp—0--3bp--0----------5--3p--0----------------5—3p--0-----|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|/5-----------------------------------------------3p--0------------------3p|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------6-----6--------8--6-----------------------5bp--3--------------------|G|---------------7-----------7p--0—3bp--0—3bp--0----------5—3p--0-----------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|0--/7-----7-------/5----------------------------------------------3p--0---|
HereÂ’s the basics of the slide part, but as with anything like this, play around to make sound as you want it to
e|---/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3---|B|---/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3---|G|---/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3---|D|---/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3--------/12--/3--/3---|G|0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0|G|0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0--0--/12--/3--/3--0|
e|----/5--5--/12--/12------/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|B|----/5--5--/12--/12------/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|G|----/5--5--/12--/12------/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|D|----/5--5--/12--/12------/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|G|-0--/5--5--/12--/12--0---/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|G|-0--/5--5--/12--/12--0---/5--5--/7--\0--/3--/3--0--/12--/3--/3--0--|
e|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|B|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|G|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|D|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|G|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|G|--/12--/3--/3--0--/7--7--/10--10--/5--5--\5--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|
e|--/12--\12-----/3-----/3--/3---|B|--/12--\12-----/3-----/3--/3---|G|--/12--\12-----/3-----/3--/3---|D|--/12--\12-----/3-----/3--/3---|G|--/12--\12--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|G|--/12--\12--0--/3--0--/3--/3--0|
Repeat main tab for remainder of song Lyrics Cut my wings Shot me down I cannot fly Cut my wings Shot me down I cannot fly When I lay my head down On my bed (?) I sure do cry CapÂ’n how long Must I stand your evil ways CapÂ’n how long Must I stand you evil ways One day I get outta here ItÂ’s gonna be your very last day Slide Break CapÂ’n how long Must I stand you evil ways One day I get outta here ItÂ’s gonna be your very last day Improvise around this final verse to close | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | b bend | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===========================================================================
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