Them Crooked Vultures - Scumbag Blues (sample)
Tabbed by Benbroom
This is the tab to the Youtube video they released with a clip of this song, enjoy!
Tuning: Normal = EADGBe
Key: ^ = slight note bend
^^ = full bend
~ = vibrato
/ = slide
Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------13^--------|G|---------------------------------------------------|D|------------------10^-----------------------10~----|A|-12-12---10-11-12-----12-10------------------------|E|----------------------------12-10-10--x------------|
Riff 2 - (Sliding chord shapes)
e|------------------------------------------|B|---------10-/-12--12-12--10-/-12--12-12---|G|----------9-/-11--11-11---9-/-11--11-11---|D|---------10-/-12--12-12--10-/-12--12-12---|A|-12-12------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|B|-7-7---8-/-10--10-10---8-/-10--10-10------|G|-7-7---7-/--9---9--9---7-/--9---9--9------|D|-7-7---8-/-10--10-10---8-/-10--10-10------|A|------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|B|-10-10---10-/-12--12-12--10-/-12--12-12---|G|--9--9----9-/-11--11-11---9-/-11--11-11---|D|-10-10---10-/-12--12-12--10-/-12--12-12---|A|------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|B|-7-7---8-/-10--10-10---8-/-10--10-10------|G|-7-7---7-/--9---9--9---7-/--9---9--9------|D|-7-7---8-/-10--10-10---8-/-10--10-10------|A|------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 - (Arpeggios)
e|-20-17--------------------|-19-16--------------------|B|-------17-----------------|-------16-----------------|G|----------17-/-14~--------|----------16-/-13~--------|D|--------------------------|--------------------------|A|--------------------------|--------------------------|E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-18-15--------------------|-18-15--------------------|B|-------15-----------------|-------15-----------------|G|----------15-/-12~--------|----------15-/-12~--------|D|--------------------------|--------------------------|A|--------------------------|--------------------------|E|--------------------------|--------------------------| x2
Riff 4 - (Arpeggios 2)
e|-20-17---------------------20-17--------------|B|-------17------------------------17-----------|G|----------17-/-14~-/-17-------------17-/-14~--|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-19-16---------------------19-15--------------|B|-------16------------------------15-----------|G|----------16-/-13~-/-16-------------15-/-13~--|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-18-15---------------------18-15--------------|B|-------15------------------------15-----------|G|----------15-/-12~-/-15-------------15-/-12~--|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-18-15---------------------18-15--------------|B|-------15------------------------15-----------|G|----------15-/-12~-/-15-------------15-/-12~--|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-20-17---------------------20-17--------------|B|-------17------------------------17-----------|G|----------17-/-14~-/-17-------------17-/-14~--|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
(interpret the end - percussive slide and trilled note to a full bend)e|-19-16--------------------x-x-x-x--------------------------|B|-------16-----------------x-x-x-x-//-20-20-20-20-20^--20^^-|G|----------16-/-13~-/-16---x-x-x-x--------------------------|D|--------------------------x-x-x-x--------------------------|A|--------------------------x-x-x-x--------------------------|E|--------------------------x-x-x-x--------------------------|
Riff 5 - Outro (Based on Riff 1)
e|------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------13^--------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|---------------10------------------------10~----|A|-12-12-12---------12-10-------------------------|E|-------------------------12-10-10--x------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------10-----------10------------------------------------|A|-12-12-12---------12-10--------12-10------------------------------|E|-------------------------12----------12-10-8-10-12-10-8^---10-8^--|
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