Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life By The Drop
This is my first tab that I have done hope its right, if its not its probably cause its about 2:30 am right now so I guess enjoy one of the greatest blues songs in my opinion. And the basis of this tab is credited to the tabber named “the edgeâ€
This intro is some what hard to play but its fun
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------2---0------------------------2--|
G-|------0h2-0-0h2p0-----2---0--2--0h2-0--0h2p0-------2--|
D-|--2---0h2---0h2p0-2p0--------2--0h2----0h2p0-2p0------|
A-|--0h3-------------3p0------------------------3p0------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
There is a part in the song that is like a perverse where you play this
E-|-------------------------|
B-|-------------------2-----|
G-|-------------------2-----|
D-|--2-2-4-4--2-2-2---------|
A-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-3p0-------|
E-|-------------------------|
This is the verse to the song but right after you play the perverse thing you play the beginning riff of the verse that is in A just a few times before he starts singing and you start the real verse
A E F#m D
E-|------------------------------------------2-2------2-2-----------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------2-2------2-2-----------------------|
G-|------------------------------------------2-2------2-2--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2-----|
D-|-2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2-------------------------4-4------4-4--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----|
A-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----------------------|
E-|-------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-----------------------|
This is the chorus part, listen to the song to get the timing between
everything
E-|-----2-2------2-2--------------------------2-2-----2-2-------------------------|
B-|-----2-2------2-2--------------------------2-2-----2-2-------------------------|
G-|-----2-2------2-2---2-2-4-2----------------2-2-----2-2---2-2-4-2---------------|
D-|-----4-4------4-4---0-0-0-0----------------4-4-----4-4---0-0-0-0---------------|
A-|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----------2-2-4-2---4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4------------2-2-4-2------|
E-|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0---2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2------------0-0-0-0------|
Then there is the end of the chorus
E-|----------2--------------2-----------------------|
B-|----------2--------------3-----------------------|
G-|----------2--------------2------------------2----|
D-|----------4--------------0------2-----------2----|
A-|----------4---------------------2-----------0----|
E-|----------2---------------------0----------------|
He plays this at the end of the second chorus
E-|----------2--------------2-----------------------|
B-|----------2--------------3-----------------------|
G-|----------2------2--2----2------------------2----|
D-|----------4------0--0----0------2-----------2----|
A-|-4-4------4---------------------2-----------0----|
E-|-2-2------2---------------------0----------------|
At the end of the last verse of the song he plays this
A E F#m D
E-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2--2-2-2-----2----------|
B-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2--3-3-3-3-----3--------|
G-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2--2-2-----2-----2------|
D-|-2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2--------------------------4-4---4-4--0-0------------------|
A-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2---4-4--4-4---4-4-----------------------|
E-|-------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---2-2--2-2---2-2-----------------------|
Followed by this right after it
A E F#m D
E-|-------------------------------------2----------------2--------------|
B-|-------------------------------------2----------------3--------------|
G-|-------------------------------------2----------------2--------------|
D-|-2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2--------------------4----------------0--------------|
A-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2--4-------------------------------|
E-|-------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-------------------------------|
At the end of the song he starts playing this
E-|------2-2------2-2---------2-0--0-2p0---------------|
B-|------2-2------2-2-------2-2-0--0-2p0---------------|
G-|------2-2------2-2---0h2-2---0--0-2p0-2-------------|
D-|------4-4------4-4---0h2--------------2-------------|
A-|-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4----------------------------------|
E-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
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