About This Blog

I started this blog because the tabs on the Lucero message board kept getting lost when they switched sites. A blog isn't a perfect forum for guitar tabs and chords, but it now has posts for all but a handful of their songs. And, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only source for Lucero tabs that has been endorsed by an actual Lucero guitarist. Accept no substitutes.

Holy shit! That's how that goes... www.lucerotabs.blogspot.com
-Brian Venable

Thank you to the folks who have sent me submissions, suggestions, and corrections. Thanks also to anyone who posted a tab on the luceromusic.com boards. You can find me there posting as Boston Twang. You can also email me at lucerotabs@gmail. Submissions and/or corrections are greatly appreciated.

General Thoughts on Lucero Chords

Ben seems to favor chord variations that fret the B string at the third fret. If a C, Em, G, or A doesn't seem quite right, try:
Cadd9 (x32030), Em7 (022030), G (320033), Asus (x02230)

Also, I think he leaves the E string open on a lot of his D chords (xx0230).

Friday, May 16, 2008

What Else Would You Have Me Be?

I've updated this tab substantially. Now the whole song is tabbed once for Ben's part and again for Brian's. I've also numbered sections of the riffs and matched them to lyrics. Hopefully, that will clear up any confusion.


Verses Riff:

(1)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-9p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(2)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-4s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(3)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-4s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|

(4)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-4p2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|


Fill Riff:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|------9-9h11-9------|
|-9h11----------11-9-|
|--------------------|



(1)_____________________(2)
I gave you everything I stole
(3)______________________(4)
And you stole your heart away from me
(1)_____________________________(2)
A pair of thieves and don't you know
(3)__________________________(4)
That's the way that we will always be

A___________B
You used to love me
A________________B
Running wild and sleeping with the thieves
A___________B___________________________E
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

E___A___E___A___B___Fill Riff


(1)_____________________(2)
And I'd take you out at night
(3)____________________(4)
Buy you cigarettes and whiskey drinks
(1)___________________(2)
Always end up in some fight
(3)_____________________________(4)
Ain't that the way good love has gotta be?

A___________B
You used to love me
A__________________B
A drunkard running wild out in the streets
A___________B___________________________E
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

E___A___E___A___B___Fill Riff

Part played behind the short solo (play twice):


|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-9s11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-11-9-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

EE_EE_EE_EE

E
C'mon baby won't you dance
A__________________________B
Make good use out of these drunken feet
E
And I won't mention that other man
A__________________________B
Don't you whisper no girls names to me

A___________B
You used to love me
A__________________B
A drunkard running wild out in the streets
A___________B___________________________E
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?
E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?
E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?
E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?
E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?
E_____A_______B___________________________E
__________Now what else would you have me be?

Verses Riff x2


Brian's parts:

Verses Riff:

|...(1)...|...(2)...|.(3).|.(4).|

|---------|---------|-----|-----|
|---------|---------|-----|-----|
|---------|---------|-----|-----|
|---------|---------|-----|-----|
|-9p7-7-7-|-4s7-7-7-|-4-2-|-2-2-|
|-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-|-0-0-|-4-2-|


E
I gave you everything I stole
A________________________B
And you stole your heart away from me
E
A pair of thieves and don't you know
A_____________________________B
That's the way that we will always be

A___________B
You used to love me
A________________B
Running wild and sleeping with the thieves
A___________B
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)


(1)_____________________(2)
And I'd take you out at night
(3)____________________(4)
Buy you cigarettes and whiskey drinks
(1)___________________(2)
Always end up in some fight
(3)_____________________________(4)
Ain't that the way good love has gotta be?

A___________B
You used to love me
A__________________B
A drunkard running wild out in the streets
A___________B
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)

Short solo:

|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|---6-7-7-6-|-6s9-9-9-7-6---|
|-7---------|-------------7-|
|-----------|---------------|

|----------------------|------------|
|----------------------|------------|
|----------------------|-------8-9--|
|---6-7-7-6----6-7-6s9-|-9s7-9------|
|-7----------7---------|------------|
|----------------------|------------|

EE_EE_EE_EE

E
C'mon baby won't you dance
A__________________________B
Make good use out of these drunken feet
E
And I won't mention that other man
A__________________________B
Don't you whisper no girls names to me

A___________B
You used to love me
A__________________B
A drunkard running wild out in the streets
A___________B
C'mon baby, what else would you have me be?

(1)_(2)_(3)___(4)
__________Now what else would you have me be?
(1)_(2)_(3)___(4)

Long Solo:

|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-----8-9-9-8s9-8---|
|---6-7-6----6-7-6----6-7-6-|-6s9-------------9-|
|-7--------7--------7-------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|

|---------------------|--------------|
|---------------------|--------------|
|-8-9-8-----8-9-8-----|--------------|
|-------9---------9s7-|-7-6------6-7-|
|---------------------|-----7--7-----|
|---------------------|--------------|


|-------------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|-8--------|
|---6-7-7-6---6-7-6-7-7s9-|------9-7-|
|-7---------7-------------|----------|
|-------------------------|----------|


|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---8-9-8----8-9-8-----|------------------8-9-|
|-9-------9--------9s7-|-6-7-6-----6-7s9------|
|----------------------|---------7------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

Posted by Noah at 4:01 PM
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