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.

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-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, June 12, 2009

Hey Darling Do You Gamble?

When I originally did this tab, I wasn't sure how to handle Ben's picking pattern. I figured it out in first position, but he starts it higher up the neck. I figure it's his song, so the tab should be the way he plays it, right? Now it is. If anyone wants a good look at how he plays it, this video is really helpful.

One other quick note: the key (D) implies that the B chords are minor. Plus, during the picking part, the D note makes them Bm. However, as is often the case, Ben plays the chords as power chords B5. So where he's strumming, I just called them B. But they sound a little nicer if you play the full Bm.

Verses picking patterns:


D:
|---------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------7---------|
|---7-------7-------7-------7---7-|
|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------------------|

A:
|---------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------7---------|
|---7-------7-------7-------7---7-|
|---------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|---------------------------------|

Bm:
|---------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------7---------|
|---7-------7-------7-------7---7-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|

G:
|---------------------------------|
|-------3-------3-------3---------|
|---0-------0-------0-------0---0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|


A(2):
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-------2---------|
|---2-------2-------2-------2---2-|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|---------------------------------|


D(2):
|---------------------------------|
|-3-----3-------3-------3---------|
|-0h2-------2-------2-------2---2-|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


The only G2 riff is the little accent that follows "Now I believe" It goes like this:

-3s5-3-2--------------
---------3------------
------------2--2s4--7-
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------


D___________________A
Hey Darlin', do you gamble
__________Bm_________________G
Cause I'm running the inside track
D___________________A
I'm taking all that I can
________Bm____________G
And I'm never looking back
A(2)_________________G_________________D(2)
I believe you should run with me for a while


_________G____________________D
Hell now I believe you should run with me
___________A________________B
Until this Texas sun falls into the sea
_______________G_______________________________D
If I shed this skin of iron and this breath of kerosene
____B_________________A________________D
Now darling would you take a chance on me


D______________________________A
There's no map shows where I'm going
______Bm________________________G
And I can't say just where I've been
D_________________________A
But with you, girl, by my side, lord
________Bm___________________G
There's no game that I can't win
A(2)_________________G_________________D(2)
I believe you should run with me for a while


_________G____________________D
Hell now I believe you should run with me
___________A________________B
Until this Texas sun falls into the sea
_______________G_______________________________D
If I shed this skin of iron and this breath of kerosene
____B_________________A________________G
Now darling would you take a chance on me

A______________________________D
And I know you don't know what odds I've got
A_________________________D
But intuition sure counts for a lot
B________________________A___________D______________G
And you looked me square in the eyes more than once tonight
A(2)_________________G
I figure you and me, we'll make it just fine


D___________________A
Hey Darlin', do you gamble
_____Bm_______________G
I'll be your gambling man
D___________________A
We'll take all that we can
__________Bm______________G
And we'll never look back again
A____________________G
I believe you should run with me
A(2)_________________G_________________D(2)
I believe you should run with me for a while


_________G____________________D
Hell now I believe you should run with me
___________A________________B
Until this Texas sun falls into the sea
_______________G_______________________________D
If I shed this skin of iron and this breath of kerosene
____B_________________A________________G
Now darling would you take a chance on me

_________G____________________D
Hell now I believe you should run with me
___________A________________B
Until this Texas sun falls into the sea
_______________G_______________________________D
If I shed this skin of iron and this breath of kerosene
____B_________________A________________G
Now darling would you take a chance on me
____B_________________A________________D
Now darling would you take a chance on me

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